Alvin Doyle Moore fine print collection, 1959-2004 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Alvin Doyle Moore fine print collection, 1959-2004

ID: 02/Moore

Primary Creator: Moore, A. Doyle (Alvin Doyle) (1931-2013)

Extent: 6.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: The ephemeral materials that make up this collection are organized by size. Series 1 includes materials that fit inside of a letter size folder, which are largely sub-organized by title. Series 2 includes materials that are oversize.

Subjects: Fine Books, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)

Forms of Material: Private press books

Languages: English

This collection contains printed works and broadsides printed at Finial Press in Champaign, Illinois. Select materials were designed by founder Alvin Doyle Moore (1931-2013), a professor in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois for over thirty years.

These materials supplement a collection of bound volumes that are available to request through our Special Collections Catalog.

Alvin Doyle Moore (1931-2013) was an American graphic designer, printer, and educator. Born to Selva Dewey and Louetta Carrie Leitner Moore in Seiling, Oklahoma, Moore was adopted by Hazel and Lynn Russell of Garden City, Kansas, in 1947.

Moore attended the University of Kansas and earned a BA in architecture circa 1953. He then served four years with the United States Air Force. While stationed in Tokyo, Moore served as an art director for Stars and Stripes. Here, he recognized an interest in graphic design, as well as in Japanese arts and culture.

Shortly after his return to the United States, Moore matriculated at the University of Iowa, earning an MFA in design circa 1959. He was first introduced to fine printing as a graduate student under Harry Duncan (1916-1997), founder of Cummington Press. In 1959, Moore joined the faculty at the University of Illinois, where he taught graphic design at the School of Art and Design. During this time, he also founded Finial Press, a private press of fine books and ephemera that operated in Champaign, IL, for roughly 40 years.

Even in retirement, Moore maintained his relationship with the Champaign-Urbana community. He taught courses in advanced typography and Japanese aesthetics, and served as Chief Administrator of the Chado Urasenke Takokai Urbana-Champaign Association.

For more information, check out the A Doyle Moore Papers and Music at The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music.

Fine Books
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)

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Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Letter size or smaller

Item 1: The Finial Press postcards, 1974

Postcards printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Alvin Doyle Moore. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL. Finial Press in Great Britian.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Includes the works "Ant on the Mirror"; "Pyramids at Giza"; "Scotch Advice"; and "Silversmiths." Language: English.

Physical Description: 4 piece(s). Four broadsides.

UnitID: 32A Q: 686 AI88 (RBX).

Item 2: Fragments 1971: Eight Photographs, 1971

Broadsides printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Brown, Don.

Other Information: Each page with a photograph attached is hand-numbered and signed by Don Brown. The title page is dedicated to Alvin Doyle Moore and signed by Don Brown. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 25 x 17 cm.

UnitID: 42. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 3: Annual Meeting of the National Association of Schools of Art schedule, 1965

Pamphlet printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed by the Graduate Graphic Design Program. University of Illinois listed as host institution. Printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 8 p. -- 22 x 22 cm.

UnitID: 45. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 4: At the Finial Press, undated

Bifolium printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Includes quote from Warde, Beatrice. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 13 x 13 cm.

UnitID: 29. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 5: Champaign County newspaper clippings, 1969

Includes classifieds, advertisements, and obituaries.

Item 6: An Evening of Music for the Midwest College Art Conference/ Krannert Art Museum Concert, 1961

Concert Program printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Presented by the students and faculty of the University of Illinois School of Music and Krannert Art Museum. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 6 p. -- 17 x 17 cm.

UnitID: 30. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 7: The Fifteenth Christocentric Arts Festival , 1966

Exhibition Catalog designed by Alvin Doyle Moore

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed by Alvin Doyle Moore and Breen, Harry. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 14 p. -- 25 x 17 cm.

UnitID: 56. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 8: The Fifty-Third Annual Exhibition of Work by Faculty in the Department of Art and Design, 1977

Exhibition Catalog designed by Alvin Doyle Moore

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Superior Printing Company. Champaign, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 8 p. -- 22 x 22 cm.

UnitID: 48. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 9: Graduate Programs in Art & Design/ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978

Pamphlet printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Superior Printing. Champaign, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 23 p. -- 23 x 16 cm.

UnitID: 37. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 10: Japanese Studies Center, undated

Pamphlet printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 13 p. -- 22 x 22 cm.

UnitID: 52. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 11: Jargon Society postcards, 1976-1981

Postcards printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Author: Williams, Jonathan. Publisher: Jargon Society 2, 3, 4, 7,12, 13, and 16 . Highlands, NC.

Other Information: Designed by Alvin Doyle Moore.  Includes "Bumper-sticker Jubilation for those Conversant with Both Redneck Lingo & The Glories of the Tympanum of the Pilgrimage Church of Sainte Foix at Conques (Aveyron)"; "Sod and Begorra"; "Hasidic Exclamation On Stevie Smith's Poem 'Not Waving But Drowning"; "Epitaphs for Two Neighbors in Macon County No Poet Could Forget"; "The Anthropophagites Get Down In a Barbecue Sign On highway NC107 South of Hamlet"; "Zen & The Art of Blue Ridge Weather Porphecy"; and "'Smell just Like Everybody Else On the Seventh Circle oh Hell', As You Walk With Your Baby Down by the San Francisco Bay." Language: English.

Physical Description: 7 piece(s). Seven broadsides

UnitID: 32.  Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 12: The Lake District Festival, 1974

Souvenir program printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s).41 pg. - 27 X 21 cm.

UnitID: 15. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 13: Merging Traffic, undated

Broadside printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Language: English.

Physical Description: 5 piece(s). 17 x 17 cm.

UnitID: 28. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 14: A Poem Made from Erik Satie's Notes, in French, to the Piano Pieces Sports and Divertissments, 1967

Bifolium designed by Alvin Doyle Moore

Creator: Author: Johnson, Ronald. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 29 x 21 cm.

UnitID: 83. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 15: The Principal's Scholars Program, undated

Pamphlet printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 8 p. -- 22 x 22 cm.

UnitID: 46. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 16-17: 10 Decibels of Eye Noise portions, 1968

Bifolia printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Includes bifolia titled, "A project for Industrial Design"; and "The End of Love"; as well as one biflium untitled but numbered 6. Language: English.

Physical Description: 3 piece(s). 28 x 19 cm.

UnitID: 82. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 18: Visual Transmission: Graphics, January 1959

Broadside designed by Alvin Doyle Moore

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle.

Other Information: "Printed January 1959 by Alvin Doyle Moore as a visual statement and as an integral part of his Master of Fine Arts thesis State University of Iowa."  Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 25 x 17 cm.

UnitID: 34. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 19: When a new theatre is dedicated in Japan..., undated

Bifolium printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 29 x 21 cm.

UnitID: 80. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Series 2: Oversize

Item 1: River Old Going on Veins, 1972

Bifolium printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Heenan, Tom. Publisher: Finial Press. Champaign, IL.

Other Information: Item hand-labeled "By Tom Heenan/Of Tom Heenan/ For Don & Alan." Language: English.

Physical Description: 5 piece(s). 26 x 26 cm.

UnitID: 66. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 2: Swords/Words, undated

Broadside printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Language: English.

Physical Description: 9 piece(s). 26 x 26 cm.

UnitID: 67. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 3: Two black and white photos of cups, and one black and white photo of a neck, undated

Broadside printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Finial Press. Champaign, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore

Physical Description: 2 piece(s). 58 x 36 cm.

UnitID: Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 4: University of Illinois Graduate Graphic Design Program, undated

Broadside printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle. Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 34 x 29 cm.

UnitID: 91. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).

Item 5: In the Rock Pool under Barth Bridge..., 1974

Broadside printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Author: Williams, Jonathan. Publisher: Finial Press. Great Britian.

Other Information: Designed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Sheet belongs with Item 2, Box 5, Series 2: Five From Up T'Dale. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece (s). 39 x 39 cm.

UnitID: Q.686 Al88 (RBX)

Item 6: The Finial Press in Hawaii: Homage to Bernice Pauahi Bishop, 1982

Broadside printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Moore, Alvin Doyle.  Publisher: Finial Press. Honolulu, HI

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Item subtitled: The Koolau Mountain Range/ Diamond Jubilee/ University of Hawaii. Item hand numbered 1/10 by Alvin Doyle Moore. Each page initialed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Language: English.

Physical Description: 4 piece(s). 41 x 40 cm.

UnitID: 94. Q.686 Al88  (RBX).

Item 7: The Domino Theory, 1970

Broadside printed by Finial Press (Champaign, IL)

Creator: Authors: Platert, William and O'Brien, Michael.  Publisher: Finial Press. Urbana, IL.

Other Information: Designed or printed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Item signed by William Platert and Michael O'Brien. Language: English.

Physical Description: 1 piece(s). 49 x 31 cm.

UnitID: 96. Q.686 Al88 (RBX).