Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book, 1865/1953

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

Open to researchers without restriction.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Item [insert number and title], Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book. Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Autograph Book Kept by Exilia Owen, circa 1865-1953, Box 1, Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Scrapbook Kept by Exilia Owen, circa 1865-1953, Box 1, Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet and 1 clamshell box boxes
Creator:
Owen, Agnes Exilia (1865-1913)
Abstract:
A scrapbook of clippings of newspaper clippings with religious themes and an autograph book, both kept by Exilia Owen (Mrs. Alexander H. Fitzgerald).
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Item [insert number and title], Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book. Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Autograph Book Kept by Exilia Owen, circa 1865-1953, Box 1, Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Scrapbook Kept by Exilia Owen, circa 1865-1953, Box 1, Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and an autograph book which was kept by Exilia Owen (Mrs. Alexander H. Fitzgerald. Most of the newspapers clippings in the scrapbook deal with various religious themes.

Biographical / historical:

Agnes Exilia Owen was born in 1865. She married Alexander H. Fitzgerald, a high school principal in December of 1886 at Manchester Central Methodist Church in Richmond Virginia. They had a daughter named Emily who was born in 1890. According to the 1940 United States Census, Exilia lived with her daughter and her family on 44th Street in Richmond. Mrs. Fitzgerald, passed away in February 1953. She is buried along side her husband Alexander who passed away in 1913, in Maury Cemetary in Richmond.

Sources:

"Christmas Wedding Bells." Daily Times (Richmond, Va.). Chronicling America-Library of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071854/1886-12-23/ed-1/seq-4.pdf

Emily Fitzgerald Gregory (1890-1974). Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=gregory&GSfn=emily&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2929&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=35048369&df=all&

Exila O. Fitzgerald (1865-1953). Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=fitzgerald&GSfn=exilia&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=35048313&df=all&

1940 Census. Ancestery. com. http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Virginia/Exilia-Fitzgerald_kr3ml

Note written by Kathleen Smith

Acquisition information:

Unknown provenance

Gift. Accession #A2007-02

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard