Call Number:

Prints.Scientific

Repository:

Bryn Mawr College

Extent:

1 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Cite as Scientific Prints Collection, Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library.

Date:

undated (inclusive)

Creator:

Adelman, Seymour, 1906-1985

Abstract:

This is a collection of miscellaneous scientific prints, including ornithological, botanical, and conchology prints. Most of this material was collected by Seymour Adelman. For a detailed breakdown of the collection's materials, see the "Collection Organization" tab. And, for further resources on this type of material, please also search for botanical books in Bryn Mawr College's Rare Books, and for individual prints in the Tri-College collection of Art and Artifacts.

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.

Adelman's extensive collection contained material on Thomas Eakins, John Keats, Claude Lovat Fraser, and Laurence Hausman, as well as a large collection of letters. In addition to this work, Adelman also collected fine art prints, material related to the history of the book and publishing, and architectural history, among other interests. Most of this collection of scientific prints was originally part of Adelman's collection of prints and drawings.

This is a collection of miscellaneous scientific prints, including ornithological, botanical, and conchology prints. Most of this material was collected by Seymour Adelman. For a detailed breakdown of the collection's materials, see the "Collection Organization" tab. And, for further resources on this type of material, please also search for botanical books in Bryn Mawr College's Rare Books, and for individual prints in the Tri-College collection of Art and Artifacts.