Research Center Bookplate Collection
Bookplates are defined as labels affixed to a book to indicate ownership and often its location in a collection. The Research Center Bookplate Collection consists of several hundred bookplates representing individual book owners, public libraries, colleges and universities, historical societies, and bookplate artists.
Scope and Content Note
The Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus defines bookplates as, “Labels affixed to a book to indicate ownership and often its location in a collection. They may be printed or engraved, frequently with a distinctive design, pasted or tipped into books...
MoreThe Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus defines bookplates as, “Labels affixed to a book to indicate ownership and often its location in a collection. They may be printed or engraved, frequently with a distinctive design, pasted or tipped into books on the inside of the upper cover.” (1)
The Research Center Bookplate Collection (4.2 cubic ft.) is an assembled collection consisting of several hundred bookplates, most of which are affixed to thin cardstock. The bookplates represent individual book owners, public libraries, colleges and universities, historical societies, and bookplate artists.
The collection is arranged broadly by book owner or plate artist, and then alphabetically by name. Researchers should be aware that portions of the collection remain unarranged.
(1) Bookplates. Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Website accessed on 23 August 2017 at http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=300028731&logic=AND¬e=&english=N&prev_page=1&subjectid=300028731
LessCollection Details
Object ID: RC.1.0
Creator: Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center
Inclusive Dates: circa 1890-1910
Size: 4.2 cubic ft. (21 boxes)
Language: English
Collection Access & Use
Item Location: Not Currently On Exhibit
Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research.
Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Digitized Artifacts From This Collection
In many cases, not all artifacts have been digitized.
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Andrew Carnegie Bookplate, circa 1915
Artifact
Bookplate
Date Made
circa 1915
Summary
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Creators
Keywords
Object ID
RC.1.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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Andrew Carnegie Bookplate, circa 1915
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Bookplate of Grosvenor Allen, 1890-1905
Artifact
Bookplate
Date Made
1890-1905
Summary
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Creators
Object ID
RC.1.19
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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Bookplate of Grosvenor Allen, 1890-1905
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Bookplate for The Hannah E. Bigelow Fund, Marlborough Public Library, 1898
Artifact
Bookplate
Date Made
1898
Summary
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Creators
Keywords
United States, Massachusetts, Marlborough
Public libraries (Institutions)
Object ID
RC.1.23
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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Bookplate for The Hannah E. Bigelow Fund, Marlborough Public Library, 1898
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Bookplate of Benjamin Henry Grierson and Lillian Atwood Grierson, 1911
Artifact
Bookplate
Date Made
1911
Summary
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Keywords
Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911
Grierson, Lillian Atwood, 1850-1914
Object ID
RC.1.31
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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Bookplate of Benjamin Henry Grierson and Lillian Atwood Grierson, 1911
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Bookplate of Sarah Barnwell Elliott, 1905-1912
Artifact
Bookplate
Date Made
1905-1912
Summary
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Creators
Keywords
Object ID
RC.1.32
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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Bookplate of Sarah Barnwell Elliott, 1905-1912
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Bookplate of Cordelia Noble Day of New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1914
Artifact
Bookplate
Date Made
circa 1914
Summary
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Creators
Object ID
RC.1.38
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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Bookplate of Cordelia Noble Day of New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1914
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Bookplate of Alden McLellan III, circa 1917
Artifact
Bookplate
Date Made
circa 1917
Summary
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Creators
Keywords
Object ID
RC.1.43
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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Bookplate of Alden McLellan III, circa 1917
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Bookplate of Eliza LaHines Onorato, 1905-1917
Artifact
Bookplate
Date Made
1905-1917
Summary
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Creators
Keywords
Object ID
RC.1.44
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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Bookplate of Eliza LaHines Onorato, 1905-1917
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Bookplate of Robert Gould Shaw, 1857-1863
Artifact
Bookplate
Date Made
1857-1863
Summary
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Creators
Object ID
RC.1.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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Bookplate of Robert Gould Shaw, 1857-1863
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