"Yearbook of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers", 1942
Scope and Contents
The Frank Allen Bookplate Collection represents the collecting of Frank Allen, a Western Michigan University Librarian and Jasper Green Pennington, a student of Frank Allen's who was inspired by him to begin collecting bookplates on his own. Frank Allen donated his collection of handmade bookplates to Western Michigan University in 1965. He had been amassing his collection of bookplates for twenty years before his donation. Jasper Green Pennington donated his collection to Western Michigan University Libraries in 2006 with the intention that it be added to his mentor's collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1942
Creator
- From the Collection: Pennington, Jasper Green (Collector, Person)
- From the Collection: Allen, Francis Wilbur (Collector, Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 6.00 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu