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Call Number:
MSS 19
Title(s):
Letter to Eva Whyte
Date:
circa 1880-1900 October 3
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
2, folder 106
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 Eva's friend, Winifred. Addressed from St. John's Vicarage, Newport. Asks Eva to help with their "sale of work" and that she should be glad to have something to occupy her time since she is a "young lady at home." Mentions that she and Jess "do a little in the Educational Department" and that Jess has left school so they take turns instructing their "juvenile sister."
Physical Description:
4 pages (1 folded 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
Schools
Tea parties
Temperance
Voyages and travels
White family
Wild flowers
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Malvern (England)
Associated People/Groups:
Whyte, Eva Anchoretta, 1873-1943
Finding Aid Title:
Whyte Family Correspondence
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2181
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2181?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1