Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/
Rose Oliveira, Accessioning Archivist
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
MSS 16310, Ann Gilman album, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from David A. Hamilton Americana Books ABAA by the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on April 10, 2017.
Content Description
This collection contains the memory album of Ann Gilman. The octavo album, restored, with original light blue-green paper covered boards and new black leather spine. 71 pages, including 3 of the 5 engravings, were used for written verse and inscriptions dating from 1835-1839. Inscriptions are signed from Dover, New Hampshire and Bangor, Maine. Two inscriptiosn have small drawings. One page has a page of verse secured with pins. New front and rear end-papers. Album has 76 unnumbered pages and 5 steel engravings.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Women's Scrapbook/ Commonplace Book Collections (University of Virginia)
- Commonplace books