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Call Number:
MSS 19
Creator:
Draper, H. S.
Title(s):
Letter to Eva Whyte
Date:
1887 September 8
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 15
Provenance:
Acquired 2012, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Scope and Content:
Addressed from Gilbert Street. Mentions that Eva must have enjoyed the band and going to Lord Meath's on Mondays. Discusses a visit to Smallmouth Caves where she picked up shells and to Berry Harbor where she visited a church which was being restored. Asks if Hester has drawn "many pretty things with the polygraph?"
Physical Description:
4 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 12 cm. Autograph letter signed; written in pen and black ink
Genre:
Correspondence , Clippings (information artifacts) , Letters, and Trade cards
Subject Terms:
Bazaars (Charities)
Birthdays
Botanical illustration
Charities
Church Buildings
Collection and preservation
Drama
Flowers
Flowers in art
Hydrotherapy
Music
Orphanages
Polygraph (duplicating device)
Schools
Tea parties
Temperance
Voyages and travels
White family
Wild flowers
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Malvern (England)
Associated People/Groups:
Draper, H. S.
Whyte, Eva Anchoretta, 1873-1943
Finding Aid Title:
Whyte Family Correspondence
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/12.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2089
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2089?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1