Bernard Zakheim papers, Circa 1920-1985

Summary

Creators:

Zakheim, Bernard and Kline, Eric Chaim

Abstract:

Bernard Zakheim (1898-1985) was an artist best known for murals he painted in Coit Tower and in Toland Hall at the University of California, San Francisco. His collection contains correspondece, research files, and published and unpublished artwork and writing.

Extent:

58 Linear Feet (1 map folder, 10 flat boxes, 100 manuscript boxes)

Language:

English and Most materials are in English; collection also includes materials in Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Bernard Zakheim papers (M2539). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains correspondence, business records, writing, photographs, exhibition catalogs, ephemera, memoir drafts, clippings & periodicals, personal material and original art (drawings, watercolors, sketches, furniture designs, and prints).

Biographical / historical:

Born in Poland in 1898, artist Bernard Zakheim emigrated to San Francisco in 1920. Zakheim was best known for the murals he painted in Coit Tower and in Toland Hall at the University of California, San Francisco, He died in San Francisco in 1985.

Acquisition information:

Purchase, 2019. Accession 2019-419.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Artists -- United States.
Murals

Names:

Kline, Eric Chaim

Restrictions:

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Bernard Zakheim papers (M2539). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, Manuscripts Division

Department of Special Collections, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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