Subject: Bookplates - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

Extent:: 77 item
Abstract:: The Carol Hoffecker Delaware bookplate collection comprises 76 bookplates belonging to prominent early twentieth-century Delawareans and regional organizations. Individuals represented include statesmen, businessmen, and members of distinguished families, such as the du Pont and Warner families.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 16 linear foot (17 boxes) and 7 oversize box
Abstract:: The William Augustus Brewer bookplate collection comprises 12,870 printed bookplates dating primarily from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, many of which were from the libraries of famous individuals or produced by significant artists. The collection also contains additional material relating to Brewer's collection, including Mrs. Augusta LaMotte Brewer's address book and printing plates and blocks, as well as reference material relating to bookplates.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: .3 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: The J. J. Lankes bookplate collection contains 47 bookplates created by Lankes between 1920 and 1940, an undated promotional circular, copies of letters written by J. J. Lankes's to artist Burl Neff Osburn, copies of artwork by Lankes and Osburn, and two lists of bookplates for sale by Stanley O. Bezanson.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 50 boxes
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence relating to the work of Carver (Princeton Class of 1913) as secretary (1914-1915) to Walter H. Page, the American ambassador in London, as secretary (1915) to Edward Mandell House in Europe, and as assistant to Bernard M. Baruch working for the War Industries Board, and to his commission in the U.S. Navy attached to the Office of Naval Intelligence (1917-1918).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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