Sophia M. Sias album , MSS 16371

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/

Ellen Welch

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16371 Sophia M. Sias album, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library,University of Virginia.

Provenance

Purchased, 10 April 2017.

Scope and Contents

Sophia M. Sias album, MSS 16371 (1854; 0.03 cubic feet) is a commercially made album with stamp of William H. Fisk's Bookstore & Bindery, No. 4 Methodist Church, Manchester, N.H. Brown leather binding with blind- and gold-stamped cover with floral illustration and words "Boquet Album." One hundred pages of various colors, only about twenty sides used for inscriptions, verse, etc. Includes title page "Boquet Album," with no publication information. Five printed floral plates, which have been hand-colored.