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Alexander McMillan Welch bookplate collection, 1700-1930

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#1320
Bib ID 4079621 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Welch, Alexander McMillan, 1869-1943
Title Alexander McMillan Welch bookplate collection, 1700-1930
Physical Description 2 linear feet (4 boxes)
Language(s) English .
Additional Description http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/46_WA-WE_22.pdf
Access You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

American, English and French bookplates from private and institutional libraries. Box four contains some related correspondence concerning Welch's collecting and exchanging of bookplates. Four letters are from the English painter-etcher, Charles William Sherborn, who designed a bookplate for Welch's wife, Fanny Fredericka Dyckman Welch. The original etched plate is also enclosed.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alexander McMillan Welch bookplate collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Mrs Alexander M. Welch, ca.1948; transferred from the Avery Library, 1974.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bookplates: Source of acquisition--Welch, Mrs. Alexander and Avery Library. Method of acquisition--Gift and transfer.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

See also: James M. Baldwin Bookplate Collection (NYCR90-A25) and the S. E. Blake Bookplate Collection (NYCR90-A28)

Bookplates Entered in AMC 12/05/90.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Bookplates Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Etchings (prints) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Printing plates Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Artists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bookplate designers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bookplates, American Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bookplates, English Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bookplates, French Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Collectors Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Etchers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Painters Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Sherborn, Charles William, 1831-1912 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Columbia University Ph.B. 1890, Architecture, 1915.