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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ROOM OF THE HEALEY LIBRARY

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Approximately 5100 titles

A large portion of the collection is expensive or out of print books on fine arts. The remainder range from a late Aldine edition to video art and is composed mostly of first editions, rare, and finely printed books. Of special note is a collection of the work of German author Jakob Wasserman, the Anais Nin collection of 20th century poetry, and the Amado Alonso collection of Spanish language literature. In the graphic arts the collection contains over 100 contemporary prints by regionally and nationally known printmakers, and two collections of photographic portraits, one by Lotte Jacobi and the other by Elsa Dorfman. There is also a set of early 20th century readers collected by Boston State College Professor Miriam Kallen. All items are individually cataloged in the library s on-line system.

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AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC COLLECTION, 1895-1963 (bulk, 1910-1945)

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Approximately 4,500 titles

The collection consists of sheet music for more than 4,000 American popular songs. Much of the collection is from the era of Tin Pan Alley. It contains many songs of popular composers and lyricists of the period, including Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Harry von Tilzer, and others. Lists and indexes are available.

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ELSA DORFMAN Photographs, 1957-1970

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22 photographs

Processed: February 1995
By: Kim Brookes

PROVENANCE

These photographs by Elsa Dorfman may have been purchased by UMass/Boston's Healey Library.

COPYRIGHT

The University of Massachusetts at Boston does not own copyright of these photographs. The university cannot make copies or lend these images to exhibits off-campus. To do so, individuals must obtain permission from Elsa Dorfman who owns copyright and must be credited in any exhibit including her work.

BIOGRAPHY

Elsa Dorfman is a portrait photographer who works in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is now known for her use of a Polaroid 20 by 24 inch camera (one of only 5 in existence), from which she creates large prints. In 1974 she wrote Elsa's Housebook: A Woman's Photojournal (Boston: David R. Godine Publisher).

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection consists of 22 black and white matted photographic portraits taken by Elsa Dorfman. The portraits, many of which are signed by Dorfman, are of well-known writers and others. A copyright date that is later than the date when the photo was taken appears on the back of some of the photos. Most of theimages are approximately 9 by 11 inches.

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COLLECTION: 71

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LYDIA M. FISH "In Country" Collection, 1989-1992

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1/2 file box

Processed: April 1995
By: Kim Brookes

PROVENANCE

Lydia Fish donated this collection in 1992.

HISTORY

Lydia M. Fish is the director of the Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project of the Department of Anthropology at Buffalo State College in New York. The purpose of the project is to "collect, preserve, and make more widely known the folksongs of the Vietnam War." In 1991, the project published a CD entitled "Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War, a recording of 27 "songs made by the men who served in the Vietnam War."

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection consists of a reprint of an article and a booklet by Lydia M. Fish about songs sung and written by American soldiers and collected by General Edward G. Lansdale and others during the Vietnam War, the music CD of some of the songs, and two articles about the project of making the CD.

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COLLECTION: 50

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LOTTE JACOBI Photographs, 1930s-1960s?

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35 photographs

Processed: February 1995
By: Kim Brookes

PROVENANCE

These photographs by Lotte Jacobi may have been purchased by UMass/Boston's Healey Library.

COPYRIGHT

The University of Massachusetts at Boston does not own copyright of these photographs. The university cannot make copies or lend these images to exhibits off-campus. To do so, individuals must obtain permission from Lotte Jacobi's literary heir(s) who own(s) copyright and Jacobi must be credited in any exhibit including her work. Copyright of at least one of these photographs belongs to Folkwang Archive, Berlin.

BIOGRAPHY

Photographer Lotte Jacobi was born in Thorn, West Prussia in 1896. From a family of photographers, she had a studio in Berlin before fleeing Nazi Germany in 1935. In the United States she worked in New York City, and Deering, New Hampshire. Jacobi's portrait subjects have included many well-known men and women in Europe and the U.S. For additional biographical information, see Lotte Jacobi, edited by Kelly Wise (Danbury, N.H.: Addison House, 1978).

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection consists of 35 black and white portraits, most of well- known American and European men and women, taken in Berlin and the U.S. Jacobi signed some of the photos and etched her signature into the negatives of others. All of the photographs are matted and some are framed. Few of the photos have more than the subject's name and Jacobi's name and address (which may help researchers date the prints) on the back. Dates and other information were added to the photo list by the processor, based on information in Lotte Jacobi.

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COLLECTION: 76

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PETER MILTON The Jolly Corner, 1971

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20 framed prints

Accession numbers: 82.063-82.083
Processed: October 1994
By: Kim Brookes

PROVENANCE

These prints were purchased by the Healey Library.

BIOGRAPHY

For a biography of Peter Milton and background on his work The Jolly Corner, see the photocopied article in the department.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The etchings are framed, signed, and dated. They were plates from the publication Henry James's The Jolly Corner, With Twenty-one Etchings by Peter Milton (Baltimore: Aquarius Press, 1971).

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COLLECTION: 47

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RONALD E. SHERMAN Print Collection, 1964-1975

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80 silkscreens, etchings, posters

PROVENANCE

This print collection was given to the University of Massachusetts at Boston by Ronald E. Sherman of Brookline, Mass., on July 7, 1982.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection of 80 prints includes silkscreens (some on acetate), etchings (some and aquatint), photosilkscreens, linocuts, posters, and a color lithograph and a woodcut. Most are unframed. All are by 20th century artists (produced between 1965 and 1975). There are women artists, as well as men. Many of the artists are Canadian, others are from the U.S., Israel, Japan, Germany, Venezuela, Italy, and England.

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COLLECTION: 35

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