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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Biography
Scope and Content
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Title: Betty Rosenberg papers
Collection number: 248
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
16.5 linear ft.
(7 boxes. 13 cartons. 1 oversize box.)
Date: 1950-1992
Abstract: Betty Rosenberg (1916- ) was a lecturer in library and information science (1973-77), and senior lecturer emeritus (1977-
) at UCLA, and an author. Her publications include
The romance of book collecting (1978),
Genreflecting: a guide to reading interests in genre fiction (1982) and
The letter killeth: three bibliographical essays for bibliomaniacs (1982). The collection contains notes and the manuscript for her revised edition of
Genreflecting: a guide to reading interests in genre fiction (1982). The collection also contains book catalogs, photographs, business files and correspondence.
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.
Creator:
Rosenberg, Betty
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
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Betty Rosenberg, bequest, 1993.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Betty Rosenberg Papers (Collection 248). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Biography
Rosenberg was born on October 17, 1916 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; came to the U.S. in 1917 and became a citizen in 1923;
BA (1938), MA (1950), UCLA; Certificate in Librarianship, UC Berkeley, 1940; worked as a librarian, Los Angeles County Public
Library, 1942-45; librarian (1945-57), bibliographical assistant to librarian (1957-61), lecturer (1961-73), senior lecturer
in library and information science (1973-77), and senior lecturer emeritus, beginning in 1977, UCLA; publications include:
The romance of book collecting (1978),
Booked for murder (1979),
Bibliomania, or Bound to kill (1981),
Genreflecting: a guide to reading interests in genre fiction (1982) and
The letter killeth: three bibliographical essays for bibliomaniacs (1982).
Scope and Content
Collection contains notes and the manuscript for her revised edition of
Genreflecting: a guide to reading interests in genre fiction (1982). Also contains book catalogs, photographs, business files and correspondence.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Ephemera.
-
Mean what you say, 1959.
- Reading and reading interests.
- Bibliomystery manuscript.
- Oak Knoll Book catalogs.
- Bibliomystery.
- Photographs.
- Notebooks.
- Mystery/suspense, sweet & savage, Gothic, romance misc.
- Business files & correspondence.
Related Oral History
The following oral history is available through the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research:
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Rosenberg, Betty--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Graduate School of Library and Information Science--Faculty--Archival resources.
Authors, American--20th century--Archives.
Manuscripts for publications.