Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook
Content Description
This scrapbook, signed at the front by Herbert E. Valentine, begins in 1883 with pencil, watercolor, and other illustrations of insects and plant life, including both close up studies and scenes. Photographs (both matted and not) and microscope cards with closer examination are added partway through. Labels for all images, drawn or not, are hand written. Some items in the scrapbook have dates and attribution but most do not. The scrapbook ends with pasted in diagrams of different types of fleas, seemingly cut out from one publication.
Dates
- 1893 - 1908
Creator
- Valentine, Herbert E., 1841- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use. Some of the papers and images are fragile and require special care instructions.
Conditions Governing Use
Dated materials are in the public domain, but other materials are still under copyright by other individuals and organizations. The researcher assumes all responsibility for identifying copyright holders and attaining permission for reproduction.
Biographical / Historical
Herbert Eugene Valentine (1841-1917) was a Private in Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteers regiment attached to General Burnside's Brigade in the Civil War. Valentine is best known for his skteches and writings about his time during the war, and most of his sketches were of navy vessels and his locations during his service. After he mustered out in 1864, Valentine wroked as a bookkeeper at a firm in Boston and lived in West Somerville until he died in 1917. He also wrote and published a book about the history of his Regiment in the Civil War in 1896.
Extent
1 Volumes
0.18 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Latin
Arrangement
Scrapbook kept intact with nothing removed, presumed to be how it was made.
Custodial History
Acquired by the BSNH in 1941 as a gift from Miss Luella M. Eaton.
Accruals
None are expected
Processing Information
Emily Buff (Archives Management Graduate Intern)
Creator
- Valentine, Herbert E., 1841- (Person)
- Title
- Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Emily Buff (Archives Management Graduate Intern)
- Date
- October 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Museum of Science, Boston Archives Repository