<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-VaAlLHS" url="https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/158"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Alexandria Scrapbook Collection Finding Aid <num>MS003</num></titleproper><author>Gregory Pierce</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://alexandria.libnet.info/images/tile/alexandria/alexandria-logo.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2019-05-15</date></p><address><addressline>717 Queen Street</addressline><addressline>Alexandria, VA 22314</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 703-746-1791</addressline><addressline>lhsc@alexlibraryva.org</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://alexlibraryva.org/lhsc" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://alexlibraryva.org/lhsc" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2023-12-15 14:26:47 +0000</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Alexandria Scrapbook Collection (MS003)</unittitle>
    <unitid>MS003</unitid>
    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">.42 Linear Feet</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1830/1893" type="inclusive">1830-1893</unitdate>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of 2 books that have been converted to scrapbooks by gluing playbills, poems, articles, drawings, and religious materials onto the pages.  The scrapbook in folder 1 contains religious articles, poetry, and images pasted into a book on agricultural reports.  The scrapbook in folder 2 contains playbills and concert programs from the National Theater, Ford's Opera House, the Alexandria Musical Association, the Vocal Society of the Assembly Presbyterian Church, etc.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>[item identification], Alexandria Scrapbook Collection, MS003, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="lcsh">Scrapbooks.</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Theater and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.</subject>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Plays.</geogname>
    <subject source="lcsh">Ford's Opera House (Washington, D. C.)</subject>
    <genreform source="lcsh">Poetry.</genreform>
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