MG 88Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph BookA Guide to the Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book MG 88Kathleen SmithODU Community Collections

06/13/2013

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-01 11:23:03 -0400.Finding aid written in English.Describing Archives: A Content Standard ODU Community Collections Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book Owen, Agnes Exilia (1865-1913) MG 88 /repositories/5/resources/51 0.5 Linear Feet 1 clamshell box boxes circa 1865-1953 Date acquired: 00/00/2007 A scrapbook of clippings of newspaper clippings with religious themes and an autograph book, both kept by Exilia Owen (Mrs. Alexander H. Fitzgerald). English Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and an autograph book which was kept by Exilia Owen (Mrs. Alexander H. Fitzgerald. Most of the newspapers clippings in the scrapbook deal with various religious themes.

 Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restriction.

 Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

 Source of Acquisition

Unknown provenance

 Method of Acquisition

Gift. Accession #A2007-02

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Item [insert number and title], Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book. Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

 Biographical or Historical Information

Agnes Exilia Owen was born in 1865. She married Alexander H. Fitzgerald, a high school principal in December of 1886 at Manchester Central Methodist Church in Richmond Virginia. They had a daughter named Emily who was born in 1890. According to the 1940 United States Census, Exilia lived with her daughter and her family on 44th Street in Richmond. Mrs. Fitzgerald, passed away in February 1953. She is buried along side her husband Alexander who passed away in 1913, in Maury Cemetary in Richmond.

Sources:

"Christmas Wedding Bells." Daily Times (Richmond, Va.). Chronicling America-Library of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071854/1886-12-23/ed-1/seq-4.pdf

Emily Fitzgerald Gregory (1890-1974). Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=gregory&GSfn=emily&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2929&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=35048369&df=all&

Exila O. Fitzgerald (1865-1953). Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=fitzgerald&GSfn=exilia&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=35048313&df=all&

1940 Census. Ancestery. com. http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Virginia/Exilia-Fitzgerald_kr3ml

Note written by Kathleen Smith

 Scrapbooking Scrapbooks--United States Autograph albums Religion Box 1Box 1/repositories/5/archival_objects/117751Autograph Book Kept by Exilia OwenItem 1/repositories/5/archival_objects/11776circa 1865-19531Preferred Citation

Autograph Book Kept by Exilia Owen, circa 1865-1953, Box 1, Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Scrapbook Kept by Exilia OwenItem 2/repositories/5/archival_objects/11777circa 1865-19531Preferred Citation

Scrapbook Kept by Exilia Owen, circa 1865-1953, Box 1, Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.