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Fred Anthoensen Collection,
1901-1969
0.25 linear feet.
Catalog Number: M4
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Agency History / Biographical Note:
Frederick William Anthoensen was born to Peter Jacobson Anthoensen
and his wife on April 14, 1882, in Tondor, South Jutland, Denmark.
He was brought to the United States as an infant and attended schools
in Portland, Maine, during which time he became interested in printing
through the works of two Boston printers, D.B. Updike and Bruce
Rogers. In 1901, Anthoensen began working as a compositor for the
Southworth Press in Portland, and by 1917 he had become its managing
director. By 1934 the name of the press was changed to Southworth-Anthoenson
to reflect Fred Anthoensen's important role, and after 1944 it was
simply called The Anthoensen Press. Nationally known as an exemplary
craftsman in the field of typography and the graphic arts, Anthoensen
also authored two books: Types and Book Making and John
Bell Type: Its Loss and Rediscovery. In 1924 Anthoensen married
Madeleine Hagan and the two had one daughter. He died on August
13, 1969
Scope and Content:
The collection contains correspondence, newsclippings, photographs,
a manuscript of "Types and Book Making," and assorted biographical material.
Most of the correspondence is with Kenneth Boyer, Bowdoin College Librarian
from 1945-1961, and concerns Anthoensen's 1946 gift to the college of
almost every book he had designed and printed since 1923. Also present
is a small amount of personal correspondence and letters concerning
the Southworth Press printing of The Pearl in 1932-1933. Others
represented in the correspondence are: Stanley P. Chase, Professor of
English Literature at Bowdoin College; Constant Southworth, president
of Southworth Press; and Sheldon Christian of the Pejepscot Press. See
also the Anthoensen Press Business Records
and the Anthoensen Press Work Orders.
Provenance:
Cite as: Fred Anthoensen collection, George J. Mitchell Department
of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library
Access Restrictions: None.
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