Bookplates
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Bookplate Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG 7
Abstract
The collection consists of thousands of bookplates (originals and facsimiles from the 18th to the 20th century from private and institutional libraries), proofs, metal plates, notes, and letters. The collection has been organized into five series (Institutions, Designers, Armorial, Newark Public Library plates, and Oversize) and includes original bookplates created by prominent engravers such J.W. Spenceley, E.D. French, W.F. Hopson, and A.N. Macdonald, as well as Dutch, German, Swedish, and...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 18th - 20th century
C. Durand Chapman collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Chapman-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, sketches, cut-out picture books, reproductions of art work, clippings, book plates, address books, travel souvenirs, and ephemera related to the Cyrus Chapman's life and career. Also present are family papers and photographs, most of them associated with Caroline Holbrook Chapman.Box 1: contains a copy of a handwritten biographical sketch of Chapman; mock-ups, sketches, and copies of cut-out children's games; a box of...
Dates:
c. 1896-1913