Open Collections

[between 1900 and 1999]

1 bookplate : lithography ; 8.6 x 10.1 cm

Toronto (Ont.)

Prints

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The Academy of Medicine in Toronto was a medical club from 1907-1992. Their library contained 4600 volumes of rare and current books when the organization was formed. The library was available to all medical practitioners in the province. In 1992, the contents of the library were given to the Toronto Hospital when the Academy disbanded. In February, 1936, the librarian of the Academy, Edna M. Poole, wrote a short article entitled "Book-Plates" in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association about the Academy's collection of medical bookplates. She did not mention the library's own bookplate, but it is possible that her interest sparked its creation. The Art Gallery of Ontario and McGill University's Rare Books and Special Collections have bookplates from the Library of the Academy of Medicine in their collections.
References:
1) Crawford, David. S. "The Ontario Medical Library Association 1887-1907." Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association. Vol. 28:2. http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/jchla/jchla28/c07-012.pdf (accessed on 22 January 2009). Lassam, Sylvia. "Description and Finding Aid: Canadian Bookplate Collection CA OTAG SC020." Art Gallery of Ontario: E. P. Taylor Research Library and Archives. http://www.ago.net/assets/files/pdf/special_collections/SC020.pdf (accessed ON 22 January 2009).
2) Phillipe Masson Ex Libris Collection. "Library of the Academy of Medicine." McGill University Rare Books and Special Collections. http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/bookplates/ (accessed on 27 January 2009).
3) Poole, Edna M. "Book-Plates." Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. Vol. 24(3), 145-148. Februaryhttp://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=234120&pageindex=1 (accessed on 22 January 2009).

RBSC Bookplates

2025-07-28

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