The back view of a nude man, his right hand supporting a sword and his left hand extended, stands facing a starry night sky with a large comet overhead.
Subject (Name):
Dayton, Arthur Bliss, 1889-1969 and Yale School of Medicine
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.
Army Medical Library Library of the Surgeon Generals Office
Published / Created:
1936?
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A circular emblem with the words "Library of the Surgeon General's Office, War Department". In the center, the letters 'U' and 'S' intertwined. Beneath are areas in which to write a section name and a number.
Subject (Name):
Army Medical Library and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.), Emblems, and Medical libraries
A drawing the Ashford General Hospital, and the years 1858-1922 noted beneath. The text below reads: Here stood a famous hostelry affectionately known as The Old White. Once the pride of the Old Dominion, whose gracious hospitality, beautiful surroundings and healing waters gained national renown and made it the object of many a pilgrimage. Here gathered from the North and South great generals, famous statesmen and philanthropists, lovely ladies and reigning belles "who left upon the silent shore of memory images and precious thoughts that shall not die, and cannot be destroyed." Erected by its successor The Greenbrier 1940.
Subject (Name):
Ashford General Hospital, Greenbrier, Ashford General Hosptial, and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Ashford General Hospital, Buildings, Hospitals, and World War, 1939-1945--Hospitals--West Virginia--White Sulphur Springs
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
Man soaring through space towards a lit source. In the upper left-hand corner is a book with a pair of crossed scrolls on the left side, and a caduceus on the right.
Subject (Name):
Goff, Charles Weer, b. 1897. and Yale School of Medicine
Botel, F. Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978 Leake, Elizabeth Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
1952
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stock bookplate, one not made specifically for Dr. & Mrs. Leake. The scene shows a seated man receiving a book offered from another; a country scene can be viewed in the background. Beneath are various rocks, flora, and animals.
Subject (Name):
Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978, Leake, Elizabeth, and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Medical historians, Nature, Physicians, and Scholars, Medieval
A dove with a leafed branch in its beak, surrounded by additional flora. Above the bird reads the phrase Deus Providerit. Below the plate owner's name is "Richmond Virginia."
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 red image with the initials EHH printed at center. An included note states that the initials on the bookplate stand for E. Harold Hugo, of the Meriden Gravure Co.
Subject (Name):
Hugo, E. Harold (Everett Harold) and Yale School of Medicine
A shelf, on which is a skull and a microscope. In an oval surrounded by flora reads A wise physician, skilled our wounds to heal, Is more than armies to the public weal. Below the signature of the plate's owner, at center, is a caduceus and additional flowers.
Subject (Name):
Goodyear, Emil S. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Flowers, Microscopes, Nature, Physicians, Skull, Skulls, and Snakes
The Harkness Tower and other Yale buildings, with The Eye of Providence above, and a caduceus at center. In the background is East Rock with the Soldiers' and Sailors' monument in view.
Subject (Name):
Blake, Eugene Maurice, 1882-1969 and Yale School of Medicine
Leikind, Morris C. Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
The Star of David, with six icons within each point. Starting clockwise from the top: the tablets representing the ten commandments, the symbol for nuclear energy, an open book, a skull, a microscope, and an ankh. This is surrounded by a circle, in which are the words Science, Philosophy, Medicine, and History.
Subject (Name):
Leikind, Morris C. (Morris Cecil), 1905- and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, History of medicine, Microcopes, Physicians, and Skull
A circle with a tree in the center. The official description from the ACS notes that "Aesculapius, the symbol of European learning, and an American Indian Medicine Man are seated beneath the Tree of Knowledge, making offering of their symbols of healing in Common Service to Mankind." Text includes "Founded in 1913" and the phrase Omnibus per Arte Fidemque Prodesse. Beneath this reads "Presented By", and allows for the addition of a name.
Subject (Name):
American College of Surgeons, Columbia University, and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Aesculapius, American College of Surgeons, Indians, Medical colleges, Surgeons, and Trees
A drawing of a column with a lit lamp on top and a cross and wreath at the base below. A laurel branch is also at center, as is an open book with a phrase written in Greek. A phrase in Latin at the top of the bookplate reads: Per Arova ad Astra.
Subject (Name):
Brucklacher, Andrew J. and Yale School of Medicine
A seated donkey wearing academic regalia reading a book. Several other books surround it, as well as a crest. Trees can be seen through a window on the right-hand side of the image.
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
Dana, Charles Loomis, 1852-1935 Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
1922
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Bookplate shows a scholar seated in a large chair. He is surrounded by books, a quill pen and well, and a caduceus to his right. To his left, surrounded by decorative leaves, is the Dana family's coat of arms.
Subject (Name):
Dana, Charles Loomis, 1852-1935 and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Medical historians, Nature, Neurologists, and Pens
A seated woman, holding a flask. On both sides are men holding torches, and at the bottom, a fire on a stand. The sun can be seen behind the head of the woman.
Subject (Name):
Fraprie, Frank Roy, 1874- and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Chemists, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Sun, Torches, and Woman
At the center of this plate is a shield with an azure field and a flory-style cross Or at center. At the helm is an armor-esque piece with a large sword protruding downward at center. At the crest is a carpenter's square with several instruments displayed upon it. Behind this is long, elaborate leafing surrounding the entire design. Beneath the shield, under a banner reading Ex Libris, is a kite with a key at center and a lightning bolt dividing the image. To the left of the shield is a large caduceus; to the right is an owl standing atop three books.
Subject (Name):
Egbert, Joseph C. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Books, Caduceus, Cross, Crosses, Owls, Shields, Snakes, and Swords
At center is a small home surrounded by trees, framed by two columns.. Above this, to the left, is the seal of the University of Pennsylvania, and to the right is a circle with several symbols within it. At center is a chalice with a snake wrapped around it. Beneath this image are several books, most standing on end.
Subject (Name):
Egbert, Joseph C. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Houses, Nature, Physicians, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Seal, Snake, and Windows
A reproduction of Holbein's print The Physician. A dog is curled up on the floor, the doctor seated, as a skeleton walks into the room holding an Erlenmeyer flask, and leading along an older man.
Subject (Name):
Blumer, George, 1872-1962 and Yale School of Medicine
A drawing of a table covered with papers and books. A globe is to the left, and a quill pen in an inkwell to the right. Behind the table is a chair and a large bookshelf filled with books.
Ianacone, John A. Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
1935
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A muscular man is flanked by two snakes which coil around him with the phrase Sapientia Prudentia Humilitas Patientia Scientia written on a banner beneath. Books, some with titles, a skull, a microscope, several pieces of laboratory glassware, a camera, as well as an hour glass are below. To the lower right of the main image is a fourth insignia. The plate owner's signature can be seen at the bottom center. At the top is the phrase Tempus Fugit, Carpe Diem.
Subject (Name):
Ianacone, John A. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Anatomy, Books, Caduceus, Chemical apparatus, Microscopes, Physicians, and Skull
A fireplace, surrounded on the sides by bookcases filled with books, and more books on the mantelpiece above the fireplace. The plate also contains the name "E. Spelman" in the lower left-hand corner, and the date "June 1921" in the lower right-hand corner.
Subject (Name):
Fulton, John F. (John Farquhar), 1899-1960 and Yale School of Medicine
A head made up of several different organs of the body. The signature of Dorothy C. Hayden on the back gummed surface. Accompanying letter states that [Hooker's] mother-in-law, Dorothy C. Hayden, copied a colored picture in one of the medical journals, which had particularly intrigued Dr. Hooker.
Subject (Name):
Hooker, John Worthington, 1772-1804 and Yale School of Medicine
At center is a small home surrounded by trees. Above this are the seals of both the University of Pennsylvania and the Masons, separated by a caduceus. The phrases Per Angusta and AD Augusta are printed in ribbons above the seals.
Subject (Name):
Egbert, Joseph C. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Nature, Physicians, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Snake, and Time
In between two columns and large flaming lanterns is an image of the Earth. Behind this is a starry and partly cloudy sky with a full moon. At the center is an open book with the quote "'May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus the Phoenicians or whoever it was that invented books.' Carlyle". Beneath the entire image, in blue ink, is the signature of Joseph Cort. Cort received a PhD from Yale in 1951.
Clendening, Logan Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A drawing of a medieval scene of doctors performing an autopsy in front of a group of students. In the border around the image there are several medical instruments. To the left is the phrase Vita brevis ars longa occasio praeceps and Experientia fallax Judicium difficile.
Subject (Name):
Clendening, Logan, 1884-1945 and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Medical historians, Physicians, Scientific apparatus and instruments, and Surgeries
A coat of arms with three diagonal strips and three circles. Above the crest is a griffin. A phrase printed on a ribbon below reads Pro Deo et Ecclesia. Lottie Bishop was a longtime assistant to the Dean of Yale School of Medicine.
Subject (Name):
Bishop, Lottie Genevieve, 1885- and Yale School of Medicine
A man draped in cloth is seated on a coat of arms. He wears a mortar board on his head and holds a caduceus. There is a ship on the left; a skull, and a few books and papers at his feet.
Subject (Name):
Bishop, Louis FaugeÃÄres, 1864-1941 and Yale School of Medicine
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, are two lines in which to write.
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 and Yale School of Medicine
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, are two lines in which to write (in this case, the signature of Harvey Cushing).
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 and Yale School of Medicine
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
At the top, a nude man holding a skull in front of shelves of books. Surrounding this are several masques. In the center is the image of a building standing against a cloudy sky. Further below is the bust with nymphs and a globe. In the lover right-hand corner is another nude man with a scroll sitting upon a pile of books.
Subject (Name):
Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976 and Yale School of Medicine
A Greek fret borders this bookplate that depicts a large, open room at the top, and a sacred flame upon an altar at center. The lower third contains text, which reads: "The Book Destroyed Architecture." "All mankind are on the scaffolding, every mind is a mason. The humblest stops up his hole or lays his stone. Every day a fresh course is laid." --Victor Hugo "Keep bright the sacred fire of education my children!" --Samuel W. French A.B.-M.D.
A scene of a man fishing in a stream. At top is the Yale insignia with 1919 beneath it. Trees make up the border of the image, and at the bottom center a caduceus, rifle, and fishing gear can be seen. Samuel W. Lambert graduated from Yale College in 1919 and received his M.D. from Columbia University in 1923.
Subject (Name):
Lambert, Samuel W, Jr. and Yale School of Medicine
A shield with an argent field featuring several ermines and divided by a bend vert with three fleurs-de-lis. In the right party per bend are two heads of griffin; in the left part is just one head of griffin. At the helm is a knight's helmet backed by elaborate mantling that engulfs the entire shield. At the crest, atop a torse, is a buck passant with a smaller shield gules with eight sable squares. A decorative border of berries and leaves surrounds the plate.
Subject (Name):
Conant, William M. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Heraldic bookplates, Physicians, and Shield
Belt, Elmer, 1893-1980 Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A landscape scene with a satyr reading beneath a single tree. The background consists of rolling hills and a large cloud in the sky. A banner at the bottom of the image reads "On bokes for to Rede I me Delyte" --Chaucer.
Subject (Name):
Belt, Elmer, 1893-1980 and Yale School of Medicine
A drawing of a man writing in a ledger while looking out of a window at a ship on the high seas. On the desk is a telephone, a globe, and some additional books. On either side of the image is a caduceus..
Subject (Name):
Bunts, Frank Emory, 1861-1928 and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Brain, Caduceus, Globes, Physicians, Scientific apparatus and instruments, and Ships
A bearded man with an open book at his right hand, touches a skull with his left hand. Beneath the image is the phrase Pulchritudo Autem Carno Cutis Crinisque est Ecce Quid tua Propria Facie Subjaceat. This is surrounded by a vine of leaves and berries, with the addition of a skull in the center.
Subject (Name):
De Forest, Henry Pelouze, 1864- and Yale School of Medicine
Image of Hippocrates, to which a caduceus is to the left, and Hippocrates written vertically with a pair of wings atop to the right. A phrase written in Greek at the bottom.
Greenway, James Cowan Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
The Greenway family crest, with shelves of books behind it and columns framing it. Beneath is the phrase Suaviter Quam VI. At the bottom, with space in which to write, are the words: "Book" and "Shelf".
Subject (Name):
Greenway, James C. (James Cowan), 1903-1989 and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Books, Globes, Heraldic bookplates, Nature, Physicians, and Shields
Amson, John, M.D. Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
19th century
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A shield bearing two wide stripe with three dots apiece against a dark background. This is surrounded by decorative curlicues and flowers, and shows a stork perched on top. Below is the phrase Quod sis esse Velis.
Subject (Name):
Amson, John and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Egrets, Heraldic bookplates, Physicians, and Shields
A fruit tree with a basket of fruit beneath it. Baumgartner graduated from Yale School of Medicine and served as head of the New York City Department of Health.
Subject (Name):
Baumgartner, Leona, 1902-1991 and Yale School of Medicine
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
Circular bookplate, with a leafed tree at the in the center, and the sun with numerous rays behind it. An open book is to the left, and a snake coiled around an hourglass is to the right. A phrase above the tree reads Esse Quam Videri.
Subject (Name):
Mailhouse, Max, 1857-1941 and Yale School of Medicine
A shield, quartered. The first quarter features an Or field and a large flaming mass at center. The second quarter features an azure field with a stag head above two large, leafed boughs atop each other. The third quarter, upon a gules field, features a triskelion of armored legs. The fourth quarter, against an argent field, is a pale surrounded by a narrow argent bordure. At the helm, atop a torse, is the sun. The shield is surrounded by leaves and flowers. Beneath upon a banner, is the motto Luceo Non Uro. A decorative border surrounds the plate owner's name.
Subject (Name):
McKenzie, Kenneth M. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Physicians, and Shields
Beneath "Presentation Copy" is a space to indicate a book number (in this case, the number 81003 is stamped in green ink). A handwritten greeting below reads Very truly yours, L. Emmett Holz
A light bulb at the top adds light to the center of the plate, where a pheasant and a few bare trees are in a hilly area. Beneath this is a rifle. Above the scene is the phrase One sees only what one looks for. A letter from Lawson to the Yale Medical Library, June 6, 1966, is attached.
Subject (Name):
Lawson, Robert, 1822- and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Hunting, Nature, Radiologists, and Yale Medical Library
The Charaka Club Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A circular emblem with a sun-like object behind a snake. A phrase surrounding the emblem reads Aesculapius Panaceia Apollo Hyceia. This is centered amongst some grasses and leaves, with a goat to the left and a dog to the right. It sits upon a base with a bird at the bottom center. At the top of the plate is the profile of Charaka, a Hindu medicine man and priest. The Club published works on the History of Medicine.
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 shield with an argent field, quartered. The first quarter is divided by an azure fess, with two azure crescents above, and one additional below. The second quarter, also divided by an azure fess, features two tiger heads above, and one below. The third quarter is divided by an azure fess with three tulips upon it. Two heads of unicorn are in the upper division, with one additional below. The fourth quarter features a lion rampant with an azure bordure and five fleurs-de-lis. At the helm, upon a battlement rising up from a crown, is an eagle. Below the shield is the motto Fide et Constantia
Subject (Name):
Lee, William and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Birds, Heraldic bookplates, Physicians, and Shield
