Manuscript Collection Number: GRA
115
Accessioned: Gift of Augusta LaMotte
Brewer
Extent: approx. 13, 000 items.
Content: Bookplates, journals,
reference books, portraits, and an address book.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: 1957 and November
2001 by Laura Cochrane and Theresa Hessey.
Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267
(302) 831-2229
Reverend William Augustus Brewer was an avid Bookplate collector. His wife, Augusta LaMotte Brewer, bequeathed his collection to the University of Delaware Library after her husband’s death. The William Augustus Brewer Bookplate Collection comprises 12,680 printed bookplates dating mainly from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes bookplates from the libraries of John Carter Brown, Lewis Carroll, Charlie Chaplin, Queen Charlotte, Samuel L. Clemens, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Dickens, Walt Disney, George III, Edward Gibbon, Alexander Hamilton, Harry Houdini, Samuel Pepys, Howard Pyle, Paul Revere, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Theodore Roosevelt, Alfred Stieglitz, William Wordsworth, and William Butler Yeats, as well as many others.
The designers of the bookplates include Thomas Bewick, Edward Burne-Jones, Kate Greenaway, William Hogarth, Howard Pyle, Rudolf Ruzicka, and James A. M. Whistler. Subjects illustrated in the bookplates are varied, including acrostics, birds, death’s heads, medicine, music, rebuses, and science and portraits of historical and literary figures.
In addition to the Brewer bookplates, the collection also includes reference books and journals about bookplates; photographic portraits of William Augustus Brewer and his wife, Augusta LaMotte Brewer; an address book listing individuals who donated material to the collection; metal and wood printing blocks; and bookplates added to the collection after it came to the University of Delaware Library.
The collection has been left with the same organization (alphabetical by the name of the owner) and in the same housings used by Rev. Brewer. In 1957, the University of Delaware Library produced an index to the collection, which is included in this finding aid. The index is organized alphabetically by artists, owners, and subjects. Photographs of the Rev. and Mrs. Brewer are also included in the collection, under the numbers 12225 and 12226.
The finding aid also includes materials that were added to the collection after it arrived at the University of Delaware Library. These items include additional bookplates, reference books, and journals. A list of the added bookplates is included in the finding aid, as is a bibliography of the books and journals.
II. Bookplates added to the Brewer Bookplate collection
III. Reference Books and journals
IV. Index to the Brewer bookplate collection
Folder -- Contents
Series I: Augusta LaMotte Brewer’s address book
F1 Augusta LaMotte Brewer’s address book
Series II: Bookplates added to the Brewer Bookplate Collection
F2 Bookplates
Pl.1 Groves, J.Stuart
Pl.2 Jones, Olive and Ralph
Pl.3 Newark Library and Literary Association
Pl.4 Eastman, Albert Sherman
Pl.5 Ward, Christopher
Pl.6 Ortiz, Manuel A. Luis E. deNavarra, artist.
Pl.7 Delaware College Library, Newark, DE
Pl.8 S.Sebastiao, Torre de
Pl.9 Raynor, James A.
Pl.10 Dick, William
Pl.11 Geneseo Normal Library
Pl.12 Browsing Room
Pl.13 Town Library, Newark, DE
Pl.14 Delaware
Pl.15 Browsing Room, Women’s College of Delaware
Pl.16 Muhlenberg College, E.B. Bird, artist.
Pl.17 Emma Worrell Library, presented to New
Castle Hall Women’s College, University of
Delaware, January, 1927.
Pl.18 Red, green, and black stripes, yellow
Chinese or Japanese lettering.
Pl.19 Columbia University Library
Pl.20 Ortiz, M.A., Luis E. deNavarra, artist.
Pl.21 Newell, M. Moyca
Pl.22 Wake Forest College, In Memory of Hubert
Evans, L. M. Patten, artist.
Pl.23 The Library of the University of Delaware
Pl.24 Lefevre, Albert, Corcoran Professor of
Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1905-
1928.
Pl.25 Bailey, Arthur L.
Pl.26 Northwestern University, Dental School
Library
Pl.27 The Library of the University of Delaware,
Gift of J.P. Wright
Pl.28 Murdoch, Alexander, A. Avinoff, artist.
Pl.29 Wilson, Helen
Pl.30 Hawkins, Mary Lawson
Pl.31 Bayard, Thomas Francis
Pl.32 von Bernstorff, William Hugo
Pl.33 Library of the Delta Phi Literary Society of
Delaware College
Pl.34 Bonawit, G. Owen
Pl.35 Sellers, William F.
Pl.36 Pottstown Library and Literary Association
Pl.37 Hayden
Pl.38 University of Delaware, Memorial to Albert
N. Raub, President of Delaware College, 1888-
1896
Pl.39 Paris, 1815
Pl.40 One of the books of, no name.
Pl.41 Hullihen, William
Pl.42 Eastman Memorial Foundation, Laurel, MS
Pl.43 Hackett, Edmond Byrne, C. Harris, artist.
Pl.44 Oberlin College Library, History of Printing
Collection, In Memory of Azariah S. Root.
Pl.45 Loomis, C.H.
Pl.46 Brewer, Augusta LaMotte
Pl.47 Brewer, William Augustus
Pl.48 Brewer, William A.
Pl.49 Rextrew, Amy
Pl.50 Bush, Charles Whiteley
Pl.51 University Club Library, donated by A.
Barton Hepburn
Pl.52 University of Delaware, gift of the Student
Council of Delaware College
Pl.53 Law, Henry I.
Pl.54 Johnson, Everett C.
Pl.55 Ex Libris, no name
Pl.56 Ex Libris, no name
Pl.57 Ex Libris, no name
Pl.58 One of the books of, no name.
Pl.59 Ex Libris, no name
Pl.60 Ex Libris, no name
Pl.61 Taylor, Lillian Pitcairn
Pl.62 Douglas, Jamais Arriere
Pl.63 The Isabel Mercein Tunstall Library of
Poetry, Duncan Smith, artist.
Pl.64 Casey, Kellogg Kennon Venable
Pl.65 Robinson, Lydia Gillingham
Pl.66 Kirkpatrick, W.T.K., artist.
Pl.67 Wilson, Harry G.
Pl.68 Cox
Pl.69 Lawrence, W.T.K., artist.
Pl.70 Hamilton, Alexander, van I.
Pl.71 Birmingham Public Library
Pl.72 Calumet City Public Library
Pl.73 McNair, James B., James Cady Ewell, artist.
Pl.74 American Classical League
Pl.75 Library of the University of Virginia, From
the Library Bequeathed by Governor Holliday
Pl.76 Library of the University of Virginia,
Donation of Arthur Curtiss James
Pl.77 Library of the University of Virginia, Gift
of, no name
Pl.78 Library of the University of Virginia, From
the Library of Thomas Randolph Price
Pl.79 Library of the University of Virginia, From
the Hertz Books Presented by Thomas Randolph
Price and the New York Alumni
Pl.80 Library of the University of Virginia, Gift
of Dr. Wilbur P. Morgan of Baltimore
Pl.81 Library of the University of Virginia, From
the Library of George Frederick Holmes which
was purchased by a group of alumni and
presented to the University of Virginia in
his honour.
Pl.82 Library of the University of Virginia, Barksdale Library of Chemistry, endowed by
Mrs. Hamilton MacFarland Barksdale and by the
University of Virginia Alumni of Delaware and
Friends in Memory of Hamilton MacFarland
Barksdale, C.E. Class 1883.
Pl.83 Library of the University of Virginia, Gift
of William Franklin Willoughby to the Library
of the Bureau of Public Administration.
Pl.84 Colby, J.A.
Pl.85 Day, Cyrus
Pl.86 Coolidge, Calvin, engraved on wood by
Timothy Cole.
Pl.87 Knight
Pl.88 University of Virginia, Byrd Library,
Virginia History and Literature Founded in
Memory of Alfred H. Byrd, M.A. (1887)
Pl.89 Columbia University Library
Pl.90 Pelz, Paul R.
Pl.91 Library of the University of Wisconsin
Pl.92 McNair, James B.
Pl.93 Library of Delaware Alpha Chapter Sigma Phi
Epsilon Fraternity, David Benson, artist.
Pl.94 Columbia University Bookplate Collection,
W.J., artist.
Pl.95 Davidson, Flora Neil
Pl.96 Library of Newark College
Pl.97 Ex Libris, Chinese or Japanese writing
Pl.98 Ex Libris, Chinese or Japanese writing
Pl.99 Bonawit, G. Owen
Pl.100 Neuscheler, Elmer William
Pl.101 Sielaff, Verna A.
Pl.102 Ward, Christopher, A.K., artist.
Pl.103 Carita, Harry Boden
Pl.104 Tiffany Louis C.
Pl.105 Knox, Louise Wakeman
Pl.106 University of Delaware Memorial
Library, Delaware Coll.
Pl.107 Library of the University of Delaware,
In memory of Dorothy Lawson Hawkins,
Assistant Librarian 1920-1923, Librarian 1923-
1927.
Pl.108 The Emalea Pusey Warner Library, Sussex
Hall, The Women’s College of the University
of Delaware, Presented by, no name.
Pl.109 Property of the Newark Library
Association
Pl.110 A.K., K.C., artist.
Pl.111 Barbour, William and Katharine, R.H.B.,
artist.
Pl.112 Library Delaware Agricultural Experiment
Station, Newark, DE
Pl.113 Delaware College, Agricultural
Experiment Station Library
Pl.114 Kirkbride Memorial Library, University
of Delaware
Pl.115 Brewster, Walter and Kate
Pl.116 Evans, Mary Raub
[There is no pl. 117 in this collection.]
Pl.118 Library of the Delta Phi Literary
Society of Delaware College
Pl.119 Library of Newark College
Pl.120 Library of Newark College
Pl.121 Hawkins, Miriam, A.K., artist.
Pl.122 Brinton, Professor George E., in
Memoriam
Pl.123 University of Delaware, the A. Duer
Irving Collection
Pl.124 Kirkbride Memorial Library, University
of Delaware.
Pl.125 Presented by the Japan Society, New York
City
Pl.126 University of Delaware Library, Matthew
Newkirk Memorial Collection
Pl.127 University of Delaware Library, Willard
Saulsbury Papers, Manuscript Collection
Pl.128 University of Delaware Library, From the
Estate of Hugh M. Morris, 1878-1966.
Pl.129 University of Delaware Library, George
Gray Papers, Manuscript Collection
Pl.130 University of Delaware Library,
Christopher Ward Papers, Manuscript
Collection
Pl.131 University of Delaware Library
Pl.132 University of Delaware Library, gift of
Carl J. Rees, Professor of Mathematics 1920-
1963, Dean, School of Graduate Studies 1950-
1962, Provost of the University 1956-1962.
Pl.133 From the Books of the Delaware Society,
G. Nerney, artist.
Pl.134 University of Delaware Library, Hallam
Book Collection
Pl.135 University of Delaware Library,
Presented in Memory of Dr. Kurt Wohl 1896-
1962 by his Colleagues, Students and Friends.
Pl.136 Ward, Christopher, A.K., artist.
Pl.137 University of Delaware, James F. Lincoln
Arc Welding Foundation, Welding Library.
Pl.138 University of Delaware, James F. Lincoln
Arc Welding Foundation, Welding Library.
Pl.139 Presented to the University of Delaware
Library by J.Paul Winthrop, D.D.S.
Pl.140 University of Delaware Memorial Library,
Given in Memory of Francis Hagar Squire by
his friends.
Pl.141 University of Delaware Memorial Library,
Esther Schwartz Decorative Arts Collection
Pl.142 Northern Arizona University Library,
Flagstaff, AZ
Pl.143 University of Delaware Library, Archives
Collection
Pl.144 University of Delaware Library,
Manuscript Collection
Pl.145 Library of the University of Delaware, in
Memory of Dorothy Lawson Hawkins, Assistant
Librarian 1920-1923, Librarian 1923-1927.
Pl.146 Kirchner, Walther
F3 Bookplates
Pennsylvania State Library
The Magnus Wahlstrom Library, University of
Bridgeport
Christopher Ward, 1868-1943
Stephen P. Hofmayer, engraved by Arthur N.
Macdonald, 1931 (gift of Stephen P. Hofmeyer,
March 12, 1991).
F4 Heraldic Plates
Von Schwartzenfels, Anton Gerlach
No name
Egidi, Ioh. Frantz
V. Eyben, Friederich
Frantz, Carl Philipp
Veit, Ioh Christoph
F5 Heraldic plates
Thompson, John
No name
Bart, John S. Clair
Bridges, Duke of Chandos
Brudenel, Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury
Legge, Earl of Dartmouth
Noel, Earl of Gainsborough
Pierpont, Duke of Kingston
Pelham, Duke of Newcastle
Bennet, Earl of Tankerville
Bentick, Duke of Portland
Bertie, Duke of Ancaster
Finch, Earl of Winchelsea
Hamilton, Duke of Brandon
Herbert, Earl of Powis
F6 Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Bookplates
New York Society Library (from of John Heudsey)
Goddard, Paul B., M.D.
Boyle, James
F7 Keith E. Wingrove Bookplates (gift of Keith Wingrove,
December 2,1982)
Wingrove, Keith, Derek Riley England, artist
Wingrove, Keith, Lionel Lindsay, engraver
Wingrove, Keith, Norman Lindsay, artist
Wingrove, Keith
F8 University of Delaware Bookplates
University of Delaware Library, Gift of …
University of Delaware Library, Archives
Collection
University of Delaware Library, Present in the
Memory of Dr. Kurt Wohl 1896-1962, by his
Colleagues, Students, and Friends.
Presented to the University of Delaware Library by
J. Paul Winthrop, D.D.S.
Presented to the University of Delaware Library by
J. Paul Winthrop, D.D.S.
University of Delaware, James F. Lincoln Arc
Welding Foundation, Welding Library
University of Delaware Library, in Memory of Dr.
G. Lloyd Wilson and in honor of his
Outstanding Contributions to Transportation
Education, Gift of Traffic Club of
Wilmington, DE
University of Delaware Library, A. Duer Irving
Collection
University of Delaware Library, Gift, no name
University of Delaware Memorial Library, Given in
memory of Francis Hagar Squire by his friends
University of Delaware Library, Gift of University
of Delaware Alumni Association
University of Delaware Library, Gift of the
University of Delaware Library Associates
University of Delaware Library, Archives
Collection
Series III. Reference Collection
Series III.1 Journals
The Bookplate Booklet. 1907-1911.
The Bookplate Quarterly. December 1917 and April 1908.
The Miscellany. December, June, and October 1915.
Yearbook of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and
Designers. Sewanne, Tenn.: American Society of Bookplate
Collectors and Designers, 1923-1970.
Series III.2 Monographs
Barnett, P. Neville. Woodcut Bookplates. Sidney, New South Wales,
1934.
Barnett, P. Neville. Woodcut Bookplates Souvenir. Sidney, New
South Wales, 1934.
California Bookplates. Vol. 1. Berkeley, CA: Sheldon Cheney,
1906.
Carver, Clifford N. Bookplates of Well Known Americans.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1911.
Craig, Edward Gordon. Nothing or the Bookplate. 2nd ed. London:
J.M. Dent and Sons, 1931.
Craig, Gordon. Bookplates Designed and Cut on Wood by Gordon
Craig. Hackbridge, Surrey: Sign of the Rose, 1900.
Edwin Davis French: A Memorial. New York, 1908.
French, Edwin David. A List of Bookplates Engraved on Copper.
Cleveland: Marion Press, 1899.
Kent, Rockwell. Later Bookplates and Marks of Rockwell Kent. New
York: Pynson Printers, 1937.
Law, Henry I. Delaware Bookplates. Washington: Bruin Press, 1940.
Metzdorf, Robert F. Index: Yearbooks of the American Society of
Bookplate Collectors and Designers, 1923-1949/50. Sewanee,
Tenn.: American Society of Bookplate Collectors and
Designers, 1952.
Osburn, Burl N. A Descriptive Checklist of the Woodcut Bookplates
of J.J. Lankes. Millersville, Penn.: Serif Press, 1937.
Schimmelpfeng, Richard H. Index: Yearbooks of the American
Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers. Volumes 24-
36, 1951-1972: American Society of Bookplate Collectors and
Designers, 1974.
Talbot, Clare Ryan. Historic California in Bookplates. Los
Angeles: Graphic Press, 1936.
Series IV. Index to the Brewer Bookplate CollectionThe index to the Brewer Bookplate Collection is available with the unpublished finding aids in the Special Collections Department. It is not currently available online.
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