Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections
Paul B. Davidson collection of watermarks
Davidson, Paul Ballinger, 1896-1988
Collection 2616
2.2 linear feet
1618-1987
Paul B. Davidson was a graduate of Montana State College and a paper scientist who specialized in paper technology and the chemistry of wood and cellulose. His collection consists of stamps, letterhead, paper samples, currency samples, and watermark drawings. Also included in the collection are the accession cards from Montana State University Art Department's Copeland Gallery, files pertaining to the history of watermarks, and papermaking screens.
Collection materials are in English
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Paul Ballinger Davidson, PhD, son of Wells S. and Lucy L. Ballinger Davidson, was born August 12, 1896. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Montana State College in 1919 and a doctorate from Columbia University in New York City, N.Y. in 1924. In 1924 Davidson married Marie Bunnell September 5, 1925. Paul and Marie had two daughters, Jane and Esther Lee. He died January 1, 1988.
Dr. Davidson worked for Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin. He was an incumbent of an Industrial Research Fellowship at Mellon Institute of Industrial Research in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Davidson was a member of American Chemical Society, the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, the Pittsburgh Chemists Club, and held several patents related to papermaking.
The collection consists of stamps, letterhead, paper samples, currency samples, and watermark drawings. Also included in the collection are the accession cards from Montana State University Art Department's Copeland Gallery, files pertaining to the history of watermarks, and papermaking screens.
This collection is open for research.
The Paul B. Davidson Watermark Collection was donated to Special Collections by the Montana State University Art Department's Copeland Gallery April 11, 2016.
This collection was processed 2016 August 18
[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT
Additional information and examples of Dr. Davidson's papermaking activities can be found in Series 4 of Collection 2448 – Hamilton, Ballinger, Davidson, Bunnell, McAfee, and Weesner Family Papers, 1767-1998.
Montana
Fine Arts
Montana
Bozeman
Artifacts
Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks
Albums (Books)
Copeland Gallery Accession Cards
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#1-10
2
1
#1 Coast and geodetic survey stamp
#2 United States postage 1¢
Swanton
#3 United States postage 3¢
1876
#4 United States 2¢
1892
#5 United States 1¢
Deerfield
#6 United States 2¢
Unaddressed
#7 The original evaporated milk
#8 Douglass Barnes Company, New York
#9 John Deere, Moline, Illinois
#10 Hand opening a faucet
Lunkenheimer
#11-18C
2
2
#11 Socony-vacoum
Pegasus
#12 Hercules Powder Company letterhead
letter about changing from Ethyl Abietate to Methyl Abieate
#13 Shado-craft Watermark Bond
#14 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance letterhead
handwritten letter
#15 Remington Rand Inc. Duplicator Supplies Division letterhead
typed letter
#16 Dravo Corporation letterhead
February 1, 1943
typed letter
#17 ACC
repeated
#18A Watermark airplane
Aircraft Bond (multiple)
#18B Watermark airplane
Aircraft Bond (multiple)
#18C Watermark airplane
Aircraft Bond (multiple)
#19-28
2
3
#19 Oldest Trust Company in Oregon 1887
Circular; Portland and Trust and Savings Bank
#20 "Wisconsin 1st. Group" with Wisconsin map in triangular shape
#21 "Pale and Roasted Malt for Every Purpose, Malt of Reputation Park ever since 1842 (?)"
[triangle]
#22 "Spear and Company Furniture"
#23 T.M. Dodge Reg
#24 "The Plains Hotel Cheyenne Wyoming"
Image of Native America
#25 "All America Cables"
Shado-craft bond Grad E
#26 "Motion Pictures News Dominates the Field"
#27 "Patrick Duluth" with tree image
#28 "The Boston Post Established 1831"
#29-37
2
4
#29 "Pure clean/King William/Protects quality meats"
#30A FE Kingston and Company/FKE/Investment Securities
Circular
#30B FE Kingston and Company/FKE/Investment Securities
Circular
#31 Handwritten letter; Watermark – "Old Scotch Bond"/Thistle image/Rag Content USA
February 19, 1944
#32 Purina Chows
#33 Volvntatis
#34 Shado-craft
#35 Talking machine
#36 Victor
#37 Editions Club
#38-47
2
5
#38 Praying Person
#39 Old Spanish Bond
#40 Indian
#41 Riverside
#42 Lilly
#43 Wells Fargo Union
#44 Charity
#45 Pendant
#46 Kansas City
#47 Ethyl
#48-57
2
6
#48 Lake Geneva
#49 New York World's Fair
#50 Lions
#51 On the Plaza
#52 Rem Rand Standard
Code Number 216
#53 Quality and Service Bond
Code Number 206
#54 Mohawk Bond
Code Number 286
#55 L "A" Quality Ledger
Code Number 802
#56 Standard Systems Ledger
Code Number 812
#57 Library Standard
Code Number 02
#58-67
2
7
#58 Mercantile, medium bristols
Code Number 52
#59 Huntington, medium bristols
Code Number 22
#60 Library Bureau 75
Code Number 12A
#61 Mellon National Bank and Trust Company
Ledger
#62 CM McClung and Company
#63 The Anchor Packing Company
#64 Hare, Long, and Snow
[Hare, Long, and Company]
#65 Kansas City
#66 Massachusetts
#67 Eastman Chemical Products
#68-77
2
8
#68 Fisher Scientific Company
July 21, 1943
Thank you
#69 The Lilly Research Laboratories
October 1958
fall issue of Research Today
#70 DuPont; "The Neoprene Notebook"
undated
#71 Jones and Laughlin Steel
October 7, 1944
Chemist Club Membership
#72 Swingline
#73 Ars Gratia Artis
#74 Investors Research Bureau
#75 Diamond Matches
#76 Vultee
#77 Page and Shaw
#78-85A
2
9
#78 New York
#79A Live better electrically
#79B Live better electrically
#80 Capital Airlines letterhead
January 24, 1951
typed letter about ticket refund
#81 Mellon National Bank letterhead
January 3, 1944
typed letter about Fourth War Loan goal
#82 The Glidden Company letterhead
April 23, 1942
typed letter about sample of Alpha Protein
#83 The Limited Edition Club/Inc. 595/Madison Avenue, New York letterhead
May 12, 1941
typed letter about refund for books
#84A Northern Pacific circular
#84B Northern Pacific circular
#85A "Live Better Electricaly/Free Enterprise at Work"
face with bulb nose and socket ear
#85B-88E
2
10
#85B "Live Better Electricaly/Free Enterprise at Work"
face with bulb nose and socket ear
#86A "Live Better with Electricity…/with free enterprise"
electricity man stepping out of wall socket
#86B "Live Better with Electricity…/with free enterprise"
electricity man stepping out of wall socket
#87A "Live Better with Electrically/Free Enterprise at Work"
dancing electricity man
#87B "Live Better with Electrically/Free Enterprise at Work"
dancing electricity man
#88A Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin
#88B Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin
#88C Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin
#88D Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin
#88E Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin
#88F-95
2
11
#88F Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin
#88G Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin
#88H Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin
#89 Reproduction of Ben Franklin Watermark/portrait of Ben Franklin
1955
"He who hath trade hat an estate" Ben Franklin signature; Made for Eastern States Exposition
#90 Image of man pulling in nets from ocean "Plank"
#91 Image of man with rifle in tall grasses
"Jos J. Plank and Company/Dandy Rolls/Appleton, Wisconsin; Flying High"
#92 "Jos J. Plank and Company/Dandy Rolls/Artistic Watermarking"
with beams shooting from emblem
#93 Frank [Fred] Kranhold's 50th Anniversary
1891/1941
"in paper"/with Kimberly Clark Corporation/Neenah
#94 "Defense for America"
with Eagle over a warship
#95 Abe Lincoln and George Washington side views in circle
"Jos J. Plank and Company/Appleton, Wisconsin
#96-103
2
12
#96 Side image of a hound
"Jos J. Plank/Watermarking Company/Appleton, Wisconsin"
#97A Surfboard shape with reeds inside
"Jos J. Plank and Company/Aristotle/Watermarking"
#97B Surfboard shape with reeds inside
side chevron pattern with flowers; "Jos J. Plank and Company/Aristotle/Watermarking"
#98 Eagle over warship
"Jos J. Plank and Company/ Dandy Rolls/Appleton, Wisconsin"
#99A One-half paper
four cartoon heads watching TV
#99B One-half paper
four cartoon heads watching TV
#100 "Howard Smith Bell-fast Bond" circle
Made in Canada
#101 Green accounting paper
"Bond Asfrine(?)"
#102 One-half page [triangle] British Treasury Bond/Made in Canada
"Ernescliffe" letterhead
#103 "Fidelity Onion Skin/Eslebok(?) Manufacturing Company/Made in USA"
#104-113
2
13
#104 Emblem "Mead Papers for better impressions"
#105 Canadian Pulp and Paper Association letterhead
February 26, 1941
#106 "The Firm of Bell and Bell…"
double sided with Ballad
#107 Worthy Paper Company Association letterhead
November 3, 1941
typed letter about watermarks
#108 Worthy Paper Company Association letterhead
October 27, 1941
typed letter about watermarks
#109 Beaux Arts Apartment Hotel letterhead
June 25, 1941
typed letter about staying in hotel
#110 Montana State Board of Health Water Laboratory worksheet
Northwestern bond watermark
#111 Burrell Technical Supply letterhead
September 18, 1941
typed letter about new supplies plan
#112 Bond from 1900/yellow/stamped for $20
#113 "Park Hotel Great Falls, Montana" letterhead
"Management Bond Hammermill product…"cut off watermark
#114-123
2
14
#114 Bristol's/printed in the USA
#115 "195" page number
notebook paper; bird watermark
#116 "Mohawk" with Native American outline in an arrowhead
#117 Small Melon colored paper
"American eggshell text"
#118 Small yellow paper "American eggshell text" cut off
#119 "National"
with eagle watermark
#120 "Ditto Longrum B"
#121 "Worthy Hadrian"
#122 Worthy Serling and Bond/100 percent new rag/USA
#123 "Howard Mimeograph"
#124-132B
2
15
#124 "Eduoc(?) Bond"
over crest
#125 Eatoris Vellum Bond/USA/Berkshire/109
#126 Fine Flax Paper
#127 Talcott Lodge, Brother Jonathen, Livingston, Montana
#128 Old Franklin Bond
#129 The Chemists' Club
Old Chester Bond
#130 Nebraska State Capital
#131 Great Banking Institution
#132A Barton Duer
#132B Barton Duer
#133A-140
2
16
#133A Kimberly Bond
#133B Kimberly Bond
#133C Kimberly Bond
#134 Erasable Bond
#135 Aurelius
#136 Eatons Bond
#137 Ezerase Bond
#138 Ledger
#241-264
#139 Juniata
#140 Hurds Royal White
#141-149
2
17
#141 Hoak and Andes
SOF
#142 Coupon Bond
#143 Acceptance Bond
#144 Eagle Agawam
#145A Mellon Institute letterhead
#145B Mellon Institute letterhead
#146 Hatman with drawing
#147 Hatman
1864
with boat
#148 U.S.
1903
#149 The Crale School
#150-159
2
18
#150 Superfine Linen
#151 Nonotuck Company
Coupon Bond
#152 Thornton Nurseries
Quality Persian Bond
#153 Lancaster Bond
#154 J. Whatman
1926
#155 The City of Bozeman
September 30, 1948
letter of resignation
#156 Envelope Win the War 3¢
Mr. Paul Davidson
#157 Letter
John Gibbons Patent
#158 Kelly Wood Insurance Agency
November 19, 1928
Fire Insurance
#159 National Geographic Society
January 29, 1916
#160-169
2
19
#160 Synthetic Organic Chemical
text
#161 From: William C. Mohr
National Bank Bond
#162 District Court
August 7, 1941
Proving the Will
#163 Letter
August 5, 1892
Whiting Paper
#164 Text
Impressions of Robert Kennedy Duncan; Utopian
#165 Rohm and Haas Company
March 31, 1941
Replying to letter; Neenah Glacier Bond
#166 Plaskon Company
May 19, 1941
2 pounds of Type 335-2; Urea-Formaldehyde Resin
#167 Handwritten letter
Frowns and smiles; Mills 1856
#168 Haugh and Keenan
October 4th, 1928
Acknowledge of receipt; Old Scotch Bond
#169 A.J. Th. Vand Der Vlugt
July 18th, 1939
Dutch group-patents; Hollandish
#170-176
2
20
#170 Brown Company
November 24, 1933
Alpha paper purchase; Alpha Bond
#171 Papermaking text
#172 A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company
June 9, 1942
Thank you letter; World Bond
#173 American Chemical Society
August 23, 1943
badge envelopes; Strathmore Bond
#174 Baugh and Sons Company
April 9, 1942
response to letter Whiting's Pure Linen
#175A Old English Bond
#175B Old English Bond
#175C Old English Bond
#175D Old English Bond
#176 Watermark of crescent hairs
#177-186
2
21
#177 Bandage imprint hatching
#178 Futurist design
#179 Blue paper
bamboo reed design
#180 Rotating triangles
#181 White/cream paper
bamboo reed design
#182 Crescent hair design
#183 Stone/vertebrae-like blocks
#184 Woodgrain
#185 Small sheet 4 3/4" x 5 1/2" bandage
#186 Flower poppies/simple pattern/3 leaves dot center
#187-196
2
22
#187 Victorian flowers/roses
#188 Your druggist always ready to serve/promptly, economically with intersecting comb pattern
#189 Brush strokes
#190 Letterhead from Tillotson-McCullough Furniture Company
July 21, 1932
letter about family name of Tillotson, watermark-line sweeping image
#191 Orange-rust colored paper; lines forming squares, alternating vertical and horizontal with hardware written vertically, horizontally across page
#192 Vertical lines
#193 Woven basket pattern
#194 Woven basket pattern
#195 Burrell Technical Supply Company price quote
Chevron pattern with solid trapezoids for optical illusion "cranes"
#196 Straight lines horizontal
#197A-203B
2
23
#197A Jos. J. Plank and Company/Watermarking/Appleton, Wisconsin
Palm trees with pyramids in background
#197B Jos. J. Plank and Company/Watermarking/Appleton, Wisconsin
Palm trees with pyramids in background
#198 Circle with blossoms extending from the bottom inside an opaque rectangle with ЯR
#199 Thistle with "Strathmore Thistlemark/100 percent Rag USA" beneath
#200 Blossom watermark
"Shogun Paper…"
#201 Letterhead from Haugh and Keenan/Storage and Transfer Compan
November 9, 1928
typed letter about damaged crates; Watermark: thistle under Old Scotch Bond over Made in U.S.A.
#202A image of Theodore Roosevelt
1858-1919
At Your (cut off); text: Shado-craft Superfine…
#202B image of Theodore Roosevelt
1858-1919
At Your (cut off); text: Shado-craft Superfine…
#203A Statue of Angel holding U.S. flag with soldier kneeling down
#203B Statue of Angel holding U.S. flag with soldier kneeling down
#203C-212
2
24
#203C Statue of Angel holding U.S. flag with soldier kneeling down
#204 Hand holding arrows
"worthy"
#205 "Old Spanish Bond"
over circle with two figures inside leaning away from one another "Santa Barbaro"
#206 Man in dress with stars praying up to sky
Standing
#207 Columbia University letterhead
December 17, 1940
typed letter about interlibrary loan; watermark: soldier holding musket above: 1776 dow: bond; cut off
#208 Figure balancing on a circle with a ribbon/weed in hand
#209 "Tovil/Handmade in England…"
watermark: hand
#210 "World's Fair New York, New York" in circle around image of George Washington over "1776-1939"
#211 "National Lead Company/Research Laboratories" letterhead
watermark: a boy with arm raised, sitting on a beach with a bucket
#212 Circle
"Bank of America/National Association/Trust and Savings/worldwide scope statewide service San Francisco head office/California" with ship inside
#213-222
2
25
#213 "Scrirfs(?) Howard" with image of lighthouse in a rectangle
#214 Image of 5 story hotel with "on the plaza" beneath
#215 "Rubidoux Bond" in shape of bridge
"Riverside, Cal" lighthouse on one side, cross on hill on other pueblo; Adobe village with mill to the right side and high rise in background
#216 Bottom right corner
castle with "Capuleti wove" beneath
#217 High rise with heart base
"Kansas City Power and Light Company" horizontal; "The Industrial Heart in the Heart of the Nation" below
#218 "A great banking institution" over covered wagon
Wells Fargo insignia
#219 Image of woman
"Dard Hunter"
#220 Portrait of man (?)
yellow paper
#221 Image of Frederick Goudy
#222 Frederick Goudy 10"x7" 4 times
#223-232
3
1
#223 Abraham Lincoln
#224 Decature Bond
image of Napoleon (?)
#225 50-Fox River-50
guaranteed 50% rag cotton
#226 BK Elliot Company Fulton 50% rag
#227 Blue architecture paper
trade in challenge in mark 50%
#228 "The United States Leather Company" circle with bull inside
#229 "Turkey linen"
turkey watermark
#230 Aluminum Company of America letterhead
September 28, 1938
letter about returning a book; watermark-"beaver bond/rag content" with image of beaver
#231 Vanlines letterhead
"Coupon Bond" eagle image over quality
#232 Shado-craft bonds
eagle image
#233-242
3
2
#233 Letterhead Canadian Pulp and Paper Association
September 29, 1942
mole insignia; Made in Canada cut off
#234 Steno pad paper/page 193/94
#235 Pegasus
"soconyacuum(?)"
#236 Ibis
"ciconia"
#237 "Cranes Japanese linen/made in the USA" ibis inside a c
#238 Jos. J. Plank and Company/Dandy Rolls/Appleton, Wisconsin
watermark: geese flying over grasses
#239 German Shepard over "PAL"
#240 Bull
#241 Phillips Petroleum Company letterhead
March 15, 1942
typed letter about war effort; watermark: turkey; "linen/100% rag"
#242 Bull on hind legs Italia
#243-250
3
3
#243 Envelope addressed to Dr. P.B. Davidson
Bear bond
#244 The wolf nursing Romulus and Remus in oval over ROMA
#245 Oxhead, Holland paper fold out
#246A Howard Smith
Bellfast Bond; Mole in a circle; Made in Canada
#246B Howard Smith; Bellfast Bond
Bellfast Bond; Mole in a circle; Made in Canada
#246C Howard Smith; Bellfast Bond
Bellfast Bond; Mole in a circle; Made in Canada
#247 The Revival; 18th century typography
#248 Parchment paper
#249 Sample of B.V.P.
#250 Leather 2A
#251-260
3
4
#251 Basket weave 4A
#252 Handmade
#253 Linen 5C
#254 [Dove with olive branch]
#255 KR [clover]
#256 [Head with star above]
#257 [Shield with clover]
#258 [Leaf]
#259 From Dutch bible
1618-1619
Owned by Boree
#260 [Weave pattern]
#261-269
3
5
#261 from a Mercator Atlas
circa 1628
4 separate pages
#262 Plate CCXXXI
8 separate pages
#263 Pages from Ortelius' epitome du Theatre du Monde
#264 Dairy Butter
#265A The Bellevue Stratford
#265B The Bellevue Stratford
#266 WP
#267 Letter: Hamiton Papers
April 2, 1953
samples; Old Treaty Bond
#268 Sketch of trees and pond
#269 Envelope
US Postage 3¢ Italy [star]
#270-279
3
6
#270 Fiume Giano
#271 Umbria
Japan Paper Company
#272 Umbria
(in red) 15x20 inches
#273 Price list
P. Milani Fabriano
#274 Fiume Rubicone
(blue)
#275 Envelope
US Postage 3¢; Mr. and Mrs. P.B. Davidson, Italy
#276 Roma
#277 Pace
#278 San Marco
[bull]
#279 Tuscany
#280-287C
3
7
#280 Tuscany
(Italy)
#281 Lombardia
Made in Italy
#282 C.P.M. Fabnano-Italy
#283 Capuleti
#284 P_M_Fabriano
#285 Coat of arms
#286 Coat of arms
#287A Tracings
on tracing paper
#287B Tracings
on tracing paper
#287C Tracings
on tracing paper
#288-296
3
8
#288 Text from the Philistine
#289 [Rug with cross]
#290 Letter
March 6, 1942
Fisher Scientific Company; unusual watermark; Fisher
#291 [Hand]
#292 Envelope
Mrs. M.S. Ballinger
#293 Tiny Envelope
Ballinger Addressed
#294 Letter
April 21st, 1891
As the weather…
#295A Heavyweight paper
#295B Heavyweight paper
#296 [Shield]
#297-306
3
9
#297 Lombardia
made in Italy
#298 GR
#299 Maly Pense
Honi Soit
#300 Envelope containing
1 small envelope, 2 paper samples, "Williamsburg Post"
#301 Lombardia Italy
"Cremona"
#302 Dios Patria Libertad
#303 Umbria Italia
#304 B and L
#305 Rosaspina
#306 [Heraldic design]
#307-315
3
10
#307 Precision Gruen
#308 Vasari Italian
(yellow)
#309 Honi Soir
#310 Duca Deste
#311 Page and Shaw
#312 Envelope
1492-1892
"Columbus Liberty"
#313 Missouri Commissioner for Motor Vehicles
#314A Green Paper with watermark eagles
#314B Green Paper with watermark eagles
#315 Life insurance example
#316-321
3
11
#316 Democratic National Congressional Committee
watermark eagle
#317A Pale blue paper, eagle watermark
#317 B Pale blue paper, eagle watermark
#318A Watermark, eagle
cream paper
#318B Watermark, eagle
cream paper
#318C Watermark, eagle
cream paper
#318D Watermark, eagle
cream paper
#319 Congress of United States
Herman P. Eberharter; eagle watermark
#320 American Chemical Society
1943
watermark-eagle
#321 Philadelphia, "?" greatest workshop
heraldic symbol
#322-330
3
12
#322 War Department letterhead
November 9, 1933
letter about genealogy; eagle watermark
#323 Foldout
State of New York
#324 Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
May 18, 1914
Incorporated
#325A "Florida Land of Sunshine" with map of state
#325B "Florida Land of Sunshine" with map of state
#326 Congress of United States
survey about budget; watermark eagle mark
#327 Large foldout of USA insignia
#328 "The Great State of Ohio" with insignia
July 8, 1946
State of Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles letterhead; letter about car accident
#329 "Department of State, United States of America" insignia
8 1/2 x 11
#330 Wisconsin "Land of Lakes" with map
made with hand mould
#331-339
3
13
#331A "United States Department of Agriculture" letterhead
eagle watermark
#331B "United States Department of Agriculture" letterhead
eagle watermark
#332 Seal of Bergen County-1617
1917
New Jersey
#333 "Treasury Department Washington" letterhead
eagle watermark
#334 "Banco De la Republica"
Bogota, Columbia
#335 "Study questions on pulp and paper making course 103…"
eagle watermark
#336 Eagle watermark
December 18, 1940
change of address letter
#337 "Department of Congress" letterhead
eagle watermark; patent letter
#338 "Dios Patria Libertao Republica Dominicana"
heraldic watermark
#339 "Nebraska State Capital"
with image of tall building
#340-343G
3
14
#340 "Tennessee State Office Building"
#341 "Republica De Panama papel sellado"
#342 War insurance information for P.B. Davidson
#343A Republica de Venezuela
Ministerio de la Defensa; Oficiana Technica
#343B Republica de Venezuela
Ministerio de la Defensa; Oficiana Technica
#343C Republica de Venezuela
Ministerio de la Defensa; Oficiana Technica
#343D Republica de Venezuela
Ministerio de la Defensa; Oficiana Technica
#343E Republica de Venezuela
Ministerio de la Defensa; Oficiana Technica
#343F Republica de Venezuela
Ministerio de la Defensa; Oficiana Technica
#343G Republica de Venezuela
Ministerio de la Defensa; Oficiana Technica
#343H-349
3
15
#343H Republica de Venezuela
Ministerio de la Defensa; Oficiana Technica
#343I Republica de Venezuela
Ministerio de la Defensa; Oficiana Technica
#343J Republica de Venezuela
Ministerio de la Defensa; Oficiana Technica
#343K Republica de Venezuela
Ministerio de la Defensa; Oficiana Technica
#344 Pan American Life
#345 Empire Savings and Loan Association letterhead
"Montana Bond" in state of Montana watermark
#346 Cornell University
#347 Brooklyn College
#348 Williams College
#349 University of Colorado
#350-359
3
16
#350 Ohio Wesleyan University
#351 North Western University
#352 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
#353 Loyola University
#354 Getysburg College
#355 Emory University
#356 Columbia University letterhead
letter for interlibrary loan; crown watermark
#357 Northwestern University
August 22, 1941
letter about change of name on records
#358 University of Illinois
#359 New York University
#360-366
3
17
#360 Columbia University
September 23, 1929
letter about an outline of a course on metallurgy
#361 University of Minnesota
April 24, 1941
letter about references for thermal testing
#362A University of Purdue
#362B University of Purdue
#362C University of Purdue
#363 Wesleyn University of Ohio
December 19, 1944
letter about admission
#364 MIT
May 10, 1929
letter about admission
#365A William Jewell College
#365B William Jewell College
#366 Columbia University
May 30, 1961
letter about establishment of Society of Columbia Chemists, etc.
#367-375
3
18
#367 Carnegie Institute of Technology
#368A University of Oklahoma
#368B University of Oklahoma
#369 Circular seal the Agricultural and Mechanical College 1891 of the State of Oklahoma
#370 The Columbia Fund
May 16, 1949
letter about donating
#371 Columbia crown
#372 Western Reserve University
#373 Kansas Bond
University of Kansas letterhead
#374 Sigillum-Universitatis-Brunensis
#375 MIT
#376-384
3
19
#376 100 Mark
April 1910
#377 Tickets?
1923
#378 Confetti paper with Asian Characters
#379 100 Krones (?)
#380 ? [White paper, watermark illegible words and crown]
#381 1000 Mark
December 1922
#382 3?
#383A 100,000 Mark
#383B 100,000 Mark
#384 $50 confederate $
April 6, 1863
Richmond, Virginia
#385-393
3
20
#385 State of Missouri $3 bond
November 5, 1861
#386 5000?
#387 Banque of France
#388 Reichs note
October 20, 1923
#389 Reichs bank note
October 1, 1923
20 million Mark
#390 500,000 Mark
1923
#391A 1000 Mark
1922
#391B 1000 Mark
1922
#392 Eighteen Pence
March 25, 1776
printed in New Jersey
#393 100 million mark(?)
1923
#394-402
3
21
#394 10 pesos
1914
#395A Russian 5
1909
#395B Russian 5
1909
#396 50 mark
1919
#397 1000 kronen
1902
#398 5 pesos
1914
State of Chihuahua
#399 Un Peso
1914
#400 100 mark
1922
#401 The Japanese Government
1 peso
#402 The Japanese Government
10 pesos
#403-408B
4
1
#403 Ten (?) million mark
1923
#404 100 Reichs bank note
April 21, 1903
#405A 1000 mark
1922
#405B 1000 mark
1922
#405C 1000 mark
1922
#406 50,000 mark
1922
#407A 100 mark
November 1920
#407B 100 mark
November 1920
#408A 20 Millonen Mark
1923
#408B 20 Millonen Mark
1923
#409-418
4
2
#409 Bon un Franc
1916
#410 Cinq Francs
Banque De L'Algere
#411 Dix Franc
#412 1 dollar
1881
Bank of Hudson
#413 (I have no idea)
1898
#414 Cartas (?) country
1921
75
#415 Strathmore script
#416 The Greenbriar and cottages letterhead
#417 Old Boston Importers letterhead
#418 Witherspoon Company Limited letterhead
#419-426C
4
3
#419 Stehli Silk Corporation
#420 Strathmore writing
#421 Strathmore Carrilion
#422 Strathmore Envoy
#423 Strathmore Vesper
#424 Strathmore Script
#425 Small seam marks
#426A Tree
#426B Tree
#426C Tree
#427-436
4
4
#427 United States Government Ration paper
large
#428 "Allied Authority" repeated
#429 Sample Check
USL Battery Corporation
#430 Greenbac-protod
#431 ABC system
#432 Limited Editions Club Inc.
check for $63.00
#433 Guarenty Trust Company of New York
#434 "Screen laid" small
#435 Press roll laid
#436 Gray/blue
"Frankfurt"?
#437-445
4
5
437A Beige etc.
437B Beige etc.
#438 Photo needed
#439 Need photo
#440 NP
#441 JJ Head
NP
#442 NP
(dots)
#443 "Last year's table of contents"
#444 NP
#445 NP
446-455
4
6
#446 NP
#447 NP
#448 NP
#449 NP
#450 NP
#451 NP
#452 NP
#453 NP
#454 NP
#455 NP
456-465
4
7
#456 NP
#457 NP
#458 NP
#459 NP
#460 NP
#461 NP
#462 NP
#463 Handwritten ledger
from August 31, 1812
#464 Laid
(small)
#465 Delta
466-475A
4
8
#466 Large circle
#467 Small (Stampford research laboratories) with percent of makeup
#468 "The Only Safe Water is Sterilized Water"
#469 The National Cyclopedia of American Biography
October 14, 1941
letter about Article about Mrs. Davidsons father
#470 The Leading Fire Insurance Company of America
Hayford, Connecticut
#471 Orange nest paper
Hardware
#472 The Hub of the Motor World
ACA Ltd
#473 The … Hays …
#474 "Bachrach Inc. Photographs of Distinction" letterhead
Notification about photographing all members; Bachrach watermark
#475A Horses standing upon a carriage
#475B-484
4
9
#475B Horses standing upon a carriage
#476 Rhodes Products
Our Service Spans the Sea; James H. Rhodes and Company; 162 West Kinzie Street, Chicago, Illinois; 81 Front Street, New York City
#477 The Ideal E and M Power Apparatus Trademark
#478 "Editor and Publisher" letterhead
November 1, 1943
letter about subscription to Editor and Publisher
#479 The Kahlenberg Laboratories Incorporated
#480 Koppers Company letterhead
January 18, 1940
letter about enclosed material
#481 National Cotton Council of America letterhead
watermark; Westons Cotton Bond/rag content
#482 "Gulf Oil Corporation" letterhead
February 7, 1939
about a gift to P.B. Davidson for tests
#483 Automobile Insurance Agency of America
July 9, 1962
about auto insurance renewal; AAA watermark
#484 Strathmore Parchment
1931
485-494
4
10
#485 Bandage pattern
#486 NP
#487 NP
#488 Fairfield
#489 Strathmore Embassy Text
pale green
#490 Strathmore Artlaid
#491 Strathmore Charcoal
#492 Strathmore Broadcaster
#493 Alexandra
#494 Strathmore Book
#495A-501C
4
11
#495A Strathmore Pastelle
#495B Strathmore Pastelle
#496 Old Stratford
#497 Strathmore Saxon
Made in USA
#498 Strathmore Permanent
#499 Strathmore olde laid
#500 Strathmore Embassy Text
Crème
#501A Strathmore All Rag Book
#501B Strathmore All Rag Book
#501C Strathmore All Rag Book
#502-511
4
12
#502 Strathmore Text
#503 Strathmore Wayside Text
#504 Strathmore Artlaid
(small)
#505 Strathmore Text
"The Erskine Hewitt…"
#506 Saxon Bond
#507 Andrew Jackson Bond
rag content
#508 "Old Colony Envelope Company" receipt for 1 quart gum
Blandford Bond
#509 Norida Products Inc. letterhead
Strathmore Bond
#510 Packard Motor Car Company of New York
letterhead; Strathmore Parchment
#511 Strathmore
Woronco Bond
#512-521
4
13
#512 Strathmore Parchment
1931
#513 Strathmore Courier
#514 The Danish Bond
1930
#515 Highway Bond
#516 [blank]
#517 Blandford Bond
#518 Alexandra Bond
#519 Capital Parchment
#520 Strathoque Bond
"Broadway Limited/Pennsylvania Railroad"
#521 Strathmore Parchment
#522-530
4
14
#522 Strathmore Bond Opaque
#523 MacLean and Croke Incorporated
letterhead; Strathmore Alexandra Brilliant
#524 Royeroft
#525 Cross symbol
#526A 1 (harp symbol) L
#526B "Fortune" watermark
cut article about gramophones
#527 Sheet music for "We're Bonding Over the Rippling…"
handwritten; watermark KS and CO; Imperia
#528 The Prairie
#529 The LEC Plutarch
#530 [circle with infinity symbol inside atop a ladder]
#531-540
4
15
#531 [loops]
#532 Carmen
#533 Mozart
sheet music
#534 Mill 630
pretzel shape
#535 Winterbourne
#536 Avantages de sciences
sheet
#537 Heraldic sign
#538 Small sheet
grape watermark
#539 Charles I
#540 Bishopsloke
#541-550
4
16
#541 Alverskote (?)
#542 Skummerstoke
yellow paper
#543 Winterstoke
(gray paper)
#544 Laverstoke, pale blue paper
May 11, 1943
Harrison Elliot letterhead; letter about paper samples
#545 Bachelor Hand Made England
#546 Little Chart England
#547 Crown and scepter in a book
English Kelmscott
#548 Cross in circle
#549 Berestoke
#550 Freefolk
#551-560
4
17
#551 Alverstoke/swords crossed
#552 Bull symbol watermark
#553 letter to Paul B. Davidson about stamps and life
April 14, 1955
#554 Maidstone paper
#555 Gohrsmuhle
envelope
#556 Handgjord Biljett Lesbo
#557 Crown watermark
#558 Paper from Catalunya, Spain
with image of Spanish paper makers
#559 Praga
#560 Handgjord Post
Lessebo
#561-570
4
18
#561 Glaslan paper
Arches, France
#562 Glaslan
#563 Panckoucke
#564 Les Bibliophiles
#565 BFK
#566 Marais, France
#567 Mexandro Japan
event listing
#568 Saxon Japan
#569 Alexandra Japan
#570 TNF insignia
#571-580
4
19
#571 TNF all rag
with globe mark
#572 Man on a globe with a hankie
#573 Van Gelder Zunten
#574 P and Co
Heelsum; Holland
#575 Van Gelder Zonen Holland
#576 Green paper
travel in Europe
#577 Green paper
Strathmore Grandee
#578 Orange paper
Strathmore Grander
#579 Dokken Nelson letterhead
Fox River Laid
#580 Howard Clark wiring contractor letterhead
Adirondack Bond watermark
#581-590
4
20
#581 Tax bond for Juneau County
May 20, 1987
#582 The Carborndum Company letterhead and watermark
#583 Tom Benton-Tom Sawyer
#584 Goethe
#585 Kelmscott handmade paper
description
#586 Anvil
British handmade
#587 Green small handmade
#588 The Franklin Institute
1938
Philadelphia
#589 Swimsuits letterhead
teal paper; Howard bond
#590 PASCO Mills Mark
graph paper
#591-600
4
21
#591 Man leaning to seated woman
watermark by Plank
#592 Howard Mimeograph
#593 Williams Worthington and Ames
letterhead
#594 Howard Laid Bond
#595 Permanized Redemption Bond
Rag Content
#596 Durucator Copy Paper
#597 California Bond
#598 Cronicon U.S.A.
#599 [unknown]
#600 Hammermill, Mimeo Bond, made in U.S.A.
#601-610
4
22
#601 This is How a New World is Created
#602 Crown and Sceptre
#603 Mauve handmade
#604 Bedtine time, min – 180 minutes
[7 samples; 0-180 minutes]
#605 Letter
November 1, 1853
My Dear Emma…
#606 Merchant Marine Rest Center, paper samples
#607 Strathmore Laboratory
#608 Letter
January 9, 1963
personal, Dr. P. Davidson
#609 Ecusta Paper Corporation
#610 "Rune of Hospitality"
fiberous paper
#611-618A
4
23
#611 Taupe paper
#612A NP
#612B NP
#612C NP
#613 NP
#614 NP
#615 NP
#616 Fiberous tissue-like paper
#617 "Work of Mountain House Press…"
#618A Strathmore Laboratory
Thistle
#618B-626
5
1
#618B Strathmore Laboratory_
Thistle
#618C Strathmore Laboratory
Thistle
#619 "St. Christophers Hospital for Children" letterhead
March 21, 1962
letterhead about enclosed watermarks
#620 Handwritten letter
from December 23, 1960
about handmarks
#621 "In We? You May Have Peace"
with star
#622 "Old Papermaking in China and Japan…"
#623 Orange paper small?
#624 long paper
1818
#625 Lavender paper
#626 Shogun Japanese paper
#627-635
5
2
#627 The Stevens Nelson Paper Corporation letterhead
May 7, 1940
; price list for papers
#628 "The Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation"
receipt for paper
#629 Small
np
#630 Dard Hunter
letter about paper making books
#631 Large sheet, gray
sample of Charles I paper
#632 Olive green small sample
from Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation
#633A NP
#633B NP
#634 NP
#635 Tan paper
NP
#636-643
5
3
#636 Bristol printed in USA
#637 Bay Path
#638 NP
#639 Letter
April 11, 1776
[T.] Daniel; Battalion enrollments
#640 Letterhead
October 20, 1944
Crafthouse, Williamsburg, Virginia; brochures
#641 envelope
Strathmore Paper Company
#642 Stamps
Hong Kong 10 cents, Deutrches Reich 5 milliones, Deutrches Reich 50
#643 Probably early cylinder machine
#644-653
5
4
#644 [Black paper with squares cut out]
#645 William Rittenhouse watermarks
#646 The most prominent watermarks of the Gutenberg 42 line Bible
#647 15th century watermark of Jesus
#648 Willcox watermark
#649 [Bull with cross and snake]
#650 The Klaas Rittenhouse watermark
#651 Second Rittenhouse paper mill watermark
#652 Watermark of Willcox Mill
#653 First papermarks appeared in Italy in latter part of 13th century
#654-663
5
5
#654 [Bull]
#655 From a Dutch Bible printed in 1618-1619 owned by Bovee
#656 1399 French
#657 [15th century watermark of Jesus]
#658 [Bulls]
#659 Zion Efrata
#660 4, WR
#661 [The most prominent watermarks of the Gutenberg 42 line Bible; head with star on crown]
#662 [Bulls]
#663 [Urns, hands, jester]
#664-671
5
6
#664 [Crosses, horns]
#665 [Heraldic symbol]
#666A [Soft finish book paper]
#666B [Soft finish book paper]
#666C [Soft finish book paper]
#667 Merle J. Fairbanks business card
#668 Stein, Hall and Company, Inc. letterhead
July 5, 1943
#669 Carl N. Davidson letterhead, Wisconsin
"Land of Lakes" watermark
#670 [Thomas Jefferson 3 cents U.S. postage stamp]
#671 [U.S. postage 3 cents]
#672-681
5
7
#672 [Educo Bond]
#673 Stiria, page 549
Sclavonia, Croatia, Bofina, cum Dalmatiae parte, page 550
#674 Daniae Tabvla, page 101
Daniae Terria Tabvla, in qua Slefvicenfis Ducatus pars and Holfatia, page 144
#675 Descripto Hispaniae, page 143
Descripto Hispaniae, page 144
#676 Dard Hunter
#677 Seier Poste
#678 Phoenix Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut
#679 Diana Paper
#680 Rrnauer Deimatost
#681 P. Wulff, Kjobentravn
#682-691
5
8
#682 Lagle-A Acawam Bond, 100 percent rag U.S.A.
#683 The Daniel Hayes Company
#684 Massachusetts Mutual
#685 The Carborndum Company letterhead and watermark
March 21, 1942
Dear Miss Portman
#686 Finest Quality Bond
Rag Content; Professional Printing Company
#687 Lions International
#688 Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company letterhead
#689 Mr. Robert R. Fulton letter
June 15, 1938
the Carborndum Company watermark
#690 The Carborndum Company watermark
#691 The Philistine
#692-701
5
9
#692 Mozart
#693 Strathmore
Highway Bond; Rag Content U.S.A.
#694 Shadows
#695 Some of the Prominent Concerns that have used Shado-craft Bonds
#696 Shado-craft Superfine
Clear White; Satin Finish
#697 Shado-craft Bond
Grade C; High White
#698 Greenbac-protod
#699 Greenbac-protod
#700 Gulf Oil Corporation letterhead
#701 Wells Fargo Union
Strathmore Quality
#702-711
5
10
#702 University of Pittsburg
1787
#703 Strathopaque Bond
Rag Content U.S.A.
#704 The Art Directors Club of Chicago letterhead
#705 Dr. P.B. Davidson from Geo. D. Beal
#706 Letter, Mr. Paul D. Davidson
January 23, 1948
discussing paper samples
#707 Lugano Laid
#708 Fairfield "A"
#709 Fairfield "B"
#710 Strathmore U.S.A.
#711 Strathmore
#712-720
5
11
#712 [Unknown]
#713 [Unknown]
#714 [Unknown]
#715 [Unknown]
#716 [Unknown]
#717 [Unknown]
#718 [Unknown]
#719 [Unknown]
#720 [Unknown]
#721 Estado Do Rio Grande Do Norte
Estados Unidos Do Brazil
#722-726
5
12
#722 Van Gelder
Japan Paper Company
#723 Strathmore Staple Papers
#724 Keith Paper Company
#725 Envelope
#726 Envelope
Word
#727
5
13
#727 Watermark Scrapbook
#728
5
14
#728 Watermarks Postage Stamps
#729
5
15
#729 Framed watermark
History of Watermark
5
16
History of Watermark
5
17
History of Watermark
5
18
History of Watermark
5
19
Wooden papermaking screen
6
1
Papermaking screen
6
2
Papermaking screen
6
3
Waterpress screen
6
4
Strathmore waterpress screen
6
5