Lizzie Ellis Bernard Copybook 1878-1887

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Summary

Extent:
0.05
Creator:
Bernard, Lizzie Ellis arrangement
Abstract:
Copybook of Lizzie Ellis Bernard of Rockwood, Orange Coounty and Petersburg, Virginia. The following description was provided by the seller: "There are several numbered pages where the writer has copied poems, lengthy essays, German language exercises, lists for home remedies, word puzzles, etc. She has also cut pages, cartoons and articles from newspapers and broadsides and glued them over existing hand-written work.... There is a newspaper piece with an image of a New Year's clock from 1887, and a broadside for the "Old Folks' Concert" dated 1886. There are also several entries with Lizzie Bernard's address as Petersburg, Virginia."
Language:
The papers are in: English German

Background

Scope and content:

Copybook of Lizzie Ellis Bernard of Rockwood, Orange Coounty and Petersburg, Virginia. The following description was provided by the seller: "There are several numbered pages where the writer has copied poems, lengthy essays, German language exercises, lists for home remedies, word puzzles, etc. She has also cut pages, cartoons and articles from newspapers and broadsides and glued them over existing hand-written work.... There is a newspaper piece with an image of a New Year's clock from 1887, and a broadside for the "Old Folks' Concert" dated 1886. There are also several entries with Lizzie Bernard's address as Petersburg, Virginia."

Biographical / historical:

Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:<a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Lizzie_Ellis_Bernard">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Lizzie_Ellis_Bernard</a>.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 01/11/2010.