MSS16697Africa, Bessie Marie, scrapbookBessie Marie Africa scrapbook MSS 16697Ellen WelchAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

2022-08-16

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:
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The collection is open for research use.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Caroliniana Jeffrey Rovenpor by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 2 May 2019.

 Preferred Citation

MSS 16697, Bessie Marie Africa scrapbook, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

 Content Description

High school memory scrapbook and photo album of Bessie Marie Africa of Kanawha, Iowa from 1923 to 1927. The scrapbook is in a "School Friendship Book binding" assembled by Bessie Marie Africa documenting her high school years at Sanborn High School. It includes correspondence, programs, and mementos from theater, basketball, and football, and a declamatory contest. There are two large dolls created out of crepe paper.

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