Thomson-Eyre Family Albums
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of black and white photograph albums. Depictions include portraits of family members, group photographs and a photo of Swarthmore College. Of special interest are a photograph of President Lincoln with a young boy and a photograph of Lucretia Mott.
Dates
- Creation: 1860 - 1929
Creator
- Patterson, Mary Sullivan, 1906-1987 (Collector, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is available for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Five 19th century bound albums, gift of Mary Sullivan Patterson before 1971. This collection inherited by Mary Sullivan Patterson, Quaker historian and genealogist, presumably from her mother, Alice Penrose Thomson, who married Marshall Phillips in 1904. She was the daughter of Thomas Thomson and Mary Eyre Thomson.
Extent
.51 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of 5 photograph albums, dating from approximately 1860-1895, from Mary Sullivan Patterson, a Quaker historian and genealogist. The collection contains mostly of family member portaits.
Arrangement
The photograph albums are organized alphabetically in boxes.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mary Sullivan Patterson before 1971.
Source
- Patterson, Mary Sullivan, 1906-1987 (Person)
Subject
- Eyre family (Family)
- Thomson family (Family)
- Taylor family (Family)
- Jones family (Family)
- Hicks family (Family)
- James family (Family)
Topical
- Author
- Kemi Oladipo
- Date
- 09/28/2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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