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Notebook, Undated
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
44 pages, all with inscriptions. Laurel-framed box at the top of the wrapper enclosing: "Property of Mary Chrystie". Written on inside of front wrapper is a long addition problem, various squiggles, the word "spanled" (?), and a small drawing of a house and tree. White paper wrappers printed in black (pictured on the front is a mail coach drawn by four horses with 4 lines of verse beneath it); on outside rear wrapper are printed addition and multiplication tables and an illustration of a fire engine and firemen. Notebook includes short stories entitled "Albertina and Mary"; a "true story" entitled "The stolen child..." a hymn ("Oh. Lord thou good and great / To thee my praise I'll bring..."; authorship is claimed by Mary herself); and poem entitled "My Father at the Helm". 2 folios sewn in at the end of the text include a short story written by Mary at a much earlier age; a pencil drawing of a country house; the beginning of a story entitled "Harriate and Ann"; and an incomplete short piece signed by Mary's brother, William Few Chrystie. At least one folio has been torn from the notebook.
- Arrangement
No discernible arrangement.
Collection History
- Appraisal
No materials were separated during 2014 processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Eric Johnson in 2002. Finding aid written by Ian Dooley and Miranda Marraccini in 2014.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
40 pages with an additional 4 pages sewn in at the rear of the booklet. White paper wrappers printed in black (pictured on the front is a mail coach drawn by four horses with 4 lines of verse beneath it); on outside rear wrapper are printed addition and multiplication tables and an illustration of a fire engine and firemen. Notebook printed by R. Lockwood's School Book Depository, No. 415 Broadway,--First door below Canal-street--New York. Main text block is detached. At least one folio has been torn from the notebook.
- Credit this material:
Notebook; Mary Chrystie Papers, COTSEN1, Cotsen Children's Library, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (hsvc): Box 2
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- Bibliography
Eric Johnson, Ohio State University, "Making Mary: Maternal Shaping and the Construction of Childhood in the Mary Christie Archive".