Mac McGrew - Typocrafters
Typocrafters Conventions and Members

Conventions, 1939–1995:

YearCityHostVisitProgram
1937Chicago
Nov 27
J L Frazier  
1938Springfield
Jul
Ben WileyWiley's home 
1939Aug: Chicago
Sep: New York
J L Frazier
Hec Mann
Frazier's home 
1940Grand Detour, IllJohn Nolf  
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1956IndianapolisGlenn PagettTypo Service CoR H Middleton
1957Chicago
Sep 28-29
J L FrazierLakeside Press, Ludlow 
1958St Louis
Oct 4-5
Hubert Echle
John Lamoureux
Warwick TypoRay DaBoll, Howard King
1959Rochester
Sep 4-5
Len Richardson
George Taenzer
Alex Lawson
Joe Thuringer
Cary Library, RIT
Rochester Typo
 
1960AtlantaSol MalkoffTypography Shop 
1961Kalamazoo
Oct 14-15
Bill StoneUpjohn,
Sequoia Press
 
1962Chicago
Oct 13-14
Wayne HarshaMead LibraryBill Stone, Sol Malkoff, Harvey Petty
1963Springfield
Oct 11-13
Max McGeeLincoln LibraryHarvey Petty
1964Dayton
Oct 3-4
Swede GaskillMcCall's,
Dayton Typo
Ed Shaar
1965Chicago
Oct 15-17
Wayne HarshaMead LibraryBob Middleton, Mac McGrew
1966Pittsburgh
Sep 30-Oct 2
Mac McGrewHunt LibraryEmil Klumpp, Saadyah Maximon
1967Indianapolis
Oct 6-7
Harvey PettyTypo Service, Service TypogrsWhedon Davis, Saadyah Maximon
1968St Louis
Oct 18-20
John LamoureuxWarwick TypogrsShaar, Maximon, Sheridan S Skogan, Harvey Petty
1969Rochester
Oct 10-12
Alex Lawson
George Taenzer
RIT; Goudy AwardHermann Zapf, Ray DaBoll
1970Milwaukee
Oct 2-4
Ed BachorzW A Kreuger Co
(Gilbert Spahn)
Noel Spangler, Victor de Criste,
Ray DaBoll
1971Kalamazoo
Oct 9-10
Paul Duensing
Bill Stone
Upjohn Co
Sequoia Press
Bentley Raak
1972Skokie IllJohn SchapplerNewberry Library 
1973TorontoWill RueterMassey College
Coach House Press
Allan Fleming
1974Washington DCJohn MichaelSmithsonian
Libr of Congress
 
1975Kansas CityPhil MetzgerTruman LibraryHellmut Lehmann-Haupt
1976IndianapolisHarvey PettyWeimer Typesetg
Herron Sch of Art
George Taenzer, Rolf Rehe,
Harvey Petty
1977Rochester
Oct 14-16
Len Richardson
George Taenzer
RIT, Goudy Award
Cary Library
Laurance B Siegfried
1978Salem NHJohn SchapplerItek,David Godine
Boston Public Lib
Ned Bunnell, Digitized Type
1979PittsburghMac McGrewCarnegie-Mellon U
Hunt Library
Arnold Bank
1980TorontoWill RueterOntario Sci Ctr
Metro Toronto Lib
Emrys Evans, Book Restoration
John Schappler, New Technology
1981Chicago
Oct 16-18
Paul Brown
Ray Anderson
Black Box Collotype
Field Museum Lib
Bruce Beck, Norman Forgue
1982Kalamazoo
Oct 1-3
Paul DuensingKalamazoo Hand-Made Papers; Upjohn Library, Kalamazoo ColWalter Hamady, Perishable Press
Timothy Barrett
1983St Louis
Sep 30-Oct 2
Kay Kramer, Tim HawleySt Louis Public Library; Washing-ton Univ LibraryAnthony Garnett, Book Collecting
Michael Tripoli, Corporate Typog
John Cooke, Impact of Tech on Typog
James Reed, Paper Marbling
1984Washington DCJohn MichaelPhil's Photo
Georgetown U Lib
National Archives
Folger Shaksp Lib
Phil Musselwhite, graphic designer
Julian Waters, calligrapher
Ken Hammel, type historian
David Seager, AD Natl Geogr Soc
Mark Carroll, Natl Park Svc
Carl Herman, Visual Lunacy Soc
1985Rochester
Oct 11-13
George TaenzerRIT, Goudy Award
M W Strong Museum
Alphabet: The Story of Writing
Zapf Civilité, Paul Duensing
Printers' Marks, Patricia Cost
Armory to Logogram: Eric Barth
1986AtlantaRoy RiceEmory U Library 
1987PittsburghEd Fisher Jr
Mac McGrew
Univ/Pgh Nationality Rooms; CMU Hunt LibraryTodd Cavalier, MS Pages & Computer
Cliff Harvey, Printmaking/Wood Blx
Ed Fisher Jr, XX Century Typography
1988Toronto
Oct 7-9
Will Rueter
Glenn Goluska
Japanese Paper Palace; Don Black WarehouseWood engraving
Hand binding
1989LouisvilleTimothy Hawley
Steven Skaggs
Univ of Louisvl:
Calligraphy, letterforms
 
1990Chicago
Oct 4-7
Bruce BeckNWU Deering Lib
Newberry Library
Sebastian Carter: Letterpress
1991Williamsburg
Oct 11-13
Ed Fisher Jr  
1992St LouisKay Kramer  
1993Aurora, NY RochesterRay Czapkowski Muriel TaenzerWells College RIT Cary LibrarySymposium on Victor Hammer; Bixler TF; Cary Graphic Arts Collection
1994Cincinnati
Oct
Hal & Judi SterneBeckett Paper
Union Sta Museum
Hebrew Union Col
Noel Martin
1995Notre Dame
South Bend
Oct 13-15
Catherine Poole  
Typocrafters Members:

(A few may be members of other organizations)

  • J. L. Frazier
  • Edwin H. Stuart
  • Robert H. Middleton
  • Harvey Petty
  • Glenn Pagett
  • Alexander Lawson
  • Dillem (‘Swede') Gaskill
  • Paul Hayden Duensing
  • George Taenzer
  • Norman Forgue
  • Leonard Bahr
  • Clifford Helbert
  • John Schappler
  • Harold Berliner
  • Kay Michael Kramer
  • Ben Lieberman
  • Harold Sterne
  • Mac McGrew
  • Kathy Poole
  • Will Rueter
  • Wilbur Doctor
  • David Churchman
  • Stephen O. Saxe
  • Charles Klensch
  • Archie Provan
  • Ward Schori
  • Sol Malkoff

Others from 1988 bundle pieces:

  • Philip Metzger
  • David Covell
  • Timothy Hawley
  • Edward Leibnardt
  • Kate Sewalk

From article in March 1954 Inland Printer, reproduced in 1988 bundle

  • Igor de Lissovoy
  • Harold Sanger
  • Eric Mann
  • William Stone
  • Hec Mann
  • Ed Bachorz
  • Max McGee
  • Frank Kofron
  • Harold Lauck
  • Bruce Beck


See also 11 other references from Harvard University regarding McGrew’s Typocrafters work.