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Call Number:
MSS 19
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Hennessey, Flossie
Title(s):
Letter to Eva Whyte
Date:
1889 December 24
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 39
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:
Signed "Floss" and addressed from Lancaster Gate in Hyde Park. Mentions that she is practicing the piano while writing this letter and that since they are both in the same division for piano they are going to have to "fight each other for the prize". Tells Eva that she has not sent many holiday cards and that she is going to a Christmas party at her Doctor's house.
Physical Description:
4 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 12 cm. + envelope. 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
Collection and preservation
Drama
Flowers
Flowers in art
Hydrotherapy
Music
Orphanages
Parties
Piano
Schools
Tea parties
Temperance
Voyages and travels
White family
Wild flowers
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Malvern (England)
Associated People/Groups:
Hennessey, Flossie
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/2113
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2113?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1