{"id":1125,"date":"2012-06-15T15:15:56","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2012-06-15T15:15:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:15:56","slug":"bookplate-of-the-week-anna-ray-chatman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2012\/06\/15\/bookplate-of-the-week-anna-ray-chatman\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookplate of the week: Anna Ray Chatman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grown-up collectors aren&#8217;t the only readers who use bookplates; many examples in our collection were designed for children.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Ray Chatman (1900-1987) was born into a prominent Massachusetts family (her maternal grandfather was Oliver Ames, the governor of Massachusetts from 1887-1890, and Oakes Ames, a celebrated Harvard botanist, was her uncle). Her bookplate was designed by Gloucester, MA artist and frequent bookplate designer (and another uncle) <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bookplates00sturgoog\" target=\"_blank\">Frederick Garrison Hall<\/a> (1879-1946; Harvard Class of &#8217;03) when Chatman was just four years old. Hall&#8217;s wife, Ariel, wrote, &#8220;Frederick Hall had no children of his own, but he was fortunate in having many nieces and nephews&#8230;Freddy was always &#8220;Uncle Fido&#8221; to these children and inspired and encouraged them.&#8221;*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2012\/05\/Fearing_1222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1126 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2012\/05\/Fearing_1222-635x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2012\/05\/Fearing_1222-635x1024.jpg 635w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2012\/05\/Fearing_1222-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2012\/05\/Fearing_1222.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/hollis.harvard.edu\/?itemid=|library\/m\/aleph|004563956\" target=\"_blank\">Elton Hall, <em>Frederick Garrison Hall: Etchings, Bookplates, Designs.<\/em> Boston: Boston Public Library, 1972<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grown-up collectors aren&#8217;t the only readers who use bookplates; many examples in our collection were designed for children. Anna Ray Chatman (1900-1987) was born into a prominent Massachusetts family (her maternal grandfather was Oliver Ames, the governor of Massachusetts from 1887-1890, and Oakes Ames, a celebrated Harvard botanist, was her uncle). 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