Rose Tynan album
Content Description
Highly decorated autograph album with full color title page, "The Aldine Autograph Album with decorated spaces and lines for sentiment and name." A majority of the album is filled with inscriptions, verse, and autographs. The first inscription written at the front is from Rose's brother, "A birthday present from J. E. Tynan to his sister Rose, June 3rd, 1882." Recorded dates range from 1882-1901 with most of the inscriptions complete with locations, including Kittanning Penn., Fresno City, Lone Pine, Mok Hill, Mokelumne Hill, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Prial, Arizona, Alvord Cala, Stocton, Cal., Grass Valley, Cal., Parker County, Texas, Dixon, Oakland, Mojave, Sutter Creek, Bakersfield, and other locations.
Dates
- Creation: 1882 - 1901
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet (1 letter size folder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from David Hamilton Americana Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on February 19, 2019.
Condition Description
Fair.
Genre / Form
- Title
- Rose Tynan autograph album
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 2022-02-03
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States