John Crerar Library Chicago Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
1896
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A portrait of John Crerar within a beaded border at center. This is surrounded by leaves and grasses, as well as the phrase Great is the Gift that Bringeth Knowledge. Below the portrait, surrounded by books, is an open book with the quote "'Non est Mortuus qui Scientiam Vivificavit" --Ptolemæus".
Subject (Name):
Crerar, John, 1827-1889 and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, History of medicine, John Crerar Library., Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Nature, Portraits, and Scientists
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
A coat of arms printed in red, with the phrase Mare Ditat. Throughout the bookplate, starting from the top, is handwritten text, in black ink, which reads 9" 26" '64 Cantab. [Thomas Waterman] Jr. Medical Student Harvard College Cambridge, Mass.
Subject (Name):
Waterman, Thomas
Subject (Topic):
Armorial bookplates, Medical colleges, Shield, and Students
At the bottom, there is a space labeled "No." with lines in which to write. The Medical Institution of Yale College transferred its library to the main college library in 1865, where it was kept in a separate collection called the Yale Medical College Library.
Subject (Name):
Yale Medical Library
Subject (Topic):
Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Text, and Yale Medical Library