Charles MacMurray Design collection, 1960-1981

  • IdentificationMSMacM89
  • TitleCharles MacMurray Design collection MSMacM89
  • PublisherRichard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
  • LanguageEnglish
  • RepositoryRichard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
  • Physical Description1.0 linear ft.
  • Date1960-1981
  • AbstractCharles MacMurray was a graphic designer in Chicago. This collection contains correspondence, speeches, research material, design samples, photographs and slides documenting the design work of Charles MacMurray.
  • OriginationMacMurray, Charles G.

Old Resource ID was CMacMurray

Charles MacMurray was a graphic designer in Chicago. He began his career designing logos, signs and other graphic materials as Manager of Graphics and Packaging for Latham-Tyler-Jensen in the early 1960s. In the late 1970s, MacMurray opened his own firm, Charles MacMurray Design. His clients included the American academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Borg-Warner, Harris Bank and Bang & Olufsen. MacMurray was President of the Society of Typographic Arts in 1963-1964 and a member of the group 27 Chicago Designers.

This collection contains correspondence, speeches, research material, design samples, photographs and slides documenting the design work of Charles MacMurray.

Charles MacMurray Design collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • NamesMacMurray, Charles G. -- Archives
  • Subject
    • Chicago Design History.
    • Commercial art -- Illinois -- Chicago.
    • Design, Industrial -- Illinois -- Chicago.