Elmer Adler (July 22, 1884 – January 11, 1962) was a book designer, collector, and graphic design educator.[citation needed]
Biography
editElmer Adler was born July 22, 1884, in Rochester, New York.[1]
Adler began collecting books and prints while working at his family's clothing firm in Rochester, New York. In 1922, he established Pynson Printers in New York City and began designing books with Burton Emmett and John T. Winterich. Pynson worked on publications including the New York Times and the American Mercury, and limited edition books for publishers including Alfred A. Knopf and Random House. In 1930, he began publishing The Colophon, A Book Collectors' Quarterly. He ended the publication in 1940 when he was invited to establish a Department of Graphic Arts at Princeton University.[2] He retired from Princeton in 1952.[3] In 1955, he established an art-of-the-book program, La Casa del Libro, in Puerto Rico. La Casa del Libro opened in 1956.[4][5] In 1947, he received the AIGA Medal.[6]
He died January 11, 1962.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962 - LC Linked Data Service | Library of Congress". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^ Peckham, John (1940). "Forty Mercer: The New and Different Arts Course Being Given at Princeton by Elmer Adler". Princeton Alumni Weekly: 7–8. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ James Axtell (2006). The Making of Princeton University: From Woodrow Wilson to the Present. Princeton University Press. p. 449. ISBN 0-691-12686-0.
- ^ a b "Archives Directory for the History of Collecting". research.frick.org. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^ "archives.nypl.org -- Pynson Printers records". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^ "AIGA Medalists". AIGA | the professional association for design. Retrieved 2017-11-10.