1868
HAV-01-403-Z-K-202; Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Bound, Box 9
GUSN-358961
Autograph album of Emma I. Fiske measuring 8 x 3/4 inches. The album is dated 1868. It contains signatures from a number of individuals, such as her brother Louie T. Fiske, her grandmother Pamela (Brown) Fiske, her aunt Mary Elizabeth (Fiske) Fessenden, and various friends and acquaintances. The autographs within the book are not in chronological order. The vast majority of signatures are signed Lexington, Massachusetts, and East Lexington, Massachusetts, although locations in New Hampshire, Maine, and other towns in Massachussetts can be found. Entries in the journal often contain poems excerpts, quotes, and well wishes.
The cover has an embossed ornamental design surrounding a debossed and gilded ornamental design with the word ALBUM in the center. The edges of the pages are gilded. Apprxomimately every four pages, the colors of the pages within the book change, cycling between pastel yellow, pink, purple, and blue. Interspersed throughout the book are various engravings engraved and printed by the Illman Brothers. Three of the engravings found in the book were originally drawn or painted by artists Jules David, F. J. Shields, and Paul Delaroche.
autograph albums
signatures (names)
engravings (prints)
friends
families
poetry
quotations (texts)
autograph albums
engravings (prints)
signatures (names)
1 autograph album ; 8 x 6 3/4 inches
MS029
Miscellaneous manuscript collection
1982
MS029.002.022
Gift
Gift of Mrs. Rosamund Howe, 1982
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
East Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Reading (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Arlington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Malden (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
East Cambridge (Cambridge, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Belmont (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Brighton (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Waltham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Harvard Square (Cambridge, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [park]
Eaton Pond (Worcester county, Massachusetts) [lake]
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Wilmington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Wakefield (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Cambridgeport (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Kennebunkport (York county, Maine)
Madison (Carroll county, New Hampshire)
Francestown (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)
Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Illman Brothers (Printer)
David, Jules, 1808-1892 (Artist)
Shields, Frederic, 1833-1911 (Artist)
Delaroche, Paul, 1797-1856 (Painter)
autograph albums
engravings (prints)
signatures (names)
Fessenden, Mary Elizabeth (Fiske), 1824-1890
Burnham, Esther M. (Flint), 1833-1906
Fiske, Carrie F., 1851-
Fiske, Louie T., 1853-
Fiske, James Francis, 1825-1883
Fiske, Lydia Hastings (Ingraham), 1829-1877
Fessenden, Edward Stanley, 1848-1937
Jenney, Nelson, 1812-1896
Jenney, Hannah (Seavey), 1818-1887
Chenery, Charles Henry, 1828-1906
Lincoln, Eliza (Pratt), 1820-1907
Fiske, Pamela (Brown), 1800-1897
Godey's Lady Book
Peterson's Magazine
Autographs
friends
Family
Item
HAV-01-403-Z-K-202; Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Bound, Box 9
Autograph album of Fannie Fellows, Sandwich, New Hampshire, circa 1878-1881
Emma I. Fiske was born on April 18, 1848 in Lexington, Massachusetts, to James Francis Fiske (1825-1883) and his wife Lydia Hastings (Ingraham) Fiske (1829-1877). She had two siblings, Carrie F. Fiske (b. 1851) and Louie T. Fiske (b. 1853). She is a descendant of the Fiske family, who were among the early settlers of what was once called Cambridge Farms, Massachusetts, part of which is now called Lexington, Massachusetts. Emma died in 1938 at the age of 90.
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