Pratt, Stella, scrapbook Stella Pratt scrapbook MSS 16417

Stella Pratt scrapbook MSS 16417

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/

Tanner Greene

Repository

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Identification

MSS 16417

Title

Stella Pratt scrapbook 1867-1947

URL:

https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/123726

Quantity

0.4 Cubic Feet, 1 small oversize box, 2 folders

Condition Description

Brittle pages, loose binding, loose items.

Language

Materials are in English.

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16417, Stella Pratt scrapbook, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Provenance

Accession Number 2018-0081, Purchased 18 April 2018.

Biographical Note

Stella Pratt was an adolescent girl living in Brookline, Massachusetts during the 1880s and 1890s.

Source: Materials within collection.

The Stella Pratt scrapbook (1883-1894; 0.4 cubic feet) contains correspondence, clippings, printed material, invitations, sketches, flowers, ribbons, photos, and a sketch of Stella herself. Pratt is from Longwood, Massachusetts, a neighborhood within Brookline.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)
letters (correspondence)

General

Note: materials contain racial imagery typical for the time that contemporary viewers may find offensive.