Sarah Dimmock scrapbook
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing 23 leaves. Seventeen leaves were used for pasted down color lithographic advertisement cards and news clippings, and 6 leaves were left blank. The scrapbook has brown cloth covered boards with green, silver, black, and tan embossed decorations and silver title on the front cover. The front hinge is cracked. Cloth and pages are in good to very good condition. The contents include a speech by N. P. Willis, Bible and religious verse, an obituary, a marriage announcement, an article regarding dedication of a "New Presbyterian Church by Rev. J. H. Martin of Atlanta," several loose clippings laid inside, seven color lithographs and advertisement cards ranging in size from 8" x 5" and smaller, and one hand written recipe for the whooping cough. Inscription in pencil written on the front paste down reads "Miss Sarah Dimmock from Mollie Dec 30th 1880 Carrolton, Ga."
Dates
- 1880
Creator
- Dimmock, Sarah, 1861-1938 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open to all users.
Biographical / Historical
Sarah Dimmock was born in 1861 in Carroll County, Georgia, and died in Darien, Georgia in 1938 at the age of 76.
Extent
0.03 Linear feet
Language
English
Overview
Scrapbook that belonged to Sarah Dimmock of Carroll County, Georgia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by Special Collections in 2019.
Processing Information
Processed by Michael Camp, January 2020.
- Title
- Sarah Dimmock Scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Michael Camp
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of West Georgia Special Collections Repository
Special Collections, Ingram Library
University of West Georgia
1601 Maple Street
Carrollton GA 30118-2000 United States
special@westga.edu