A library with books in a bookcase, art on the walls, and various items on top of the bookcase. There is a dog on a rug. Beneath the image is the phrase A l'aventure tout vient a pointe qui sait attendre.
A red sun-like shape with a dial at the center and a fleur-de-lis on top is at the top center of this bookplate. A three-lined red square border surrounds this and the text beneath. This library was founded by Bern Dibner in 1941 and contains books on the History of Science. After Dibner's death in 1988, the collection was divided between the Smithsonian, MIT, and the Huntington.
Subject (Name):
Burndy Library, Dibner, Bern, b. 1897, and Yale School of Medicine
A shelf with a book and a mortar and pestle on top, surrounded by laurels and an eagle. The second page tells that the University has established a reading room in Fishbein's name.
Subject (Name):
Fishbein, Morris, 1889-, University of Chicago Library, and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Libraries, Mortars and Pestles, Nature, University of Chicago. Library, and Wings
A plaque with two seashells adorning the top ends and two shells and a starfish completing the bottom. Moving down, there is a window looking out at trees and a steeple in the distance. Beneath this is a bookshelf with several shelves of books and various items on the top shelf. In the foreground is a coat of arms. A large flower is on either side of the plaque. In the middle, alongside the plate owner's name, are two circles with microscopic creatures inside. Beneath this is the image of a ship on the high seas dragging a net amongst 27 various marine creatures in the water.
Subject (Name):
Kofoid, Charles Atwood and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Bacteria, Books, Libraries, Nature, Scientists, and Ships
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
1939
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
The Cushing family coat of arms (with the phrase Virtute et Numine is at the top-left corner of border wrapped in leaves and ribbon, with the initials of family members who have gone on to become doctors, and the dates of their degrees or beginning of practice. At top center is a skull with a snake wrapped around it. At the bottom is a caduceus. Inside the image, at bottom center, is the signature of Harvey Cushing. Beneath the image is the text "Yale Medical Library Bequest of 1939."
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Libraries, Nature, Neurosurgeons, Skull, Snakes, and Yale Medical Library
A woman and a bearded man attending a sick patient. On each side of the image is a caduceus. The insignias for McGill University, the University of Pennsylvania, Oxford, and Johns Hopkins are seen in the four corners. At the bottom reads Purchased through the William Osler Testimonial Fund for the Advancement of Medicine.
Subject (Name):
Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Caduceus, Libraries, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, Medical colleges, Physicians, Shield, Snakes, Storks, Sun, and Surgeons
Library of the University of California Los Angeles
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A red circular emblem with an open book in the middle, and the initials "AC" and "AD" over the pages. Surrounding this are the words "Understanding", "Information", "Progress", and "Medicina". Beneath is a dedication, which reads "From the collections of rare medical books given by Dr. and Mrs. John A Benjamin in honor of Bennet M. Allen and Boris Krichesky, 1962".
Subject (Name):
Allen, Bennet, b. 1736 or 7, Krichesky, Boris, Library of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Libraries, and University of California, Los Angeles. Library
A drawing of three men in tunics with books with a series of buildings in the background. At the bottom is the quote "'The True University is a Collection of Books', Carlyle." Cowgill's name and address are applied with a rubber stamp. Cowgill was a faculty member in physiological chemistry at Yale School of Medicine.
Subject (Name):
Cowgill, George R. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Biochemists, Books, Buildings, Libraries, Medical colleges, Nature, and Yale University