Mary Ann Heston album
Content Description
This collection contains the autograph album of Mary Ann Heston of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The manuscript title page reads "Mary Ann Heston's Album" and contains twenty-three pages of calligraphically rendered manuscript poetry dedicated to Mary from her friends and family, together with three laid-in leaves of manuscript poetry. There are not many locations identified with the entries. One gives a location of Pineville, [Pennsylvania], and another is dated at "Warner's Point Academy."
Census records indicate Heston and her family lived in Buckingham, Pennsylvania.
Dates
- Creation: 1825-1826
Creator
- Heston, Mary Ann (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
.03 Cubic Feet (One letter-sized folder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from Caroliniana Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 15 May 2022.
- Title
- Mary Ann Heston album
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 2023-06-02
- 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