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1. T.M. Cleland papers, 1880-1964

   6,750 items. 27 containers. 11 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Book designer and illustrator. Correspondence, drawings, and title pages and designs for books and advertisements.

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2. John Davis Batchelder ephemera and special collections, 2200 BCE-1948

   480 items. 14 containers. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Theater programs, playbills, newspapers, incunabula leaves, prints, official documents, bookplates, inaugural souvenirs, and other papers of prominent historical figures in the arts and politics primarily in the US, but also Europe. Persons represented in the collection include Albrecht Durer, Peter Schoeffer, Wynkyn de Worde, Napoleon Bonaparte, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Edwin Booth, and several US Presidents.

3. Ruthven Deane bookplate collection

   13,538 items : chiefly bookplate prints.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection comprises thousands of bookplates from North America and Europe, primarily from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, collected by Ruthven Deane. Common subjects of the bookplates include portraits, books, authors, animals, heraldry, angling, drama, public libraries, medical professionals, academic institutions, and notable figures. Also included are Deane's record books pertaining to this collection, publications on bookplates, some artists' proofs, and Deane's correspondence engaging with other bookplate collectors.

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4. Prints and bookplates by Sidney Lawton Smith

   886 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection contains proof prints as well as finished engravings and etchings created by artist Sidney Lawton Smith. Most of the material is bookplates and book illustrations. Also included are portraits of prominent Americans, depictions of historical scenes, and reproductive prints from paintings.

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