Guide to the Ella Lyon Autograph Album MS.R.099

Processed by Andre Ambrus.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Ella Lyon autograph album
Creator: Lyon, Ella
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.099
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1881-1883
Abstract: This collection comprises an autograph album containing autographs, poems, friendship sentiments, quotations, and pencil drawings. The album was presented to Ella Lyon by her mother on her 16th birthday (1881, Jan. 17). The Lyons lived in Tustin, California. Materials in the autograph book are from friends and relatives from surrounding Southern California communities, mostly from Tustin but also from Los Angeles, Orange, and Santa Ana.
Language of Material: English .

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.

Preferred Citation

Ella Lyon autograph album. MS-R99. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Acquisition Information

Acquired, 2002.

Processing Information

Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2003.

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection comprises an autograph album containing autographs, poems, friendship sentiments, quotations, and pencil drawings. The album was presented to Ella Lyon by her mother on her 16th birthday (1881, Jan. 17). The Lyons lived in Tustin, California. Materials in the autograph book are from friends and relatives from surrounding Southern California communities, mostly from Tustin but also from Los Angeles, Orange, and Santa Ana.
The album contains several tipped-in items, including a dried plant and an 1895 funeral notice.

box 1, folder 1

Autograph album circa 1881-1883

General Physical Description note: Cloth cover, with gilt edges, 17.5 x 21.5 cm.