Title: Trovillion Private Press records, 1908-1938
ID: 1/6/MSS 136
Primary Creator: Trovillion Private Press
Extent: 59.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in thirteen series: (1) Correspondence, (2) Mae Trovillion Smith Correspondence and Memorabilia, (3) Manuscripts of Trovillion Private Press Books, (4) Unbound Signatures, (5) Pamphlets and Variant Cases, (6) Trovillion Private Press Printed Ephemera, (7) Christmas Cards and Bookplates, (8) Other Manuscript Material, (9) Miscellaneous, (10) Ephemera of Other Private Presses, (11) Paper and Cloth Samples, (12) Home Movies, (13) Oversize Material
Date Acquired: 00/00/1966
Subjects: Herrin (Ill.), Jones, Dan Byrne, Jones, Dan Byrne - Correspondence, Misselhorn, Roscoe, Noheimer, Mathias., Private presses - United States - History - 20th century, Smith, Mae Trovillion, Taylor, Robert Lewis, 1912-1998., Trovillion, Hal W., 1879-1967., Trovillion, Violet, b. 1890., Trovillion Private Press, Van Loon, Helen, Webb, Margaret Ely
Forms of Material: Correspondence., Goudy, Frederic W., 1865-1947 - Correspondence, Manuscripts for publication., Misselhorn, Roscoe - Correspondence, Noheimer, Mathias. - Correspondence, Scrapbooks, Smith, Mae Trovillion - Correspondence, Taylor, Robert Lewis, 1912-1998. - Correspondence, Trovillion, Hal W., 1879-1967. - Correspondence, Van Loon, Helen - Correspondence, Webb, Margaret Ely - Correspondence
Languages: English
The bulk of the Trovillion Private Press Collection located in Herrin, Illinois consists of the correspondence of owner Hal Trovillion and the manuscripts, galley proofs, and unbound signatures of many titles that he published jointly with his wife Violet. There is a relatively complete collection of ephemera issued by the press including Christmas cards, announcements, and booklists. The collection also contains printed material Trovillion collected from other private presses (some of which remains unsorted) and several boxes of type, paper samples, cloth samples, and typeface and binding literature. The extensive correspondence in the collection contains many letters to and from artists and illustrators. Notable among them are Dan Byrne Jones, Roscoe Misselhorn, Mathias Noheimer, Margaret Ely Webb, and the well-known type designer Frederick Goudy. Also found with the Press material are miscellaneous travel notes, a variety of political items, scrapbooks, and assorted memorabilia. Among these is a folder of material relating to violence and corruption in Herrin, a box of material related to the Herrin State Savings Bank, and one of Trovillion's business records.
In addition, the collection includes one box of correspondence, manuscripts, and memorabilia of Hal Trovillion's sister, Mae Trovillion Smith (1890-1957). Mae Smith was a member of the English faculty at Southern Illinois University from 1919 to 1931 and from 1941 to 1957. She was the author of several books about pets. The correspondence preserved here is chiefly from fellow animal lovers and her literary acquaintances, including New Yorker writer Robert Lewis Taylor and Helen Van Loon, wife of popular historian and journalist Hendrik Van Loon.
Herrin (Ill.)
Jones, Dan Byrne
Jones, Dan Byrne - Correspondence
Misselhorn, Roscoe
Noheimer, Mathias.
Private presses - United States - History - 20th century
Smith, Mae Trovillion
Taylor, Robert Lewis, 1912-1998.
Trovillion, Hal W., 1879-1967.
Trovillion, Violet, b. 1890.
Trovillion Private Press
Van Loon, Helen
Webb, Margaret Ely
Repository: Southern Illinois University Special Collections Research Center
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted access.
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Related Materials: Trovillion Private Press book collection in Rare Books.
Preferred Citation: [Item], Trovillion Private Press, Special Collections Research Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.