Call Number:

Adelman.Personal

Repository:

Bryn Mawr College

Extent:

1 linear ft.

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Cite as Seymour Adelman Personal Work, Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library.

Date:

undated (inclusive)

Creator:

Adelman, Seymour, 1906-1985

Abstract:

This collection contains works created by or directly related to Seymour Adelman. In addition to being an avid collector, he was also an amateur illustrator and amateur print-maker. Also contained here is a book describing Adelman's collection of art and objects. This book might be helpful in researching the objects in other collections and in the Art and Artifact Collection

Seymour Adelman was a Philadelphia based collector of prints, letters, and ephemera. Although he worked in real-estate – a family business – he is most well known for his extensive collecting habits. Adelman has no direct relation to Bryn Mawr, but was invited to visit by James Tanis, the director Canaday Library. The then newly build library offered Adelman an office and a space to house his collection, and this formed the relationship between Bryn Mawr College and Adelman.

This collection contains works created by or directly related to Seymour Adelman. In addition to being an avid collector, he was also an amateur illustrator and amateur print-maker. The collection contains:

1) 17 hand-drawn cartoons on board. 2) 3 different pulls of an identical print of a boxing match. 3) Framed memorial poster from the Free Library of Philadephia. 4) Small book describing Adelman's collection of artworks.