Finding Aid for the Arnold Entzmann Papers, 1845-1980, bulk 1906-1909
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 1998
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Arnold Entzmann Papers, 1845-1980, bulk 1906-1909
Collection number: 410
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff, 1998
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, June 2002
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Arnold Entzmann Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1845-1980, bulk 1906-1909
Collection number: 410
Creator: Entzmann, Arnold
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Arnold Entzmann lived in San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake. The collection consists of over 1000 photographs
taken of San Francisco by Arnold Entzmann documenting the earthquake and resultant fire. The collection contains copy negatives,
photograph albums and copies of calendars that he made using the pictures.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Thomas Hayne, 1989.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Arnold Entzmann Papers (Collection 410). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Entzmann lived in San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake and fire, and he took over a thousand pictures of the city
after the destruction.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of over 1000 photographs taken of San Francisco by Arnold Entzmann after the 1906 earthquake and fire.
The collection contains copy negatives, photograph albums, and copies of calendars that he made using the pictures. Also includes
biographical notes on Arnold Entzmann and the Muhr and Entzmann families, correspondence, a map of San Francisco, a land title,
a 1980 newspaper clipping, ephemera, and three documents concerning Entzmann's service in the Imperial Austrian Artillery.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Entzmann, Arnold--Archives.
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Photographs.
Online resources.
Box 1, Folder 1
Muhr and Entzmann families: biography.
Box 1, Folder 2
Biographical notes on Arnold Entzmann.
Box 1, Folder 3
2 portraits of Arnold Entzmann.
Box 1, Folder 4
Souvenir photo album #2 of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906.
Box 1, Folder 5
Souvenir photo album #3 of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906.
Box 1, Folder 6
Souvenir photo album of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906.
Box 1, Folder 9
Complete calendar for 1909.
Box 1, Folder 11
Calendar page for May 1907.
Box 1, Folder 12
Complete calendar for 1907.
Box 1, Folder 13
Photo album covers for 1906.
Box 1, Folder 14
Cloth prints of calendar pages.
Box 1, Folder 15
Wax linen calendar covers.
Box 1, Folder 16
Birth certificate for Entzmann family member.
Box 1, Folder 17
Envelope addressed to Arnold Entzmann from Austrian consulate in Philadelphia, October 27, 1894.
Box 1, Folder 18
Document from Austrian consulate, San Francisco, September 28, 1874.
Box 1, Folder 20
Letter, November 28, 1887.
Box 1, Folder 21
Letter, December 30, 1887.
Box 1, Folder 22
San Francisco. 35 mm copy negatives. Rolls A - N.
Box 1, Folder 23
San Francisco. 35 mm copy negatives. Rolls O - Y.
Box 1, Folder 24
San Francisco. Contact print sheets from 35 mm negatives. A - M. 14 sheets.
Box 1, Folder 25
San Francisco. Contact print sheets from 35 mm. negatives. N - Y. 17 sheets.
Box 1, Folder 26
Original photo album by Arnold Entzmann.
Physical Description: (8) 8 x 10 prints.
Box 1, Folder 28
Photograph album of Arnold Entzmann's pictures of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Part 1.
Box 1, Folder 29
Photograph album of Arnold Entzmann's pictures of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Part 2.
Box 1, Folder 30
Photograph album of Arnold Entzmann's pictures of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Part 3.
Box 1, Folder 31
Arnold Entzmann's pictures of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906.
Physical Description: (31) 4 x 5 copy negatives.
Box 1, Folder 32
Arnold Entzmann's pictures of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906.
Physical Description: (32) 4 x 5 contact prints.
Box 1, Folder 33
Map of San Francisco marked by Arnold Entzmann.
Box 2
3 documents concerning Arnold Entzmann's service in the Imperial Austrian Artillery.
Box 2
Abstract of Title to the Thermalito Colony Tract, Butte County, California.
Box 2
Newspaper clipping from p. 25, Part 8, Real Estate,
Los Angeles Times, January 13, 1980. Story on Arnold Entzmann.
