Letter about provenance of a shawl

Name/Title

Letter about provenance of a shawl

Entry/Object ID

ARC766

Scope and Content

Letter from Elizabeth M. McDonald (Mrs. Henry Temple McDonald) to John Alfriend, providing information on the ownership of the shawl (Object # 133) purportedly worn by Judge Richard Parker during the trial of John Brown. According to the letter, Elizabeth Sims, a teacher of Domestic Science at Storer College, gave the shawl to Henry T. McDonald, president of Storer College (and husband of the author). The author did not know how Sims obtained the shawl.

Acquisition

Accession

00

Source or Donor

Found in collection

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1953