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Call Number:
MSS 19
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Title(s):
Letter to Lizzie Hester Whyte
Date:
circa 1880-1900 April 30
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
2, folder 111
Provenance:
Acquired 2012, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

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 Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Letter from Hester's aunt, signed "G.M. H." Tells about seeing the Queen's crown and jewels in the Tower and seeing the block on which "some Lords were beheaded."
Physical Description:
3 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 13 x 9 cm. Autographed 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
Crown jewels
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:
Tower of London (London, England)
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/2186
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2186?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1