Collection ID: 4079177 MS#0946
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Oko, Adolph S (Adolph Sigmund), 1883-1944 and G.K. Hall & Company
Extent:
20 linear feet and 16 boxes 1 portfolio 26 file boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Adolph S. Oko letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and Content:

Correspondence files of Dr. Adolph S. Oko. The bulk of the correspondence is from Dr. Carl Gebhardt (1881-1934), with a large group also relating to a campaign to raise money for the Domus Spinozana. Present are a number of typescripts of articles and an extensive life of Spinoza. There are a few personal items, but practically all correspondence and manuscripts relate in some measure to Spinoza. Also, nine boxes of clippings relating to Spinoza, a duplicate set of cards for the Spinoza Collection used by G.K. Hall in publishing SPINOZA BIBLIOGRAPHY, the personal cardfiles of Oko and Gebhardt, and one box of Oko bookplates.

Biographical / Historical:

Librarian of Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--Oko, Mrs. Adolph S. via Simon Milner, Mrs. Thomas Lamont, Corliss Lamont, and Christian Zabriskie. Method of acquisition--Purchase, Gift; Date of acquisition--1947. Accession number--M-47.
Custodial history:

Gift of Simon Milner, Mrs Thomas Lamont, Corliss Lamont, and Christian Zabriskie, 1947.

Processing information:

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/1989.

Arrangement:

Cataloged correspondence, A-Z: 4 boxes; Manuscripts: 1 box; Portraits & deathmask: 2 boxes & 1 portfolio; Clippings: 9 boxes; Bibliography & notes: 26 card file boxes; A.S. Oko bookplates: 1 small box.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

PREFERRED CITATION:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Adolph S. Oko letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
Link to repository site
CONTACT:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu