Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: Hutcheson Bowman & Johnson Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PRINTING-Hutcheson-1900s-01

Description: Booklet containing samples of typesetting, used in wise quotations, and poems by: Stopford Brooke "The heart of man" Longfellow "Inspiration" George Eliot "The choir invisible" "Throughout this year" - words of a prayer engraved on Robert Louis Stevenson's memorial in Edinburgh "This brevity!" - complaint about the difficulty of reading a paragraph of brief shorthand spellings Emerson "Character" Henry Lewis Bullen. "Market value of brains in printing" Abraham Lincoln "The railsplitter's philosophy" Emerson on Friendship Date estimated from the company's address, 15 Tory Street, which was advertised in newspapers in the 1930s. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet, 240 x 200 mm.

Date: 1870, 1888, n d

From: Richmond family : Papers

Reference: 77-173-62/11

Description: Lecture entitled Modern aspect of natural theology, delivered at Nelson by C W Richmond, 1870; Lecture on Ralph Waldo Emerson by Sir Robert Stout, 1888; Reminiscences of a Minister for Native Affairs in New Zealand (being a corrected report in the New Zealand Hansard of a speech delivered by Hon J C Richmond in the Legislative Council, 1 Aug 1888 in reply to deflamatory passages contained in Rusden's `History of New Zealand'), 1888 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1908, 1943, 1948

From: Richmond family : Papers

Reference: 84-056-5/06

Description: Includes `Emerson on friendship'; League of Mother's magazine, Mar 1948; `Yet we believe' by Mary Elizabeth Richmond, 1943 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1925

From: Baker, William George, 1864-1929 :[Sketchbook of views mostly of the Wellington region and South Island. 1920-1925].

Reference: E-628-052

Description: A reproduction of the text of "Fable", by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Extended Title - From W G Baker's [Sketchbook of views of the Wellington region and South Island. 1920-1925 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink handwriting on page of sketchbook, 147 x 120 mm.

Date: n d

From: Milner, Frank, 1875-1944 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0051-034

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1910

By: Evans, Herbert Edgar, 1884-1970

Reference: A-091-019

Description: Shows Premier W F Massey hitching a loaded waggon to a donkey Published in: the New Zealand Times, 3rd Dec 1910 Represents W F Massey hitching a loaded waggon to a donkey Objects named Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: ink drawing Provenance: Donation: Mr Herbert Evans, Wellington, 11 August 1950

Date: 1900 - 1960

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Evans, John William, 1855-; Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-US-C/E

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: H C (name on back of bookplate illegible, possibly Rockwell Kent or Richard Kent) Californians (3 bookplates, 1 by R M Neily, 1913, 2 by artist unknown) Louis Dale Carman (note on back of bookplate reads "1802") Madge Carrick (by D M S, 1932. Picturing a woman sitting upon a large head or mask of a theatrical style. The woman is reading a book and above her is a sign printed backwards reading "Publicity". Note on back of bookplate illegible, possibly reads "S Killene" or "S Kellene") Wm W Carruth (picturing a path leading between gardens to the double doors of a building, with the text "The Abbey") Susan E Chatlin Sarah Heyliger Church (possibly by J J Lankes, 1923) Cleveland Public Library (full text reads "The John Griswold White Collection of Folklore and Orientalia A Gift to the Cleveland Public Library", pictured are 2 American Indians in traditional dress) Colonial Dames of America (possibly by Edwin Davis French. Picturing an ornate fan) Columbia University (full english text reads "Columbia University in the City of New York; The Library; Bought from the income of the Nathan J Miller Fund") S Herald Connon (includes text reading "The poetry of earth is never dead") John Gardner Cope (picturing a standing figure bound hand and foot, and bound also to a log raft by rope and an iron ring, floating in heavy seas toward a lone distant star) Blaine Cordner (by D A. Featuring 3 penguins entering a door marked "Stagedoor") George H Corey (initials of artist illegible, possibly read "S K, 1941") John Herbert Corning (by Hy Sandham, 1890, possibly Henry Sandham. Pictured is a figure modelled on the mythological figure Atlas carrying upon his shoulders a globe marked "Litterae") I E Cotton (name of artist illegible, possibly F Meade Naitan, or F Meade Norton. Note on back of bookplate reads "S Kellner") William Ashmead Courtenay (full text reads "William Ashmead Courtenay Charleston S.C.", possibly referring to Charleston, South Carolina) L Cowlishaw (full title given "L. Cowlishaw. M.B.. Ch.M.") Vernon and Mary Cox (by C B C, 1930. Featuring a ship sailing through a channel and the text "The ice did split with thunder fit; The helmsman steered us through", from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner")) Marion Crary L B Crooker (full text reads "L. B. Crooker's Library; Mendota, Ill-1875. No. 94". Note from collector reads "Hon. Col. of the U.S. Civil War; Lawyer; 1875") Crothers (by Elizabeth Mills, 1903. Full text reads "Ardella Mills. Elizabeth Mills Crothers. Amoena: Patrin: Librorum") Anne M Cummins Eugene D (picturing a chef with the text "Cuisine Francaise". Note on back of bookplate illegible, possibly reads "Miss Warshawsky. New York USA". A further note from the collector gives this name as "Miss Washawsky, N.Y.") Shirley and Hendrich Dahl W E Daignault (12 bookplates. 2 bookplates by Anne M Danielsen, 1948; 1 for which the collector has noted "sc. Anne M. Daneilson[sic] [1897-1950]; Colorado U.S.A. 1948"; the other, for which he has noted "sc. A.M.Danielsen, 1948" depicts a skull, books upon a shelf and 2 serpents entwined around a winged staff. 4 bookplates possibly by Valentin Le Campion. 1 bookplate possibly by R Barende, 1950. 2 bookplates by K K. The collector has noted this artist's name as "Talman. Kubeny" and as "Kalman. Kubeny, Cleveland USA". Possibly by Kalman Kubinyi. 2 bookplates, sharing a similar style, depict "L'Orient" and "L'Occident", which the collector has noted as being "After Flaxmans Homer's Odessey"[sic]. No artist name is given for these 2 bookplates though 1 bears text which reads "Copyright 1929, C. Grentzebach, Chicago--Classic No. 1", though the collector has noted "The copyright is for the special ink[Metallic]". 1 bookplate is by artist unknown, including a "Christmas Greeting") Edith Putman Dart (text reads "In Memory of Edith Putman Dart; 1874-1903. Pictured is a book with "PI OF KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA" written upon the spine and a candelabra) Ann and Cliff Davenport Flora Neil Davidson (2 bookplates) Herman Davis (full text reads "Herman Davis; Reno, Nevada.", and the word "Metallurgy" is written upon the spine of a book depicted in the bookplate) Winfield J Davis (full text reads "Winfield J. Davis; Sacto. Cal.; No. 378". The illustration has an Egyptian or Pharaonic theme, including a sphinx and 2 pyramids) Cyrus Day (by J L M) Mary Bostwick Day (by F Meier, 1923. Full text reads "U. of C. 1908; Librarian; Mary Bostwick Day PH.B". Pictured are palm trees and 3 pyramids alongside a river) Albert Deane H E Deats C W C Deering Ezakonyv Deryeke (name of artist illegible, possibly Domingo F) Deryne (ink stamp on back of bookplate illegible, possibly reads "fec bartos szeged; linoleumschnitt") Patzauer Dezso (by Bartos) Betsie Diamond (by W N J. Pictured is a mythological Pan type figure playing a trumpet, which would seem to be causing books to fall from the trees around him) J E Diamond (by K K, possibly Kalman Kubinyi) J Edouard Diamond (by Dale Nichols) Arthur Dole A Dolezal (owner also possibly the artist. Ink stamp on back of bookplate reads "Ant. Dolezal, mallr a grafik; Plzen, Nadrazni tr. 30.") Elizabeth Mechtfield Doppler Caroline Mae Du Val John Henderson Dudley (possibly also John Dudley Henderson. Initials of artist illegible, possibly M W V) Cleone S Dunlap Kenneth Durward Captain G W Eedy (Illustration includes several swastikas) Joseph C Egbert (by Sidney L Smith "del & sc") Hettie Elliott (by M Greenleaf) Elizabeth and Ethan Ellis (J W Jameson, 1933 "del et sculpt") Lewis Ethan Ellis (possibly by John Brookflank. Emblem on bookplate reads "Syracuse University. Founded AD 1870") George H Ellwanger (possibly by Sidney L Smith) Edward Bryant Ellsworth (name of the artist illegible, possibly Marian Allard T) George W Emerson (name of artist illegible, possibly M M Muller or M M Kuller. Full text of bookplate reads "Truth swerves not, neither to the right nor left, fixed and eternal as the polar star. Ex Libris; George W. Emerson. Hitch your wagon to a star" [quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson], and pictured is a wagon hitched onto a star) Adelino Xavier Esteves (2 bookplates by C Radler) John W Evans (by Evans, 1919. Note on back of bookplate reads "Eng. Copper by John W. Evans") Quantity: 73 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings Provenance: Donated by David Graham in the 1950s.