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Another bookplate from our past…
This MCV library bookplate was found inside a title from 1958: Higher Education in Transition; an American History, 1636-1956, by John S. Brubacher and Willis Rudy.
See more bookplates from our collections on Flickr - Works of Art; Marks of Ownership.
This medical college bookplate depicts the Rod of Asclepius, which has only one snake and no wings, unlike the caduseus.
Fabulous illustrations of Russian song-cycles by Frank C. Papé
From The Russian Story Book, containing tales from the song-cycles of Kiev and Novgorod and other early sources, London: Macmillian and Co., 1916. (BL 930 .W5, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library)
Snow and Music! Jollity and Cheer!
Holiday greetings circa 1930 from the Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library.
Still a few days left for sending holiday cards and packages!
“Christmas Post” – Illustration from Thomas Nast’s Christmas Drawings for the Human Race, 1890. From VCU Libraries Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library.
Who’s a good dog?!
Trade card given out to those who patronized the business of Carl T. Seibel in 1885-’86.
From the Frederick Otto Seibel papers, 1882-1968, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library.
Something to live for…
Remembering Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and poet, born on this day in 1850. Despite ill-health, Stevenson traveled widely and wrote prolifically, experimenting with a wide variety of genres. Among his novels, short stories, plays and poetry are Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and A Child’s Garden of Verses.
From The Robert Louis Stevenson Calendar for 1903, London: Hills & Co. Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library.
Emily loved books.
J.J. Lankes bookplate, 1925 from the Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library. A Lankes’ sketch for this bookplate may be found online.
A powerful tool that you can wield…
“Controlling the Vote – Rights. Registration. Representation.” uses archival materials to explore the history of attempts to control who has access to the polls in America.
“You never know what you might get.”
This detail from Julie Chen’s ”Bon Bon Mots“ is one of many exceptional examples of book art in VCU Libraries Special Collections and Archives.
Don't wait.
Apple cider donuts are calling to us…
September / October 1889 promotional calendar for the Smith & Anthony Stove Co., Boston. “Art Casting for Fireplaces.”
From the Charles E. Brownell Collection of Architectural and Decorative Arts Ephemera, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library.
[Image Description: Two children gather apples from beneath a tree. He puts some in a basket while she carries more in her pinafore.]
A good and sweet year!
Don’t be a Parlor Patriot. Don’t be a Rocking-Chair Paul Revere. Register! Vote!
From the Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
One hundred years later, and it's time for another Big Vote.
The Eight-Hour Day. A Living Wage. To Guard the Home.
The rights of workers came about through the hard work of labor organizing and campaigns for legislative reforms. The WTUL advocated especially to eliminate sweatshop conditions for women workers.
[Image Description: Logo of the National Women’s Trade Union League, founded in 1903]
For all the workers who’ve kept America going - Happy Labor Day!
It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come, and how hard fought the struggle for fair wages and safe workplaces has been. And the work is ongoing.
Thanks to the folks who get up, and go to work, and make all our lives better.
Images courtesy: American Labor Museum, Union Presbyterian Seminary Library, Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Baylor University Libraries, VCU Libraries. Social Welfare History Image Portal.
Thanks again to the folks who get up, go to work, and make all our lives better.
Wake Up and Live!
Two pamphlets from the 1937-38 YWCA in Richmond, VA outline programs offering friendship, education, and recreation.
Richmond YWCA Archives 1893-1980, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library.
Some wardrobe choices are historic - like women wearing white
June 14, 1916 was the first day of the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri. Forming “The Golden Lane” more than 2,000 women, dressed in white and holding yellow parasols stood silently as the delegates passed.
This pamphlet is part of the Adèle Goodman Clark papers (M9, Box 48), VCU Libraries Social Welfare History Image Portal.
Chicago, then and now
You go girl!
Quality athletic uniforms from A.G. Spalding & Bros. as advertised in the December 1919 issue of YWCA’s The Association Monthly.
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library
Guest’s Ticket, 1892 Republican National Convention held in Minneapolis.
Signed by Arthur L. Conger. Thompson Collection of Lincolniana, 1803-1965 (M4 Box1, f.1), Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library