http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt1q2n9893 No online items Jake Zeitlin papers, ca. 1926-1987 Processed by Michelle Lentes, Dan Luckenbill, and Terry Nakazono; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited by Josh Fiala. UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575 (310) 825-4988 [email protected] ©1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Jake Zeitlin papers, ca. 1926-1987 334 1 Descriptive Summary Title: Jake Zeitlin papers Collection number: 334 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 389.0 linear ft.(778 boxes) Date (inclusive): ca. 1926-1987 Abstract: Jacob Israel Zeitlin (1902-1987) was a bookseller, poet and book reviewer in Ft. Worth, Texas before moving to Los Angeles (1925). He was employed by the Holmes Book Company and the book departments of the May Company and Bullock's before opening his first shop (1927) which he relocated in 1929 and 1948. He sold rare books, prints, and paintings, lectured widely on subjects related to rare books and the history of science, and represented many collectors of the history of science. Zeitlin was also instrumental in bringing many collections to UCLA, including the Grunewald Graphic Arts Collection, and he personally donated several manuscript collections to the Department of Special Collections. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, ephemera and catalogs related to Zeitlin's various bookshops and publishing enterprises, as well as personal correspondence with literary figures and other friends. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Creator: Zeitlin, Jake, 1902- Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Gift of Jake Zeitlin, 1955-87. Gift of Joel Zeitlin, 1987-88. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Jake Zeitlin Papers (Collection 334). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 3649383 Biography Jacob Israel Zeitlin was born on November 4, 1902, in Racine, Wisconsin; worked as a bookseller, poet and book reviewer in Ft. Worth, Texas; moved to Los Angeles in 1925; began career in bookselling when employed by Holmes Book Company and the book departments of the May Company and Bullock's; published his first book of poems and began as an independent bookseller in 1927; opened his first shop, designed by Lloyd Wright, in 1927; Wright designed a more elaborate shop in 1929 that became a meeting place for the city's intellectuals; Zeitlin and friends published Opinion, a influential but short-lived magazine; he ran Primavera Press from 1929-33 in collaboration with Lawrence Clark Powell, Carey McWilliams, Phil Townsend Hanna, and Ward Ritchie; Zeitlin was one of the founders of the Rounce & Coffin Club in 1931; in collaboration with his wife, Josephine Ver Brugge, moved his shop into a large red barn on La Cienega Blvd. in 1948, selling rare books, prints, and paintings; lectured widely on subjects related to rare books and the history of science, and represented many collectors of the history of science; was instrumental in bringing many collections to UCLA, including the Grunewald Graphic Arts Collection, and he personally donated several manuscript collections to the Department of Special Collections; received Doctor of Letters from Occidental College in 1981; died in August 1987. Scope and Content Collection consists of correspondence, financial records, ephemera and catalogs related to Zeitlin's various bookshops and publishing enterprises, as well as personal correspondence with literary figures and other friends. • Collection of Materials Relating to Jake Zeitlin (Collection 485) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections. • Correspondence with Frieda Lawrence (Collection 1353) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections. • Zeitlin Graphic Arts Ephemera Collection (Collection 2000) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections. Jake Zeitlin papers, ca. 1926-1987 334 2 Related Oral Histories • Interview of Jake Zeitlin (1973) • Books and the imagination: fifty years of rare books [oral history transcript] / Jake Zeitlin, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1980. Available at UCLA Library Special Collections. Subjects and Indexing Terms Jake Zeitlin Books (Firm: Los Angeles, Calif.)--Archives. Zeitlin & Ver Brugge (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Archives. Zeitlin, Jake, 1902- --Archives. Antiquarian booksellers--California--Los Angeles--Archives. Intellectuals--California--Los Angeles--Archives. Bookstore Files (1st Group). Correspondence. Box 1, Folder 1 A miscellaneous. 1895, 1936, 1941-1942, 1947, 1951, 1966, 1978-1979, 1981, 1983-1984, 1986, n.d. Physical Description: (21 items, 23 pieces) Box 1, Folder 2 Adams, Peggy Hamilton. 1974 March. Physical Description: (1 item, 1 piece) Box 1, Folder 3 Enclosure from to correspondence. 1974. Box 1, Folder 4 Enclosure (Newsclippings) from to correspondence. 1974. Box 1, Folder 5 Andrieux, Raymond. 1969, 1974 June, 1974 October. Physical Description: (3 items, 4 pieces) Box 1, Folder 6 Enclosure from to correspondence. 1969. Box 1, Folder 7 Enclosure (Newsclipping). n.d. / v.d.. Box 1, Folder 8 Archer, Richard and Margot. 1967, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, n.d.. Physical Description: (9 items, 9 pieces) Box 1, Folder 9 Enclosure from to correspondence. 1977. Box 1, Folder 10 B miscellaneous. 1931, 1935-1936, 1938, 1940-1941, 1966-1967, 1969, 1973-1985. Physical Description: (53 items, 68 pieces) Box 1, Folder 11 B miscellaneous - enclosures. n.d. / v.d. Scope and Content Note To correspondence from Sally Benson attached to letter from Joe Margolies (1936 July 24). Melville C. Branch (1983 October 27). Forman Brown (1981 March 3). Kenneth Brecher (1983 May 12). Box 1, Folder 12 Barzelay, Dorothy. 1968, 1974, 1980-1984, 1986. Physical Description: (16 items, 21 pieces) Box 1, Folder 13 Enclosure from to correspondence. 1983 January 20. Box 1, Folder 14 Belanger, Terry. 1985 January 30. Physical Description: (1 item, 4 pieces) Jake Zeitlin papers, ca. 1926-1987 334 3 Bookstore Files (1st Group). Correspondence. Box 1, Folder 15 Enclosure from to correspondence. 1985 January 30. Box 1, Folder 16 Bidwell, John. 1982, 1984-1987. Physical Description: (10 items, 12 pieces) Additional Note Removed publication of Joel Barlow's Columbia by John Bidwell. Box 1, Folder 17 Enclosure from to correspondence. 1982 December 1. Box 1, Folder 18 Blake, James D. 1926-1927, 1933, 1937, 1940. Physical Description: (7 items, 8 pieces) Box 1, Folder 19 Boorkman, Charles J. 1982, 1987, n.d. Physical Description: (5 items, 7 pieces) Box 1, Folder 20 Enclosure from to correspondence. 1987. Box 1, Folder 21 Booth, Walter Bates. 1925, 1967, n.d. Box 1, Folder 22 Booth, William Bates. Letters to Judy Tillery. 1924-1925, 1927-1929, 1934, 1936-1938, 1966. Physical Description: (32 items, 118 pieces) Box 1, Folder 23 C miscellaneous. 1931-1932, 1961, 1966, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1978-1979, 1982-1985, 1987, n.d. Physical Description: (42 items, 53 pieces) Additional Note Removed publication of A list of the first 774 books published for American armed forces overseas to correspondence Billie Connor (1978 September 6). Box 1, Folder 24 C miscellaneous - Enclosures. Scope and Content Note To correspondence from Logan Clendening (1932 November). Peter Cockburn-Thorpe, Billie Connor (1978 September 6). Craft International - Rose Slivka (1982 April 27). Carpine galleria d'arte - arazzi di asti di Corrado Cagli (1965 March 4). Donald Charnock memoriam. Box 2, Folder 25 C miscellaneous - Enclosures. Scope and Content Note To correspondence from Peter Cockburn-Thorpe and Craft Connection - Rose Slivka (1982 April 27). Stuart Chase lecture. Grace Clements plans for work. Box 1, Folder 26 Chokla-Gross, Sarah. 1923, 1931, 1938, 1963, 1976, n.d. Physical Description: (10 items, 18 pieces) Box 1, Folder 27 Enclosure from to correspondence. 1976. Box 1, Folder 28 D miscellaneous. 1929, 1941-1942, 1959, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1975-1981, 1983, 1985-1986, n.d. Physical Description: (30 items, 39 pieces) Jake Zeitlin papers, ca. 1926-1987 334 4 Bookstore Files (1st Group). Correspondence. Box 1, Folder 29 D miscellaneous - Enclosures. Scope and Content Note To correspondence from Helen DeGolyer, Bern Dibner (1973 January). Don Dickinson (1986 August 7). Judith Clark Dakin funeral remarks (1970 July 6). Box 1, Folder 30 D miscellaneous. 1973. Scope and Content Note Dauber, Florence and Zeitlin & Ver Brugge agreement. Not consummated. Box 1, Folder 31 Daves, Delmer. 1938, 1939, 1968, 1974, 1976, n.d. Physical Description: (10 items, 14 pieces) Box 1, Folder 32 Enclosures. n.d. / v.d. Scope and Content Note To correspondence 1938 July 11 (newspaper