Wright, Laura, A., friendship albumLaura A. Wright friendship album MSS 16533Ellen WelchAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

2021-08-26

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:

album is in stacks in BW 24. Will need to check item.

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This collection is open for research.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from David A. Hamilton Americana Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on November 27, 2017.

 Preferred Citation

MSS 16533, Laura A. Wright friendship album, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

 Content Description

This collection contains one volume belonging to Lauren A. Wright of Hebron, Connecticut, with 67 pages of inscriptions, prose, and drawings. An intricate calligraphy inscription reads "Calvin H. Phelps to Miss Laura A. Wright, Hebron." Dates for inscriptions range from 1830 to 1860, with the majority written in the 1830's and 1840's. Locations written in the book include Hebron, Hartford, Glastenbury, Belchertown, New Haven, Columbia, and West Dennis, Connecticut.

 Women's Scrapbook/ Commonplace Book Collections (University of Virginia)