My wife and I were browsing antique stores this afternoon, and a little book on handwriting caught my eye. It was written by a gentleman Stephen Ziller, prior owner of Ziller of Kansas City (which is still in operation today under new ownership - http://www.zillerofkc.com/ ). This was the eighth printing in 1979. I don't know when the original would have been written. I may write them and ask. It's a short course in business hand writing, and is pretty detailed. It covers basic writing form, pens, posture, etc. It then moves into a series of exercises for basic skills development, then a study of each letter. I love finding stuff like this that I can somewhat trace the history on...very cool!
Some history about the company while Stephen Ziller owned it (partnered with the current owners in later years)
http://www.zillerofkc.com/ziller.html
Some history about the company while it was Tamblyn Studio and School of Penmanship (Tamblyn and Ziller were business partners, and Ziller carried on the business). It's quite a history in the penmanship arts....back to 1894.
http://www.zillerofkc.com/tamblyn.html
It's copyrighted, but I think fair use would allow showing a couple of pages for show and tell:
Some history about the company while Stephen Ziller owned it (partnered with the current owners in later years)
http://www.zillerofkc.com/ziller.html
Some history about the company while it was Tamblyn Studio and School of Penmanship (Tamblyn and Ziller were business partners, and Ziller carried on the business). It's quite a history in the penmanship arts....back to 1894.
http://www.zillerofkc.com/tamblyn.html
It's copyrighted, but I think fair use would allow showing a couple of pages for show and tell:
