Kohut, Rabinowitz, and Asch Bookplates
Last content review: 2026-06-29
Books with Kohut, Rabinowitz, or Asch bookplates get 590 and 692 fields in the bibliographic record.
Kohut
Bookplate reads: Alexander Kohut Memorial Collection
Example:
590 ## $a <call number>: From the Alexander Kohut Memorial Collection, gift of George Alexander Kohut.
(Use $x Autograph instead of $x Ownership if present).
Bookplate reads: Alexander Kohut Memorial Collection, with addition of other ownership marks, such as an ownership stamp or inscription from George Alexander Kohut or Alexander Kohut:
Example:
590 ## $a <call number>: From the library of George Alexander Kohut.
692 14 $a Kohut, George Alexander, $d 1874-1933 $x Ownership.
(Use $x Autograph instead of $x Ownership if present).
Bookplate reads: Alexander Kohut Memorial Collection, anonymous gift in memory of George Alexander Kohut.
Example:
590 ## $a <call number>: Alexander Kohut Memorial Collection, anonymous gift in memory of George Alexander Kohut.
No 652 is made.
Bookplate reads: Yale University Library, in memory of George Alexander Kohut Anonymous Gift.
Example:
590 ## $a <call number>: Alexander Kohut Memorial Collection, anonymous gift in memory of George Alexander Kohut.
No 692 is made.
Rabinowitz/Asch
Bookplate reads: The Shalom Asch Collection of Judaica, The Gift of Louis M. Rabinowitz.
Example:
590 ## $a <call number>: Sholem Asch Collection of Judaica, gift of Louis M. Rabinowitz.
692 14 $a Asch, Sholem, $d 1880-1957 $x Ownership.
(Use $x Autograph instead of $x Ownership if present).
We do not make a tracing for Rabinowitz
Bookplates that read: Gift of Louis M. Rabinowitz.
Example:
590 ## $a <call number>: Gift of Louis M. Rabinowitz.
692 14 $a Rabinowitz, Louis M. $q (Louis Mayer), $d 1887-1957 $x Ownership.