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Call Number:
MSS 19
Holdings:
[Request]
Title(s):
Letters to Eva Whyte
Date:
1889 October or November
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 33
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:
Two letters written on different days and sent together to Eva from her Aunt. The first letter, written on Monday, mentions that the "millionaires got tired of North [illegible] and have left it to their servants." The second letter, written on Thursday, mentions Temple Church and the "full length figures of Crusaders in brown marble.... The woman said that they had been hidden away for 300 years."
Physical Description:
2 letters, each 4 pages (2 folded leaves) ; 18 x 12 cm. and smaller 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
Schools
Tea parties
Temperance
Voyages and travels
White family
Wild flowers
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Malvern (England)
Associated People/Groups:
Temple Church (London, England)
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/2107
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2107?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1