Christine Best friendship album

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
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16534, Christine Best friendship album, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library.

Summary

Extent:
.04 Cubic Feet 1 legal sized folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16534, Christine Best friendship album, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a single book with 29 pages of inscriptions, autographs, and verse dated between 1839-1841, from Hudson New York. The first inscription was written by Christine Best, owner of the album, and includes a color illustration and title, "Christine Best's Book Hudson July 22, 1839." Original black leather embossed boards, highly decorated; red leather spine with gilt decoration.

Acquisition information:
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.
Physical facet:
1 album
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard