"Authors' Book" scrapbook
Scope and Contents
The title, “Authors’ Book,” is embroidered on the front cover above a trellis and floral decoration. The scrapbook contains 166 clippings of author portraits across eighty-three pages. Next to each portrait is a handwritten list of works the creator may have read, hoped to read, or kept for some other purpose. Those with the longest entries (ten or more titles) include, in order of appearance: Anthony Hope, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Adeline D. T. Whitney, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Francis Marion Crawford, Rudyard Kipling, C. A. Buchheim (titles in German), and William Dean Howells. Other authors represented in the scrapbook include George Eliot, William Shakespeare, Samuel Clemens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sir Walter Scott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Charles Dickens.
Dates
- late 1800s to early 1900s
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.
Biographical / Historical
The creator of the scrapbook is currently unknown, but the contents suggest it was compiled primarily in the late nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century. The scrapbook may provide evidence of reading practices, reading culture, and the availability and consumption of books in late nineteenth-century America.
Extent
0.15 Cubic Feet (1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The scrapbook titled “Authors’ Book” is a cloth notebook containing 166 clippings of author portraits across eighty-three pages. Next to each portrait is a list of works, handwritten in pen or pencil. The creator of the scrapbook is unknown, but the contents suggest it was compiled primarily in the late nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Janet West in March 2021.
Condition Description
The spine of the scrapbook is loose and must be handled with care.
Processing Information
Processed by Brooke Shilling in December 2021.
- Buchheim, C. A. (Charles Adolphus), 1828-1900
- Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion), 1854-1909
- Hope, Anthony, 1863-1933
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
- Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
- Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911
- Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train), 1824-1906
- Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
- scrapbooks
- Title
- Guide to the "Authors' Book" scrapbook
- Author
- Brooke Shilling
- Date
- 2021 December
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
The Sheridan Libraries
Special Collections
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Baltimore MD 21218 USA
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