Finding Aid for the M. A. Zeitlin Collection of Reproduced Manuscripts in Spanish, ca. 1931-1993
Processed by Jesse Erickson in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
July 2011; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
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Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary
Title: M. A. Zeitlin Collection of Reproduced Manuscripts in Spanish
Date (inclusive): ca. 1931-1993
Collection number: 1264
Creator:
Zeitlin, M. A. (Marion Albert)
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Abstract: M. A. Zeitlin (1899-1993) was a professor in UCLA's Department of Spanish and Italian, founded the departmental program in
Portuguese, helped to develop a curriculum in Latin American studies, and was a member of the initial committee on Latin American
Studies. The collection consists of photographic copies and one transcription of manuscripts in Spanish.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Marion A. Zeitlin, October, 1980.
Processing Note
Processed by Jesse Erickson in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
July 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], M. A. Zeitlin Collection of Reproduced Manuscripts in Spanish (Collection Number 1264). UCLA Library
Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
Zeitlin was born on August 29, 1899 in Chicago. He moved to Arizona and attended the University of Arizona where he received
his B.A. in 1918. In 1920 he earned his M.A. from Stanford University. Zeitlin continued his study of French in Brussels and
at the Sorbonne. He accepted a teaching position at the University of California Southern Branch in 1925. Two years later,
he moved to Berkeley, and earned a Ph.D in romance languages with Spanish as a major from UC Berkeley in 1931. Zeitlin returned
to UCLA that same year as an assistant professor, later becoming chair of the Department of Spanish and Italian, as well as
a full professor. During his professorship, he founded the departmental program in Portuguese, helped to develop a curriculum
in Latin American studies, and was a member of the initial committee on Latin American Studies. In 1967 he was named Comendador
of the Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique by the Portuguese government and in 1968 he was awarded the title of Oficial of the Ordem
Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul. Additionally, he was awarded the UCLA Medal for Distinguished Service in 1980. After the death
of his wife Zell in 1967, he married Frances Kirschenbaum, the medieval and renaissance bibliographer at the UCLA University
Research Library. Zeitlin died on September 8, 1993.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of photographic copies and holograph transcriptions of manuscripts in Spanish. Works in this collection
of facsimiles include various books of the Bible, originally housed in the Escorial library of Spain, as well as other medieval
works from Isidore of Seville and Pedro López de Ayala.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Zeitlin, M.A. (Marion Albert)--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese--Faculty--Archival resources.
Language teachers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Related Material
Container List
Box 1, Folder 1
Bible, s. xiv
1, in Spanish, Escorial I.j.6, from Proverbs through
Apocalypse, fol. 1-196v, on photographic prints (5x7").
Box 1, Folder 2
Bible, s. xiv
1, in Spanish, Escorial I.j.6, from Proverbs through
Apocalypse, fol. 197-358, on photographic prints (5x7").
Box 1, Folder 2
Bible, s. xiv
1, in Spanish, various books, fol. 1 - 93v, on
photographic prints (5x7").
Box 1, Folder 3
Bible, s. xiv
1, in Spanish, various books, fol. 94- 357v, on
photographic prints (5x7").
Box 1, Folder 4
Holograph transcription, St. Isidore of Seville (ca. 560-636 C.E.),
De Summo Bono, n.d., on paper (5.5x8.5"), approx. 220 pp.,
unbound.
Box 2, Folder 1
López de Ayala, Pedro (1332-1407),
Rimado del Palacio, s. xv,
on photographic prints (7x9.5"), fol. 1-141.
Scope and Content Note
Note: Facsimile of Ms. 4055 from the Biblioteca Nacional
de España.
Box 2
1López de Ayala, Pedro (1332-1407),
Razon del la Union de la
Iglesia
, n.d., fol. 68v-72r, holograph transcription on paper
(9x5.5") and on photographic prints (7x9.5").
Scope and Content Note
Note: Facsimile of Esp. 216 from the Bibliothèque Nationale
de France.
22López de Ayala, Pedro (1332-1407),
Rimado del Palacio, n.d.,
Escorial III.h.19, fol. 1-79v, on photographic prints (7x9.5").
23López de Ayala, Pedro (1332-1407),
Rimado del Palacio, n.d.,
Escorial III.h.19, fol. 80-161v, on photographic prints (7x9.5").
24López de Ayala, Pedro (1332-1407),
Flores de los Morales de Job,
s. xiv/xv, Escorial II.b.7, fol. 1-106v, on photographic prints
(7x9.5").
Scope and Content Note
Note: Includes Ayala's excerpts from St. Gregory's
Moralia in Job.
2St. Isidore of Seville (ca. 560-636 C.E.),
De Soberano Bien, n.d.,
on paper (9x6.5"), 112 pp., bound in green cloth hardcover with
gilt spine title lettering.
