The David Henry Graham Bookplate Colection

A little bit about David Henry Graham, 1885-1965

Who was David Henry Graham?

A rather interesting person, it would seem, with a long and interesting career. From the records at the National Library, we can see that he worked as a Research officer for the Mosquito Control Committee, Auckland, 1926-1929; he was a biologist at the Portobello Marine Research Station, 1930-1932. He wrote a book "A treasury of New Zealand fishes" in 1935. He was a collector of Ex Libris book plates. He corresponded with Heinrich von Haast, music conductor James Robertson, and with Rewi Alley. He collected Maori artefacts during a tour of the north in June or July 1929, when he was Research Officer of the Auckland War Memorial Museum. And he was married three times during his life.

(http://natlib.govt.nz/items/22352452)

The Graham Bookplate Collection

In 1965, David H Graham donated his large collection of approximately 5000 b&w art prints to the National Library. The collection contains bookplates from New Zealand, Australia, Great Britain, United States of America, European and Asian countries, from the sixteenth century to about 1960, in the format of engravings, relief prints and photomechanical prints on paper. There are no access restrictions on this collection.

(http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23247382?search%5Bpath%5D=items&search%5Btext%5D=Graham%2C+David+Henry)