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Finding Aid to the Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc. Records, 1916-2001
BANC MSS 99/317
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Collection Title: Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc. records
Date (inclusive): 1916-2001
Collection Number: BANC MSS 99/317
Creators :
Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc.
Rosenthal, Bernard M.
Rosenthal, Bernard M.
Extent:
Number of containers: 6 cartons; 1 box
Linear feet: 8
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: This collection documents the work of Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc. and its owner, Bernard
M. Rosenthal. Included in the collection are business correspondence, publications produced by Rosenthal, Inc.
and business records as well as Rosenthal's personal correspondence and teaching materials.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English, Italian, German, and French.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice
may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the
Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in
writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000.
Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to
include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is
restricted to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc. Records, BANC MSS 99/317, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public
access catalog.
Poole, John Hudson, 1878-1961
Poole, Caroline Boeing--Library
Catalogs, Book
Antiquarian booksellers--United States
The Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc. Records were given to The Bancroft Library by Bernard M. Rosenthal in 1999.
Additions were made in 2006.
Future additions are expected.
Arranged to the container level.
Processed by Adela Wright in 2003. Additions processed by Jennifer Davis in 2006.
Bernard Rosenthal, founder of Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., was born in Munich, Germany in 1920, into a family of
rare and antiquarian booksellers. Escaping Adolph Hitler in the 1930s, Rosenthal's family immigrated to the
United States. Ultimately, Rosenthal attended the University of California, Berkeley, as an international
student. He served in the U.S. military from 1942-1946, and returned to Berkeley when his service was over. He
worked as a chemist and an interpreter before deciding to enter the rare book business. He married his wife,
Ruth, in 1950.
Three years later, Rosenthal opened his own rare bookstore, Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., in New York, NY. In
1970, he moved the bookstore to San Francisco, CA where it remained until 1989 when Rosenthal moved it to its
current (2007) location in Berkeley, CA.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection documents the work of Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc. and its owner, Bernard M. Rosenthal. Included
in the collection are business correspondence, publications produced by Rosenthal, Inc. and business records as
well as Rosenthal's personal correspondence and teaching materials.
A significant portion of the collection relates to the sale of the John H. Poole Library between 1977 and 1996.
Included are donation, sale, and accounting records as well as some information relating to Caroline Poole and
the Poole family.