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Call Number:
MSS 19
Creator:
Whyte, Sidney Charlotte, 1840-1916
Title(s):
Letter to "My darling children"
Date:
circa 1880-1900
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
2, folder 120
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:
Asks if they saw the eclipse on Saturday evening. Mentions that Punch and Judy was "one of the amusements" at the Health Exhibition party.
Physical Description:
4 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 11 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
Eclipses
Flowers
Flowers in art
Hydrotherapy
Music
Orphanages
Punch and Judy
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
Whyte, Lizzie Hester, 1874-
Whyte, Sidney Charlotte, 1840-1916
Whyte, Sylvie, 1876-
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/2195
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2195?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1