Almira Throop Dwight album
name: label: Creator
content: Dwight, Almira Throop
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This album passed down through the Throop family to Mrs. Olive Cole Smith, granddaughter of the painter Deborah Goldsmith Throop (Mrs. George Addison Throop). Jean Lipman subsequently acquired it in the course of doing research on Goldsmith Throop and gave it to the Archives of American Art.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dwight, Almira Throop
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Throops were a family of artists from central New York state.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Volume ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1841-1866
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dwigalmi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2803 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: "Ladies" album containing: poetry and sentiments from friends and relatives as well as several engravings, a sketch, two calling cards, and a lock of hair. Among the family members who signed are: G[eorge] A[ddison] Throop, Eliza Throop, and James A. Throop. Most of the entries indicate that they were written in Preston (Chenango Co.), N.Y. or in the surrounding towns.