Open Collections

[between 1900 and 1969]

1 bookplate : relief printing ; 4.1 x 7.3 cm

Canada

Prints

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The owner may have been Curtis Henry Remy (1893-1959), an American salesman account executive who married a Canadian woman in 1917 and lived in Canada until his death in 1959. Remy was born on April 16, 1893 in Evanston, Illinois, to Curtis Henry Remy, a notable Chicago-based corporation lawyer and acquaintance of architect Daniel Burnham, and Frances Wheeler. In July of 1917, Remy married Adele Daniel of Toronto, daughter of Charles D. Daniel and Minnie Burns. Remy died in Toronto on February 2, 1959 at the age of 65. The modern style of the design, as well as the fact that the bookplate was included in a Canadian collection, suggests that the bookplate belonged to Curtis Henry Remy (1893) and not his father, Curtis Henry Remy (1852-1911). The cock, or rooster (Greek alectruon, Latin gallus) is the herald of the dawn. In Western cultures, cocks have been associated with pugnacity and pride. (Dictionary of literary symbols)<. Pencil strokes on the bottom third of the bookplate.
References:
1) Ferber, M. (1999). A dictionary of literary symbols. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from: <http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ubc/docDetail.action?docID=10070397>
2) Munk, Mary. Re: Curtis Henry Remy. Personal e-mail. 1 November 2011 <mary.munk@bac-lac.gc.ca> (2011, November 1).
3) Canadian Immigration Service Form, 1920 (Digitized record from Library and Archives Canada)
4) Affidavit required before License or Certificate is granted by Issuer of Marriage, 1917 (Digitized record from Library and Archives Canada)
5) Report of the Death of an American Citizen, 1960 (Digitized record from Library and Archives Canada)

RBSC Bookplates

2011

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