Best, Christine, friendship albumChristine Best friendship album MSS 16534Ellen 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:
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This collection is open for research use.

 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 16534, Christine Best friendship album, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library.

 Content Description

This collection contains a single book with 29 pages of inscriptions, autographs, and verse dated between 1839-1841, from Hudson New York. The first inscription was written by Christine Best, owner of the album, and includes a color illustration and title, "Christine Best's Book Hudson July 22, 1839." Original black leather embossed boards, highly decorated; red leather spine with gilt decoration.

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