Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift; Mrs. Ruthven Deane; 1935 (DLC/PP-1935:144).
Processing History
The Ruthven Deane bookplate collection was placed into archival housing by Mary Mundy and Ethel Tillman in 2007 and a preliminary container list was made. From 2011 to 2020, Sara W. Duke worked on an item-level inventory. The collection was processed by Owen Ellis and Libby McKiernan in 2021. Finding was aid encoded by Owen Ellis in 2021.
Titles in brackets are devised by library staff as the result of no textual information present on the item, or applying an inscription from the verso of a mounted bookplate when no other textual information is present on the item. A single year in brackets indicates a date from the inscription on the item, often accompanied by a note indicating the specific source
Date ranges in brackets are devised by contextual information on item or from authoritative resources (e.g., Franks Bequest,) noted on the item by Deane himself or from research by Curator Sara W. Duke.
- [between 1880 - 1934] = Sara W. Duke identified by timing of prevalence of media (e.g., zinc engravings) or the particular time period a style began.
- [between 1700 - _____] = mostly armorial, with start date based on possible life of owner.
- [between 1700 - 1918] = item was marked with "DBF" for Daniel Butler Fearing, and represents the scope of his collecting, ending with his death date.
- [between 1700 - 1921] = notes should be checked, falls under above statement.
Related Material
Additional materials collected by Ruthven Deane are described in our Online Catalog and searchable by call number, filing series, or descriptive words:
- Deane collection of portraits (Filing Series: DEANE COLL)
- Ruthven Deane Collection of portraits of 19th and 20th century American and foreign ornithologists, including prints, reproductions, and photographs (Call Number: Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 137)
- Collection of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers (Call number: PR 06 CN 025)
- Bookplate collection of Mary Tryon Stone (Call number: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2010:198)
- Prints and bookplates by Sidney Lawton Smith (Call number: LOT 15196) finding aid available
- Russian bookplates (Call number: LOT 15197)
Online Content
To see already digitized images from this collection, search our Online Catalog by call number or descriptive words.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Ruthven Deane bookplate collection, PR 13 CN 1935:144, and item or reproduction number, if available [e.g., PR 13 CN 1935:144, no. 1 or LC-DIG-ppmsca-12345]