| Description | A commonplace book resembles a scrapbook or journal, filled with memorabilia from the student’s time at the college and beyond, a personal way to remember the social side of college life.
This example is believed to have belonged to Sarah Barber of Withington, a student at Stockwell College from 1877 - 1878. The book continued to be added to until the final entry by Dorothy Bond in 1910. Sarah Barber's married name was Bond. It contains mainly written entries, with a few drawings. Several copied poems or extracts are about women, such as an extract entitled "Woman's kingdom" by Rushkin, and "A Perfect Woman" by Wordsworth.
Fellow Stockwell College students who wrote in the book include: Katherine Phillips; Jennie Parker; Alice Lansdale; Kate Blabey; Alice Campbell; Annie Johnson; Jessie Lindsay; Eva Venn; Frances Ada Mold; Ellen Porter; Dorcas Quirk; Kate (Kitty) Holmes; Annie Bird; Elizabeth Baker; Annie Steele; Clara A Bell; Eliza (Lily) Rose; Connie Taylor; Elizabeth Wood; Euphemia Smith; Laura Fry; Jennie Barker; Elizabeth Dearsley; Kate Ainsworth; Emily Clayden; Eliza Tyer; Alice Hague; Clara Hodges |