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MS 420
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Title: Bernard Zakheim collection on Frank Herbert
Date (inclusive): 1956-1969
Collection Number: MS 420
Creator:
Zakheim, Bernard, 1898-1985
Source:
Herbert, Frank (Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr), 1920-1986
Extent:
0.21 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection consists of materials from Polish-born San Francisco artist Bernard Zakheim, mostly related to his friendship
and interactions with science fiction author Frank Herbert. Items in the collection include correspondence between Herbert
and Zakheim, news clippings on Herbert, and poems written by Herbert. The collection also includes various typescripts of
Herbert's poem, "Carthage," with his handwritten corrections and annotations.
Languages: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
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University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Purchased in 2018.
Processed by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian, 2018.
Bernard Zakheim was born in 1898 to a Jewish family in Poland. He dreamed of becoming an artist from a young age, and was
awarded a scholarship to the Polish National Academy of Fine Art where he studied drawing, painting, and sculpting. In 1920,
Zakheim and his wife moved to San Francisco, California, where he worked as a furniture maker.
Zakheim also became involved in artistic endeavours in the early 1930s, and was especially interested in depicting and preserving
Jewish-American life and culture through his art. He met muralist Diego Rivera around this time, and studied with him and
San Francisco muralist Victor Arnautoff to develop his skills in mural painting.
In 1933 he helped found the San Francisco Artists and Writers Union, which was a group of activist artists that lobbied the
federal government to create a federally funded arts program during the Great Depression. These efforts led to the establishment
of the Public Works of Art Project, which helped fund some of Zakheim's most well-known works, including the Coit Tower murals
in San
Francisco.
Zakheim was also known for embedding his own politics into his work, and advocated that artists should openly show their beliefs
in their work. Frank Herbert's biographer stated Zakheim's views in this area were influential on Herbert as well, whom Zakheim
encouraged to include political and religious messages in his books.
During his career, Zakheim created murals for the University of California San Francisco, the San Francisco Jewish Community
Center, and the Alemany Hospital in San Francisco. Later in life he moved out of the city to Sebastopol, California, where
he continued to paint. He passed away in 1985.
The collection consists of materials from Polish-born San Francisco artist Bernard Zakheim, mostly related to his friendship
and interactions with science fiction author Frank Herbert. Items in the collection include correspondence between Herbert
and Zakheim, news clippings on Herbert, and poems written by Herbert. The collection also includes various typescripts of
Herbert's poem, "Carthage," with his handwritten corrections and annotations.
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
See also the Frank Herbert papers (SC-06-FH) held at California State University Fullerton [link:http://archives.fullerton.edu/repositories/5/resources/56].
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Herbert, Frank (Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr), 1920-1986
Authors
Poetry
Science fiction
Science fiction -- Authorship
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Manuscripts