Archives at Cornell

Bookplate collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 13-6-3045

Scope and content

Bookplates, primarily from Cornell alumni and faculty and from the Cornell University library, correspondence about them, and publicity materials relating to the bookplate exhibition.

Scope and content

Also, sample early bookplates from various Cornell libraries, with early procedures for accessioning, bookplating, labelling, and marking books.

Dates

1981.

Creator

Cornell University. Library (Organization)

Biographical / Historical

In 1981, the Dept. of Rare Books placed a notice in the Cornell Alumni News requesting individually designed bookplates from alumni, students, faculty, and staff to be used in a library exhibition. The collection, which includes bookplates and correspondence relating to them, was compiled after the exhibition.