Jfgx4

Main Project Ideas - COM 232 History of Design and Digital Media

Articles for the main assignment and that I would like to work on include

• Will Burtin
• Stephen Henry Horgan
• Joseph Blumenthal (printer)

These three men are all AIGA winners but they only have a few sentences each dedicated to a very short biography which basically lists their age and when they were born. They could probably easily be filled with information such as their accomplishments and what they achieved for the world of graphic design. The articles are also very bland when it comes to information. They aren't organized. They could use more headers and bullet points discussing their education history, and what they accomplished in their lifetime.

Hi jfgx, you need to be much more clear and concrete. What you have above could be said for any stub biography of a designer in all of Wikipedia. Also, please indicate what sources you will use. Which of the three will you choose to work on?--Theredproject (talk) 17:56, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Merchants

Pre-Modern history

Medieval Art - Thankyouforbeauty (talk) 20:03, 14 October 2013 (UTC)thankyouforbeauty

Main Project Articles

Hey there! I posted to my user page the articles I would like to work on. When you get a chance could you look it over and let me know about any suggestions you may have? Thanks!Allyscully (talk) 16:04, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

• It looks like you are on the right track. I'm doing it very similarly to you. Jfgx4 (talk) 15:04, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Plan Of Attack - Joseph Blumenthal (printer)

I have been able to find 5 articles in the CSI database and I'm currently looking for more through google books. It should be very easy to write his biography. There is plenty of information about his life and achievements.

http://ic.galegroup.com.proxy.library.csi.cuny.edu/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=News&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA175534527

• A small biographical page which discusses his death. Talks about how he printed special editions of Robert Frost's poems.

http://library.rit.edu/cary/collections/joseph-blumenthal-spiral-type-collection

• A small biography page which also talks about his Spiral Type Collection

http://library.rit.edu/cary/sites/library.rit.edu.cary/files/files/CSC%20039%20Blumenthal(1).pdf

• The Joseph Blumenthal Papers contain personal and professional correspondence, research files, photographs, and personal papers documenting the life and career

What can be added?

• Picture of him
• More info on the Spiral Type Collection
• More personal and professional info
• Larger and more elaborate biography
• Information about his wife Ann White Blumenthal
• Joseph Blumenthal Papers - Papers which contain personal and professional correspondence, research files, photographs, and personal papers documenting the life and career of Joseph Blumenthal

Justin, did you mean to [delete a large section of my talk page, removing other students work?] Please be careful!!!! --Theredproject (talk) 17:59, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Joesph Blumenthal (printer)

http://www.jstor.org/stable/4047185

• 3 pages written by Blumenthal

http://www.jstor.org/stable/4306976

• book review of The Printed Book in America by Joseph Blumenthal

http://www.jstor.org/stable/29781160?seq=2

• Joseph Blumenthal on the importance of the printer and its role

http://apps.appl.cuny.edu:83/F/256I2MF5IP4BKDI38TFG1S694TSIEXBYGLS5HKGUDG37GEIGIH-07127?func=full-set-set&set_number=031576&set_entry=000004&format=999

• book in CSI library with an essay by Joseph Blumenthal

http://ead.dartmouth.edu/html/ml29.html

• bio info and some available records of the Spiral Press and Joseph Blumenthal

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/16/obituaries/joseph-blumenthal-typographer-for-frost-s-poetry-is-dead-at-92.html

• article discussing his and his wife's death. As well as some biography information and a brief introduction to his relationship with Robert Frost.

http://library.rit.edu/cary/sites/library.rit.edu.cary/files/files/CSC%20039%20Blumenthal(1).pdf

• article with biography/history. Detailed

http://library.rit.edu/cary/collections/joseph-blumenthal-spiral-type-collection

• article with 2 paragraphs on Spiral Type

http://typophile.com/node/15269

• comments and discussion about Spiral/Emerson Type. Other people looking for sources

http://www.themicrofoundry.com/other/Emerson.gif

• Image of the entire alphabet of Spiral/Emerson

http://books.google.com/books?id=dM2-PAAACAAJ&dq=joseph+blumenthal+typographic+years&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qzVoUoqBDMet4AOmjoB4&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA

• book by Josephy Blumenthal

http://www.jstor.org/stable/1180663

• The Printed Book in America by Joseph Blumenthal

http://www.lawsonarchive.com/joseph-blumenthal-fine-printer%E2%80%94part-1/

Citations

Just a reminder to finish fixing the citations for your page. When you are finished, please leave a note on my talk page. You have until Thursday evening to complete this, or it will impact your grade. Cheers. --Theredproject (talk) 02:30, 19 December 2013 (UTC)