Special Collections and Archives

The Bettmann Collection

at Florida Atlantic University's
S.E. Wimberly Library

A Finding Aid

Box 2: Newspaper & Magazine Articles

• Folder 1:

  • "Bettmann Collection Offers Sources for Book Illustration." Publishers' Weekly 5 Sept. 1936: 854.

  • "Doctors in Pictures." American Heritage Dec. 1956: 128.

  • Tebble, John. "Picture Man on 57th Street." Saturday Review of Literature 11 Feb. 1961: 86

  • "Dr. Bettmann and His Picture Archive." Publisher's Weekly 25 Feb. 1961: 32.

  • Faherty, Pat. "Famous Archivist Moves to FAU." Fort Lauderdale News 10 Dec. 1974? 1C.

  • Mead, Andy. "The Good Old Days Weren't All That Hot." Boca Raton News 14 Nov. 1974: 1A.

  • Baker, John F. "Living in the Past with Dr. Otto Bettmann." Publishers' Weekly 25 Nov. 1974: 24.

  • Faherty, Pat. "Renowned Chronicler Joins FAU Faculty." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 30 Nov. 1974: p.?

  • Phipps, Jean. "Collector Captures Profile of History." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 20 Feb. 1975: p.?

  • Montee, Kristy. "Bettmann Archives...and a Life that Revolves Around Pictures." Fort Lauderdale News & Sun-Sentinel 4 Apr. 1976: C1.

  • Scholz, Jane. "Otto Bettmann: Archivist's Life's a Picture of Historical Significance." Miami Herald 4 May 1976: D1.

  • "Bettmann Book to Highlight Library Meeting." Boca Raton Review 21 Apr. 1977: p.?

  • Batiste, Carol. (Title Illegible). Palm Beach Times 22 Apr. 1977: p.?

  • Smith, Thom. "Words Matter to Otto Bettmann." Palm Beach Post 24 Apr. 1977: p.?

  • Riley, Carolyn. "Quotes to Brighten Your Day." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 10 May 1977: 3B.

  • Perry Smelser, Carol. "Words from Otto--From Advice to Zodiac." Boca Raton News 3 May 1977: 1.

  • Dunlop, Beth. "He Pictures History as a Pageant." Miami Herald 29 Oct. 1978: 16G.

  • Koteff, Ellen. (Title Illegible). Palm Beach Daily News 1 Nov. 1978: p.?

  • Whittington, Dee. "Author Takes Flight Through History." Palm Beach Post 1 Nov. 1978: p.?

  • Raulerson, Rayna. "Bettmann Tells Civilization's Story--in 4,460 Pictures." Boca Raton News 5 Nov. 1978: 1A.

  • Genet, Ann. "His Live Has Been Picture Perfect." Fort Lauderdale News (Sun-Sentinel?) 22 Nov. 1978: 1C.

  • Romano, Carlin. "The Keeper of the Archive--A Pictorial History of Civilization According to Otto Bettmann." Washington Post 2 Sept. 1979: F1.

  • "Pictorial History is Project at FAU." Broward Times (Broward County, FL) 4 Dec. 1979: p.?

  • Dahlburg, John. "Otto Bettmann's Life Imagery of History." Boca Raton News 22 Mar. 1981: 1A.

  • "From Freud to Bicycling Monks." Time Magazine 23 Mar. 1981: 77.

  • Harakas, Margo. "Otto Bettmann." Palm Beach Post 6 Apr. 1981: B1.

  • Dubail, Jean. "His 'Retirement' with Collecting." Palm Beach Post? 31 July 1983: p.?

  • Markel, Helen. "The Bettmann Behind the Archives." New York Times Magazine 18 Oct. 1981: 118.

  • Bittner, David. "Meet Otto Bettmann--The Man Behind the Pictures In America's Schoolbooks." Palm Beach Jewish World 27 July--2 Aug. 1984: 18.

  • Whedon, Julia. "Getting the Picture--'The Bettmann Archive' is the Credit Line for Some of the Most Memorable Illustrations in Print." Connoisseur June 1985: 50.

  • Mabe, Chauncey. "Books of Quotations Thought-Provoking." Fort Lauderdale News Sun-Sentinel 13 Dec. 1987: 10D.

  • Mitchell, Henry. "Otto Bettmann: Passions of a Book Lover." Washington Post 13 Nov. 1987: p.?

  • Leggett, Jim. "Bettmann, Boca & Bach." Boca Raton [Magazine] Mid-winter 1987: 16.

  • Blythe, Paul. "Bettmann: Life and Books Stress Love of Organization." Palm Beach Post 31 Jan. 1988: 1L.

  • Sheffield, Skip. "Otto Bettmann: The Book Man." Boca Raton News 5 Jan. 1988: 3B.

  • Leggett, Jim. "Pioneer of Photographica Otto Bettmann." Vis a Vis [Magazine] Aug. 1988: p.?

  • Bailey, Moira. "Image Keeper--Otto Bettmann's Archive has Provided Visual Aids for 50 Years." Suburban People [Gannett Westchester Rockland Newspapers] 3 Dec. 1989: 8.

  • "Antique Book Intrigues Purchaser." Palm Beach Post 4 Feb. 1990: 9.

  • "Boosting Bach in Boca." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 31 Mar. 1990: p.?

  • Miller, Jon. "Bettmann Gives FAU Archives International Rep." Independent Atlantic Sun [FAU Student Newspaper] 30 May 1990: 6.

  • Bramstedt, Connie. "'Civil War' Piques Interest in FAU Library Collection." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 27 Sept. 1990: 1B.

  • Eyman, Scott. "The Picture Man." Palm Beach Post 2 Sept. 1992: 1D.

  • "Bettmann Remembers Via U.P. of Florida." Publishers' Weekly 5 Oct. 1992: 25.

  • "Bettmann Archive Creator Settles in Our Midst." Senior Life [Deerfield Beach, FL] Sept./Oct. 1992: 11.

  • McClare, Kate. "The Picture Man--New Autobiography Reveals the Man Behind the Bettmann Archive." Boca Raton News? 1 Nov. 1992: p.?

  • Bittner, David. "Picture This--Entering His 10th Decade, Archivist Otto Bettmann's Photos Are Still Worth a Thousand Words." Jewish Journal, L'Chaim [Boca Raton] 10 Nov. 1992: 1B.

  • Collins, Carol. "Bettmann Gives Picture of Jounalism." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 6 Dec. 1992: p.?

  • Century, Douglas. "Otto Bettmann's Live in Pictures." Forward [New York] 15 Jan. 1993: 9.

  • Glueck, Grace. "Photo Opportunist." Newsday [New York] 7 Feb. 1993: p.?

  • Model, Peter F. "Spry Octogenarian." Wilson Library Bulletin Feb. 1993: 60.

  • Ingalls, Zoe. "The Lifelong Passion of 'the Picture Man.'" Chronicle of Higher Education 24 Mar. 1993: B5.

  • "Bettmann at 90: Mixing Bach with Good Life." Palm Beach Post 23 Jan. 1994: p.?

  • Maze, Marcia. "Otto Bettmann." Gold Coast [Palm Beach County, FL] July/Aug.1994: 72.

  • (Title Illegible) Booklist 15 Mar. 1995: p.?

  • Atkinson, Rick. "Still Pictures, Moving Times--Archivist Otto Bettmann Revisits His German Home." Washington Post 18 May 1995: C1.

  • Sheffield, Skip. "Otto Bettmann's Bach." Boca Raton News 28 May 1995: p.?

  • Passy, Charles. "Basic Bach--New Book Offers Close Look at Composer's Life." Palm Beach Post 4 June 1995: 1J.

  • "Bettmann's Bach." New Yorker 12 June 1995: 37.

  • Roos, James. "Bettmann Forever: At 92, Author Tackles Bach." Miami Herald 25 June 1995: 1I.

  • Bounds, Wendy. "Bill Gates Owns Otto Bettmann's Lifework--He Bought America's Biggest Phot Archive. The Two Men Couldn't Be More Different." Wall Street Journal 1 Dec. 1995: B1.

  • Constantine, Peggy. New York Times Book Review 17 Sept. 1995: p.?

  • Coates, James (of the Chicago Tribune). "Gates Buys Bettmann Archives." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 11 Oct. 1995: p.?

  • "Want to See a Dodo? Call Bill Gates." U.S. News & World Report 23 Oct. 1995: 27.

  • "Gates Snaps Top Pix." Time Magazine 23 Oct. 1995: 107.

  • Lorek, L.A. "The Picture Man--Pioneering Photo Collector Turned Hobby into a Vast Frame of Reference." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 15 Mar. 1996: 1D.

  • Sheffield, Skip. "It's All in the Timing--Author-Archivist Otto L. Bettmann, 'The Picture Man.'" Culture [Boca Raton] Mar-June 1996: 20.

  • Doup, Liz. "Bettmann's New Archive--At 93, Otto Bettmann Gives Us Another Stunning Collection--'The Eternally Feminine,' a Three-Year Labor of Love." Miami Herald 5 July 1997: 1G.

  • McFadden, Robert D. "Otto L. Bettmann, 94, Dies; Founded Archive of Photos." New York Times 4 May 1998, natl. ed.: A21, local ed.: A17.

  • "Otto Bettmann, Archivist, Dies." Palm Beach Post 3 May 1998: 8B.

  • "Otto Bettmann, 94, Archive Founder. Boca Man Once Owned Largest Photo, Image Collection in World." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 3 May 1998: 7B.

  • Sheffield, Skip. "Archive Founder, Scholar, Actor Bettmann Dies." Boca Raton News 3 May 1998: 7B.

  • Sante, Luc. "Pack Rat with a Vision." New York Times Magazine 3 Jan. 1999: 28.

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