William Edwin Rudge
William Edwin Rudge is the name of a grandfather, father and son; all publishers/printers; all three of the same name (based on an article in Print, A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts1.)
Operated a very small shop in New York City. There is nothing to suggest that he was much more than an ordinary printer.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. Going to work at age 13 at his father's printing plant, he worked with the aid of such designers such as Frederic Goudy and W. A. Dwiggins. per John S. Bowman. The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography 1995.
As per The Alexander S. Lawson Archive:
-A Short Story About A Printer Who Dares To Maintain A Standard Of His Own. Published in 1928, Advertisers Paper Mills (Holyoke, Mass); Contributions: Shapiro Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress) Other titles: Trail blazer of Mount Vernon. Library of Congress: LCCN: 2001560175 LC: Z232.R89 S56 1928
-Frederick Pottle Remembers William Edwin Rudge by Frederick Albert Pottle; Published in 1981, The Typophiles ([New York, N.Y) Library of Congress: LCCN: 98126474 LC: Portfolio 339, no. 16
-William Edwin Rudge by William J. Glick; Published in 1984, Typophiles (New York); Library of Congress: LCCN: 85127324 Dewey: 686.2/092/4, B LC: Z232.R89 G55 1984
He was educated at Haverford, Pa. As at 1943 he had acquired The Elm Tree Press.1 The birth date of 1908 is based on a record at Genealogy.com.
There is no information to indicate that the grandson carried on with the publishing business. The birth date of 1939 is based on a record at Genealogy.com.
"A Brief Account of the Life and Work of William Edwin Rudge" by Melvin Loos, a two-part post at Typocurious, which first appeared in print as a keepsake supplied by Gallery 303 to the participants in the Heritage of the Graphic Arts series in attendance at Melvin Loos’s presentation on 16 December 1965.
1. Printer-Farmer-Publisher Print, A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts 1943 Sept Vol 3, Part 3, p25 by Rudge - the gist of the article describes some of the economic difficulties in publishing the journal during wartime conditions.
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