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Grabhorn, Edwin E. print view role Collector dates 1889-1968 city San Francisco state CA other cities Indianapolis, IN; sex M historical notes Edwin E Grabhorn was an art and antiquarian book collector and a one of the founders of the Grabhorn Press. Grabhorn was married three times and it was his second wife’s, Marjorie Robertson (d.1963), interest in Japanese prints that sparked his print collecting. He and his second wife, artist Irma Grabhorn-Engel, continued collecting art until he died in 1968. Irma became the custodian of the collection until she died in 2003. decades of activity 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:32 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library The Grabhorn Press and the Grace Hoper Press: oral history transcript / and related material, 1970-1972. see details... University of Virginia Library Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Frederic G. Melcher-Robert Frost Collection, Accession #13024 see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Grabhorn Press ephemera, 1911-1971. see details... Library of Congress Manuscript Division Dudley Wright Knox papers see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Recollections of the Grabhorn Press : oral history transcript / Edwin Grabhorn ; tape recorded interview conducted by Ruth Teiser in 1967. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1968 : and related material, 1967-1968. see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Edwin and Irma Grabhorn collection of California letters, 1858-1876. see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Account book for San Francisco rental properties : ms., 1863-1865. see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Alfred A. Cohen correspondence, 1871-1884 (bulk 1884). see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library William Henry Knight papers, 1855-1889. see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Grabhorn Press Records, 1917-1973 see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Portraits of Edwin and Robert Grabhorn [graphic] 1937. see details... California Historical Society North Baker Research Library California Biography Collection 1827-2001 see details... California State Library A catalog of rare books & manuscripts including general literature -- Americana and a superb selection of fine press books recently acquired from the library of a well-known collector offered for sale by the Caveat Book Shop, 450 1/2 Sutter Street, San Francisco see details... The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Julius S. Held papers, 1918-1999. see details... University of California, Los Angeles YRL Department of Special Collections Edwin H. Carpenter Collection on Hand Presses, 1940-1988 see details... University of California, Los Angeles YRL Department of Special Collections Photographers' Collection, 1863- see details... University of California, Los Angeles YRL Department of Special Collections Dawson's Book Shop Records, 1910-1950 see details... San Francisco Public Library Art, Music & Recreation Center Artist File: Grabhorn, Edwin and Grabhorn, Irma Engel (painter) wife of Edward Grabhorn see details... Denver Public Library Western History, Genealogy Department Western American Book collection 1928-1929. see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library William Clark correspondence, 1886-1890 see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Joseph Pownall family papers, 1857-1905 (bulk 1876-1895). see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Albert Israel Elkus Papers, 1893-1976 see details... see also: Grabhorn, Marjorie Grabhorn-Engel, Irma «  back