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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Bernard Zakheim papers
Creator:
Zakheim, Bernard
source:
Kline, Eric Chaim
Identifier/Call Number: M2539
Physical Description:
58 Linear Feet
(1 map folder, 10 flat boxes, 100 manuscript boxes)
Date (inclusive): Circa 1920-1985
Language of Material: Most materials are in English; collection also includes materials in Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew.
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 His collection contains correspondece, research files, and published and unpublished artwork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.
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).
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.
[identification of item], Bernard Zakheim papers (M2539). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 2019. Accession 2019-419.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Artists -- United States.
Murals
Kline, Eric Chaim