Verona Houghton memory book

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 16762, Verona Houghton memory book, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Summary

Extent:
.03 Cubic Feet 1 letter-sized folder
Creator:
Houghton, Verona A., 1838-1874
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16762, Verona Houghton memory book, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the memory book and autograph album of Verona A. Houghton of Weymouth, Massachusetts. A birthday gift from her mother, the book includes signatures and inscriptions with locks of hair and remembrances, predominately from 1854 to1857. There are fifty-four signatures, forty-one of which include a lock of hair. The signers of the book came from various locations in the United States including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa The inscription at the front reads: "A birthday gift from my dear Mother -- Friendship's memorials are treasured here. A name, a sentiment, a lock of hair. Will oft remind me of the friends so dear. As time shall waft along each fleeting year. Fond "Memory's Leaves" the token still shall wear. Verona." The book was commercially produced; the printed title page includes this information: Memorys leaves, Moss and Brother, Philadelphia. It is a gilt-stamped album with engravings on the title page and five engraved plates through the book featuring women.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from Eclectibles by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 28 April 2022.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard