Illustrated manuscript memoir of Mary Cary Packard's life by Sarah F. Martin, 1863-1936, 1951 Sept. 17

Scope and content:

Series consists of an original manuscript in the form of a memorial scrapbook, created by Sarah F. Martin, which narrates the life of her close friend and colleague Mary Cary Packard.

The series inventory includes an entry for each page describing the contents of the page and dates. Items pasted onto the rather brittle pages include photographs in the form of cartes-de-visites and other mounted albumen prints, cyanotypes, and early silver gelatin prints; postcards, greeting cards, and letters; genealogies; newspaper clippings; literary pieces; printed illustrations; humourous verses; lyrics; and business cards. Of note are a card and a short letter from the Governor of Maryland, circa 1932.

Almost all of the items and narratives in the memoir are dated and captioned by Martin.

Blank pages have been omitted from the description.

In order to protect the original, Library staff have created a complete set of color photocopies of the original pages for general use in the reading room.

Processing information:

Library staff removed the scrapbook pages from the original three-ring binder, which remains in the collection, and housed them in Mylar sheets for preservation purposes.

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