About
John Davis Barnett, a noted bibliophile and collector had an extensive personal collection of over 40,000 books, pamphlets and journals. He arranged by topic or subject within his accession volumes or catalogs capturing details about each individual item that included his accession number. Almost every book he collected and donated contains his signature, his bookplate, and a number corresponding to a journal entry.
Works
Barnett Accession book no.6
This accession book had a number of extraneous pages and huge number of blanks which were not uploaded for transcription.
55 pages: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
BARNETT Accession no.2
This volume is called Accession Book No.2 . Please review all Transcription Tips and other instructions before starting transcription.
Collaboration is restricted.
197 pages: 24% complete (95% transcribed, 71% needs review)
Barnett Shakespeare accession book
This accession book is believed to be the first compiled and has title Book #1 catalogue JDB -1899-. The majority of the volume contents is on the subject of Shakespeare and any works related to that topic. This volume is dated 1899 by Barnett and organizes the Shakespeare titles using the...
105 pages: 9% complete (98% transcribed, 88% needs review)