Amy H. Williams Manuscript Collection 1809-1930; Williams Family Post-Mortem Daguerreotype, circa 1850s

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Historic Sugartown

Williams Family Post-Mortem Daguerreotype, circa 1850s: 2023.008.2.01 Williams Family Post-Mortem Daguerreotype, circa 1850s
Williams Family Post-Mortem Daguerreotype, circa 1850s

2023.008.2.01 Williams Family Post-Mortem Daguerreotype, circa 1850s

Name/Title

Amy H. Williams Manuscript Collection 1809-1930; Williams Family Post-Mortem Daguerreotype, circa 1850s

Entry/Object ID

2023.008.01

Tags

Daguerreotype, Geneaology

Scope 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

Williams Family Post-Mortem Daguerreotype, circa 1850s

Collection

Amy H Williams Manuscript Collection

Cataloged By

Susannah Thurlow

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Daguerreotype

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Positive, Direct

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Daguerreotypes, Mourning customs

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1850 - 1880

Archive Size/Extent

1 linear feet

Restrictions

none

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

daguerreotypes are very fragile.

Archive Items Details

Title

Amy H. Williams Manuscript Collection (MSS 008)

Container

1 box

Subjects

Daguerreotypes

Inventory

Inventoried By

Susannah Thurlow

Inventoried Date

Mar 28, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Mar 28, 2023

Create Date

March 28, 2023

Update Date

May 4, 2023