Bibliophemera

I got this 1923 ad cover for The Thresher , the student newspaper at Rice Institute (now Rice University) in Houston because of the local history, which I collect. Turns out, though, it has a pretty good biblio angle so I thought I'd share it here as a piece of ephemera appropriate for this blog. Had it not been connected to my native city's history, I might have passed on this piece and I would have overlooked the book connections and interesting history that I discovered by researching the addressee on the envelope--Gilbert Harry Doane (1897-1980). Doane was a librarian and professor with positions at several university libraries, most notably the University of Wisconsin. He was also an author, genealogist, and book collector. As one of his books ( About Collecting Bookplates ) would suggest, he also collected bookplates. Other books he wrote included The Legend of the Book and Searching for Your Ancestors . I've done a lot of genealogy research over the years and have a...