Hettie L.Templeton friendship album
Scope and Contents
An autograph album for Hettie L. Templeton, a young woman who was one of the first female graduates from the Albany Collegiate Institute (now Lewis and Clark College) in 1878. The book includes entries from 1877 to 1881, primarily from college classmates and mentors, childhood friends, and acquaintances gained as she married and traveled across the country during her honeymoon. Includes some newspaper clippings about Hettie's graduation and her oration at the ceremony. Dated 1877-1881.
Dates
- 1877-1881
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Hettie L. Thompson was born June 25, 1859 in Albany, Oregon to Louisa Matilda (Burkhart) Thompson and David M. Thompson. She was one of the first female graduates of Oregon's Albany Collegiate Institute, later now as the Lewis and Clark College, in 1878. Hettie married Dr. Charles Ritchey Templeton and had three children. One son died in infancy in 1882. The family lived in Portland, Oregon, where Charles practiced dentistry. Charles passed away in 1934, and Hettie in 1940.
Extent
1 volume (unpaged) ; 22 cm
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Purchased from Whitmore Rare Books in October 2021.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased; Whitmore Rare Books; October 2021.
Appraisal
Western History (Mormon and Wesern American Mansuscripts Collection Development Policy V.B.5.
Processing Information
Processed; Jaymon Roan; 2022.
- Title
- Register of Hettie L. Templeton friendship album
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jaymon Roan
- Date
- 2022 March 16
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States