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Country
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US
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Language of name of institution
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eng
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Contact information: postal address
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, 90095-1575 Los Angeles, CA
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Contact information: phone number
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001 (310) 825 4988
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Contact information: email
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spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
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Reference number
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LSC.0170
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (official language of the state)
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Bound Manuscripts Collection
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Language of title
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eng
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Creator / accumulator
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University of California Library Special Collections
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Date note
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7th century/19th century
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Language(s)
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ara
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deu
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fra
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eng
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heb
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ita
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lat
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por
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spa
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Extent
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698 storage units
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Graphic Material
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Scope and content
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The bound manuscripts collection aggregates manuscripts from the 7th to the 19th century on a wide variety of topics, including, for instance, a papyrus fragment from the 7th century, Persian and Arabic manuscripts, manuscript books from the 16th to the 18th century, personal journals, etc. Among this collection, there is a manuscript of Sete derasiot by rabbi Saul Levi Mortera (1596-1660), written in Amsterdam in 1644 (107). This 86-leaf book of Portuguese sermons includes ink drawings by Samuel de Caceres, brother-in-law of Baruch Spinoza, who is also likely the scribe. There is another copy of Mortera's sermons, but from a different scribe, in the Ets Haim Library in Amsterdam. One of the sermons was published by Herman Prins Salomon (2003)
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Administrative / Biographical history
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The history of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Library dates back to 1883, two years after the foundation of the California State Normal School. In 1931, the Library already held a collection of 24,000 volumes. The construction of the Main Library in Westwood had begun two years earlier. In the following years, the collection increased significantly and, in 1944, the Library held about 462,000 volumes.
The Special Collections department was founded in 1946, during the tenure of Lawrence Clark Powell as chief librarian (1944-1961). During these years, the Library expanded its facilities and collections, with the aim of supporting academic research. In 1964, it was completed the construction of the University Research Library, now the Charles E. Young Research Library, where the Library Special Collections are currently preserved. Soon, this six-story building became the administrative centre of the UCLA Library system, while the Main Library was converted to the College Library. In 2010, the Library Special Collections merged the services and operations of five special collections of the UCLA Library, namely the Center for Oral History Research, Charles E. Young Department of Special Collections, Louise B. Darling Biomedical Library History Division, and Special Collections for the Sciences, Performing Arts Special Collections, and University Archives.
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Access points: document types
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Sermons
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Author of the description
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Carla Vieira, 2022
