Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection of bookplates designed by J.J. Lankes
Date (inclusive): 1921-
Collection number: 448
Creator:
Lankes, J.J.
Extent:
1 half document box (0.25 linear ft.)
Abstract: A collection of bookplates designed by J.J. Lankes.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift J.B. Lankes, 2004.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of bookplates designed by J.J. Lankes (Collection 448). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library.
Biography
Julius J. Lankes (1884-1960) graduated from the Buffalo Commercial and Electro-Mechanical Institute in 1902, and later studied
at the Art Students' League of Buffalo and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Known primarily as a woodcut artist, he created
illustrations for the
Liberator and was also a contributing editor. He had notable collaborations with Robert Frost, illustrating Frost's
New Hampshire and
West-Running Brook, and Sherwood Anderson, establishing lifelong friendships.
A Woodcut Manual (Henry Holt, 1932) was written and illustrated by Lankes. He taught at Wells College (Aurora, New York), and later became
head of technical illustrating at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of bookplates created by J.J. Lankes, some from the owners' own designs. Many are signed and dated.
Organization and Arrangement
The materials are listed by title, with dates if known, and other descriptive notes.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
J.J. Lankes--Archives.
Genres and Forms of Material
Bookplates.
UCLA Catalog Record ID