Scrapbooks,, 1939-1946 and 1968-1969
Dates
- 1939-1946 and 1968-1969
Scope and Contents
Summary: Three scrapbooks kept by Mary Roebling documenting her personal and professional life. Types of material found in the earlier scrapbooks (1939-1941 and 1942-1946) include newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, programs, invitations, correspondence, greeting and flower enclosure cards, telegrams, membership cards, a horoscope and a certificate appointing Roebling to the State of New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Commission. The third scrapbook (1968-1969) is entirely made up of newspaper clippings.
Subjects include fund-raising events and award ceremonies, parties, Roebling's townhouse, weddings of family members and friends, the Trenton Trust Company, women's clubs, and other organizations. Also includes articles written by Roebling on women and business.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
(1.5 cubic feet )
Conditions Governing Access
There is a folder of correspondences from 1945-1957 within the PERSONAL FILES which is restricted.
Arrangement
Arrangement: Grouped chronologically.
Part of the New Brunswick Special Collections Repository