Milton Hammer Collection, ca. 1880-1964

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Summary

Creators:
Hammer, Milton
Abstract:
Correspondence, photographs, and other material collected by Hammer, much of it during his career as a rare book and manuscripts dealer in Santa Barbara. Includes material re Heinrich Boll, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James A. Garfield, Oliver Wendell Holmes, J. Edgar Hoover, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry James, John F. Kennedy, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lewis Mumford, Napoleon (Bonaparte), Harold Pinter, and Harry S. Truman.
Extent:
0.6 linear feet (1 document box and 1 oversize box).
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Milton Hammer Collection. Mss 161. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other material collected by Milton Hammer, much of it during his career as a rare book and manuscripts dealer. Prominent individuals represented in the collection include Heinrich Boll, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James A. Garfield, Oliver Wendell Holmes, J. Edgar Hoover, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry James, John F. Kennedy, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lewis Mumford, Napoleon (Bonaparte), Harold Pinter, and Harry S. Truman.

The manuscript materials are part of a larger collection that includes printed materials (mainly modern first editions and fine presses) which have been cataloged separately and which can be searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog.

Acquisition information:
Multiple gifts from Milton Hammer, 1997-2002.
Physical location:
Del Sur.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Antiquarian booksellers.
Names:
Hammer, Milton

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:

Milton Hammer Collection. Mss 161. 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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