RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection

RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection Cary Graphic Arts Collection is one of the world’s premier libraries on graphic communication history and practices.

The Cary Collection is one of the country's premier libraries on the history and practice of printing. In 1969, the Cary Collection was presented to RIT by the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust as a memorial to Melbert B. Cary, Jr., together with funds to support use of the collection. Today the library houses some 20,000 volumes and a growing number of manuscripts and correspondence collections. Also included are impressive holdings on bookbinding, papermaking, type design, calligraphy and book illustration, and a functional letterpress printing workshop.

Happy 100th birthday to the legendary artist Joe Kubert. We are grateful and honored to help preserve his legacy here at...
09/19/2026

Happy 100th birthday to the legendary artist Joe Kubert. We are grateful and honored to help preserve his legacy here at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at RIT. Our fall exhibition, Joe Kubert & The Art of "Yossel: April 19, 1943," features Joe Kubert’s original art for his graphic novel Yossel. Please visit the exhibition and join us on October 1 as we celebrate Joe Kubert’s life and work with a special event with his son, RIT alumnus and Marvel Comics artist Adam Kubert.

Happy Type High Day to those who celebrate all things letterpress on 9/18! We are excited to feature a wood type font ne...
09/18/2026

Happy Type High Day to those who celebrate all things letterpress on 9/18! We are excited to feature a wood type font new to the Cary’s holdings. “Marquee” was designed in Rochester by James Grieshaber and distributed by Geri McCormick both of Virgin Wood Type. This typeface packs twice the punch as an original chromatic two-color font inspired by modernist Gothic type designs.

Join us for a special film screening of Linotype: The Film.The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with director...
09/14/2026

Join us for a special film screening of Linotype: The Film.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with director Doug Wilson.
Wednesday, September 23,
1:00 PM, Wallace Library, 2nd floor, Room 05-2410.

Image: Students operating intertype and linotype machines in Eastman Building, School of Printing, RIT. Photo by H. Campbell, ca.1940.

Join us for a special film screening of Linotype: The Film. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with directo...
08/31/2026

Join us for a special film screening of Linotype: The Film.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with director Doug Wilson.
Wednesday, September 23,
1:00 PM, Wallace Library, 2nd floor, Room 05-2410.

Building community one piece of type at a time! Colleagues from RIT Access, Engagement & Success took over the Cary Pres...
08/03/2026

Building community one piece of type at a time! Colleagues from RIT Access, Engagement & Success took over the Cary Pressroom to print limited-edition letterpress posters. See them at The Mix Up (part of Tiger Fest) on August 28 at 4 pm in Global Village. Get a free poster!

Cloth bindings from The David Pankow Collection of American Trade Bindings, 1890-1915.
07/27/2026

Cloth bindings from The David Pankow Collection of American Trade Bindings, 1890-1915.

Book jacket design for "Invisible Man," published by Random House in 1952 and designed by E. McKnight Kauffer (1890​–195...
07/20/2026

Book jacket design for "Invisible Man," published by Random House in 1952 and designed by E. McKnight Kauffer (1890​–1954).

Lippincott monthly magazine, July poster by J. J. Gould, 1896.
07/13/2026

Lippincott monthly magazine, July poster by J. J. Gould, 1896.

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