Edwin Wolf II

Background

II, Edwin Wolf was born on December 6, 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Morris and Pauline (Binswanger) W.

Education

Graduate, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, 1927; graduate, Bedales School, England, 1930; Doctor of Hebrew Literature (honorary), College Jewish Studies, Chicago, 1965; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), LaSalle U., Philadelphia, 1981; honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1982.

Career

Cataloger, bibliographer, manager, Rosenbach Company (rare books and manuscripts), 1930-1952; lecturer bibliography, Bryn Mawr College, 1941-1942; curator, Library Company of Phila, 1953-1955; librarian, Library Company of Phila, 1955-1984. Rosenbach fellow in bibliography University of Pennsylvania, 1964. Lyell reader in bibliograpy University of Oxford, 1985-1986.

Works

• book

  • American Song Sheet Slip Ballands and Poetical Broadsides 1850-1870.

• Other Work

  • Author: Descriptive Catalogue of the Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts, 1937, William Blake, A Descriptive Catalogue of an Exhibition, (with Elizabeth Mongan), 1939, Doctrina Christiana, the First Book Printed in the Philippines, 1947, Franklin's Way to Wealth as a Printer, 1951, William Blake's Illuminated Books, (with Geoffrey L. Keynes), 1953, History of the Jews of Philadelphia, (with Maxwell Whiteman), 1956, Rosenbach: A Biography, (with John F. Fleming), 1960, American Song Sheets, 1950-1870, 1963, Negro History: 1553-1903, An Exhibition, 1969, James Logan, 1674-1751, Bookman Extraordinary, an Exhibition, 1971, The Library of James Logan of Philadelphia, 1974, Philadelphia: A Portrait of an American City, 1975, At the Instance of Benjamin Franklin, 1976, A Flock of Beautiful Birds, 1977, Quarter of a Millennium, Library Company of Philadelphia, 1731-1981, (with Marie E. Korey), 1981. Editor: Legacies of Genius, 1988. Associate editor: Philadelphia: 300 Year History, 1982, The Book Culture of an Early American City, 1988, From Gothic Windows to Peacocks: American Embossed Leather Bindings, 1825-1855, 1990.
    
    Contributor articles to professional journals.

Membership

President Federation Jewish Charities Greater Philadelphia, 1959-1962. President National Foundation Jewish Culture, 1960-1965, Jewish Exponent, 1966-1968, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, 1977-1978, Fellows in American Studies, 1976-1977. Member Mayor's Cultural Advisory Committee, 1984-1986.

Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Served with Military Intelligence Corps. French military intelligence interpreter in Belgium.

Special.agt. C.I.C., Germany. Member Modern Language Association, American Philosophical Society, American Antiquarian Society, History Society Pennsylvania, Bibliographical Society American (past president), Institute Early American History and Culture (past member of council), Massachusetts History Society, Jewish Publication Society American (past president), Friends University of Pennsylvania Library (past president), Athenaeum of Philadelphia.

Connections

Married Margaret Gimbel Dannenbaum, July 2, 1934 (deceased June 1964). Children: Ellen R. Wolf Gettleman, Anthony E., Mary Wolf Hurtig. Married Mary Paxson Matthews, November 16, 1965.

Stepchildren: Sandra M. Wolf Korb, Barbara M. Wolf Milic, Ann M. Wolf Massaro.

Father:

Morris W.

Mother:

Pauline (Binswanger) W.

Spouse:

Margaret Gimbel Dannenbaum

Spouse:

Mary Paxson Matthews

child:

Ellen R. Wolf Gettleman II

child:

Anthony E. II

child:

Mary Wolf Hurtig II

child:

Sandra M. Wolf Korb II

child:

Barbara M. Wolf Milic II

child:

Ann M. Wolf Massaro II