Books and articles written by Charles Hasler

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c.1951-1979

Charles Hasler worked as a freelance designer producing posters for the British Transport Commission from the 1940s to the 1960s, during which time he was also a consultant for the printing company Waterlow & Sons Ltd for whom he designed their house-style. Between 1942 and 1951, Hasler was an exhibition designer for the Ministry of Information and the Central Office of Information. He worked on displays such as ‘Dig For Victory’, ‘Make Do and Mend’ and ‘Nation and the Child’. After the war, he became a senior designer and chairman of the Typographic Panel for the Festival of Britain in 1951. Hasler also designed covers, layouts and occasionally contributed articles for publications such as The Penrose Annual, Architectural Review, and The Complete Imbiber (vols 4 - 12, 1961-1971) for Vista Books, and various companies' trade literature as well as many smaller commissions for company logos. He wrote and published articles about typography and printing technique (both contemporary and historical, particularly Victorian colour printing) and in 1979 his 'The Royal Arms: its graphic and decorative development', a comprehensive work on the development of the styles and decoration of crests in Britain, was published by Jupiter Books.

Copies of articles and books written by Charles Hasler including some proofs, manuscripts and working papers.

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Various notes written by Hasler, drawings and notes, by third parties and sketches by Hasler. Copyright in the unpublished texts will either last for lifetime plus 70 years if the author died after 1 January 1969 (in the case of Hasler), or until 1st January 2039 if the author died before 1 Jan 1969. Copyright in the artistic works is likely to last for the lifetime of the artist plus 70 years after their death.Ownership of Rights: This is likely to belong to the individual rights holders or the companies that they worked. The works by Hasler are likely to belong to Caroline Hasler, apart from proofs and manuscripts, which may belong to the publishers where his works appeared. Permission will need to be sought from companies, individual rights holders, publishers and Caroline Hasler as appropriate for the research content.