Natural history scrapbooks collection
Scope and Contents
The Natural history scrapbooks collection, 1890-1903, contains clippings of newspaper articles and pictures about animals, plants, and natural history wonders as well as pressed plants. The first scrapbook's title page, page numbers and index are hand-drawn with intricate detail. Empty pages are left in between to signal the start of a new natural history topic. The index is arranged by animals, birds, fish, reptiles and insects, plants, and geology and natural wonders. The second scrapbook contains the common, generic, specific, and family names of plants.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1903
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is located at the Loyola Notre Dame Library. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Natural history scrapbooks collection is the physical property of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Notre Dame Library. Copyright, except in cases where material has passed into the public domain, belongs to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.
Biographical / Historical
It is believed the natural history scrapbooks belonged to College of Notre Dame of Maryland students or faculty members.
Full Extent
.47 Cubic Feet (One legal half-size document box and one flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Natural history scrapbooks collection, 1890-1903, contains clippings of newspaper articles and pictures about animals, plants, and natural history wonders as well as pressed plants. The 1890s scrapbook's title page, page numbers and index are hand-drawn with intricate detail. It is believed the scrapbooks belonged to College of Notre Dame of Maryland students or faculty members.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
There is no known acquisition information for this collection.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2019 by Shavonne Munnlyn (with additional description added in 2025 by Kara Montgomery-Smith).
- Title
- Guide to the Natural history scrapbooks collection
- Author
- Shavonne Munnlyn
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Loyola Notre Dame Library Archives and Special Collections Repository