MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Various commonplace books

Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers

Identifier: ViU-2017-0071

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Content Description

This accession contains eighteen commonplace books. The books have no relationship to each other but were purchased by the same bookseller and were catalogued together. These books include: V.A.C. Dawson album, James, Va. Conf. Dec.25, 1889 Art scrapbook, Robert Le Marchant, United Kingdom, ca.1850? New England keepsake album, 1881-1887 Eliza Larkin's flower token album, Massachusetts, 1850-1854 Miss Anna Smith, Album the Dream, Piqua, Ohio, 1851 Matilda Jones gem album, Washington, Illinois, 1862-1870 Millie Fuller's autograph book, 1880s-1892 Helen M. Mois?, New England memory album, 1862-1871 Mary Hammond memory album, Dublin, Indiana, 1855-1879 Angie, memory album, Ohio, 1854 Ms. Jane A. Picket memory album, Havre de Grace, Md., 1849 Miss Catherine Ford, New England memory album, 1834-1891 Emmaline Ellis, New England memory album, 1829-1837 Elizabeth G. Ely, New York memory album, 1828-1835 Eugenia M. Moore autograph book, Virginia, 1880's Miss Ann Gilman, New England memory album, 1835-1839 Sophia M. Lias, New England boquet album, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1854 Isabelle Brown landscape album, New York, 1860.

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Purchased, 10 April 2017.

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Dates

Creation: 1835-1839

Extent

1.2 Cubic Feet (2 legal document boxes, 1 half letter document box)

Inventory

18 books

Subjects

Genre / Form

Commonplace books

Topical

Women's Scrapbook/ Commonplace Book Collections (University of Virginia)

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