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22. John Anderson and the Pickering Press

Scope and Contents

John Anderson, typographer, book designer and proprietor of the Pickering Press of Maple Shade, New Jersey, began his first press in 1932 and established Pickering in 1942. He and DePol met in 1951 and worked together for nearly forty years. Their first collaborations were done while Anderson was working for the Lanston Monotype Corporation in Philadelphia producing advertising material for corporate clients. They continued to work together producing pamphlets, chapbooks, broadsides, keepsakes, Christmas cards, letterheads, and ephemera. In the 1980s, they taught together at workshops for Fairleigh Dickinson University and produced advertising broadsides for the workshops. Their friendship continued until Anderson's death in 1997.

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English