Martha's Vineyard Museum
A Finding Aid to the Alice Howland Scrapbook
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
| Repository | Martha's Vineyard Museum Gale Huntington Research Library 59 School Street P.O. Box 1310 Edgartown, MA 02539 (508) 627-4441 |
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| Call Number | RU 513 |
| Creator | Howland, Alice, 1897-1986 |
| Title | Alice Howland scrapbook |
| Date | 1949-1970 |
| Extent | 1 folder (0.138 cubic feet) |
| Language | The materials are in English. |
| Abstract | Alice Forbes Howland had a long family history with Martha’s Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings about ancient artifacts and weather extremes. |
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Use and Reproduction Restrictions
Requests to reproduce material from this collection should be directed to the library's staff. Reproduction fees may apply.
Preferred Citation
Martha's Vineyard Museum, RU 513, Alice Howland Scrapbook.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Alice Howland of Chilmark in 1983 (Accession no. 1983.051).
Publication Information
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Gale Huntington Research Library59 School Street
P.O. Box 1310
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508) 627-4441
Processing Information
Finding aid prepared by Joyce Cooper in February 2015 with assistance from Lara J. Ullman and machine-encoded by Nathaniel Janick in March 2015.
Creation of this finding aid was sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Scrapbooks
Geographic Name(s)
- Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)
Subject(s)
- Hurricanes
- Monuments
Biography/Historical Note
Alice Hathaway Forbes Howland (1897-1986) was the daughter of John Malcolm Forbes (1847-1904) and his second wife Rose (Dabney) Forbes (1864-1947). Alice married Weston Howland in Milton, Massachusetts, in 1922. The couple lived in Milton for many years and had three children. Alice Howland is the author of three books: Three Islands Pasque, Nashawena and Penikese; Growing up at Uncatena; and The Descendants of John Bass Dabney and Roxa Lewis Dabney: 1766-1966.
Scope and Content Note
Howland had in interest in the ancient beginnings of Martha’s Vineyard shown in the articles she saved about Viking history, ancient monuments, and prehistoric finding. There are also articles about changes made to the island by hurricanes.
Arrangement
The material is housed in Box 1 of RU 507, American Youth Hostel Scrapbooks.
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | |||
Scrapbook, 1949-1970 | 1 | 3 | ||