U of c Exhibition Catalogues

These catalogues were designed for the Special Collections Research Center at The University of Chicago Library and published in conjunction with exhibitions held in the Center's gallery. Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary, edited by associate professor Robert Bird, featured work from an exhibition created by the collaborative efforts of eight graduate students, one undergraduate and two faculty members at the University of Chicago. It also formed part of The Soviet Arts Experience, Chicago's city-wide celebration of music, art, and culture under the Soviet Union. Printing for the Modern Age was researched and written by Kim Coventry, who worked with the corporate archives at RR Donnelley as curatorial consultant for fourteen years. The exhibition explored the enormous impact printing and print media had on modern life and intended to showcase the important historical materials in the Archive, which are particularly strong in the period from 1900 to 1970.

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Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary

ADVENTURES IN THE SOVIET IMAGINARY received an award from the Association of College and Research Libraries / Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. The awards, funded by an endowment established by Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab (editors of “American Book Prices Current”), recognize outstanding exhibition catalogues issued by American or Canadian institutions in conjunction with library exhibitions.

Printing For the Modern Age

PRINTING FOR THE MODERN AGE was recognized by the Society of Typographic Arts (STA) through its Archive Show—an annual competition developed to acknowledge outstanding achievement in Chicago graphic design—and added to the Chicago Design Archive, a collection created to preserve the historical survey of graphic design examples curated for three exhibitions celebrating the STA's 75th anniversary in 2002.