ABSTRACT: Friendship album for Mary Holloway, circa 1854-1861.
SCOPE: This friendship album belonged to Mary E. Holloway, a student at Fort Wayne College and a resident of Poolsville, Indiana. The pages include notes and autographs from her classmates, many of whom are listed as boarders at the College Hall boarding house. The album is bound in black leather covers with gilt decoration.
EXTENT: Approximately 104 pages.
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Preferred Citation note: The preferred citation for this collection is “From the Special Collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri – St. Louis."
