Contents and Arrangement
Online

Notebook, 1837

1 folder
HAS ONLINE CONTENT

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

58 pages, all with inscriptions. Brown paper wrappers printed in black (pictured on front is an engraving of a man lost at sea holding on to a hot air balloon); white paper label with yellow markings and the word "Journal" written on it pasted beneath the engraving, and presumably covering printer/publisher information; multiplication table printed on outside of rear wrapper; 12 additional pages sewn in at the front of the notebook. On inside front wrapper is a small profile of a man's head, and written in pen in the hand of Mary Chrystie's mother, Frances Few Chrystie: "Mary Chrystie 12 years old"; inside of rear wrapper covered with small drawings and doodles and the words "William Few Chrystie has this book or in French dis livre" written in the hand of Mary's brother, William Few Chrystie. First 4 sewn in pages: letter from Mary Chrystie in Saratoga Springs to her brother, Willy, in New York City; final 8 sewn in pages: journal entries beginning July 12, 1837 (written while in Saratoga Springs) in which Mary describes family activities in Saratoga. Included in the sewn in pages is an entry from July 16, 1837 describing the death of a family of birds that nested outside their house, and including a 24-line poem written by Mary's mother, Frances Few Chrystie, to commemorate the birds. The notebook's main text block includes journal entries from July 23, 1837 to December 24, 1837. Journal entries include descriptions of daily activities, Bible texts, and other lessons. Mary's mother, Frances Few Chrystie, has corrected many of Mary's errors and commented on her mistakes, penmanship, and overall writing style. It is clear that Mary's journals were evaluated on a regular basis by her mother (see other letters and journal entries).

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.

Credit this material:

Notebook; Mary Chrystie Papers, COTSEN1, Cotsen Children's Library, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-1148
Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (hsvc): Box 2

Find More

Related Materials

For additional biographical and geneological information about the Chrystie/ Few families and Mary Chrystie, as well as classroom teaching materials related to the collection, see notes by Eric Johnson at Seeley Mudd Manuscript Library.

Mary Chrystie Collection; 1856-2003; Princeton University Library Records, Princeton University Archives, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Bibliography

Eric Johnson, Ohio State University, "Making Mary: Maternal Shaping and the Construction of Childhood in the Mary Christie Archive".