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Bernard Amtmann collection [sound recording, graphic material]

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Date:

[ca. 1900], 1957-1964.

Reference:

R9818-0-X-E

Type of material:

Sound recordings, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

197076

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Bernard Amtmann collection
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Collection includes:

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Date(s):

[ca. 1900], 1957-1964.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

25 audio discs (3 h).
1 photograph b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of sound recordings documenting advertisements for a variety of companies and products, 1957-1964. Also included in fonds is a portrait of Rebecca Blake (née Cronyn), first wife of Samuel Hume Blake, ca. 1900, by J. Fraser Bryce.

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Amtmann, Bernard, 1907-1979

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Photographer: Bryce, J. Fraser, 1852-1920

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Amtmann, Bernard, 1907-1979 : Bernard Amtmann, antiquarian bookseller, bibliographer, publisher and founder of Montreal Book Auctions (1967) and the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Canada (1966), was born in Vienna, Austria in 1907. Amtmann immigrated to Canada in 1947 to join his brother William Amtmann in Ottawa where he started a small antiquarian bookselling business, issuing his first catalogue by 1948. He transferred his business to Montreal in 1950 and began to specialize in Canadiana. In 1967 Amtmann founded Montreal Book Auctions Ltd. to further promote Canadiana. Following Amtmann's death in January 1979, Montreal Book Auctions was sold to Canada Book Auctions Ltd. and relocated to Toronto.

Bernard Amtmann was the moving force behind the foundation of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Canada in 1966 and served as its first president. He made a significant contribution to the field of Canadian bibliography, publishing a number of bibliographies and bibliographic tools, most notably his four-volume "Contributions to a Short-Title Catalogue of Canadiana" (1971-1973), "The Arctic Bibliography" and "Contributions to a Dictionary of Canadian Pseudonyms" (1973).

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Sound recordings: (Paper) Refer to AV Collection file for additional information.

Graphic material: (Electronic) Refer to MINISIS for item-level descriptions.

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General note:

Material was acquired between 1979 and 1986.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1973-06-01)
1979-0162 MISA
1986-015 NPC
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Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Sound recordings: Reproduction with written permission of copyright owner. Donor restrictions to be determined.
Graphic material: No restrictions on use. Copyright expired.

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Date modified:: 2024-06-12