[
{
"pname":"Address",
"pvalue":"Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center 3420 Walnut St Philadelphia, PA 19104 U.S.A."
}
,
{
"pname":"Contact Person (Please replace the \"[ATMARK]\" with the symbol @ when e-mailing the contact person.)",
"pvalue":"Rebecca Mendelson
Phone: 1-215-898-3205
E-mail: rmendel[ATMARK]upenn.edu"
}
,
{
"pname":"Collection Size",
"pvalue":"Books: Approx. 1614 titles [published up through Meiji period]
Manuscripts: 16 titles"
}
,
{
"pname":"Collection Description",
"pvalue":"Old and rare Japanese materials can largely be found in University of Pennsylvania's Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, located on the sixth floor of Van Pelt Library. However, some materials are also housed in the research collections and can thus be accessed outside of the Kislak Center’s reading room, and still others are housed in LIBRA (our offsite storage facility). To determine the location of the item you seek, please consult Penn Libraries’ online catalog for further information.The most extensive of Penn’s distinctive collections is the Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books, comprising more than 1,400 titles dating from the late 17th century through the 1930s. Genres in the collection include popular illustrated books, such as novels, guidebooks, and theater books; deluxe limited-edition poetry, erotica, and artist-centered books; exquisite editions of books on kimono design; and many others. Digitization and cataloging of the Tress Collection are ongoing.
Other notable items in the collection include a set of Bettelheim bibles printed in Hong Kong in “Ryukyuan” language, the Seiyō senpaku zukai manuscript on Western battleships, and books and manuscripts with medical themes, ranging from acupuncture to women’s health."
}
,
{
"pname":"Material Availability for Researchers' Viewing/Examination",
"pvalue":"Materials located within the research collections at Penn Libraries can be viewed within the library. Most are located on the fifth floor of Van Pelt Library or in our off-site storage facility, LIBRA. There is an East Asian Seminar Room adjacent to the collections that is convenient for browsing materials, and circulating materials housed at LIBRA can be requested for viewing. The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts is on the sixth floor of Van Pelt Library and has a reading room in which non-circulating materials can be consulted. Visiting researchers can use the online catalog to request special collections materials through the Aeon system for viewing in the reading room."
}
,
{
"pname":"Online Access to Relevant Bibliographic Information",
"pvalue":"OCLC: Partially available.
OPAC: https://find.library.upenn.edu
Library homepage: http://www.library.upenn.edu/
Kislak Center homepage: http://www.library.upenn.edu/kislak/
Japanese Collection homepage: https://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/subject/japanese-studies-collection
Colenda Digital Repository: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu
Tress Collection Online (with ongoing additions): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/?f%5Bcollection_sim%5D%5B%5D=Arthur+Tress+Collection+of+Japanese+Illustrated+Books+%28University+of+Pennsylvania%29&search_field=all_fields"
}
,
{
"pname":"Printed Catalogs of Relevant Titles",
"pvalue":"Davis, Julie Nelson, Eri Mizukane, et al. Arthur Tress and the Japanese Illustrated Book. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2022."
}
,
{
"pname":"Possibility of Material Reproduction",
"pvalue":"Photocopiers and scanners are located throughout Van Pelt Library to make copies of materials in the research collections. The Kislak Center provides reprographic services (photocopies and digitization) for a fee. Kislak Center fee schedule and policies can be viewed at https://www.library.upenn.edu/kislak/reprographic-services."
}
]