Carr family documents and letters, 1788-1894
- Call Number:
- MSS 8
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Title(s):
- Carr family documents and letters
- Date:
- 1788-1894
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Scrapbooks, notebooks, and genealogical material
- Part of Collection:
- 2, folder 9
- Provenance:
- Acquired 2009, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe 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 Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Includes correspondence and printed documents or forms. The items were collected in a contemporary file labeled "Documents & old letters relating to the Carrs: photographs and paintings." They are now removed to a new folder; the original is retained. The authors of the correspondence are varied and largely unidentified. Recipients include the Lord Bishop of Cloyne, Miss Edgeworth; Harriet Carr (nee Deacon); Mrs. H. L. Carr; and Mr. Thomas Woodward. Documents include: a newspaper clipping narrating the naval feats of Sir C. Ogle of Kirkley, a member of the Ogle branch of the Carr family; the certificate of baptism of Thomas William Carr, 1801; the marriage certificate of Thomas William Carr and Harriet Deacon; death certificate of Susan Carr, 1834; the marriage certificate of Mark William Carr and Elizabeth Collinson, 1 December 1788; and the will of Frances Carr's father, 1798.
- Physical Description:
- 22 items ; 25 x 20 cm, and smaller
- Genre:
- Correspondence , Pictorial works, Diaries, Genealogies, Scrapbooks, Sketchbooks, Landscape drawings, Views, Travel sketches, Charcoal drawings, Engravings (prints), Graphite drawings, Photographs, Wash drawings, and Watercolors (paintings)
- Subject Terms:
- ChronGrand tours (Education)HistorySocial life and customsWomen artistsWomen travelers
- Subject Period:
- 1824-1899
- Associated Places:
- EuropeFranceGreat BritainItalyNorthumberland (England)Pisa (Italy)Switzerland
- Associated People/Groups:
- Carr family
- Finding Aid Title:
- Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/24.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3319
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3319?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1