memoirs
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Narratives or histories autobiographical in nature or stressing the author's personal experience of the events. For works that are written daily or on a frequent basis, laying out a day's events and experiences, see "diaries."
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Phillips family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1125
Abstract
Memoirs and journals written by lawyer and politician Philip Phillips, his wife, Eugenia Phillips, and their two youngest sons, lawyer William Hallett Phillips and Library of Congress Superintendent of Maps Philip Lee Phillips. Also includes a poem describing a Washington, D.C., ball in which Eugenia is referenced, and an address based on the writings and works of Philip Lee Phillips.
Dates:
1848-1889, 1998
Found in:
Special Collections