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Box 682.048

Container

Contains 5 Results:

George Washington Scrapbook

File — Box: 682.048, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains three scrapbooks given to Hobbs, as well as the contents from his own notebooks All three scrapbooks in this series (as well as the material for a fourth), were collected by Sarah John (Mrs. Henry William) English, of Jackson, Illinois. Mrs. English was a friend of the Hobbs's. Apparently she created the scrapbooks after trips to various historical sites and gave them to Hobbs.

Dates: 1921-1952; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Samuel Francis Hobbs papers / SCRAPBOOKS

Washington’s Portrait in Nassau Hall (Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey) and Nassau Hall History

File — Box: 682.048, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains three scrapbooks given to Hobbs, as well as the contents from his own notebooks All three scrapbooks in this series (as well as the material for a fourth), were collected by Sarah John (Mrs. Henry William) English, of Jackson, Illinois. Mrs. English was a friend of the Hobbs's. Apparently she created the scrapbooks after trips to various historical sites and gave them to Hobbs.

Dates: 1921-1952; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Samuel Francis Hobbs papers / SCRAPBOOKS

Abraham Lincoln Scrapbook

File — Box: 682.048, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains three scrapbooks given to Hobbs, as well as the contents from his own notebooks All three scrapbooks in this series (as well as the material for a fourth), were collected by Sarah John (Mrs. Henry William) English, of Jackson, Illinois. Mrs. English was a friend of the Hobbs's. Apparently she created the scrapbooks after trips to various historical sites and gave them to Hobbs.

Dates: 1921-1952; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Samuel Francis Hobbs papers / SCRAPBOOKS

Lincoln Lore Newsletters

File — Box: 682.048, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains three scrapbooks given to Hobbs, as well as the contents from his own notebooks All three scrapbooks in this series (as well as the material for a fourth), were collected by Sarah John (Mrs. Henry William) English, of Jackson, Illinois. Mrs. English was a friend of the Hobbs's. Apparently she created the scrapbooks after trips to various historical sites and gave them to Hobbs.

Dates: 1921-1952; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Samuel Francis Hobbs papers / SCRAPBOOKS

Material for Confederate Tribute Scrapbook

File — Box: 682.048, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains three scrapbooks given to Hobbs, as well as the contents from his own notebooks All three scrapbooks in this series (as well as the material for a fourth), were collected by Sarah John (Mrs. Henry William) English, of Jackson, Illinois. Mrs. English was a friend of the Hobbs's. Apparently she created the scrapbooks after trips to various historical sites and gave them to Hobbs.

Dates: 1921-1952; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Samuel Francis Hobbs papers / SCRAPBOOKS