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Sarah Whiting Friendship Album at Hartford Female Seminary, 1827

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Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Consists of a friendship album with fourteen handwritten entries from 1827, belonging to Sarah Whiting, who was a student at the Hartford Female Seminary. This school was one of the earliest formal education institutions for women in America, founded by Catharine Beecher in 1823. The entries include poems and notes addressed to Whiting, likely from other students at the Hartford Seminary. Some of these entries were written by students from the Brookfield Seminary, an education institution for women in Massachusetts.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by the name of the creator or by the date of acquisition.

Collection History

Acquisition:

Purchased from Max Rambod Inc. in 2022 (AM 2022-131).

Appraisal

No material was separated during processing.

Processing Information

Item processed and described by Kate Mitchell in June 2022.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

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

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Sarah Whiting Friendship Album at Hartford Female Seminary; General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, C0140, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (mss): Box B-001878

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Existence and Location of Copies

Parts of this collection are available on microfilm, cataloged separately as RCPXM-7497696.

Subject Terms:
Female Seminaries -- United States -- History
Hartford Female Seminary (Hartford, Conn.)
Women -- Education -- Connecticut -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Genre Terms:
Autograph albums -- 19th century