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Call Number:
MSS 19
Creator:
McCormick, Edna M. L., 1874?-
Title(s):
Letter to Eva Whyte
Date:
1890 January 15
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 41
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:
Letter sent from Brighton by a friend, Edna McCormick. Gives Eva her school address. Says that she got an English prize of a "beautifully bound copy of Tennyson" and that she and Suzie got prizes for collecting wildflowers while in Malvern. Asks if Eva has had a "breaking up" party and if she remembers "the very rude things you wrote" in Green Bank.
Physical Description:
6 pages (1 folded leaf and 1 additional 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
Collection and preservation
Drama
Flowers
Flowers in art
Hydrotherapy
Music
Orphanages
Prize books
Schools
Tea parties
Temperance
Voyages and travels
White family
Wild flowers
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Malvern (England)
Associated People/Groups:
McCormick, Edna M. L., 1874?-
Whyte, Eva Anchoretta, 1873-1943
Finding Aid Title:
Whyte Family Correspondence
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2115
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2115?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1