Guide to the Stanley S. Slotkin Printed Book Leaves Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Stanley S. Slotkin Printed Book Leaves Collection
Creator:
Slotkin, Stanley S., 1905-1997
Identifier/Call Number: SC.SSB
Extent:
0.20 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1495-1876
Abstract: Stanley S. Slotkin was a successful Los
Angeles businessman who owned the medical and party supply rental company Abbey Rents. He
was also an avid collector of antique bibles and other rare books, amassing hundreds of
thousands of books which he also regularly donated to various museums, universities and
libraries across the United States. In the 1960s, Slotkin began to donate individual leaves
from books to institutions rather than whole works, as he felt intact books were too often
locked away where they could not be seen. The collection consists of 22 of these individual
leaves donated by Slotkin, which he removed from various religious texts. Each leaf is
mounted onto a sheet of paper which also includes a facsimile of the cover page of the work
the leaf was originally from.
Language of Material: English,
French,
German,
Latin,
Arabic,
Greek,Modern(1453-)
Welsh,
Hebrew
Biographical Information:
Stanley S. Slotkin was a successful Los Angeles businessman who owned the medical and party
supply rental company Abbey Rents. He was also an avid collector of antique bibles and other
rare books, amassing hundreds of thousands of books which he also regularly donated to
various museums, universities, churches, and libraries across the United States. In the
1960s, Slotkin began to donate individual leaves from books to institutions rather than
whole works, as he felt intact books were too often locked away where they could not be
seen. He dismembered a number of books, and donated sets of pages to any institution that
would agree to display them publically. He was also heavily interested in archaeology,
cosmetic medicine, and recreational diving and contributed philanthropically to a number of
causes throughout his life.
Scope and Contents
The
Stanley S. Slotkin Printed Book Leaves Collection consists
of 22 of individual leaves donated by Slotkin, which he removed from various religious
texts. Each leaf is mounted onto a sheet of paper which also includes a facsimile of the
cover page of the work the leaf was originally from.
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Stanley S. Slotkin
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style
manual, or see the
Citing Archival
Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
Jessica Geiser, 2013
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Folder 1, Item 1
Leaf from a French Bible,
1495
Folder 1, Item 2
Leaf from a Latin Religious Work,
1496
Folder 1, Item 3
Leaf from
Hippocrates in Greek and
Latin,
1500
Folder 1, Item 4
Leaf from a Work by Galen of Pergamon,
1515
Folder 1, Item 5
Leaf from a Greek Bible,
1557
Folder 1, Item 6
Leaf from a Martin Luther Bible,
1574
Folder 1, Item 7
Leaf from a Welsh Bible,
1579
Folder 1, Item 8
Leaf from a Hebrew-Latin Bible,
1591
Folder 1, Item 10
Leaf from a Hebrew Bible,
5369 A.M. [1612 C.E.]
Folder 1, Item 11
Leaf from a Roman Missale,
1624
Folder 1, Item 12
Leaf from
Acts and Monuments: of matters most special and
memorable, happening in the Church, with an universall Historie of the
same,
1631
Folder 1, Item 13
Leaf from a Roman Missale,
1635
Folder 1, Item 14
Leaf from a Work by Dr. Johannes Baptistae Von Helmonti,
1667
Folder 1, Item 15
Leaf from a Roman Missale,
1677
Folder 1, Item 16
Leaf from
A Commentary Upon the Historical Books of the
Old Testament
by Dr. Symon Patrick,
1678
Folder 1, Item 17
Leaf from
A New History of the Holy Bible from the
Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity,
1702
Folder 1, Item 18
Leaf from a Scottish Bible,
1705
Folder 1, Item 19
Leaf from a Scottish Bible,
1715
Folder 1, Item 20
Leaf from a Commentary on the Koran by Mohammed Ben Garir El Tabri,
circa 1245 A.H. [1829 C.E.]
Folder 1, Item 21
Leaf from
Commentary on the Koran,
1276 A.H. [1859 C.E.]
Folder 1, Item 22
Leaf from a Koran,
1293 A.H. [1876 C.E.]