Name/Title
Amy H. Williams Manuscript Collection/Amy Hall Hair Album 1834-1844Entry/Object ID
2023.008.001Tags
Geneaology, Hair AlbumScope and Content
Amy H. Williams (1823-1889), nee Hall, born July 18, 1823, was a resident of the village of Sugartown and lived on Spring Road with her parents Thomas Hall and Phebe Mode Hall and her older siblings: Mode, Mary, Thomas and Phebe. She married William Williams Sr. and was mother to Amy Ida Williams Glisson and Thomas H. Williams.Context
Victorian hair albums were often assembled using locks of hair from living friends and family and are equivalent of a friendship album. This album was created by Amy Hall (Williams)Collection
Amy H Williams Manuscript CollectionCataloged By
Susannah ThurlowLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
ScrapbookNomenclature Primary Object Term
AlbumNomenclature Sub-Class
MemorabiliaNomenclature Sub-Class
Hair AdornmentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Class
AdornmentNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 03: Personal ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Hairwork jewelry, Albums (Books)Archive Details
Creator
Amy H. WilliamsDate(s) of Creation
1834 - 1844Create Date
April 6, 2023Update Date
May 11, 2023![Amy Hall Williams Hair Album 1834-1844: hair samples from Mary [L] Hall 1834, "sister"; Thomas H. Whislar 1839; Amy Hall [undated]](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/3060/b3662440-d4b8-11ed-afcb-5b59d9af3ab8-vUUThNn.lg@2x.jpg)
![Amy Hall Williams Hair Album 1834-1844: Dear Amy, Ann [unintelligible] a lock of her's and little Mary's hair with a request to have them sent [unintelligible] I also enclose a small portion of my own [...] worthy of thy acceptance. Respectfully Sarah [Evans].
Hair samples from Sarah Evans, Mary Smith and Ann Smith](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/3060/b3664b51-d4b8-11ed-afcb-5b59d9af3ab8-vUUThNn.lg@2x.jpg)
![Amy Hall Williams Hair Album 1834-1844: Hair samples from: Mary Cox Jr. 1842; Lydia Thatcher 1842; Mary [?] Whislar 1841](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/3060/9202a0e0-d881-11ed-afcb-5b59d9af3ab8-vUUThNn.lg@2x.jpg)
![Amy Hall Williams Hair Album 1834-1844: Hair Samples from: Mary H. Cox 1841 "cousin"; Phebe [unintelligible]](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/3060/3f60b050-d883-11ed-afcb-5b59d9af3ab8-vUUThNn.lg@2x.jpg)
![Amy Hall Williams Hair Album 1834-1844: Hair Samples from: Phebe Mode Sr. [189] "grandmother"; William Mode Sr. [189] "grandfather"; Phebe Hall Jr. 1840 "mother"; William Mode Jr.; Mary Davis 1841.](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/3060/e0997400-d880-11ed-afcb-5b59d9af3ab8-vUUThNn.lg@2x.jpg)
