Knowledge (XXG)

Jacob Zeitlin

Source 📝

202: 43:
books, and was a co-founder of the Rounce & Coffin Club, which supported and encouraged fine printing in Southern California for many years. During his sixty years as a rare book seller, he, along with his many friends and associates, known as the "Zeitlin circle," was a significant force in the cultural and intellectual life of Los Angeles. In 1963, he testified in a California Supreme Court obscenity hearing on
42:
area of Los Angeles. He opened his first bookshop in 1928, on Hope Street near 6th Street in downtown Los Angeles, and over the years moved his shop a number of times, its final location being in a converted barn on La Cienega Boulevard. He founded the Primavera Press, to produce fine printed
77: 434: 464: 22:(November 4, 1902 – August 30, 1987) was an American bookseller, publisher, collector, poet and intellectual in Los Angeles in the mid-twentieth century. 449: 459: 439: 96:
Zeitlin was married to Josephine Ver Brugge, who became his business partner, and together they had four children. He died on August 30, 1987 in
371: 454: 429: 352: 444: 393: 72:, a short-lived but influential Angeleno intellectual journal. A liberal in politics, Zeitlin was the campaign manager for 424: 419: 309: 231: 97: 132: 49: 396:, Center for Oral History Research, UCLA Library Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles. 201: 85: 39: 284: 258: 73: 414: 409: 81: 178: 367: 348: 65: 31: 56:
Zeitlin was one of the first people to exhibit the woodcuts of fellow Echo Park resident
341: 194: 403: 61: 57: 387: 44: 35: 84:
highway, bringing artistic friends such as actor and art dealer Joan Ankrum to
136: 34:, but moved with his family to Fort Worth, Texas in his childhood and to 64:, as well as the first in America to exhibit the work of German artist 232:"Oral history interview with Joan Ankrum, 1997 Nov. 5-1998 Feb. 4" 259:"Jacob Zeitlin, Authors' Friend and Noted Book Seller, 84, Dies" 109: 390:
by and about Jacob Zeitlin posted at HistoryofScience.com
108:
Zeitlin's extensive archives and papers are held at the
364:
Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s
343:
Bohemian Los Angeles and the Making of Modern Politics
340: 179:"Court to Rule on Lewdness of Miller's 'Tropic'" 155: 153: 38:in 1925. For many years, Zeitlin lived in the 236:Archives of American Art Oral History Program 68:. Zeitlin was also a poet and the editor of 8: 127: 125: 215:"City Loses 'Tropic of Cancer' Fight". 121: 435:Businesspeople from Racine, Wisconsin 285:"Los Angeles' Man About Fine Letters" 7: 465:20th-century American businesspeople 310:"Jake Zeitlin papers, ca. 1926-1987" 257:Folkart, Burt A. (August 31, 1987). 366:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 283:Ritchie, Ward (September 6, 1987). 450:People from Echo Park, Los Angeles 347:. University of California Press. 316:. California Digital Library. 1999 133:"Historic Echo Park: Jake Zeitlin" 14: 200: 185:. February 14, 1963. p. 39 460:Writers from Racine, Wisconsin 440:Writers from Fort Worth, Texas 388:Articles, speeches, and essays 80:. He also lobbied against the 1: 112:Library Special Collections. 314:Online Archive of California 230:Paul Karlstrom (1997–1998). 16:American poet and bookseller 455:20th-century American poets 481: 430:20th-century American Jews 238:. Archives of American Art 98:West Hollywood, California 30:Jacob Zeitlin was born in 394:Interview of Jake Zeitlin 339:Daniel Hurewitz (1997). 92:Personal life and death 60:and the photographs of 445:Poets from Los Angeles 74:Helen Gahagan Douglas 26:Early life and career 425:Poets from Wisconsin 420:American booksellers 362:Kevin Starr (1990). 219:. December 17, 1963. 104:Archival collections 82:La Cienega Boulevard 20:Jacob Israel Zeitlin 78:Senatorial campaign 373:978-0-19-504487-4 289:Los Angeles Times 263:Los Angeles Times 217:Los Angeles Times 32:Racine, Wisconsin 472: 377: 358: 346: 326: 325: 323: 321: 306: 300: 299: 297: 295: 280: 274: 273: 271: 269: 254: 248: 247: 245: 243: 227: 221: 220: 212: 206: 205: 204: 198: 192: 190: 175: 169: 166: 160: 157: 148: 147: 145: 144: 135:. Archived from 129: 50:Tropic of Cancer 480: 479: 475: 474: 473: 471: 470: 469: 400: 399: 384: 374: 361: 355: 338: 335: 330: 329: 319: 317: 308: 307: 303: 293: 291: 282: 281: 277: 267: 265: 256: 255: 251: 241: 239: 229: 228: 224: 214: 213: 209: 199: 188: 186: 177: 176: 172: 167: 163: 158: 151: 142: 140: 131: 130: 123: 118: 106: 94: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 478: 476: 468: 467: 462: 457: 452: 447: 442: 437: 432: 427: 422: 417: 412: 402: 401: 398: 397: 391: 383: 382:External links 380: 379: 378: 372: 359: 353: 334: 331: 328: 327: 301: 275: 249: 222: 207: 195:Newspapers.com 170: 168:Starr, op cit. 161: 159:Starr, 308-316 149: 120: 119: 117: 114: 105: 102: 93: 90: 66:Käthe Kollwitz 27: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 477: 466: 463: 461: 458: 456: 453: 451: 448: 446: 443: 441: 438: 436: 433: 431: 428: 426: 423: 421: 418: 416: 413: 411: 408: 407: 405: 395: 392: 389: 386: 385: 381: 375: 369: 365: 360: 356: 354:9780520249257 350: 345: 344: 337: 336: 332: 315: 311: 305: 302: 290: 286: 279: 276: 264: 260: 253: 250: 237: 233: 226: 223: 218: 211: 208: 203: 196: 184: 180: 174: 171: 165: 162: 156: 154: 150: 139:on 2013-04-14 138: 134: 128: 126: 122: 115: 113: 111: 103: 101: 99: 91: 89: 87: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 62:Edward Weston 59: 58:Paul Landacre 54: 52: 51: 46: 41: 37: 33: 25: 23: 21: 363: 342: 318:. Retrieved 313: 304: 292:. Retrieved 288: 278: 266:. Retrieved 262: 252: 240:. Retrieved 235: 225: 216: 210: 193:– via 187:. Retrieved 182: 173: 164: 141:. Retrieved 137:the original 107: 95: 88:to protest. 69: 55: 48: 45:Henry Miller 29: 19: 18: 415:1987 deaths 410:1902 births 183:Independent 36:Los Angeles 404:Categories 333:References 143:2011-06-24 86:Sacramento 47:'s novel 40:Echo Park 320:July 10, 294:July 10, 268:July 10, 189:July 9, 70:Opinion 370:  351:  242:3 June 116:Notes 368:ISBN 349:ISBN 322:2023 296:2023 270:2023 244:2011 191:2015 110:UCLA 406:: 312:. 287:. 261:. 234:. 181:. 152:^ 124:^ 100:. 76:' 53:. 376:. 357:. 324:. 298:. 272:. 246:. 197:. 146:.

Index

Racine, Wisconsin
Los Angeles
Echo Park
Henry Miller
Tropic of Cancer
Paul Landacre
Edward Weston
Käthe Kollwitz
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Senatorial campaign
La Cienega Boulevard
Sacramento
West Hollywood, California
UCLA


"Historic Echo Park: Jake Zeitlin"
the original


"Court to Rule on Lewdness of Miller's 'Tropic'"
Newspapers.com
Open access icon
"Oral history interview with Joan Ankrum, 1997 Nov. 5-1998 Feb. 4"
"Jacob Zeitlin, Authors' Friend and Noted Book Seller, 84, Dies"
"Los Angeles' Man About Fine Letters"
"Jake Zeitlin papers, ca. 1926-1987"
Bohemian Los Angeles and the Making of Modern Politics
ISBN
9780520249257

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.