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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 10 Jan 2019
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Overview of the Collection |
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Creator: | Arents, George, 1875-1960. |
Title: | Arents Postcard Collection |
Dates: | circa 1910-1915 |
Quantity: | 2 linear ft. |
Abstract: | Postcards, almost all from Europe; a few photographs and souvenir items |
Language: | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Croatian, Russian, Portuguese |
Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
George Arents, Jr. (1875-1960) was an American businessman. He studied at Columbia University and received his master's degree from Syracuse University at the age of 57. His father and great-uncle were founders of the Allen & Ginter Tobacco Company, which later became the American Tobacco Company. In 1922 Arents became a director of the American Tobacco Company and from 1924 he was the treasurer of both the American Machine and Foundry and International Cigar Machinery. He was also a collector of books and other published material relating to tobacco. He and his wife Lena made substantial gifts to Syracuse University; in recognition of their generosity, the department of rare books and special collections at Bird Library was for many years known as the George Arents Research Library.
The Arents Postcard Collection consists of several hundred Postcards collected and/or sent by George and Lena Arents during their travels in Europe, possibly as part of their Grand Tour or possibly at other times. Most are from European countries but there are a few from other regions, including South America and the Middle East. The vast majority of the postcards were evidently bought as souvenirs and are unused, but a few were sent to friends and family in Syracuse. These contain brief notes from the Arentses about their travels.
The collection also contains a few folders of Non-postcard items, including clippings, handwritten notes, black-and-white photographs, and stamps.
Postcards are arranged alphabetically by country and, within that, by city. Non-postcard items are arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
See also the Arents Grand Tour Collection and the Arents Christmas Card Collection.
Persons
Arents, George, 1875-1960.
Arents, Lena.
Subjects
Voyages and travels.
Places
Europe -- Description and travel.
Middle East -- Description and travel.
South America -- Description and travel.
Genres and Forms
Clippings (information artifacts)
Photographs.
Postage stamps.
Postcards.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Arents Postcard Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of George and Lena Arents.
Postcards
Non-postcard items
Postcards | |||||||||||
Most of these postcards are from countries in Europe (England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Italy), but there are a few from other countries including Morocco, Portugal, Croatia, and Cuba. Some have text in multiple languages. Images on the front include buildings, landscapes, artworks, statues, people, and items of "local color" such as the Procession de Tarasque in Provence (filed under France - Miscellaneous). The images are a mix of black-and-white and color; some are photographs or photographic reproductions while others are artistic illustrations. | |||||||||||
Austria | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Bad Ischl | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Hallstatt | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Hofgastein | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Innsbruck | ||||||||||
Box 1 | St. Wolfgang | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Wien (Vienna) | ||||||||||
Belgium | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Brussels | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Malines (Mechelen; Mechlin) | ||||||||||
Croatia | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Split | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Trogir | ||||||||||
Cuba | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Denmark | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Oostende (Ostend) | ||||||||||
Egypt | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Cairo | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Thebes | ||||||||||
England | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Brighton | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Cambridge | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Chester | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Eastbourne | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Gibraltar | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Liverpool | ||||||||||
Box 1 | London | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Oxford | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Stratford-on-Avon | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Wilton | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Windsor | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Worthing | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
France | |||||||||||
Cities | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Aigues-Mortes | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Albi | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Amboise | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Avignon | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Bagnères-de-Bigorre | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Berry-au-Bac | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Biarritz | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Blois | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Bourges | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Cahors | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Carcassonne | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Cherbourg | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Dijon | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Gavarnie | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Langeais | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Laon | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Le Puy | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Loches | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Lourdes | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Lyon | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Marseille | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Nancy | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Nîmes | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Paris | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Paris (cont.) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Pyrenees | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Reims | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Rocamadour | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Rouen | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Saint-Gilles | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Saint-Malo | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Strasbourg | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Thiers | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Toulouse | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Tours | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Uzès | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Verdun | ||||||||||
Museums and Chateaux | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Château d'Azay-le-Rideau | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Château de Chambord | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Château de Chantilly | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Château de Chaumont | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Château de Chenonceau | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Château d'Ussé | ||||||||||
Box 2 | L'Hôtel des Invalides | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Musée de l'Armée, Hôtel National des Invalides | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Historic Castels | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Musée des Arts Décoratifs | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Musée du Louvre | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Germany | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Aachen | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Augsburg | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Bamberg | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Bayreuth | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Braunschweig | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Coblenz | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Dinkelsbühl | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Esslingen | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Freiberg | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Hannover | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Heidelberg | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Herrenchiemsee | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Hildesheim | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Köln (Cologne) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Leipzig | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Mainz | ||||||||||
Box 3 | München (Munich) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Neuschwanstein | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Nördlingen | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Offenburg | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Rothenburg | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Ulm | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Weisbaden | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Worms | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Würzburg | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Greece | |||||||||||
Box 3 | Athens | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Rodi (Rhodes) | ||||||||||
Holland | |||||||||||
Box 3 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Hungary | |||||||||||
Box 3 | Budapest | ||||||||||
Italy | |||||||||||
Box 3 | Agrigento | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Arezzo | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Assisi | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Bergamo | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Bologna | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Brescia | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Capri | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Cremona | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Faenza | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Firenze (Florence) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Foligno | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Genova (Genoa) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Lago di Como (Lake Como) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Lago di Garda (Lake Garda) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Mantova (Mantua) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Milan | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Modena | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Monreale | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Napoli (Naples) | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Padova (Padua) | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Palermo | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Parma | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Piacenza | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Pompeii | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Ravello | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Ravenna | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Riva | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Roma (Rome) | ||||||||||
Box 4 | San Remo | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Siena | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Siracusa (Syracuse) | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Spoleto | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Taormina | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Tivoli | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Torbole | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Torcello | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Trento | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Trieste | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Venezia (Venice) | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Vicenza | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Luxembourg | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Morocco | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Netherlands | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Portugal | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Bussaco | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Cintra | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Madeira | ||||||||||
Box 4 | São Miguel (San Miguel) | ||||||||||
Republic of San Marino | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Scotland | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Perth | ||||||||||
Spain | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Burgos | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Granada | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Madrid - including the Prado Museum / Museo Nacional del Prado | ||||||||||
Box 4 | San Sebastián | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Seville | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Toledo | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Switzerland | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Bern | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Champéry | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Gemmi Pass | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Geneva | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Meyringen [Meiringen] | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Zürich - includes the Swiss National Museum / Schweizer Landesmuseum | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Miscellaneous | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous countries | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Miscellaneous unidentified | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Miscellaneous unidentified |
Non-postcard items | |||||||||||
This material was found intermingled with the postcards. | |||||||||||
Box 5 | Clippings - most stamped on back "Esthetics Society" | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Notes - handwritten on scraps of paper | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Photographs, identified - England, France, Germany, etc. (6 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Photographs, unidentified | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Postage stamps from Libya |