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Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book A Guide to the Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book MG 88

A Guide to the Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book MG 88


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Kathleen Smith

Repository
ODU Community Collections
Identification
MG 88
Title
Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book circa 1865-1953 Date acquired: 00/00/2007
URL:
https://archivesguides.lib.odu.edu/repositories/5/resources/51
Quantity
0.5 Linear Feet
Quantity
1 clamshell box boxes
Creator
Owen, Agnes Exilia (1865-1913)
Language
English .
Abstract
A scrapbook of clippings of newspaper clippings with religious themes and an autograph book, both kept by Exilia Owen (Mrs. Alexander H. Fitzgerald).

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restriction.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Item [insert number and title], Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book. Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Source of Acquisition

Unknown provenance

Method of Acquisition

Gift. Accession #A2007-02

Biographical or Historical Information

Agnes Exilia Owen was born in 1865. She married Alexander H. Fitzgerald, a high school principal in December of 1886 at Manchester Central Methodist Church in Richmond Virginia. They had a daughter named Emily who was born in 1890. According to the 1940 United States Census, Exilia lived with her daughter and her family on 44th Street in Richmond. Mrs. Fitzgerald, passed away in February 1953. She is buried along side her husband Alexander who passed away in 1913, in Maury Cemetary in Richmond.

Sources:

"Christmas Wedding Bells." Daily Times (Richmond, Va.). Chronicling America-Library of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071854/1886-12-23/ed-1/seq-4.pdf

Emily Fitzgerald Gregory (1890-1974). Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=gregory&GSfn=emily&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2929&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=35048369&df=all&

Exila O. Fitzgerald (1865-1953). Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=fitzgerald&GSfn=exilia&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=35048313&df=all&

1940 Census. Ancestery. com. http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Virginia/Exilia-Fitzgerald_kr3ml

Note written by Kathleen Smith

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and an autograph book which was kept by Exilia Owen (Mrs. Alexander H. Fitzgerald. Most of the newspapers clippings in the scrapbook deal with various religious themes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Autograph albums
  • Religion
  • Scrapbooking
  • Scrapbooks--United States

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Owen, Agnes Exilia (1865-1913)
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Container List

Mixed Materials box: 1 Box 1
Box 1
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 Item 1
    Autograph Book Kept by Exilia Owen
    circa 1865-1953
    Preferred Citation

    Autograph Book Kept by Exilia Owen, circa 1865-1953, Box 1, Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Graphic Materials box: 1 Item 2
    Scrapbook Kept by Exilia Owen
    circa 1865-1953
    Preferred Citation

    Scrapbook Kept by Exilia Owen, circa 1865-1953, Box 1, Owen-Fitzgerald Scrapbook and Autograph Book, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.