Letter to the trustees of the Camden Public Library

Archive

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Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Name/Title

Letter to the trustees of the Camden Public Library

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2017.18.17

Scope and Content

A mass-produced mourning card, edged in black and bearing a printed message: "[Name] acknowledge with grateful appreciation your kind expression of sympathy." The matching envelope is also edged in black. The names filled in are The Misses Alden and Major Alden. The card is addressed to: The Trustees of the Camden Public Library Mrs. Emma C. Dickens, Sec., Camden, Maine Postmarked April 8, 1919, Brookline, Massachusetts.

Collection

Camden Public Library History Collection

Cataloged By

Marie Stickney

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2017.18

Source or Donor

Camden Public Library

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Mourning, Correspondence, Cards

Search Terms

Correspondence/Letter, Emma C. Dickens, Major Alden, Camden Public Library, Mourning cards, Correspondence, Cards

Archive Details

Creator

The Misses Alden and Major Alden

Date(s) of Creation

Apr 8, 1919

Archive Size/Extent

1 card (3.5 in. x 5.5 in.) and envelope (3.5 in. x 5.5 in.)

Archive Notes

Date(s): 1919

Location

Location

Container

WHC 2017.18 Box CPL History Coll. Safe

Shelf

Shelf 4

Cabinet

Vault Shelving Unit 2

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Location

Shelf

Lowest, Lowest

Wall

Light switch wall

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Location

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Inventory

Inventoried By

Wyatt Berry

Inventoried Date

Mar 27, 2018

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Dec 10, 2017

Examined By

Marie Stickney

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dickens, Emma C.

Person or Organization

Alden, Major

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Marie Stickney Status Date: 2017-12-10

Created By

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Create Date

December 10, 2017

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

October 27, 2025