Box 5

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Some with notes on design, presentation or style of letter formation.

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This was included in Edition One: Letter to a Friend, a collaborative work by local artists, Folder holds a photocopy of her contribution, as well as assorted copies and drafts. The original Edition One: Letter to a Friend is cataloged in the library collection.

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From notebook labeled “Portfolio of Samples of Work done by Fran Manola in her Free-Lance Calligraphy Career c. 1966-84,” pages 1-7. Includes commercial work (announcements of family events, awards, brochures and flyers for commercial events) and draft quotations with color and spacing notations (“Bitterness of Poor Quality” and “Press on”).

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From untitled presentation notebook, pages 18-23. Announcements, certificates, letterhead, memorials, quotations. Includes originals and photocopies, some with notations on customer, sizing, spacing and color.

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From untitled presentation notebook, pages 24-26. Quotations. Includes photocopies, some with notations on customer, sizing, spacing and color.

Scope and Contents: From untitled presentation notebook, pages 24-29. Advertisements, announcements and invitations, appreciation and recognition certificates, flyer, Frances Manola letterhead and personal business cards, newsletters, theater program. Includes originals and photocopies, some with notations on customer, sizing, spacing and color. For YWCA, see also: “Commercial Calligraphy, Folders 2, 3, 6 and 12.” Consular Law Society recognition certificate removed to oversized flat box. Now in “Commercial...

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From untitled presentation notebook, page 30. Drafts for quotations “And fear not them which kill the body” (Matthew 10:28) and “God grant me the serenity,” including customer notes and notes on coloring, lettering and style, with attached and loose design elements.

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From notebook labeled “Portfolio of Samples of Work done by Fran Manola in her Free-Lance Calligraphy Career c. 1966-84,” pages 8-14. Includes photographs of book bindings, commercial calligraphy work, quotations and illumination, many with identifying notations on verso.

Scope and Contents: From notebook labeled “Portfolio of Samples of Work done by Fran Manola in her Free-Lance Calligraphy Career c.1966-84,” pages 20-21. In this folder, drafts of quote: “Trees are for carving initials,” signed F. Manola, Scribe, 1972, illuminated calligraphy. Library has three copies, two of which have notes on coloring and spacing. Varying sizes. Also includes photograph of monk illuminating letters on a piece of vellum. Note on verso: “This was done for the Schaefer Pen Co. They posed their...