Charlotte Waterbury’s Autograph Book
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Documents
- Description
- An autograph book belonging to Charlotte Waterbury (neé Wettlaufer). She grew up in Hawkesville, then moved to Palermo around 1905.
The practice of keeping autograph books was common throughout the mid-19th century, initially popular on college campuses and gradually shifting to become more and more the practice of children, especially girls. These books were circulated among teachers and classmates, who left messages remembering good times or wishing the recipient well. These were frequently in the form of clever rhyming verses. Autograph books were still popularly used until roughly the 1940’s, however the practice has gradually been abandoned, partly due to the rise of school yearbooks which serve much the same purpose.
This entry reads:
Dear Charlotte
Be good my child, and let who will be clever
Do noble deeds; not dream them all day long
And so make life, death, and the vast forever
One grand sweet song
M. Maud Norton
Palermo, June 22 ‘05 - Notes
- Maud Norton was the daughter of Theophlas (also spelled in Census material as Theophilus or Theopholes) and Ann Norton of Esquesing Township. Maud's father was also a teacher, as were her two sisters. Maud was 21 years old when she wrote this note at the end of the 1905 school year.
- Date Of Event
- June 22, 1905
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Margaret Maud Norton, b. February 28, 1880.
- Local identifier
- OIKW0127
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Charlotte Waterbury’s Autograph Book
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
