MSS11995 Ogg, Oscar papersGuide to the Oscar Ogg papers MSS 11995 Rose Oliveira, Accessioning Archivist Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

22 March 2022

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-05 17:42:10 +0000.Description is written in: English, Latin script. Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Oscar Ogg papers MSS 11995 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/3/resources/1220 .2 Cubic Feet 1936-1967 English Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

 Biographical / Historical

Oscar Ogg was an American writer and calligraher. He was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1908 and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1931. He worked for the Book-of-the-Month club and also studied, lectured on, and practiced calligraphy in New York. In 1946, his book The 26 Letters was published by Crowell. This was a history of the alphabet from Phoenician times to the present. Ogg developed typefaces and fonts still in use in the 21st century. He died in 1971 in Stamford, Connecticut.

 Content Description

Addition 4 to MSS 11995 contains newspaper & advertisement clippings, periodicals (The Christmas Reader and The Committee for italic Handwriting Newsletter, book reviews by Oscar Ogg, book cover mock-ups, ink & water color drawings, illustrations of calligraphy, and correspondence. Included are "typofile" and italic scripts handwriting. There is personal information including Squire Ogg's grade school report on the human body & one piece of art, one small notebook, religious art, photographs and photograph albums.

Addition 5 to MSS 11995 Oscar Ogg papers contains five oversize items: a pencil graphic design sketch with a slogan on advertising in 1950 and the heart of America; a poster that chronicles some of the changes and developments with machines in the areas of papermaking, printing, type casting and setting, and stereotyping, along with a handwritten memorandum note from The New York Times Index; a print of selections from Orlando by Virginia Woolf; a print of a poem on yellow roses by an unknown author; and a print of a quote by Rabbi Liebman. Various artwork, photographs, clippings, and papers related to Oscar Ogg's work and family life. Articles about calligraphy and teaching children calligraphy.

 Preferred Citation

MSS 11995, Oscar Ogg papers (addition 4 and 5), Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Margaret Ogg to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library.

 clippings (information artifacts) photographs Calligraphy Oscar Ogg (addition 4)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/280918Illustrations and book cover designs by Oscar Ogg and othersArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/28092011Correspondence and personal papersArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/28092412Printed newsletters and book reviews by Oscar OggArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2809211959-1967English13The Christmas Reader and print calligraphy (on Christmas)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/28092514photographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/28092215Oscar Ogg oversize print materials (addition 5)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/280919Scope and Contents

This addition to MSS 11995 Oscar Ogg papers contains five oversize items: a pencil graphic design sketch with a slogan on advertising in 1950 and the heart of America; a poster that chronicles some of the changes and developments with machines in the areas of papermaking, printing, type casting and setting, and stereotyping, along with a handwritten memorandum note from The New York Times Index; a print of selections from Orlando by Virginia Woolf; a print of a poem on yellow roses by an unknown author; and a print of a quote by Rabbi Liebman.

Oversize materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/280923ViU2022.0027_FFF001Scope and Contents

Oversize posters include a pencil graphic design sketch with a slogan on advertising in 1950 and the heart of America; a poster that chronicles some of the changes and developments with machines in the areas of papermaking, printing, type casting and setting, and stereotyping, along with a handwritten memorandum note from The New York Times Index; a print of selections from Orlando by Virginia Woolf; a print of a poem on yellow roses by an unknown author; and a print of a quote by Rabbi Liebman.