MSS16556Sadie commonplace bookGuide to the Sadie commonplace book MSS 16556Rose Oliveira, Accessioning ArchivistAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

4 September 2021

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-05 17:40:35 +0000.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Sadie commonplace book Sadie MSS 16556 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/3/resources/1080 .2 Cubic Feet 1 half-width letter sized document box c.1878 Poor English 1 Conditions Governing Access

This collection is minimally processed and open for research.Please handle gently; cover and some pages are loose and materials are fragile.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Ecclectibles by the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on August 5, 2021.

 Preferred Citation

MSS 16556, Sadie commonplace book, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

 Content Description

This collection consists of a commonplace book. It is not clear the provenance but inscribed in the front and back covers is the name Sadie. The album contains 170 pages of content and a few loose clippings. Each page is filled with clippings from magazines and newspapers that focus on women's work, loss, fairy tales, literature, and poetry. The owner hand colored all the illustrations from magazines. Many of the illustrations are of women; some in non-traditional roles. Many articles are from the periodical Hearth and Home. Many of the articles are by women and include writers such as Clio Stanley, Helen Forrest Graves, Lottie Brown, Hester a Benedict, Emma Alic Brown among others.

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