Harriet Cooke scrapbook, 1842

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
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16400 Harriet Cooke scrapbook, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.25 Cubic Feet 1 volume
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

MSS 16400 Harriet Cooke scrapbook, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Folio scrapbook with marble-paper cover, and gold-stamped green leather corners and binding, containing pages of many different colors. Inside the front cover is a red leather gold-stamped plate reading "Harriet Cooke / 1842." Title page has a memorial plate reading "To Miss Cook May 2nd 1842 / In Remembrance of the late / Miss Sarah P. M. Kreth / Obit 26 Apr Atat 33yr / Jas Thomas, Undertaker, Bristol." Contains a wide range of visual materials pasted into the volume, including original drawings (unsigned), popular prints, items clipped from printed volumes. Notable is A Sermon on Malt, a visual poetry broadside "Printed and Sold by John Wright, Temperance Tract Depository, 18, Bridge-street." No indication is given of the relationship between the two women.

Biographical / historical:

Harriet Cooke appears to have lived in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.

Source: Materials within collection.

Acquisition information:
2015-0058, Purchased 2 May 2016. William and Elizabeth Morris Fund.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Scrapbooks