Finding aid for the Autograph/Photograph Album
Title:
Autograph/Photograph Album
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Anonymous
Dates:
1857-1861
Quantity:
0.10 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 The collection consists of a keepsake of autographs and photographs from school friends of Kittie or Katie, at both the Hartford Female Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut, and the Abbot Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, just prior to the American Civil War. The album consists of class photographs and sentimental autographs, with a poem and autograph of Augusta Rhodes.
Identification:
MS 4351
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

History of the Autograph/Photograph Album

The Autograph/Photograph Album was a keepsake of autographs and photographs to Kittie (or Katie) from school friends at both the Hartford Female Seminary of Hartford, Connecticut, and the Abbot Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, just prior to the American Civil War.

Scope and Content

The Autograph/Photo Album, l857-l861, consists of class photographs and sentimental autographs written by school friends, both male and female, probably upon their graduation. It includes a poem and autograph by Augusta Rhodes.

This collection pertains primarily to the custom of collecting autographs and photographs from school friends upon graduation from an institution. This custom seems to have been particularly relevant to women in the nineteenth century.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is maintained in one folder.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Abbot Institute.
Autograph albums -- Connecticut -- Hartford.
Autograph albums -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Hartford Female Seminary.
Students -- Connecticut -- Hartford.
Students -- Ohio -- Cleveland.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4351 Autograph/Photograph Album, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gertrude Hanna Haskell, 1945.

Processing Information

Processed by Bari Oyler Stith in 1989.