One scrapbook containing approximately 140 brochures, leaflets, advertising books, etc., published by the Houghton-Mifflin Co., which Daniel Bianchi described in a December 20, 1948, letter to the Huntington Library as "Houghton Mifflin Company advertisements done when Mr. Updike was in their employ."
Forty volumes with specimens of small jobs, from bookplates and envelopes to full pamphlets and programs. The numbers correspond to the entries in the job books (volumes 104-141) and are frequently non-consecutive.
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.
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.
One scrapbook with handwritten title on flyleaf: "Some Fac-Similes of Title-pages, Design, Ornaments, &." containing a variety of specimens including clipping, pages, bookplates, etc.
