I have recently been having fun searching online for bookmarks held by museums, libraries, archives and historical societies. It is so great to see that there are some bookmarks being collected and preserved by our wonderful public institutions.
Typically, these bookmarks are donated by people (sometimes famous) as part of their larger donation or bequest of books, documents and other items.
Here are a few examples of these bookmarks that I have found so far in some American institutions. Click on the institution name to view the bookmark in its original location and to read more about it.
Typically, these bookmarks are donated by people (sometimes famous) as part of their larger donation or bequest of books, documents and other items.
Here are a few examples of these bookmarks that I have found so far in some American institutions. Click on the institution name to view the bookmark in its original location and to read more about it.
 Souvenir Bookmark from the 1893 Columbian Exposition, Phoenix Silk Manufacturing Co. Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation Dearborn, Missouri, USA |  Stevengraph Bookmark, "The Late, Lamented President Lincoln," 1865 Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation Dearborn, Missouri, USA |  Centennial Souvenir Bookmark, 1876, Liberty Bell; silk, Jacquard weaving |
Bookmark; publisher's promotion of three works by Willsie Morrow: With Malice Toward None (on front); Forever Free; and Mary Todd Lincoln (on back of bookmark). William Morrow & Co., New York.  Bookmark, ca. 1910 E. J. Neale and Company, "Shaker Cloak" The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, N.Y., USA |  Bookmark; woven, silk and metal thread, 19th Century, Russian |
 Stevengraph Bookmark (T. Stevens, Coventry, England) |  Metal bookmark, Spirit of St. Louis, Missouri Historical Society |
| Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Washington, D.C., USA | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Washington, D.C., USA |
24 carat gold bookmark in the shape of a profile view of the Spirit of St. Louis, Charles Lindbergh.
 Hand made Bookmark, "Rohwer Relocation Center 1944" |  Handmade Bookmark, "Keep `Um Flying", 1944 |
| National Museum of American History Japanese American Incarceration Era Collection Washington, D.C., USA | National Museum of American History Japanese American Incarceration Era Collection Washington, D.C., USA |
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