Andrews Memorial Bookplate Collection of Irene D. Andrews Pace (Diamond Family Bookplates)
Scope and Contents
This collection contains numerous bookplates commissioned by various members of the Diamond Family. J. Edouard “Jack” Diamond and Elizabeth Watson Diamond were avid bookplate collectors and the proprietors of Hyacinth Press, a small private press which they operated from their home in Cleveland, OH. Two works published by Hyacinth Press are also part of the Yale Bookplate Collection: Bookplates by Sara Eugenia Blake, Call # Z996.B635 B535 1940 (LC); and Bookplates of Hettie Gray Baker, Call # Z996 B25 B66 1947 (LC).
Dates
- early to mid-20th century
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been transferred to Yale University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Irene D. Andrews Pace, 1963, in memory of Dr. Edmund Andrews (Yale 1913) and his father, Dr. E. Wyllys Andrews.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the artist’s last name, according to the original order and an accompanying checklist.
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
This collection contains numerous bookplates commissioned by various members of the Diamond Family. J. Edouard “Jack” Diamond and Elizabeth Watson Diamond were avid bookplate collectors and the proprietors of Hyacinth Press, a small private press which they operated from their home in Cleveland, OH.
Biographical / Historical
Born Irene Greene Dwen, Mrs. Pace (1892-1962) was an avid bookplate collector from the early 1920s until 1962. In addition to over 150,000 plates in her collection, she also maintained a reference library related to bookplates, as well as heraldry and biographical research. Pace commissioned several hundred bookplates for herself. In 1936, she published Owners of Books: The Dissipations of a Collector.
- Title
- Guide to the Andrews Memorial Bookplate Collection of Irene D. Andrews Pace (Diamond Family Bookplates)
- Author
- Compiled by Sonja Foard
- Date
- June 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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