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West Virginia and Regional History Center
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Clifford A. Harvey, Graphic Designer, Papers, A&M 4323, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Biographical / Historical
Clifford A. Harvey was born in St. Paul, MN in 1937, the son of Clifford Harvey and Truen (King) Harvey. He earned his bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and in 1973, established the Graphic Design program at West Virginia University. He continued to lead the program for over thirty years, retiring as Professor Emeritus in 2007.
Though he led the way in setting up a thoroughly modern graphic design studio in the Creative Arts Center in the 1980s, Harvey remained committed to teaching his students traditional printing and book arts as well. Bookbinding and fine printing were hallmarks of his own artistic work as well. In 2002, Harvey established an exchange program in graphic design with the Universdad de Guanajuato in Mexico.
Harvey became nationally known for his work with the GramLee Collection of Early American Commercial Wood Engravings. Currently owned by the WVU Division of Art, this compilation of printing blocks is one of the largest single collections of 19th century American wood engravings known in the United States today.
Based on his research and experience, Harvey wrote and published a private press book about the GramLee Collection entitled "Before Rosebud was a Sled," which is in rare book collections in many universities and numerous private collections. He has also lectured across the United States and internationally.
Harvey was also known for his love of dogs and was instrumental in the development of two dog parks in Morgantown, WV, Stanley's Spot and Krepps Dog Park. With his wife, Carol, he established Dog Tags Training School in 1994.
Cliff Harvey passed away in 2013.
Scope and Contents
Prints, correspondence, research notes, and graphic design projects of Clifford A. Harvey, professor of art and founder of the graphic design program at West Virginia University. The majority of the material pertains to Harvey's involvement with the GramLee Collection of Early American Commercial Wood Engravings made up of wood blocks originally used by the S. George Company of Wellsburg, W. Va., and the book that he published as a result of his research titled "Before Rosebud Was a Sled." Other material is connected to Permutation Press, a private printing press operated by Harvey. A substantial number of exemplars of Harvey's professional work can be found in boxes 10-12.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- GramLee Collection of Early American Commercial Wood Engravings
- Harvey, Clifford A.
- Printers and printing.
- West Virginia University. School of Art and Design -- Graphic Design
- Wood Engraving
Container List
Includes:
Four strips of film
Two binders of poetry and work notes
Book on Alphabets (Clifford Harvey BFA Thesis)
GramLee Collection Correspondence
etc.
Includes:
Floppy Disks and CDs (GramLee images, Mexico, artwork, Dog Walk of Fame)
Slides (students in studio, art projects, nature and landscape photographs)
Permutation Press (VHS)
GramLee images (digital video cassette)
S. George Co. wood block
etc.
Includes:
Books on paper and bookbinding ("Dressing the Text," "Paper Graphics" by Catharine Fishel, "80 Years Later" by Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler
and Pamela Spitzmueller, "Paper Basics" by Mohawk Paper Mills)
NEA Grant materials for GramLee Collection book
"Before Rosebud was a Sled" book material (black and white negatives, history of S. George Co.)
Dog park material (correspondence clippings and promotional material related to the Morgantown Dog Owners Group, a volunteer
organization of which Harvey was president that founded Stanley's spot dog park and Krepps dog park in Morgantown, W. Va.)
Slides of mill sack labels
Articles on GramLee project (Goldenseal, Americana, Old Mill News, WVU Alumni Magazine)
GramLee Collection brochures and booklets
Photographs of China
"The Private Library: The Quarterly Journal of the Private Libraries Association" (1961-1963)
Block and Burin, 1998-2008 (newsletter of the Wood Engraver's Network, Summer 1999 issue contains article about Cliff Harvey
and the GramLee Collection)
Books and prints by Permutation Press
Graphic design projects: letterheads, business cards, pamphlets
etc.
Includes:
Blank books bound by Harvey
Gaelic reader
Printed pages showcasing history of printing (ca. 1600-1850)
"Before Rosebud was a Sled, From the Permutation Press" (completed copy without binding, working dummy)
etc.
Includes:
"A Collection of Poems" by Cheryl Roberts (bound by Harvey, 1972)
Books bound by Permutation Press
etc.
Includes:
Permuation Press printing block and prints
Better Homes and Gardens Kitchen Ideas, 1962 (book artist: Clifford Harvey)
Personal notebooks (two binders and one small ledger containing handwritten notes and photocopied research material relating
to the GramLee Collection, wood engraving, and Harvey's graphic design classes)
Binder containing correspondence regarding article published in U&lc magazine
etc.
Includes:
Personal correspondence
Denver Art Museum grant material
"Blanche Lazzell" booklet by John Clarkson
Photographs - Brazil
Project photographs
Resumes and WVU contracts
Humanities Grant materials
Personal journals, 1974-1994 (five bound books and three notebooks containing short, diary-like entries that document weather,
everyday activities, notes on design work and classes)
"Conversation with Press" booklet
Scroll with river boating story (originally in glass jar)
etc.
"Flowers: A Selection of images printed at the Permutation Press from original wood engravings in the GramLee Collection"
Includes empty carboard portfolio constructed and bound by Harvey.
Includes:
Design projects, page layouts
Posters
WVU Performing Arts Series 1975-1976, signed poster
WVU Performing Arts Series 1976-1977, signed poster
etc.
Includes:
Photographs (artistic photographs taken by Harvey and photographs of Harvey in his studio)
Design projects/page layouts
Woodblock prints
Print advertising exhibit of Clifford Harvey Prints at The Anton Gallery in Washington, D.C.
etc.