William H. Haines autograph album and songbook
Scope and Contents
This album contains about ten entries of autographs that were pasted in. These entries contain people's names and sometimes the date and their college affiliation. Most of the entries in this album are song lyrics. At the bottom of the lyrics are names of Haverford students, the year the lyrics were added to the album, their graduation year, and their hometown.
Dates
- Creation: 1868-1871
Creator
- Haines, William Henry (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)
Biographical / Historical
William Henry Haines entered Haverford College in 1867 and graduated in 1871. While at Haverford he played cricket. He was born in Philadelphia on April 1, 1854 and his parents were Lindley Haines and Anne Lindsey Sharp. In 1877 he married Mary Howel and in 1893 he married Phebe Emlem Howell. His children were Joseph H. (1878), Rachel H. Bacon (1880), Mary H. Peacock (1882), and William H. Jr. In 1922 he lived in Germantown, Philadelphia. He was vice-president of alumni (1888) manager of Haverford College from October 11, 1887 to at least 1922. He was a manufacturer and dealer in plumbing supplies and a member of University and Huntingdon Valley Country Clubs.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet (1 volume)
Language
English
Overview
This album contains about ten entries of autographs that were pasted into a volume between 1868 and 1871. These entries contain people's names and sometimes the date and their college affiliation. Most of the entries in this album are song lyrics. At the bottom of the lyrics are names of Haverford students, the year the lyrics were added to the album, their graduation year, and their hometown.
Arrangement
There are about ten signatures in the beginning of the book, and the rest of it contains song lyrics.
Processing Information
Processed by Madison Arnold-Scerbo, completed May 2018.
Subject
- Haverford College -- History -- 19th century (Organization)
- Haverford College -- Students (Organization)
- Haines, William Henry (Person)
- Title
- William H. Haines autograph album and songbook
- Author
- Madison Arnold-Scerbo
- Date
- May, 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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