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McCrea, James

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Personal name headingMcCrea, James
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Variant(s)McCrea, Jim
See alsoEmployer: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
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Associated placeNew York (N.Y.)
Birth date19200912
Death date20131106
Place of birthPeoria (Ill.)
Place of deathEast Hampton (N.Y.)
Field of activityTypography
AffiliationLittle Press
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Profession or occupationBook designers Typographers
Found inThe king's procession, 1963.
The East Hampton star, via WWW, 29 May 2014 obituary dated 14 November 2013 (James C. McCrea, typographer and book designer; born Sept. 12, 1920 in Peoria, Ill.; died Nov. 6, 2013 in East Hampton; son of James Craig McCrea Jr. and Ruth Pirman; he collaborated with his wife Ruth (md. July 4, 1943) on four children's books, including The King's Procession; taught typography at Cooper Union in New York City)
James and Ruth McCrea papers relating to Paul Standard, finding aid via WWW, 29 May 2014 (Ruth McCrea, American author and publisher, proprietor of the Little Press with her husband James Craig McCrea)
A dictionary, 1965: title page (Jim & Ruth McCrea)