Autograph album, 1863-1890: manuscript
Dates
- Creation: 1863 - 1890
Content Description
Album containing a collection of autographs of New England authors, ministers, abolitionists, and others. Also contains original drawings, clippings, pressed flowers, and a peacock feather. Includes autographs of Hubbard Winslow, Mary A. Livermore, Henry Ward Beecher, and Daniel Little Furber. Inscriptions are dated 1863-1890, in Newton, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, North Conway, New Hampshire, and Saratoga, New York.
Restrictions on Access
Open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.
Biographical note
Anonymous. The collector has not been identified. Inscriptions suggest they resided in or near Newton Center, Massachusetts.
Extent
1 Volumes (approximately 120 pages) : paper ; 19 x 13 cm
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics
In a 19th-century commercially produced album, bound in full leather with gilt title on front cover: Autographs.
- Title
- Autograph Album, 1863-1890: manuscript
- Status
- Marc Only
- Author
- Noah Sheola
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Dcrmmss
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
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Chestnut Hill MA 02467 United States
617-552-4861
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