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Call Number:
MSS 19
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Lyne, Florence C. H.
Title(s):
Letter to Lizzie Hester Whyte
Date:
1891 February 27
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 54
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 written on February 27th and 28th. The first letter is signed by Florence Lyne and the second part is signed with her initials "F C [illegible] L". Expresses her sadness in losing her sister and details the funeral. Also speaks about her mother's illness, denial about the loss of her daughter and then describes the worsening of her mother's illness and fever until her eventual passing.
Physical Description:
11 pages (3 folded leaves) ; 20 x 16 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
Death
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:
Lyne, Florence C. H.
Whyte, Lizzie Hester, 1874-
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/2128
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2128?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1