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Call Number:
MSS 19
Creator:
McCormick, May
Title(s):
Letter to Eva Whyte
Date:
1891 December 24
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 71
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 from May McCormick addressed from St. Matthew's Vicarage in Brighton. Discusses "slaving away at the church decorations". Confides that her other misfortunes are that her servants are leaving New Years Day and that it is late and Christmas Eve dinner has not been served.
Physical Description:
2 pages (1 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
Christmas
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:
McCormick, May
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/2145
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2145?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1