Lucretia Foster 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:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16195, Lucretia Foster friendship album, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia

Summary

Extent:
0.03 Cubic Feet One folder in a document box BW 8.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16195, Lucretia Foster friendship album, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia

Background

Scope and content:

Lucretia Foster friendship album, 1843-1846, 0.03 cubic feet, contains personal heartfelt messages written by the friends and family of Lucretia Foster, of Brewster, Massachusetts in a red leather binding with blind and gold stamped designs. Commercial album, "Floral Album" published by J. Riker, New York, ca 1841. Verse and prose including an acrostic poem.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from Eclectibles by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on July 22, 2016.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Friendship booklets