Cadbury Research Library at the University of Birmingham (CLR)
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The CLR has substantial holdings of rare books and rich archival material available for research into a wide range of subjects within the sphere of printing history and culture, for example:
- John Baskerville
- James Belcher [18c Bham printer & bookseller], eg his diary
- Giambattista Bodoni (170 books including splendid editions of the classics)
- Foulis Press (200 imprints in a single collection, together with a 1783 type specimen by Alexander Wilson who designed the Foulis typefaces).
- William Hodgetts [19c Bham printer and publisher], eg correspondence with Joshua Toulmin Smith
- Leonard Jay of the Birmingham School of Printing – papers and correspondence
- Kelmscott Press
- The (F. E. “Bill”) Pardoe Collection
- Sceptre Press Archive and the Martin Booth (poet) Collection
- Shakespeare Folios
- The Beatrice Ward Collection
- Resources related to 18th and 19th century book production
- Book Trade Index
In addition there is material related more particularly to calligraphers and designers:
- Margaret Adams [20c calligrapher, Stanbrook Abbey Press]
- Alfred Fairbank [19/20c calligrapher, + archives of medieval m/s Fairbank used as inspiration in his work]
- Joseph Gillott [pen nib maker]
- Edward Johnston [19/20c calligrapher and typeface designer for London Transport]
- William Parry [18c calligrapher and numismatist]
- Edward D Riches [19c calligrapher]
- John Rutlish [17c calligrapher]

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University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B315 2TT
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