Clara T. Evans bookplate collection, circa 1740-1960 (bulk 1890-1940).

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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The main building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a new art reference library, named the Thomas J. Watson Library, was designed by the architectural firm of Brown, Lawford and Forbes in consultation with the Museum. Severud-Elstad-Krueger were the structural engineers; Krey and Hunt were the mechanical engineers. The Library formally opened Jan. 26, 1965. It occupies three floors: the two lower floors comprise s...

Harvard college library

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The Harvard College Library used ledgers to record the loans of books from the library's collection during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The presence of what appear to be call-slips from 1823 to 1826 and the lack of ledgers for this period is unaccounted for in the literature cited in the bibliography. Late in the nineteenth century, librarians recognized that the ledger system could not provide the flexibility needed to control large collections. At the Harvard College L...

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Fearing, Daniel B. (Daniel Butler), 1859-1918

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Daniel B. Fearing of Newport, Rhode Island, was a member of the Grolier Club from 1887 until his death in 1918. From the description of Collection of Japanese and Chinese imprints, [ca. 1800-1900]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122592404 Fearing was a book collector from Newport, Rhode Island. From the guide to the Daniel B. Fearing logbook collection, 1816-1882., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Daniel B. Fearing ...

Bangor public library

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Clara Therese, Evans

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Clara Therese Evans (also known as Mrs. Hubert Evans) was evidently a staff member at Ware Memorial Library, Columbia University, who collected bookplates. She corresponded with numerous libraries, other collectors, and some artists in search of bookplates to add to her collection. From the guide to the Clara T. Evans bookplate collection, circa 1740-1960, (bulk 1890-1940)., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) ...

Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...

Smith, Sidney Lawton, 1845-1929

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Smith was a well known bookplate designer and engraver based in Boston. William Loring Andrews was a book collector, amateur publisher, writer and a founding member of the Grolier Club. He wrote or compiled over twenty books about prints, book collecting, and the book arts with emphasis on the era of George Washington and on New York City. From the description of Letters and engravings related to work commissioned by William Loring Andrews, 1901-1917 (bulk 1901-1905). (Unknown). Worl...

Jordan, William

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Epithet: of Hockering, county Norfolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000441.0x0001fb Epithet: Dominican British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000107 ...

Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911

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American illustrator and writer of children's books. From the description of Howard Pyle letter to Elmer Reynolds July 2, 1887. (Ohio University). WorldCat record id: 13054039 Illustrator, muralist, writer, art teacher, of Wilmington, Del. From the description of Howard Pyle manuscript collection, 1898-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70977558 Illustrator and children's book author; Wilmington, Del. From the description of Howard Pyle let...

French, Edwin Davis, 1851-1906

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Engraver of New York City and Saranac Lake, New York; best known for his design and engraving of bookplates. From the description of Papers, 1894-[1908?]. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58664306 Edwin Davis French (1851-1906) was an engraver of silver and copper, famous for the bookplates he designed and engraved. He was interested in artificial languages, especially Volapük and Esperanto, and was active in Volapük societies. From the guide to the Edw...

Jones, Dan Burne

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Truesdell, Winfred Porter

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Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...

Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936

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George A. Plimpton (1855-1936) was a member of the first Board of Trustees of Barnard College. He served as Treasurer from 1893 until his death. Plimpton was the primary fundraiser for Barnard. He was born at Walpole, Mass. After graduating Amherst College, he moved to New York where he worked as a salesman for Ginn and Heath, textbook publishers. In 1914 he became head of the firm. His interest in education and textbooks led him to establish a collection of textbooks dating from the middle ages...

Evans, John William (American engraver, born 1855)

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Grolier Club

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The Grolier Club was founded in Jan. 23, 1884 by a group of seven New York City book collectors with the object, as stated in its constitution, "of literary study and promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books." From its early days the Club has maintained a library related to collecting, bibliography and books about books. A library endowment fund (sometimes referred to as the "Library Fund) for the Grolier Club was first proposed in 1921, and the first fund-raising campaign amo...

Mosher, Thomas Bird, 1852-1923

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Epithet: publisher, of Portland, Maine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x000099 Publisher and printer. From the description of Thomas Bird Mosher collection, 1893-1929. (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 28127344 Mosher was a publisher of inexpensive but well-printed books devoted to belles lettres in Portland, Maine. Many of these were reprints of English authors and c...

Smith, Leslie Victor.

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Stone, Wilbur Macey

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Born Winona, Minnesota Nov. 30, 1862; collector of children's books; studied at Stevens Institute; est. office in New York as patent attorney and mechanical engineer; designer of bookplates. From the description of Letter : New York, to Frank Chouteau Brown, Boston, 1901 Nov. 22. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 58534356 American collector of children's books. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : East Orange, N.J., to Mrs. Amos L...

Spenceley, J. Winfred (Joseph Winfred), 1865-1908

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Webb, Margaret Ely

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Smith, Ismael, 1886-1972

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Avery Library

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Blackburn, Oscar T.

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Fuhrmann, Otto W. (Otto Walter)

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Director of Graphic Arts at New York University. Fuhrmann was formerly on the staff of Columbia University Libraries. From the description of Otto W. Fuhrmann papers, 1930-1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 495526609 ...

William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library

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Jameson, J. W.

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Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935

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William Fowler Hopson (1849-1935): artist and engraver; in 1870 moved to New York City to work as book engraver; in 1872 moved to New Haven, Ct., in partnership with Roger Sherman as professional engravers; engraver of many bookplates. From the description of William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166107 From the guide to the William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Blank. F. C.

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Evans, Clara Therese.

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Clara Therese Evans (also known as Mrs. Hubert Evans) was evidently a staff member at Ware Memorial Library, Columbia University, who collected bookplates. She corresponded with numerous libraries, other collectors, and some artists in search of bookplates to add to her collection. From the description of Clara T. Evans bookplate collection, circa 1740-1960 (bulk 1890-1940). (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 290466767 ...

Columbia College (New York, N.Y.)

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Whewell, William, 1794-1866

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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Charles Dickens, English novelist. From the guide to the Charles Dickens manuscript material : 7 items, 1842-1851, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the Victorian novelist. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Correspondence of Charles Dickens, with related material, ca. 1834-1955, (Leeds University Librar...

Princeton university. Library

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The Princeton University Library, consisting of the main Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library and 13 special libraries in locations around campus, is one of the world's most distinguished research libraries. Since its founding in 1750, the Library's collections have grown to include more than 6.2 million books, 6.3 million microforms, 36,000 linear feet of manuscripts, and impressive holdings of rare books, prints and archives. The origins of the Princeton University Lib...

McDonald, Arthur N.

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Bird, Elisha Brown

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