Farbush, May. Handwritten memory album, 1879–1885, documenting women’s higher education and student networks at Iowa College during the late nineteenth century, a formative period in the expansion of collegiate opportunities for women in the United States. The album preserves written exchanges among classmates and acquaintances, recording intellectual training, language study.....

Patterson, Elizabeth N. Friendship album, begun 1831, documents early nineteenth-century American album culture among young women educated in New England academies, with emphasis on sentimental expression, moral instruction, and the maintenance of social bonds through handwritten verse and prose. The volume supports research into women’s education, gendered expectations, and the.....