KREDEL FINDING AID  
SERIES II: Writings by Fritz Kredel: contains notes, manuscripts, typescripts, clippings and published versions of speeches and essays by Kredel; arranged in chronological order.
Box Contents Date
3 "Rudolf Koch" in Frankfurter Zeitung (clipping) 1934 Apr 18
3 "Meine Soldaten," in Das Inselschiff (full issue) 1934
3 "Das Blumenbuch," in Jahrbuch Buchkunst 1935, State Academy for Graphic Arts and Bookwork of Leipzig (offprint) 1935
3 "Erinnerungen an Rudolf Koch," in Neue Schau (full issue) 1960 Sept
3 "New Trends in Children's Book Illustration," lecture at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn (manuscript and typescript) 1969
3 "Rudolf Koch," lecture at the Grolier Club, New York (manuscript and typescript) 1970
3 "Jahre mit Rudolf Koch," revised version of Grolier Club lecture in Imprimatur (manuscript and offprint) ca. 1971
3 "Die Zeichnungen Albrecht Dürers su dem Lustspiel Andria von Terenz," in Philobiblon (three typescripts) 1971
3 "Die Zeichnungen Albrecht Dürers su dem Lustspiel Andria von Terenz," in Philobiblon (galley and photograph set) 1971
3 "Die Zeichnungen Albrecht Dürers su dem Lustspiel Andria von Terenz," in Philobiblon (full issue) 1971 Nov
3 "Albrecht Dürer's Drawings for Terence's Andria Cut in the Wood for the First Time," in The Book Collector (corrected typescript of translation of Philobiblon article by Mrs. P. Hanson and offprints) 1973
3 "Children's Books," lecture at the Grolier Club (revised and corrected typescript of 1971 Pratt Institute lecture) 1973
3 Untitled talk on Imre Reiner (manuscript) n.d.
3 Untitled talks on Dürer's Andria (two manuscripts, in German and English) n.d.
3 Untitled talk on woodcuts (manuscript) n.d.
3 Untitled talks, subjects unidentified (two German manuscripts) n.d.

SERIES III. Writings about Fritz Kredel: contains offprints and clippings from published articles and profiles on Kredel and his work; arranged in chronological order.
Box Contents Date
4 "The Wood-cutter Fritz Kredel," by Rudolf Koch (manuscript, with typed transcription) 1931 Aug 2
4 "Der Holzschneider Fritz Kredel," by Walter Kern, in Typographische Monatsblatter (full issue) 1933 Sept
4 "Wiedergeburt Alter Graphischer Techniken," by Traugott Schalcher in Schweizer Graphische Mitteilungen (full issue) 1935 Nov
4 "Fritz Kredel: A German Illustrator," by Heinrich Jost in International Advertising Art (offprint) 1939
4 "Ein deutscher Buchkünstler: Das Werk Fritz Kredels," in Sonntagsblatt Staats-Zeitung und Herold (New York) (clipping) 1939 Jul 23
4 "Fritz Kredel: Master Xylographer," by Norman Kent in American Artist (full issue) 1946 May
4 "Fritz Kredel" in The Monthly Supplement and International Who's Who (full issue) 1948 May
4 "Fritz Kredel, artist, woodcutter, illustrator," by Paul Standard, in Motif 4 (offprint) 1960 Mar
4 "Der Graphiker und Buchkünstler Fritz Kredel," by Dr. Hans Rasp in Lebendiges Darmstadt (full issue and tearsheet) 1960 May
4 "Begegnung mit dem Werk von Fritz Kredel," by Georg Kurt Schauer in Borsenblatt fur den Deutschen Buchandel (full issue ) 1960 May 13
4 "Kredel: Renaissance Man Among Illustrators," by Paul Standard in Publishers' Weekly (full issue and tearsheet) 1967 Sep 4
4 "Illustrator Fritz Kredel," by Will Schaber in Aufbau (New York) (tearsheet) 1969 Mar 28
4 "Fritz Kredel - Illustrator und Holzschneider," by Georg Kurt Schauer in Der Junge Buchhandel (offprint) 1970 Jun
4 Obituaries from various periodicals (clippings) 1973
4 "Fritz Kredel," by Warren Chappell in the Gazette of the Grolier Club (full issue and offprints) 1973 Dec
4 Miscellaneous clippings, from German and American periodicals 1934-70, n.d.

SERIES IV. Photographs: contains photographs of Kredel, his family and colleagues.
Box Contents Date
5 Kredel family members 1936-1968
5 Fritz Kredel cutting woodblock in studio; photographs by Doris Baum ca. 1960
5 Fritz Kredel, in frame 1970
5 Rudolf Koch, Koch circle and their work n.d.
5 Toy made by Kredel n.d.

SERIES V. Exhibitions: contains announcements, catalogues and reviews of exhibitions of Kredel's work; arranged in chronological order.
Box Contents Date
5 Rudolf Koch und sein Kreis at Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt 1932 Jan-Feb
5 Fritz Kredel at Graphischen Kabinett des Antiquariates, Vienna 1937
5 Fritz Kredel at H. Bittner and Co., New York 1940 Apr-May
5 Kredel/Zapf at Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration, New York 1951 Oct
5 Modern German Book Design at Klingspor-Museum, Offenbach am Main (and travelling throughout the United States) 1959
5 Fritz Kredel at Die Hessische Landes und Hochschulbibliothek, Darmstadt 1960
5 Fritz Kredel at Klingspor-Museum, Offenbach am Main 1961 May-Jul
5 Neue Deutsche Buchkunst: Mitglieder-Ausstellung des Bundes Deutscher Buchkünstler, Offenbach am Main 1961
5 Fritz Kredel, New York at Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim 1962 Feb-Mar
5 Fritz Kredel, Worms 1962 Oct-Nov
5 Wood Cuts and Book Illustrations by Fritz Kredel at Goethe House, New York 1969 Feb
5 Fritz Kredel: Fifty Years of Book Illustration at The Grolier Club, New York (4 files: press release, fan mail, photographs, miscellaneous) 1973 Oct-Apr

SERIES VI. Awards: contains honors given to Kredel; arranged in chronological order.
Box Contents Date
6 Limited Editions Club: certificate 1950
6 Limited Editions Club: certificate 1954
6 City of Michelstadt: certificate 1955
6 City of Michelstadt: medal 1955
6 Goethe-Plakette, Wiesbaden: certificate 1960 May 9
6 Goethe-Plakette, Weisbaden: medal 1960
6 City of Darmstadt: certificate 1960 May 11
6 Die Schoensten Deutschen Bucher des Jahres, Frankfurt am Main 1961 Apr 11
City of Michelstadt: certificate See: Oversize Drawer1969 May 23

SERIES VII. Sketchbooks, Notebooks and Drawings: contains mostly undated sketchbooks, loose drawings and watercolors, with one scrapbook of source materials (photographs and images cut from catalogues, etc.)
Box Contents Date
7 Sketchbook: pencil, ink and watercolor studies of military scenes and figures, houses and train 1915
7 Sketchbook: pencil studies of landscape, trains, figure studies 1921, n.d.
7 Sketchbook: pencil, ink, watercolor and charcoal sketches; subjects include village scenes (possibly Offenbach ), landscapes, animals, story series, portraits of Annie Kredel 1930s
7 Sketchbook: ink and pencil drawings of equestrians (in dummy of unpublished Limited Editions Club book) 1930s
7 Sketchbook: pencil ink and watercolor sketches and drawings of soldier, uniforms, landscapes, birds, figure studies and scenes of the Tirol 1930s
7 Sketchbook: pencil sketches of Europe, figure studies, cats ca. 1966
7 Sketchbook: pencil sketches of landscape, nature studies, marionettes, puppet theater sets n.d.
7 Sketchbook: pencil sketches, plans and notes for "New Amsterdam" map project n.d.
7 Sketchbook: pencil sketches of cats and birds; watercolor studies of rocks, trees, water, skies and landscape n.d.
7 Sketchbook: pencil and crayon studies of birds, animals, figures and buildings n.d.
7 Sketchbook: pencil and watercolor sketches and drawings of landscapes, trees, horses n.d.
7 Sketchbook: pencil cariactures, figure study of woman in Darmstadt train station, notes, financial accounts n.d.
7 Notebook: geometrical plan and notes n.d.
7 Drawing: pages from German drawing manual, with pencil sketches on verso n.d.
7 Drawing: anthropometric figure studies; pencil n.d.
7 Drawing: trees and industrial plants; pencil n.d.
7 Drawing: portrait of Adrien Payrat; watercolor 1917 Oct 21
7 Drawing: "Vita Somnium Breve"; pencil 1923
7 Drawing: portrait of Rudolph Koch; pencil 1927
7 Drawing: portrait of Jean Yee Wong Lew See: Oversize Material in Boxes 1947
7 Drawing: portrait of Lisa Hampe See: Oversize Material in Boxes 1935
7 Drawing: portrait of Trude von Guldenstubbe See: Oversize Material in Boxes 1926
7 Drawing: profile portrait of unidentified woman; pencil See: Oversize Material in Boxes 1930
7 Drawing: portrait of unidentified woman; pencil See: Oversize Material in Boxes n.d.
7 Drawing: portrait of unidentified woman; pencil See: Oversize Material in Boxes n.d.
7 Drawing: houses; watercolor 1950
7 Drawing: Schloss Furstenau See: Oversize Material in Boxes