Item 20: Bookplate, California Bookplate Society, 1910
Item — Box: 20, Folder: 20
Dates
- Created: 1910
Creator
- Cheney, Sheldon, 1886-1980 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Bookplate
Title:
California Bookplate Society
Description:
A bookplate of the California Bookplate Society. There’s a church surrounded by flowers and vines. On the bottom left, there are two knights, and on the bottom right there’s another church. On the top right, there’s a person lounging, and on the top left, there’s a diploma that says William B. Olds. William B. Olds was “an American musician, professor, composer, and scholar.” In 1914, a book he wrote called Bird Songs for Children was released. There were performances of the bird songs he composed. He was employed at Millikin College in Decatur, Illinois where he wrote an alma mater for the school in 1913. Ten years later, he started working at the University of Redlands in California where he “studied bird songs.” The bookplate creator, Sheldon Cheney (1886-1980), was an American author and art critic in Berkeley California. He was born in 1886 and was the Appointment Secretary at the University of California for over forty years. In his youth, he had a passion for the art of bookmaking and while studying architecture at Berkeley he founded a quarterly journal for designers and collectors of bookplates. He moved to Detroit and founded the Theater Arts Magazine in 1916 and was its editor until 1921. He studied drama at Harvard University in 1913 and wrote and published many books. He died in 1980.
Creator
- Cheney, Sheldon, 1886-1980 (Person)
Repository Details
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Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu