Scope and Contents Commonplace book of an unknown person. Inlaid between front flyleaf and first page is an envelope inscribed "Julia Fr(?)eely, 943 Paradrome St., Mt. Adams scrapbook." This may be the creator's or the donor's identification. The inscription is written in a hand that is distinct from that found in the commonplace book, which contains handwritten copied poetry and pasted-in clippings, most of which relate to Catholicism and the Catholic Church. Included are clippings regarding the deaths of Fr....

Abstract

Xavier University Collection of Clippings Scrapbooks contains scrapbooks of clippings from a variety of nineteenth century Cincinnati and national newspapers, primarily on the topic of Nativism.