Jones, Mary, C., Friendship albumMary C. Jones Friendship album MSS 16537Ellen WelchAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

2021-08-26

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:

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This collection is open for research use.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from David A. Hamilton Americana Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on November 27, 2017.

 Preferred Citation

MSS 16536, Mary C. Jones Friendship Album, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

 Content Description

This collection consists of one volume. An elaborate sketched title "Mary C. Jones Album," is the first page used; 79 pages used for hand-written inscriptions, verse, and literature, including some calligraphy. Signatures from Providence, "Washington Ball," and New York. The inscriptions are mostly addressed to "Caroline." Marbled paper over boards with red leather spine and red leather board edges; red leather label with gilt stamped name "Mary C. Jones" on the front cover.

 Commonplace books Women's Scrapbook/ Commonplace Book Collections (University of Virginia)