Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Schiller, Albert, approximately 1899-1970
- Abstract:
- Typographer Albert Schiller (1898-1970) created artworks using pre-cast metal type elements. The collection is comprised of 35 type pictures and printing samples featured in a 1976 exhibition at Parsons School of Design.
- Extent:
- 3.1 Cubic Feet and 2 oversize boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
[Identification of item], [date (if known)], Albert Schiller type pictures, KA.0060, box __, folder __, New School Archives, The New School, New York, New York.
Background
- Scope and Content:
The collection represents a sample of typographer Albert Schiller's "type pictures" and graphic design samples produced by Advertising Agencies' Service Company, Inc. Included are 16 type pictures, two imaginary newspapers, a poster for a 1948 exhibition at Long Island University, a clipping from the New York Post graphically depicting how Schiller created the type pictures, and sample bookmarks, business cards, and greeting cards.
These items were featured in a posthumous 1976 exhibition held in the library of Parsons School of Design. All items in the collection are glued to mats with some mats containing multiple items.
- Acquisition information:
- Documentation indicates that materials were donated to Parsons School of Design in 1976 prior to the establishment of an archives unit at the university and in 2005.
- Arrangement:
Matboards are arranged in chronological order by the items adhered to them. When more than one item appears on a board, the earliest date is used.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Identification of item], [date (if known)], Albert Schiller type pictures, KA.0060, box __, folder __, New School Archives, The New School, New York, New York.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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archivist@newschool.edu