Joan Alice Coyne scrapbook, 1935/1938

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 16403 Joan Alice Coyne scrapbook, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

MSS 16403 Joan Alice Coyne scrapbook, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The Joan Alice Coyne scrapbook (1935-1938; 0.4 cubic feet) was owned by Joan Alice Coyne: a young girl living in Elizabeth, NJ. Contents include a few photos of Coyne, various clippings of school materials and event programs, holiday cards, and obituaries for her father.

Note: Scrapbook contains items with racist imagery typical for the time period that some patrons may find offensive.

Biographical / historical:

Joan Alice Coyne was a young girl living in Elizabeth, New Jersey in the mid-1930s. She attended Robert Morris School 18 and lived at 610 Salem Avenue. Her father Timothy, a World War I veteran and construction foreman, fell to his death at work when Joan was five years old.

Source: Materials within collection.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Scrapbooks