Getty Research Institute — Simon Gratz Copy · Los Angeles, California

Presentation / Association

No presentation inscription identified.

Provenance Chain

Simon Gratz gift recorded November 1925 → intervening institutional custody unresolved → Getty Research Institute

Gift Evidence

A blue stamp on the preface page reads: “Gift of SIMON GRATZ, ESQ., November 1925.” Because Gratz died in August 1925, the November processing date may reflect a previously arranged or posthumously completed transfer. The institution that first received the gift and the later route into Getty custody remain unresolved.

Catalog and Digital Record

Getty accession 1537-825; LCCN 52058748; OCLC 4202211. The Getty catalog links to a digitized copy through the Internet Archive.

Sources and Documentation

Getty Research Institute catalog record and copy photographs for C033, including the November 1925 Simon Gratz gift stamp; title page and dedication leaf confirmed via the Internet Archive digitization of the Getty copy. Pennsylvania House Archives biography and the Philomathean Society alumni roll support Gratz's 1837–1925 dates, Penn class of 1855, and Society membership.

People in This Copy

• Simon Gratz