| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Anonymous |
| Title: | Autograph/Photograph Album |
| Dates: | 1857-1861 |
| Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | The collection consists of a keepsake of autographs and photographs from school friends of Kittie or Katie, at both the Hartford Female Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut, and the Abbot Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, just prior to the American Civil War. The album consists of class photographs and sentimental autographs, with a poem and autograph of Augusta Rhodes. |
| MS Number | MS 4351 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Autograph/Photograph Album was a keepsake of autographs and photographs to Kittie (or Katie) from school friends at both the Hartford Female Seminary of Hartford, Connecticut, and the Abbot Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, just prior to the American Civil War.
The Autograph/Photo Album, l857-l861, consists of class photographs and sentimental autographs written by school friends, both male and female, probably upon their graduation. It includes a poem and autograph by Augusta Rhodes.
This collection pertains primarily to the custom of collecting autographs and photographs from school friends upon graduation from an institution. This custom seems to have been particularly relevant to women in the nineteenth century.
None.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4351 Autograph/Photograph Album, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gertrude Hanna Haskell, 1945.
Processed by Bari Oyler Stith in 1989.