- Additional Authors
- Description
- 4.5 linear feet (6 boxes).
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence, speeches and articles, genealogical materials, photographs, memorabilia, and scrapbooks.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Access (note)
- Source (note)
- Carter, Lydia G. - Estate
- Biography (note)
- George Henry Carter (1874-1948) served as U.S. Government Printer from 1921 to 1934. As head of the Government Printing Office (GPO) he was a crusader against waste and corruption. Before assuming that position he had been a journalist and newspaper editor and after leaving in 1934 he was a printing consultant. His second wife, Lydia Goedecke Carter (d. 1975), was a typographer and type designer.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- MssCol 483
- OCLC
- NYPW93-A102
- Author
Carter, George H., 1874-1948.
- Title
George H. and Lydia Goedecke Carter papers, 1878-1975, bulk (1926-1931).
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
George Henry Carter (1874-1948) served as U.S. Government Printer from 1921 to 1934. As head of the Government Printing Office (GPO) he was a crusader against waste and corruption. Before assuming that position he had been a journalist and newspaper editor and after leaving in 1934 he was a printing consultant. His second wife, Lydia Goedecke Carter (d. 1975), was a typographer and type designer.
- Finding Aids
Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
Printers.
Type designers.
- Added Author
Carter, Lydia Goedecke.
Kiess, Edgar Raymond.
Ward, Beatrice.
United States. Government Printing Office. Office of the Public Printer.
- LCCN
ms 79001840
- Research Call Number
MssCol 483