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

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

Susan W. Tudor album

 Collection — Box BW 48, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16698
Content Description

Susan W. Tudor album with numerous handwritten sentiments and poetry inscribed to her by men and women in southern Pennsylvania, mostly from East Berlin and Locust Grove. Of interest are a pasted in die-cut card illustrated by hand, a floral sketch, and two poems about escaping "Indian Maidens" which is accompanied by a nice watercolor rendering of the eponymous character in a canoe in front of a waterfall scene.

Dates: 1843 - 1860; Majority of material found within 1843

University of Virginia Medical Wives Club records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-85
Content Description

This collection consists of a scrapbook containing invitations, newspaper clippings, club by-laws, correspondence, photographs, and dinner menus. Also included are loose materials such as newsletters, schedules of club programs, a list of benefit contributors, and a card.

Dates: 1968 - 1972

UVA History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building-addition 70 Bereavement commonplace book

 Unprocessed Material — Box MSS 16758_NewAdditions_01: [Barcode: X032762537], Folder: ViU2024-0148_001
Identifier: ViU-2024-0148

Various commonplace books

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2017-0071

Mary Webster album

 Collection — Box BW 50, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16723
Content Description This collection consists of the album from Mary Webster, a young woman from Madison, Ohio. Entries include a variety of poems and notes from friends of Mary. Some of the poetry may be original works. Inside are five finished engravings: these tend to have small black and white biblical scenes with large, colored floral borders that extend up the page. The flowers are identified, and meanings attributed to the flower are identified below the illustrations.The locations most often...
Dates: 1843 - 1846

Laura A. Wright friendship album

 File — Box BW 24
Identifier: MSS 16533
Content Description

This collection contains one volume belonging to Lauren A. Wright of Hebron, Connecticut, with 67 pages of inscriptions, prose, and drawings. An intricate calligraphy inscription reads "Calvin H. Phelps to Miss Laura A. Wright, Hebron." Dates for inscriptions range from 1830 to 1860, with the majority written in the 1830's and 1840's. Locations written in the book include Hebron, Hartford, Glastenbury, Belchertown, New Haven, Columbia, and West Dennis, Connecticut.

Dates: 1830-1860