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autograph albums

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Friends Historical Library album collection

 Collection — Othertype MSS-002
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-002
Overview

This collection consists of scrapbooks, commonplace books, class notebooks, autograph albums, piecebooks, and other albums that were received by the Friends Historical Library as individual volumes and not as part of a larger collection.,

Dates: 1656 - 1957

William A. Brown autograph album

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-033
Overview

This small album contains albums from students at Haverford College and Penn College who were friends with William A. Brown. The entries contain short notes or poems along with the person's signature, the date (between 1835 and 1838), and their college affiliation. There are also pencil annotations throughout the next labeling some entires as "original" and adding the fill names of some people who only wrote their initials.

Dates: 1835 - 1838

Charles Lippincott autograph album and daguerrotype

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-024
Overview

A personal book of autographs, owned by Charles “Chad” Lippincott. Autographs and brief poems/quotes are scribed by teachers and classmates from Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, as well as the Normal School in Trenton, New Jersey. Additionally, there is a daguerrotype of Charles Lippincott taken in 1861.

Dates: 1859 - 1861

Henry T. Coates autograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-052
Overview

This collection contains two autograph albums created by Henry T. Coates, Haverford College Class of 1862.

Dates: 1857-1865

William M. Coates autograph album and diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-014
Overview William Coates’s diaries detail his time at Haverford College and following his graduation. He writes about the weather, academic studies, weekly collections, the Everett Society, exercise, his letter correspondence, and trips with his friends and family. He begins writing about the Civil War on April 14, 1861, detailing Fort Sumter’s surrender and evacuation, remarking on the “great excitement” and formation of a mob in Philadelphia. He later remarks on Civil War events such as the...
Dates: 1860-1863

Collection of Signatures

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-213
Overview

This collection contains various signatures.

Dates: Undated.

Julia Cope Collins signature album

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-05-001
Overview

The signature album of Julia Cope Collins includes signatures, which are occasionally accompanied by a short note, quote, or sketch by the signer. According to the inscription on the front cover, this "Floral Album" was given to Collins by her mother in August of 1879.

Dates: 1879-1884

Abbie M. Crossman signature album

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-05-002
Overview

This collection is comprised of the two volumes of signature albums of Abbie M. Crossman.

Dates: 1863-1905

James H. Drake autograph album

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-071
Overview

The James H. Drake autograph album contains signatures of fellow classmates.

Dates: 1861

Guide to miscellaneous Quaker series

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975
Scope and Content note The goal of this finding aid is to help users navigate the series that organize the manuscript collections in MC.975. This collection consists of bound items, including manuscript journals & diaries, commonplace books, scrapbooks, financial records, correspondence and letterbooks, and other miscellaneous items, related to Quaker individuals and families, or to Quakerism and Quaker history.These manuscript volumes are arranged on the shelves in 11 different record...
Dates: 1683-ongoing