Bookplate of
Amy Johnson

 

Bookplate of
Franz Mankiewicz

Miscellany

In addition to books and manuscripts such as those seen in the preceding pages, the hundreds of cartons and crates contained many other items of interest such as those outlined below.

This travelling medicine chest is possibly Victorian era and was made by S Maw & Sons.

It is equipped with 18 small jars and vials, containing medicines such as sal volatile, or aromatic ammonia spirit, more widely known as smelling salts, and potassium chloride, now taken as a supplement for potassium deficiency.

Such chests often included brass scales, not present in this chest, and a guide-book to the medicines and common ailments in the pocket inside the lid.

  

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Source: UQFL2

The book in this chest's pocket,
The Guide­Book to the Government Medicine Chest for Merchant Seaman is not the one which would have originally come with the chest.

Another beautiful object from the collection is this silver collapsible travelling cup.

Possibly used by Father Hayes on the expeditions to the Carnarvon Ranges, it would have been one of many space-saving devices employed by travellers and campers alike.

Modern plastic versions are still sold today, as are more solid stainless steel versions. Some would have also contained a pill case or compass in the lid.

This particular example is in one piece with the case and lid ­ other versions would have had an entirely separate case.

Source: UQFL2

Father Hayes was an enthusiastic collector of Bookplates also, with several albums of bookplates, books about bookplates, and several letters from bookplate collectors and designers. Bookplate collecting was particularly popular from the late 1900s to the mid twentieth century. A prospective collector would begin by having one or more plates designed, and would then write to other collectors sending their plate and requesting one in return.

Of particular interest are the bookplates designed for Margaret Blanche Milligan. Milligan came into contact with bookplate collector and enthusiast P Neville Barnett, who encouraged her to have a bookplate designed by prestigious London firm W P Barrett. Barnett's advice to all bookplate collectors was to commission a high-quality bookplate to increase the chance of bookplate exchanges from around the world.

           

Source: UQFL2 Box 27 & Parcel 28

  A selection of bookplates from Father Hayes collection can be viewed here

Milligan seems to have quickly become an enthusiast, as in addition to the Barrett plate, she commissioned two further plates from Australian designers in the same year, 1912. One was from Bulletin artist D H Souter, and the other by Lionel Lindsay. Lionel Lindsay also designed a bookplate for Margaret Reynolds, and there is correspondence by Lindsay about both bookplates in the Hayes collection also. Pictured are the three bookplates for Milligan and the Reynolds bookplate.

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