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
Lambert, Alexander Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
20th century
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
The Yale insignia, including the phrase Lux et Veritas, at top center of a vertical rectangle surrounded by a decorative border. Beneath this reads "Gift of Dr. Lambert's nephews — Dr. Adrian Lambert B.A. 1930; Dr. John T. Lambert B.A. 1935; Dr. Samuel W. Lambert Jr. B.A. 1919; Dr. Dickinson W. Richards Jr. B.A. 1917." This bookplate is probably from the period when medical books were kept in a collection at Sterling Memorial Library, before the Yale Medical Library was built. Alexander Lambert received his BA from Yale in 1884, his Ph.B. from Yale in 1885, and his M.D. from Columbia in 1888.
Subject (Name):
Lambert, Adrian, Lambert, Alexander, 1861-1939, Lambert, John T., Lambert, Samuel W., and Richards, Dickinson W., Jr.
Subject (Topic):
Books, Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Physicians, Shields, Yale Medical Library, and Yale University. School of Medicine
Becker, Maureen Hussey Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A teapot surrounded by flora is at the top of this bookplate. Further below indicates that the books bearing this plate are "from a fund for books in the fields of Medical History and the Neurological Sciences. Established 1960."
Subject (Name):
Becker, Maureen Hussey, 1937-1960 and Yale Medical Library
Subject (Topic):
Medical libraries, Neurology, Text, and Yale Medical Library
Beneath the title text are lines labeled, in order, "Case", "No.", and "Donor", with space to write. An attached letter states that the library is at the Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio, and formerly at the Medical Department of Willoughby University.
Subject (Name):
Starling Medical College Library
Subject (Topic):
Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Text, and Yale Medical Library