Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Picture, Hair |
Catalog Number |
0985.14.00038 |
Date |
c. 1861-1865 |
Description |
Spray of flowers made from human hair with springs emendating from a central branch. Contained in a satin lined box with a resist dyed legend detailing from whom each hair sample was taken. On the back is written in black ink, "S. S. # 53 / Hair collected during war 1861-65 / by Miss Jeannette F. Conrad, / Harrisonburg VA and made / into flowers by her / Given to S.S. Room by niece / Mary Lynn Conrad / June 3, 1902". |
Material |
hair (human) ; paper ; textile |
Dimensions |
H-10.25 W-8 L-8 inches |
Owned |
J. E. Conrad [Jennetta E. Conrad; Jeanetta Emma Conrad] |
Made |
Jennetta E. Conrad |
Provenance |
Hair collected during the Civil War from the persons herewith named by Miss Jennetta E. Conrad, Harrisonburg, Virginia and made into flowers by her: 1. Jefferson Davis 2. Mrs. Letcher 3. Governor Letcher 4. Mrs. Robert E. Lee 5. Robert E. Lee 6. General J.E.B. Stuart 7. General Huger 8. General Gordon 9. General Pegram 10. General Rosser 11. General Hays 12. General Jenkins 13. General Turner Ashby 14. General Imoboden |
People |
Conrad, Jennetta E. Davis, Jefferson Lee, Robert E. Lee, Mary Anna Randolph Custis [Mrs. Robert E.] Letcher, John S. Letcher, John S., Mrs. Stuart, James Ewell Brown (J. E. B.) (Jeb) Huger, Benjamin Gordon, John B. Custis, Mary Anna Randolph Pegram, John Rosser, Thomas Lafayette Hays, Harry T. Jenkins Ashby, Turner Imboden, John Daniel |
Search Terms |
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862 |
Subjects |
hair memorial |