Collection of bookplates designed by J.J. Lankes, 1921-
Processed by Amalia Castañeda, 2 Sept 2009.; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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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
Box 1, Folder 1
W.J. Schwanekamp
1921
Physical Description: Owner's design, signed, dated
Box 1, Folder 2
Sophie Yarnall Jacobs
1921
Physical Description: Photoengraving
Box 1, Folder 3
Matthew Weimar
1922
Physical Description: Photoengraving, dated
Box 1, Folder 4
Emily
1925
Physical Description: Two color, signed,dated
Box 1, Folder 5
Harold Goddard Rugg
no date
Box 1, Folder 6
Bessie M. Bender
no date
Physical Description: Photoengraving
Box 1, Folder 7
Robert Garst
no date
Physical Description: Photoengraving
Box 1, Folder 9
Julius Bartlett Lankes
no date
Physical Description: Signed, #28
Box 1, Folder 10
William Sloane Kinney
no date
Physical Description: Signed, #28
Box 1, Folder 11
Leippert
1928
Physical Description: Signed, dated
Box 1, Folder 13
Bertha Bartlett's Book
no date
Physical Description: Signed
Box 1, Folder 15
Helen Bennett Palen
no date
Box 1, Folder 16
Peggy Coffin (R P T Coffin Daughter)
no date
Box 1, Folder 17
Robert Frost (Second B/P-Grindstone)
no date
Physical Description: Signed
Box 1, Folder 18
Yardley
Physical Description: Signed, Block is treasured by family
Box 1, Folder 19
Dorothy Bedell
no date
Physical Description: Signed
Box 1, Folder 20
Madeleine Debarthe Schuermann
no date
Box 1, Folder 22
Claire Boothe
no date
Physical Description: Signed
Box 1, Folder 23
Ruth's Book (from linoleum block)
1938
Physical Description: Signed
