Sophia M. Sias album

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16371 Sophia M. Sias album, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library,University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.03 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16371 Sophia M. Sias album, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library,University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Sophia M. Sias album, MSS 16371 (1854; 0.03 cubic feet) is a commercially made album with stamp of William H. Fisk's Bookstore & Bindery, No. 4 Methodist Church, Manchester, N.H. Brown leather binding with blind- and gold-stamped cover with floral illustration and words "Boquet Album." One hundred pages of various colors, only about twenty sides used for inscriptions, verse, etc. Includes title page "Boquet Album," with no publication information. Five printed floral plates, which have been hand-colored.

Acquisition information:
Purchased, 10 April 2017.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Commonplace books