Manuscript notebooks associated with the Rosamond B. Loring Collection of Decorated Papers
Overview
Notebooks from the 18th and 19th centuries encompassing a range of topics as well as printing and binding styles.
Dates
- Creation: 1738-1895
Condition Description
Notebooks are in a range of conditions. The oldest materials have scuffed and peeling covers, as well as discolored pages.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine retrieval policies and times.
Extent
1 linear feet (1 box)Personal notebooks in a variety of languages and styles illustrating a wide range of printing and binding techniques. Includes school notebooks, albums and diaries, account books, blank notebooks, geographical notes, speeches, plays, poetry, and prayers. Also includes one notebook of childhood penmanship lessons kept by Rosamond B. Loring.
Biographical / Historical
Rosamond B. Loring (1889-1950) was a maker, collector, and historian of decorated papers. She was the author of Marbled papers (1933); Decorated book papers (1942; 2nd ed., with additional material, 1952; 4th ed., with additional material, 2007);Colored Paste Papers, The New Colophon 2/5 (January 1949): 33-40; and Marbled and Paste Papers: Rosamond Loring's Recipe Book [facsimile ed.] (2007).
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Education Materials
- II. Account books
- III. Albums and diaries
- IV. Blank books
- V. Other writings
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2023MH-35. Part of a collection of manuscripts kept with the Rosamond B. Loring Collection of Decorated Papers (52L) but of unknown provenance.
Processing Information
This collection was processed to a basic level with minimal rehousing, organization, and preservation. (Aurora Charlow, 2023)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Manuscript notebooks associated with the Rosamond B. Loring Collection of Decorated Papers, 1738-1895 (MS Typ 1353): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2023 May 31
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03567
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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