Margaret M. Tillotson 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:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16706, Margaret M. Tillotson album, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Summary

Extent:
0.04 Cubic Feet 1 legal folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16706, Margaret M. Tillotson album, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the commonplace book of Margaret Tillotson. A full commonplace book, with many of the items religious in nature, such as psalms of personal importance, the ten commandments, Jewish translations for the months of the year, poems yearning to travel to Rome or other pilgrimage sites, besides the usual miscellaneous collection of poetry. Tillotson's father was John C. Tillotson (1791-1867) who was the son of Dr. Thomas Tillotson (1750-1832), Congressman and Secretary of State of New York. She died in 1910 in New York.

Biographical / historical:

Margaret M. Tillotson's father was John C. Tillotson (1791-1867) who was the son of Dr. Thomas Tillotson (1750-1832), Congressman and Secretary of State of New York. She died in 1910 in New York.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from Black Swan Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 1 January 2020.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard