Lester Beall papers,

Lester Beall papers,

The papers consist of extensive client project files and documentation (sketches, mechanicals, models, printed samples, package designs, photographs, and posters), business and professional correspondence, financial records, publications, and personal papers. Among Beall's specialties were corp...

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Main Author: Beall, Lester, 1903-1969
Format: Mixed Materials
Language:English
German
Italian
Subjects:
Kertész, André.
Halsman, Philippe.
Newman, Arnold, > 1918-2006.
American Institute of Graphic Arts.
Caterpillar Tractor Company.
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company.
Crowell Publishing Company.
International Paper Company.
Labatt Brewing Company.
Martin Marietta Corporation.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
Rohm and Haas Company.
Torrington Manufacturing Company.
United States Lines Company.
Upjohn Company.
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company.
United States. > Rural Electrification Administration.
Scope publication (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Advertising > Drugs.
Corporation reports.
Design > History > Congresses.
Designers > United States > History > 20th century.
Drugs > Packaging.
Graphic arts > United States > History > 20th century.
Graphic artists > United States > History > 20th century.
Logos (Symbols) > United States > History > 20th century.
Trademarks > United States > History > 20th century.
Audiotapes.
Color transparencies.
Correspondence.
Diazotypes.
Drawings.
Dummies (printed matter)
Letterheads.
Logos.
Logotypes.
Mock-ups.
Models (representations)
Motion pictures (visual works)
Negatives (photographic)
Pamphlets.
Photographs.
Plans (drawings)
Posters.
Sketches.
Slides (photographs)
Stats (copies)
Tear sheets.
Trademarks.
Description
Summary:The papers consist of extensive client project files and documentation (sketches, mechanicals, models, printed samples, package designs, photographs, and posters), business and professional correspondence, financial records, publications, and personal papers. Among Beall's specialties were corporate identity campaigns and style manuals, and he created logos and trademarks for prominent American companies including Caterpillar Tractor, International Paper, Martin Marietta, Merrill Lynch, and Rohm and Haas, as well as pharmaceutical advertising and periodicals for the Upjohn Company. Some of his most notable designs were a series of posters designed in the 1930s for the United States government's Rural Electrification Administration. A long-time member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Art Directors Club of New York, and the Society of Typographic Arts, Beall compiled scrapbooks and portfolios of his work and the publicity it garnered; his designs and projects were exhibited to acclaim throughout his career, and his homes and studios in New York and Connecticut were photographed by Philippe Halsman, André Kertész, and Arnold Newman, among others.
Physical Description:41 linear feet (111 boxes) + 15 notebooks + 27 posters.
Finding Aid:Finding aid available.