Scope and Contents Contains the papers, research notes, article drafts, and professional correspondence of Kay Amert. The bulk of Amert's research papers focus on the work of Simon de Colines (died 1576), a sixteenth-century Renaissance printer based in Paris, France. The collection includes detailed notes on individual books from the Estienne and Colines presses, especially the types used. The books she studied are housed in various library collections worldwide. This collection also contains the draft of...

Scope and Contents Contains Kay Amert's files on her publications and other academic papers or presentations. These files consist of research notes, drafts, correspondence, printing proofs, and illustrations organized by publication or presentation. These publications include: "Intertwining Strengths: Simon de Colines and Robert Estienne," "The Phenomenon of the Gros Canon," "Formation of an Apparatus of Literacy," "Origins of the French Old Style: The Roman and Italic Types of Simon de Colines," "Origins of...