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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78016147
Collection material in English, Swedish, and French
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of T. M. Cleland, book designer and illustrator, were given to the Library of Congress by Cleland in 1959. Additions were received by gift or purchase from the estate of Cleland and from others, 1962-1967.
The papers of T. M. Cleland were arranged and described by Grover Batts with the assistance of Thelma Queen in 1968 and in 1982. The finding aid was revised in 2011 by Joseph K. Brooks. The finding aid was updated in 2024 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of T. M. Cleland is dedicated to the public.
The papers of T. M. Cleland are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, T. M. Cleland Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Thomas Maitland Cleland (1880-1964), illuminating multiple facets of his life as a printer, typographer, type designer, artist and illustrator, span the years 1880-1964, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1920-1963. The collection is organized into Family Correspondence , General Correspondence , Speeches and Writings , and Miscellany series.
The collection is almost entirely made up of Cleland's correspondence , 1920-1963, with publishers, clients, and fellow artists and printers. The most extensive exchange is with Daniel Berkeley Updike, founder of the Merrymount Press. There are also letters relating to Cleland's typographic plans for the magazines
Attached to many of the letters are Cleland's original drawings, designs, typographical arrangements, specifications, and corrected proofs for books. There are examples of his designs for insignia, emblems, and bookplates that he designed for such clients as the Century Club, the Grolier Club, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Most of the Family Correspondence consists of letters Cleland received from his wife, Elinor Woodruff Cleland.
This collection is arranged in four series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78016147
Letters sent and received with some family ephemera.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and thereunder chronologically.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and thereunder chronologically
Speeches, lectures, and articles by and about Cleland.
Arranged in the order received.
Books, drawings, designs, calligraphy, project files, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by project or type of material.