M. Palmer Carroll autograph album

Collection — Box: Multi 02

Identifier: MS-0010

Staff Only

Scope and Contents Note

This collection is a "Mental and Portrait Album" kept by M. Palmer Carroll of Chestertown, Maryland. It asks different individuals to answer twenty-two questions. They are the same questions throughout the album. Each entry has a name and address, and occasionally a photograph of the individual. Questions include; "sweetest word in the world" and "the saddest", "character traits you admire", and "what is your motto?"

Dates

Creation: 1895-1899

Access restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication rights

Copyright has not been assigned to Washington College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Washington College as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical Information Note

M. Palmer Carroll (1874-1952) came from a well-to-do family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She lived in Chestertown, MD but spent time in Washington, D.C. in the early 1900s she worked as an assistant bookkeeper at the Second National Bank in Chestertown.