circa 1878-1881
Miscellaneous manuscripts, Box 3; 85M-01-314-Z-C-0407
GUSN-378331
Autograph album of Fannie Fellows, with signatures dated between 1878 and 1881, when she was about 10-12 years old. It contains signatures from a number of individuals, such as her father Enoch Q. Fellows, her brother Willie B. Fellows, her sister Lizzie M. Fellows, her aunt Dorothy S. Flanders (Barker) Fellows, her uncle Christopher C. Fellows, several cousins, and various friends, teachers, and acquaintances. The autographs within the book are not in chronological order. The majority of signatures are signed Center Sandwich, New Hampshire; it also includes the address of "N.C. Merrill" in Clarinda, Ness County, Kansas. Signatures in the album are accompanied by poem excerpts, quotes, riddles, and illustrations.
The front of the autograph album reads "Scroll and Fern Autograph Album" and is copyrighted 1878. The artist and printer/publisher are not identified.
autograph albums
families
signatures (names)
engravings (prints)
poetry
quotations (texts)
autograph albums
engravings (prints)
signatures (names)
1 autograph album : illustrated; 4 7/8 x 2 7/8 inches
MS029
Miscellaneous manuscript collection
2024
MS029.002.053
Library & Archives Purchase
Purchase, 2024.
Sandwich (Carroll county, New Hampshire)
Center Sandwich (Carroll county, New Hampshire)
Ness county (Kansas) [county]
autograph albums
engravings (prints)
signatures (names)
Fellows, Sarah Frances, 1868-1936
Fellows, Enoch Q. , 1825-1897
Fellows, William B., 1858-1920
Fellows, Mary Elizabeth, 1861-1893
Barker, Nettie L., 1859-1945
Fellows, Christopher C., 1820-1888
Fellows, Dorothy Barker, 1820-1903
Watson, Franklin B., 1849-1932
Stanton, Theresa B., 1870-1908
Beede, Abbie E., 1839-1930
Russell, Sarah Ann, 1851-1932
Clark, Lulie May, 1860-1942
Severance, Lizzie S., 1859-1931
Mudgett, Mary Olive, 1843-1921
Merrill, N. C., 1855-
Cook, May B.
Bean, L. Adella
Friendship
Item
Miscellaneous manuscripts, Box 3; 85M-01-314-Z-C-0407
Autograph book
Autograph book\n
Autograph book and letters
Autograph album of Emma I. Fiske, Lexington, Mass., 1868
Autograph album of Fannie Fellows, Sandwich, New Hampshire, circa 1878-1884
Sarah Frances "Fannie" Fellows was born in 1868 in Sandwich, New Hampshire, to Enoch Q. Fellows (1825-1897) and his wife Mary Elizabeth (Quimby) Fellows (1827-1887). She had two older siblings, William B. Fellows (1858-1920) and Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Fellows (1861-1893). Fannie made a career as a music teacher. In 1892, she married Dr. Arthur H. Wilde (1865-1944), a professor who taught at Northwestern University and later served as a dean at Boston University. Fannie died in 1936 in Needham, Mass. at the age of 68.
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