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Harriet Cooke scrapbook

 Item — Ledger: 1
Identifier: MSS 16400

Scope and Contents Note

Folio scrapbook with marble-paper cover, and gold-stamped green leather corners and binding, containing pages of many different colors. Inside the front cover is a red leather gold-stamped plate reading "Harriet Cooke / 1842." Title page has a memorial plate reading "To Miss Cook May 2nd 1842 / In Remembrance of the late / Miss Sarah P. M. Kreth / Obit 26 Apr Atat 33yr / Jas Thomas, Undertaker, Bristol." Contains a wide range of visual materials pasted... into the volume, including original drawings (unsigned), popular prints, items clipped from printed volumes. Notable is A Sermon on Malt, a visual poetry broadside "Printed and Sold by John Wright, Temperance Tract Depository, 18, Bridge-street." No indication is given of the relationship between the two women.

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Dates

  • Creation: 1842

Language of Materials

English.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Biographical Note

Harriet Cooke appears to have lived in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.

Source: Materials within collection.

Extent

0.25 Cubic Feet (1 volume)

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