Miscellaneous memorabilia collection, after 1840

Summary

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

after 1840

Extent:

8 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Miscellaneous memorabilia collection, ms910, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of miscellaneous memorabilia: a lorgnette; two fans; pocket knife; Telamon Cuyler's handkerchief from the Berlin Trade Exhibition of 1896; miniature calendar (1921); Piso's Pocket Book Almanac, the world's smallest almanacs (1910, 1917); and piece of embroidery (given to Cora Urquhardt Potter when she was on tour in India). Also included in the collection are war ration books presented to William Tate, Susan Barrow Tate, Benjamin Barrow Tate, and William Jefferson Tate of Athens, Georgia (1942-1943); and Russell A. Price, Helen B. Price, Kenneth E. Price, and Harold L. Price of Frostburg, Maryland (1942-1943).

Indexed terms

Subjects:

History -- 19th century.
History -- 20th century.
Ration books.
Memorabilia.
Ephemera.

Names:

Tate family

Preferred citation:

Miscellaneous memorabilia collection, ms910, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.