Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Zeitlin, Jake and Zeitlin & Ver Brugge (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Abstract:
- The Jake Zeitlin and Ver Brugge archive consists of working catalogue sheets from the firm as representing all the catalogued books and manuscripts handled by the firm throughout its years in the old Red Barn.
- Extent:
- 12.5 Linear Feet (10 record storage boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Jake Zeitlin and Ver Brugge archive (M2638). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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[From dealer's description] This is the unique record of the pioneering American bookseller, Jake Zeitlin, who became known for the history of science and history of medicine. The archive covers "everything", but science and medicine is the great strength. But the special aspect of the archive is that the records retain a great deal of source information regarding each book. Recorded in manuscript over roughly thirty years, the sheets often will show the work of cataloguing each item, and may include where the item came from, who it was offered to, and where it was sold. This is all the records retailed by the Book Cataloguing Department. Various cataloguers contributed to the archive: Lottie Monash, Anne Bobrow, Ivy Trent, Karen Lence, Paul Naiditch, J. Weber, and throughout Jake Zeitlin himself would add his mark to each piece he checked and read. The archive is extended further with the saved records of Jeff Weber Rare Books, being a former employee of Zeitlin, Jeff Weber have curated this archive and added to it. Zeitlin & Ver Brugge were known for the quality of their scholarship, the character and rarity of the books they offered, and Mr. Zeitlin could certainly be characterized as a scholar bookseller, seeking to add to the culture of Los Angeles and those who engaged his services.
- Arrangement:
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The folders are arranged and labeled according to Zeitlin's alphabetical filing system.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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:
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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. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Jake Zeitlin and Ver Brugge archive (M2638). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022