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[Bookplate for Macdonald College]

Bookplate printed in black ink on white paper. A small coat of arms for Macdonald College appears above, with pre-printed lines containing a hand-written call number and date listed below in black ink. The word 'discarded' is stamped across the middle in blue ink.

Universities & colleges; Heraldry

Macdonald College

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Macdonald College was founded in 1905 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue in Québec, just outside of Montreal. The College was initially funded by William Macdonald, a Montreal tobacco manufacture and educational philanthropist, who once stated: 'I am not proud of my business, and that feeling, perhaps, has been the reason for my donations.' Until the 1930s Macdonald's coat of arms was incorporated into the college's arms ; the school's current and official coat of arms does not resemble the one depicted here. In 1972 Macdonald College became the Macdonald Campus of McGill University, and in 2002, a portion of the campus was sold to John Abbot College.
References:
1) Macdonald Campus. (2009, July 22). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:11, December 4, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Macdonald_Campus&oldid=303591111
2) MACDONALD, Sir WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER. 2000. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved December 4, 2009, from http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7550

RBSC Bookplates

2010

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