Scrapbook I., 11/28/1885-10/28/1888

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: 41560

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren papers consist of one scrapbook intact, containing material dating from 1885 through 1888; a fragment of a scrapbook, containing material dating 1877 through 1879; and one tintype, possibly of the Irish statesman, Charles Stewart Parnell. The following description of this collection begins with the complete scrapbook, designated Scrapbook I. The fragmented Scrapbook II follows, with the tintype as the last item in the collection. Itemization of material within each scrapbook is by page number pencilled in [ ] on each page. Inserts glued in between proper pages are designated with a page number followed by a letter [a, b, or c]. Terms in the Index are referenced by the page numbers in [ ]. To distinguish between the two scrapbooks, check folder numbers to the right of the index. Datespan: 1877-1888 Size: 0.25 linear feet, 1 box

The Georgetown University Archives houses a fair amount of material about the Dahlgren family. This includes 4 folders in the Alumni Files about John Vinton Dahlgren, including autograph letters from him to various university administrators. In addition, files, comprising 0.50 linear feet, are available on the Dahlgren Memorial Chapel located on the main campus of the university. The chapel was a gift of John Vinton and his wife Eliza Drexel, built in memory of their son, Joseph Drexel Dahlgren who died in infancy (1891). He is buried now in the chapel in the Dahlgren family crypt. Cardinal James Gibbons officiated at the laying of the cornerstone to the chapel in May 1892. Information concerning other donations from the Dahlgren family to Georgetown University is also available from the University Archives.

Dates

11/28/1885-10/28/1888

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.21 Linear Feet (1 Hollinger Slim Document Case)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

[57] @ News item re. dinner party given by MVD in honor of Cardinal James Gibbons. (The Catholic Review, March 10, 1888). @ In memoriam for Judge Henry A. Townsend. (See also p.55.) @ Numerous small news items (1888) re. social activities of MVD. @ News item about the history of the Dahlgren gun. Includes sketch. (The Republican, St. Louis, March 18, 1888). @ [p.59] @ "An Appeal to Women as Mothers" (Washington Star, April 3, 1888). Letter to the editor by MVD speaking against women's suffrage. Includes 3 commentaries in response. @ "Our Heroes' Widows" (April 4, 1888). Includes a description of MVD's house at Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C. @ [p.60a] AMs poem entitled, "The Sea" by MVD. @ [p.61] @ "A Catholic Lady on Woman Suffrage" (The Michigan Catholic, April 12, 1888). Reports MVD's views against women's suffrage. @ "Personal Mention" (The Valley Register, August 29, 1888). Lists guests summering with MVD at her South Mountain estate. Includes, the daughters of the Drexel family of Philadelphia, and various senators. @ "Clubs at the Capital" n.d. Reference to the Literary Club of Washington, D.C. of which MVD was hostess. @ Small news item re. the illness and subsequent paralysis of William De Rohan. When she read of this, "Mrs. Dahlgren...sent funds and had De Rohan brought over [from Havre, France], and has since cared for him in her own house." @ [p.63] @ Obituary for Rev. Dr. William F. Morgan, rector of St. Thomas' Protestant Episcopal Chruch, New York. Another notice appeared in The Tribune, May 20, 1888. @ Obituary for Alvin Vinton, Sr., a relative of MVD's. n.d. @"Diplomats at Washington" (August 1888). Letter to the editor from MVD responding to an article on entertaining and etiquette in Washington, D.C. She quotes from her own book, "Etiquette of Social Life in Washington" (published in successive editions, 1873, 1876, 1881, 1894). @ Small news announcement (n.d.) for MVD's book, "Divorced." @ [p.65] @ "Some Washington Widows" (The Philadephia, May 27, 1888). Written by Mary Logan Tucker, the daughter of Gen. John Alexander Logan (1826-1886). Recounts a tour of war memorabilia of JAD and Ulric Dahlgren owned by MVD. @ "The French City in Ohio" n.d. Concerns the town of Gallipolis, Ohio, MVD's birthplace. Refers to the cemetery in which MVD's maternal grandfather is buried. "A pretty monument surmounted by a cross preserves the memory of John Peter Romaine Bureau, who came to Gallipolis in 1799, and of his wife Madelaine Francoise Charlotte Marrel." Their daughter Romaine Madelaine married Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862) of Gallipolis and member of Congress. These are MVD's parents.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

GIBBONS, JAMES (CARDINAL) - REFERENCE [57]: Printed Item

TOWNSEND, HENRY A. - IN MEMORIAM [57]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - SOCIAL ACTIVITIES (MISC.) ARTICLES [57]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN GUN - HISTORY OF: ARTICLE [57]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - "APPEAL TO WOMEN AS WRITERS, AN"(ARTICLE)[59]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE: ARTICLE ON [59]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, JOHN A. - WAR MEMORABILIA: ARTICLE ON [65]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, ULRIC - WAR MEMORABILIA: ARTICLE ON [65]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - "THE SEA" (POEM): MSS [60A]: Manuscript

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE [61]: Printed Item

DREXEL FAMILY - REFERENCE [61]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. & LITERARY CLUB, WASHINGTON D.C. [61]: Printed Item

DE ROHAN, WILLIAM - ILLNESS/PARALYSIS [61]: Printed Item

MORGAN, WILLIAM F. (REV.) - OBITUARY [63]: Printed Item

VINTON, ALVIN, SR. - OBITUARY [63]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - "DIPLOMATS AT WASHINGTON" (ARTICLE) [63]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - "ETIQUETTE OF SOCIAL LIFE IN WASHINGTON" [63]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - "DIVORCED" (BOOK) ANNOUNCEMENT [63]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN HOUSE, THOMAS CIRCLE, D.C. - ARTICLE ON [59]: Printed Item

BUREAU, JOHN PETER ROMAINE - GRAVE IN GALLIPOLIS, OH [65]: Printed Item

BUREAU, MADELAINE FRANCOISE C. MARREL - GRAVE IN GALLIPOLIS, OH [65]: Printed Item

BUREAU, ROMAINE MADELAINE - MARRIAGE TO SAMUEL F. VINTON [65]: Printed Item

VINTON, SAMUEL F. - MARRIAGE TO ROMAINE M. BUREAU [65]: Printed Item

TUCKER, MARY LOGAN - "SOME WASHINGTON WIDOWS" (ARTICLE) [65]: Printed Item

LOGAN - SEE: TUCKER, MARY LOGAN [65]: Printed Item