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Kay Amert research notes on sixteenth-century printing, circa 1987-2006

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6804 Series 4

Scope and Contents

Contains lists of sixteenth-century French publications, summaries of pertinent details regarding some of these publications (such as date, size, illustrations, fonts), summaries of sixteenth-century French authors and their works, lists of publications on the history of printing and typography, notes from secondary source publications, and a catalogue for A. Sokol Books. Materials date from between 1987 and 2006.

Dates

  • circa 1987-2006

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials in English, French, Italian, and Latin.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from Kay Amert research papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

Kay Amert (1947-2008) was a professor and typographer at the University of Iowa who studied French Renaissance printing and typography.

Kay Amert was born November 11, 1947, in Madison, South Dakota, to Henry and Arlene Amert. Amert grew up in Madison, and graduated from Madison High School in 1965, going on to attend the University of Iowa. In 1967, while a student at the University of Iowa, she established an imprint, the Seamark Press. Upon completion of her degree, she became the director of the Typography Laboratory at the University of Iowa in 1972. She held this position and taught at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication until she retired in 2006. Amert published six different articles during this time and was working on a book on Renaissance printer Simon de Colines when she died of cancer on September 5, 2008, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

Extent

1 box

5 folders

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