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Born in Chicago, Lessing J. Rosenwald was the eldest son of Julius Rosenwald, a clothier who became part-owner and was president of Sears, Roebuck and Company from 1908 to 1923, and chairman from 1923 to 1932. Lessing left Cornell University and went to work for Sears in 1911 as a shipping clerk, and in 1920, was given the responsibility of ...
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In 1943, at the height of WWII, Lessing J. Rosenwald (1891-1979) announced that he would donate the entirety of his graphic arts collection, as well as all future purchases, to both the Library of Congress and the National Gallery of Art. Then Librarian of Congress, Archibald MacLeish, noted the gravity of the gift and its timing. In an open letter to Mr. Rosenwald, MacLeish expressed ...
Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 196 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, G-178 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, p. 303 (IA.5142) Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 1481 IGI 1618 (III) Polain, M.-L. Catalogue des livres imprimés au...
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Jun 26, 1979 · Mr. Rosenwald was born into a philanthropic family. His father left more than $60 million in gifts when he died in 1932. Lessing Julius Rosenwald was born Feb. 10, 1891, in Chicago, the son also ...
Lessing J. Rosenwald, Chief, Bureau of Industrial Conservation, Office of Production Management (OPM). Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. T he Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection stands out among the distinguished resources of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
Highlights from the 15th Century Around 1455, Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468) perfected the technique of "artificial writing" in a multi-volume Vulgate Bible, now known as the Gutenberg (or, 42-line) Bible.
272 pages. Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector honors one of the founding benefactors of the National Gallery of Art and the Gallery’s foremost donor of prints and drawings. The Rosenwald Collection, encompassing works of graphic art from medieval times to the present, is the finest of its kind ever to be formed in the United States ...
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