Collection: Fred A. Rosenstock autograph collection | BYU Library (original) (raw)

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Vault MSS 2

Scope and Contents

Autographs, correspondence, portraits, and envelopes. Most of the materials were donated by Fred Rosenstock to Brigham Young University, but some were acquired from different sources. Many of the items were originally gathered by Barton Orville Aylesworth, a biographer and an autograph collector in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Contains autographs, correspondence, portraits, and envelopes. Most of the items were originally gathered by Barton Orville Aylesworth, a biographer and an autograph collector in Fort Collings Colorado. The materials are largely letters and autographs produced by prominent American and British authors, editors, politicians, and other important artistic and historical figures in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The items relating to the individual creators are being cataloged separately and will be available on the Brigham Young University cataloging data base. BYU special collections created this artificial collection placing the material in alphabetical order.

Dates

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Rosenstock autograph collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical / Historical

Rosenstock was a manuscript and rare book dealer in Denver, Colorado.

Extent

40 boxes (20 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

Custodial History

Most if not all of this collection was donated by Fred Rosenstock to Brigham Young University, but some materials were acquired form different sources.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated; Fred Rosenstock; 1950s--1970s.

Appraisal

19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title

Register of Rosenstock autograph collection

Status

Under Revision

Author

Rose Frank

Date

2011 October 7

Description rules

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Language of description

English

Script of description

Latin

Language of description note

Finding aid written in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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