3
21
336
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
4”H x 3 and 1/8”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for S.B. Copeland
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Men in art
Description
An account of the resource
A pictorial-style bookplate in brown ink on ivory paper featuring a knight on horseback with two castles in the distance. The knight and horse are facing right, and carrying an Ex libris banner. The knight is in full plate mail with a plumed helmet and a shield bearing a lion rampant. Beneath this image is a text box in which "S.B. Copeland" is written, and beneath that is a bookshelf with an open book propped on several other books in front of it. The whole is framed with an intricate border that resembles a carved wooden picture frame. On the bottom left is the text "BP-13", upside down and in a lighter color.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.042
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
bookplate
Copeland
ex libris
Pearson
pictorial
-
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a9a88271dcee12ad241d67abaa75fb64
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
4”H x 3”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for L. Warrington Cottman and Mary Clare Cottman
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A typographic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a double box border. At the top is the name L. Warrington Cottman, and at the bottom Mary Clare Cottman. Ex libris is written on the left and Grey House on the right. In the center in quotations marks is "The books I buy I like to read, the books I read I like to buy." The letters 1, 9, 2, 2 are in the corners, clockwise from top left, possibly dating the bookplate to 1922.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.043
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
bookplate
Cottman
ex libris
Grey
Pearson
typographic
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
7/8”H x 2 and ¾”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Rosamond Cruikshank
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A simple pictorial bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a box border. In the center is a scroll with two measures of musical notation, and above them is a diamond with three indistinct symbols inside. Beneath is written "Ex libris Rosamund Cruikshank."
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.044
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
bookplate
Cruikshank
ex libris
Pearson
pictorial
-
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8b9e7199cfc06d24aa9dc4a6abdb8406
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
3 and ¼”H x 2 and ¾”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Charles E. Dana
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
An ornate heraldic-style bookplate in dark brown ink on ivory paper. The shield is emblazoned with three lions rampant facing left, and is topped with a wreath and a forward-facing animal head, which appears to be a bull. The whole is surrounded with flourishes, and a banner at the bottom bears the name Charles E. Dana.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.045
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
bookplate
Dana
ex libris
heraldic
Pearson
pictorial
-
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1aa92f383f876afe69f8ae8f28e655d8
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
5 and 1/8”H x 3 and ½”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Architecture in art
Description
An account of the resource
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper. The central image is of a building behind trees and a small picket fence, with two partial buildings on either side. It is surrounded by an ornate border, with the Dartmouth College seal above. Text around the seal reads "Sigil Col Dartmuth Nov Hant In America 1770," and other text reads "From the library of Dartmouth College."
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Bella C. Landauer
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1928
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.046
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
bookplate
Dartmouth
ex libris
Pearson
pictorial
-
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7bd5d9fc41185d8826afb75abbe834d0
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
3 and ¼”H x 2 and ¼”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper. The top portion features a drawing surrounded by a line border and the text "Dartmouth College.". The image is of a colonial figure seated on a stump facing an Indigenous American who is smoking a pipe and has two feathers in his headband. Behind the colonial man is a barrel and a pine tree, The lower portion is also surrounded by a line border and bears the text "This book is the gift of" with space for the donor's name.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.047
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
bookplate
Dartmouth
ex libris
Pearson
pictorial
-
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05db7a538a1df27322cd18f314d639fc
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
4”H x 2 and ¾”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A typographic bookplate with a floral pattered border. Text reads "Dartmouth College Library, Maxwell Fund. This book has been bought from the Income of a Fund Established by the Bequest of Arthur Aaron Maxwell, Class of 1883. To provide for the purchase of Books in the fields of History, Economics and Political Science.”
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Typographic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.048
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
bookplate
Dartmouth
ex libris
Maxwell
Pearson
typographic
-
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d36ef8ecd3158c76acef4840781e2119
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
4”H x 2 and 7/8”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplate
Description
An account of the resource
A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with Jesse Appleton Fund in a banner above a coat-of-arms featuring a design made from tools such as a protractor, calipers, a compass, and chisels. The shield and banner are surrounded by flourishes, and there is a shelf with books beneath, all surrounded by a border with a triangle pattern. Beneath is the College's name. The whole is made to appear as if it is engraved in stone.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
F.C. Blank
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
the Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1940
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.049
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Appleton
armorial
bookplate
Dartmouth
ex libris
heraldic
Pearson
-
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8dba6fc7591b192c6daddf08fd7c40e2
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
4”H x 3”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper, with a small coat-of-arms in each corner and a larger one in the center. The large shield contains a banner reading, "Vox Clamantis In Deserto," which translates from Latin to "The voice of one crying in the wilderness," and a sketch of a landscape with a building, a field, some trees, and five figures. Clockwise from the top left, the other shields contain: a crown with three crosses, a stag head, a lion rampant with two boar heads and an arrow, and three wheels. The space between shields is filled with pine cones and needles, and there is a simple border around them. At the bottom is the text "Dartmouth College Library" in a blackletter font.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
M.D. Bisbee (Del.) and Jill Spenceley (S.C.)
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1907
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.050
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
lat
armorial
bookplate
Dartmouth
ex libris
heraldic
Pearson
-
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5d2060366bf8d90b60b02a988a61d1c9
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
3 and ¼”H x 2 and ¾”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A typographic-style, memorial bookplate in brown ink on ivory paper with patterned border that reads “Given by the parents of George Ladd ’41, a lover of poetry who died in India while serving his fellow men, 1919-1944. Dartmouth College Library.”
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
post-1944
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.051
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
bookplate
Dartmouth
ex libris
Ladd
Pearson
typographic
-
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0e1f56d2e70405dde5cee77a68c59f78
Dublin Core
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Title
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The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
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Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
3 and ¼”H x 2 and ¼”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
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Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A pictorial/typographic-style memorial bookplate in black ink on white paper. "Dartmouth College Library" is at the top of the bookplate, above a sketch of Professor David Sanborn. Text surrounding sketchreads “Edwin David Sanborn, 1832, in Memoriam, Professor of Belles-Letters, Librarian." Beneath is the text "Sanborn Library Fund, Established by Edwin Webster Sanborn, 1878."
Creator
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Mahonri
Source
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The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
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Jpg derived from Tif
Type
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StillImage
Identifier
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Album 1; 1 52 DartCollLibSanborn
Contributor
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Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
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View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
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eng
bookplate
Dartmouth
ex libris
Pearson
pictorial
Sanborn
typographic
-
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7b73c7477d5e59bde04978f8fc932a32
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
4”H x 3”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A typographic-style institutional bookplate in brown ink on ivory paper with a small patterned border. Text reads, "Ferguson Memorial Room in the Dartmouth College Library."
Source
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The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
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Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.053
Contributor
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Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
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View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
bookplate
Dartmouth
ex libris
Ferguson
Pearson
typographic
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
4”H x 3”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Library of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
An typographic-style institutional bookplate in green ink on white paper, with the University seal in the center and the text "Library of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College" above and below it.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.054
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
armorial
bookplate
Dartmouth
ex libris
heraldic
Pearson
Tuck
-
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a421b5b69d914c682be6af90ce2bec41
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
4 and ¾”H x 3”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Irondequoit Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Architecture in art
Description
An account of the resource
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper, There is a drawing of a columned building with a path leading up to it, and a separate image below of a bookshelf with one central open book. The whole is surrounded by a frame in a shape that resembles a gravestone, with the D.A.R. emblem at the top, and "The Irondequoit Chapter D.A.R." at the bottom.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.055
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
bookplate
DAR
ex libris
Pearson
pictorial
-
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e754af76639dd5a3cc1a70a243cfd4eb
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
2 and ½”H x 3 and ¼”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Flora Neil Davidson
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on white paper featuring a bookshelf with art and travel books. There is a black cat book end, an open book with a drawing of a landscape, and a vase of flowers to the right of it. Inset text reads "Ex libris, Flora Neil Davidson."
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
J.W. Jameson
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1936
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.056
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
enh
bookplate
Davidson
ex libris
Pearson
pictorial
-
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6f8fe10edfed6d22ce2c22fa19371867
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
3 and ¾”H x 2 and ¾”W
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Flora Neil Davidson
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A typographic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper, with a detailed border. At the top is quotation that reads “Blest be he who gives me books. - Douglas Malloch." Beneath is the name Flora Neil Davidson. Handwritten on back is the owner's name and address "Mrs. Flora N. Davidson, 1812 W. Lawn Ave., Madison, Wis - 1935."
Source
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The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1935
Format
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Jpg derived from Tif
Type
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StillImage
Identifier
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.057
Contributor
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Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
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View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
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eng
bookplate
Davidson
ex libris
Pearson
typographic
-
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6158759cfe7dfd4fca5111a4a7cb6e09
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
2 and ¾”H x 3 and ¾”W
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate Valentine Davies
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A pictorial-style bookplate in light brown ink on ivory paper, drawn to look like a stage with curtains. On the stage is a large inkwell with quill, several sheets of paper, and two books. The top of the curtain bears two seals. On the left is a personal seal with the phrase "If you neglect me you lose me" and a bird flying from a cage. On the right is the seal of the University of Michigan. Beneath the stage are two masks, comedy on the left and tragedy on the right, with Valentine Davies' name inset.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
J.W. Jameson
Source
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The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1932
Format
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Jpg derived from Tif
Type
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StillImage
Identifier
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.058
Contributor
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Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
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View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
bookplate
Davies
ex libris
Pearson
pictorial
-
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01689a2068d739e772cdbc9221164865
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
2 and ¾”H x 2 and ½”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for Charlotte Gleason Davis
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A pictorial-style bookplate in brown ink on ivory paper with the text "Ex libris Charlotte Gleason Davis" at the center. Surrounding the text is an illustration featuring columns to either side, and five winged cherubs. Two cherubs at the bottom are flanking an open book. A handwritten note on the back states that this bookplate was part of the Hovey Collection.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Claude Bragdon, Rochester, NY
Source
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The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.059
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
bookplate
davis
ex libris
Pearson
pictorial
typographic
-
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e55cc82654d83b6097b6230e1b262cb2
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
3 and ¼”H x 3”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate Dartmouth College Library
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A typographic-style, institutional bookplate in black ink on white paper with a simple vine border. Ttext reads “Dartmouth College Library, This book is from the library collected during many years by Samuel Dana Bell (hon. 1854) Samuel N. Bell (1847) Samuel Kent Bell (1909) and others of the Bell family of Exeter, New Hampshire; Presented by Mrs. Samuel Kent Bell in memory of her husband 1946.”
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1946
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS: 1925.1.060
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
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View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Bell
bookplate
Dartmouth
ex libris
Pearson
typographic
-
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57b19a71538dcfd7f9424ad1dd9a90f0
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
4”H x 3 and ½”W
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Bookplate for John Roger Davis
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper, featuring a sketch of the corner of a room. The room includes a desk with papers and a framed portrait, a chair and ottoman, a lamp, a tennis racket, and two framed pictures on the wall. The pictures on the wall depict a steamboat and a person playing tennis. Beneath is the name John Roger Davis.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
StillImage
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Album 1; 1 61 JR Davis
Contributor
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Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
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View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
PPL-MS: 1925.1.061
bookplate
davis
ex libris
Pearson
pictorial
-
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30af1959b89881fba6afa573e57c060d
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic bookplates
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
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The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
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This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
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4”H x 2 and ½”W
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Bookplate for Ellison G. Day
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Bookplates
Architecture in art
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A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper, featuring a central image of a split-front wooden door on what appears to be a small house with small shrubs on either side. There is a simple line border, with "Ex libris" above and "Ellison G. Day" below. There is a small signature mark that reads S.Co.
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S.Co.
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the Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.062
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Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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eng
bookplate
Day
ex libris
Pearson
pictorial