Manuscripts

Groups 583-593

Description: This collection contains of the business records of the Merrymount Press and the related papers of its founder Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The bulk of the collection consists of financial volumes; correspondence with customers, publishers, illustrators, craftsmen, and suppliers; bills; estimates; and scrapbooks with specimens of work. While the majority of the correspondence is comprised of letters, there are occasionally proofs, specimens, and cloth, paper, fabric samples, etc., found with the correspondence. The records reflect Updike's involvement with printing across the United States and in Europe, though much of his work was produced for clients in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City. Some of the correspondence reflects Updike's personal interests including Rhode Island history and churches and charitable work with poor children as well as prison inmates.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1893-1950
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Group 593: Sporting Life Publishing Co

Manuscripts

This collection contains of the business records of the Merrymount Press and the related papers of its founder Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The bulk of the collection consists of financial volumes; correspondence with customers, publishers, illustrators, craftsmen, and suppliers; bills; estimates; and scrapbooks with specimens of work. While the majority of the correspondence is comprised of letters, there are occasionally proofs, specimens, and cloth, paper, fabric samples, etc., found with the correspondence. The records reflect Updike's involvement with printing across the United States and in Europe, though much of his work was produced for clients in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City. Some of the correspondence reflects Updike's personal interests including Rhode Island history and churches and charitable work with poor children as well as prison inmates.

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Group 583: Humanists' Library (subscribers' correspondence - see also groups 647, 657, 947, 950, and 1490)

Manuscripts

mssMerrymount

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Group 647: Humanists' Library - "Thoughts on Art & Life," (subscribers' correspondence - see also groups 583, 657, 947, 950, and 1490)

Manuscripts

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Group 657: Humanists' Library - "Erasmus Against War" (subscribers' correspondence - see also groups 583, 647, 947, 950, and 1490)

Manuscripts

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Group 947: Humanists' Library - Defence of Poesie (Sidney) (subscribers' correspondence - see also groups 583, 647, 657, 950, and 1490)

Manuscripts

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Group 950: Humanists' Library - "Petrach & The Ancient World" (subscribers' correspondence - see also groups 583, 647, 657, 947, and 1490; group includes seemingly unrelated correspondence with Margaret A. Jackson)

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Groups 583-593

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Group 593: Sporting Life Publishing Co

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Group 647: Humanists' Library - "Thoughts on Art & Life," (subscribers' correspondence - see also groups 583, 657, 947, 950, and 1490)

Group 657: Humanists' Library - "Erasmus Against War" (subscribers' correspondence - see also groups 583, 647, 947, 950, and 1490)

Group 947: Humanists' Library - Defence of Poesie (Sidney) (subscribers' correspondence - see also groups 583, 647, 657, 950, and 1490)

Group 950: Humanists' Library - "Petrach & The Ancient World" (subscribers' correspondence - see also groups 583, 647, 657, 947, and 1490; group includes seemingly unrelated correspondence with Margaret A. Jackson)