![Nelson, David Fox. “Volume 5,” [1874-1879], from the David Fox Nelson Scrapbooks collection](https://exhibitions.lib.udel.edu/black-expression-in-black-and-white/wp-content/uploads/sites/284/2024/03/5_david-fox-nelson_volume-5_1874-scaled.jpg)
![Nelson, David Fox. “Volume,” [1874-1879], pages 41-42, from the David Fox Nelson Scrapbooks collection](https://exhibitions.lib.udel.edu/black-expression-in-black-and-white/wp-content/uploads/sites/284/2024/03/6_david-fox-nelson_volume-5_1874-scaled.jpg)
![Nelson, David Fox. “Cassie Day,” [1873-1878 September], from the David Fox Nelson Scrapbooks collection](https://exhibitions.lib.udel.edu/black-expression-in-black-and-white/wp-content/uploads/sites/284/2024/03/3_david-fox-nelson_cassie-day_1873-scaled.jpg)
![Nelson, David Fox. “Cassie Day,” [1873-1878 September], page “New York September 1878,” from the David Fox Nelson Scrapbooks collection](https://exhibitions.lib.udel.edu/black-expression-in-black-and-white/wp-content/uploads/sites/284/2024/03/4_david-fox-nelson_cassie-day_1873-scaled.jpg)
“Cassie E. Day”, 1873-1878 September
“Volume 5”, 1874-1879
David Fox Nelson Scrapbooks (MSS 0093-Item 0109)
The David Fox Nelson scrapbooks consist of five scrapbooks assembled by Nelson between 1869 and 1890. The scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings covering a variety of subjects. David Fox Nelson was born into enslavement in the 1850s. In the summer of 1862, he escaped alone from enslavement in North Carolina by making his way to a group of approaching Union troops. In 1864, he left the military and became an office boy for Henry J. Raymond, who was one of the founders of the New York Times.
The Cassie E. Day album was created by David Fox Nelson for his future wife.
(The information is derived from the finding aid. For more information, please refer to the finding aid.)
