Bessie Marie Africa scrapbook
Content Description
High school memory scrapbook and photo album of Bessie Marie Africa of Kanawha, Iowa from 1923 to 1927. The scrapbook is in a "School Friendship Book binding" assembled by Bessie Marie Africa documenting her high school years at Sanborn High School. It includes correspondence, programs, and mementos from theater, basketball, and football, and a declamatory contest. There are two large dolls created out of crepe paper.
Dates
- Creation: 1923 - 1927
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1925
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
0.04 Cubic Feet (1 folder) : scrapbook album
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from Caroliniana Jeffrey Rovenpor by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 2 May 2019.
- Title
- Bessie Marie Africa scrapbook
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 2022-08-16
- 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