Paul Elder And Company Collection, ca. 1898-1936

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Summary

Creators:
Elder, Paul, 1872-1948.
Extent:
.5 linear feet ( 1 box)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

Paul Elder And Company Collection. Printers Mss 30. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The manuscript part of the collection contains two series: Catalogs and lists; and Photocopies of the title pages of Paul Elder imprints. The printed part of the collection contains nearly 200 titles, some in UCSB Special Collections, others in the UCSB Arts Library and the Davidson Library Main stacks. The books are cataloged separately and can searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog.

Biographical / historical:

Works about Paul Elder and his work include:

  • Gordon, Ruth. Paul Elder: Bookseller-Publisher (1897-1917): A Bay Area Reflection. Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 1977.
  • Harlan, Robert D. Like a Gothic Cathedral: Paul Elder's Grant Avenue Book and Art Shop, 1909-1921. San Francisco: Roxburghe & Zamorano, 1988.
  • Mostardi, David. A Checklist of the Publications of Paul Elder. Berkeley, CA: The Arts & Crafts Press, 2000.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1966.
Physical location:
Del Sur stacks.

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Paul Elder And Company Collection. Printers Mss 30. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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