Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1888-1998 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
6 boxes
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia administrativa
The firm was founded as the Eboracum Letter Factory in 1888 by Robert Duncan Delittle and was originally on Railway Street (now George Hudson Street). It moved to purpose built premises in Vine Street in the early 20th century and at the height of its success employed 28 people in the manufacture of high quality large wooden printing type. It closed in 1997 and the building was pulled down. Delittle Court was built in its place.
The wood type manufacturer was known for their unique production of 'White-Letter' they named 'Eboracum' after the Roman name for York. Starting in 1940, DeLittle also cut wood type for Stephenson Blake, the leading type foundry in the United Kingdom.
Institución archivística
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Includes cash books, balance sheets, bills paid, order books and completed orders, petty cash book and sheets, account book and cash receipts, papers regariding sale of the works, structural report, photographs, specimen letter type books, advertising materials, historical information and published histories. Also includes partnership contracts, sample wood border sheets, business cards, letter from R Delittle, Wayzgoose booklets and editions of DEFCO, the staff magazine.
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Open
Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.
Condiciones
Images are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Instrumentos de descripción
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Explore York
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Material is held at the Print Museum in London.
Nota de publicación
Copyright is held by CYC, with the exclusion of the rights in the Delittle typefaces themselves. Permission to exploit the typefaces should be referred to the donor.