Bookplates; Labels; Young Women's Christian associations
Ornate decorative border featuring text, a scroll, and a triangle. Lettering near the top reads "YWCA." On the scroll is the name "Carrie McGill" and the word "Memorial." Near the bottom is the abbreviation...
Brick archway featuring a seal with the Greek words "Sigill Coll Yalen Nov Port Nov Angl" and the Latin phrase "Lux et Veritas." This is the seal for Yale University. "Vanderbilt Hall" is inscribed on the building. The...
Animal [possibly a griffin] in a circular frame on a panel with decorative elements. At the top of the panel are the name "Floyd Wright" and the phrase "His Book." Brown ink. Signed Ainslie Hewett with four-digit year.
House with tall trees on either side. Below the house is a small shield. These elements are on a decorative panel with text at the top and bottom. The phrase "Ex Libris" is at the top. "Helen & Carlton Winslow" is below the...
Profile of a person [possibly a woman in medieval dress] reading a book. This image is in a circular frame decorated with leaves and berries. The frame is on a rectangular panel with small designs of birds, crosses, and other elements and text at...
Planet [Earth] with an open book in front of it. Behind or above the planet is the sun and a planet with rings [possibly Saturn]. Musical notes are on the left page of the book, and an image is on the right. Above the design is the phrase "Ex...
Decorative rectangular panel. At the top are two cherubs in silhouette holding a garland. The name "Beatrice Wilson" is in the center of the panel. Below the name is the phrase "Her Book." Beatrice Wilson was the sister-in-law...
Black dog and smaller white dog look up at a birdfeeder with a bird on its edge. A fence with two posts is in the background. The image is inside an oval frame on a panel with vertical stripes. The name "Minnie Marvin Wheeler" is at the...
Globe showing North America and South America. An anchor is behind the globe. An eagle is on top of the bird. A scroll with the Latin phrase "Semper Fidelis" is above the eagle. The name "Alexander Mackenzie Watson" is below the...
Woman in classical dress with long hair sitting with knees bent in front of blowing branches which are inside a circular frame. The frame and woman are on a panel decorated with leaves. A scroll containing the Latin phrase "Salix Potius...
Seal for University of Louisville featuring Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, in profile. Below the profile is the year "1846." "University of Louisville Kentucky" surrounds the image in a circular frame. Two decorative...
Rectangle containing the name "Edwin Vivian and Ida Belle Halbreath Thompson" and the quotation "There is no such as bad weather - only different kinds of good weather" with "Ruskin" as the attribution. The text is...
Bookplates; Labels; St. Luke's Church (Anchorage, Ky.)
Celtic cross with text above and below it. Above the cross is the phrase "In memory of" followed by the names "Mildred Adams and Frank Sayre Cowgill." Below the cross are the words "St. Luke's Church Anchorage." Black...
White bird with extended wings [possibly a gull] flying over the water with smaller birds in the background. The water is inside a decorative circular border. The bird's wings extend beyond the border. Below the image are the phrase "Ex...
Image of Auguste Rodin's sculpture "The Thinker." Above the image is the quotation "Thinking good is thanking god." Below the image are the name "Bob Saenger" and the phrase "Her Book." Brown ink. Signed AH...
Small man in coat with tails looking out of a telescope on the top of a tower. Above the image is the phrase "Ex Libris." Below the image is the name "Arthur Milton Quisenberry." The image and text are framed by a rectangular...
Silhouette of a man sitting at a desk writing. A window is behind him. A floor lamp and corner of a bookshelf are next to him. Text panels are above and below the image. The top panel contains the phrase "His Book." At the bottom is the...
Decorative panel featuring a young man in profile wearing a helmet with wings, a horn, the drama masks for comedy (Thalia) and tragedy (Melpomene), two snakes wrapped around a staff with wings (caduceus), and a scroll with Greek text. At the base...
Bookplates; Labels; Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624/5
Three ships identified as Godspeede, Susan Constant, and Discovery under a sky with stars. Within the image is the phrase "Ex Libris." Above the ships is the identification "Order of First Families of Virginia 1607-1620." Below...
Bearded man in classical dress holding a book and looking at a younger man sitting on steps in front of a set of columns. Books and a scroll are on the step next to the younger man. A globe and books are on the base of the column next to the...