Penn State acquires Chip Kidd archives

Screen Shot 2014-01-18 at 7.15.33 AMUpdike aficionados know Chip Kidd as the principal designer of Updike’s books published at Knopf, but the fellow Reading, Pa. native also wrote books of his own and designed covers for numerous other authors, including the now-iconic dust jacket for Jurassic Park.

This past week Penn State’s University Libraries announced that they have acquired the Chip Kidd archives—enough material to fill 250 boxes and 1 terabyte of digital data. According to a story posted on the university website, “University Libraries acquire design ‘rock star,’ alumnus Chip Kidd’s archives,” the librarians plan to exhibit the Kidd archive next January, “with a goal of having the collection processed and open to researchers by then as well. Tim Pyatt is the contact person: tdp11@psu.edu, 1-814-865-1793.

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