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.
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Archival Collection Overview
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 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 indiv...
Collection Details
Object ID
RC.1.0
Inclusive Dates
circa 1890-1910
Size
4.2 cubic ft. (21 boxes)
Language
English
Item Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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Digitized Artifacts From This Collection
Bookplate for The Hannah E. Bigelow Fund, Marlborough Public Library, 1898
Andrew Carnegie Bookplate, circa 1915
Bookplate of Benjamin Henry Grierson and Lillian Atwood Grierson, 1911
Bookplate of Grosvenor Allen, 1890-1905
Bookplate of Cordelia Noble Day of New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1914
Bookplate of Alden McLellan III, circa 1917
Bookplate of Eliza LaHines Onorato, 1905-1917
Bookplate of Sarah Barnwell Elliott, 1905-1912
