Lucretia Foster friendship album
Scope and Contents
Lucretia Foster friendship album, 1843-1846, 0.03 cubic feet, contains personal heartfelt messages written by the friends and family of Lucretia Foster, of Brewster, Massachusetts in a red leather binding with blind and gold stamped designs. Commercial album, "Floral Album" published by J. Riker, New York, ca 1841. Verse and prose including an acrostic poem.
Dates
- Creation: 1843-1846
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet (One folder in a document box BW 8.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from Eclectibles by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on July 22, 2016.
General
Part of Women's Scrapbook / Commonplace Book Collection (University of Virginia)
Genre / Form
- Title
- Lucretia Foster friendship album
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 5/1/1517
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
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