Wyman Parker collection on Leonard Baskin

Collection

Identifier: C-134

Scope and Contents

Compiled by Wyman Parker, this collection contains announcements, greeting cards, and bookplates printed by Leonard Baskin and Gehanna Press. The collection also contains stamps featuring a portrait of Thoreau by Baskin. Also included are photographs of Baskin, his wife, and daughter, and Baskin and Nathan C. Starr, taken at Wesleyan University in 1974. Correspondence between Baskin and Parker is also present in the collection, as are a number of materials collected by Parker relating to Baskin's career and works, which Parker collected.

For additional information on Baskin's life and work, as well as copies of letters from Parker to Baskin, see folder of supplemental materials provided by Parker.

Dates

Creation: 1955 - 1991

Creator

Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000 (Person)
Gehanna Press (Organization)

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish materials, contact: Special Collections & Archives Middlebury College Phone: (802) 443-2387 Email: specialcollections@middlebury.edu

Biographical / Historical

The Wyman Parker collection on Leonard Baskin was compiled by Wyman Parker, a librarian, book collector, and friend of Leonard Baskin. Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) was an American sculpter, printer and engraver. Baskin attended Yale Art School and became inspired by the work of William Blake to create his own books. Baskin founded the Gehanna Press in 1942, and printed works that were illustrated with woodcuts, etchings, and lithographs. Baskin taught art at Smith College and Hampshire College. Baskin collaborated with Ted Hughes on a number of projects, spending nine years in Devon to be closer to him.

Extent

1 Box

Additional Description

Arrangement

Folder 1: New Year's greetings, 1955-1976;
Folder 2: Announcements printed by Gehanna Press, 1956-1974;
Folder 3: Exhibit announcements, bookplates, and Thoreau stamps, 1966-1976;
Folder 4: Baskin letters, 1966-1991;
Folder 5: Photographs, 1974;
Folder 6: Clippings, 1974-1987;
Folder 7: Inventories, 1984-1985;
Folder 8: [Parker?] lecture on Baskin;
Folder 9: Associated materials from Parker