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[Bookplate for University of British Columbia and Alice Ravenhill]
[Bookplate for University of British Columbia and Alice Ravenhill]
Title[Bookplate for University of British Columbia and Alice Ravenhill]
Date Created1923-05-10
Sort Date1923-05-10
DescriptionBlack ink on white paper. The bookplate features a border consisting of several black lines with X designs in the corners. There is the University of British Columbia crest. The chief has a dark background and features an open book with its straps lying out. The university motto is printed in stylized black font on the book's open pages. The bottom section of the map was alternating black and white lines. From the bottom of the shield is part of a sun with its rays extending upwards. The sun is charged with black dots. To the right of the shield is stylized gothic text in large, black font. Below it is text printed in smaller, cursive, black font. At the bottom of the bookplate is smaller text printed in the gothic, black font with dotted lines next to the words.
Extent1 bookplate : relief printing ; 9.5 x 7.2 cm
SubjectGifts ; Universities & colleges
Subject - GeographicBritish Columbia
Personal NamesUniversity of British Columbia ; Ravenhill, Alice
GenrePrints
TypeStill Image
Formatimage/jpeg
LanguageEnglish
Latin
NotesAlice Ravenhill was born in Snaresbrook, Essex, England in 1859. She was a domestic sciences graduate of the British National Health Society and was specifically interested in home economics and child care. Between 1894-1897, she was the Secretary of the Royal British Nurses' Association. She also taught Home Economics at the University of London and was the first woman elected as a Fellow of the Royal Sanitary Institute. Ravenhill immigrated to Canada in 1910, giving a series of lectures on her social welfare initiatives for nine years. After travelling throughout Canada and the United States, Ravenhill moved to Victoria in 1919 where she became closely associated with Victoria College at Craigdarroch Castle. Ravenhill was an active organizer of Women's Institutes. During the 1920s, Ravenhill developed an interest in Indigenous culture, publishing Native Tribes of British Columbia in 1938. Additionally, she founded the Society for the Furtherance of B.C. Indian Arts and Welfare Society, later the B.C. Indian Arts and Welfare Society, in 1939. In 1944, she published a book on Indigenous designs entitled A Cornerstone of Canadian Culture: An Outline of the Arts and Crafts of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia. She wrote The Native Tribes of British Columbia in 1938 for the provincial school curriculum and contributed to the Native Voice newspaper in the 1940s. In 1953, she published a collection of 52 stories for Folklore of the Far West. Throughout this time, Ravenhill advocated for Indigenous rights in British Columbia. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of British Columbia in 1948 and an honorary doctorate from the American Association of Home Economics in 1950. Ravenhill died in 1954. The Ravenhill residence in the Lansdowne complex at the University of Victoria is named after Alice Ravenhill. The Alice Ravenhill fonds is available at UBC Rare Books and Special Collections
References:
1) Ravenhill Alice. (n.d.). Retrieved 5 September 2019, from ABC BookWorld website: https://abcbookworld.com/writer/ravenhill-alice/
2) Ravenhill (RRA)—University of Victoria. (n.d.). Retrieved 5 September 2019, from UVic.ca website: https://www.uvic.ca/home/about/campus-info/maps/maps/rra.php
3) UBC Rare Books and Special Collections. (n.d.). Alice Ravenhill fonds. Retrieved 5 September 2019, from RBSC / OSC Archives website: http://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/index.php/alice-ravenhill-fonds
Access IdentifierBP MUR CAN I R946
Digital IdentifierBP_MUR_CAN_I_R946
Is Part OfRBSC Bookplates
SourceOriginal Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Howard Binder. BP MUR CAN I R946
Date Available2019-09-13
Publisher - DigitalVancouver : University of British Columbia Library
RightsImages provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
TranscriptTuum est Library of the University of British Columbia This book is the gift of Miss Alice Ravenhill Victoria, B.C. May 10th 1923 Accession No. Call No.
TranslationIt is yours
DOI1.0380898
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