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George E. Pettengill bookplate collection

 Collection
Identifier: M330

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Scope and Contents

Pettengill's collection includes many Bowdoin College Library bookplates and a variety of other institutional, personal and armorial plates, including those associated with Carlyle Baer, Elmer Adler, John Calvin Stevens, George Bancroft, and Richard Morris Hunt. Designers include Rockwell Kent, D.B. Upkike, Fred Anthoensen, and J. Winfred Spenceley, among others.

Dates

  • Creation: Undated

Creator

Biographical / Historical

George E. Pettengill (Bowdoin College Class of 1933) donated his collection of bookplates (ca. 500 items) to Bowdoin College in 2003. Pettengill was the grandson of Bowdoin College Librarian George T. Little, who was himself a bookplate collector.

Extent

500 items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Bowdoin College Library bookplates and a variety of other institutional, personal and armorial plates, including those associated with Carlyle Baer, Elmer Adler, John Calvin Stevens, George Bancroft, and Richard Morris Hunt.

Processing Information

Unprocessed.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the George E. Pettengill Bookplate Collection
Status
Unprocessed
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

http://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/index.shtml
Contact:
3000 College Station
Brunswick Maine 04011 USA
(207) 725-3288

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