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Call Number:
MSS 7
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Sweaney, Hunter, 1893–1969
Title(s):
Letter from Hunter Sweaney to Clare Leighton
Date:
1952 August 21
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series IV: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 34
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Bart T. Tiernan LLB 1968 and Mr. and Mrs. Nigel Hamway. Ten of the Wedgwood plates are the gift of Judith and Norman Zlotsky, Yale Class of 1953.
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:
Dated: <geogname>Durham, N.C</geogname>. August 21, 1952. Sweaney mentions Frances (perhaps his wife?). Is delighted with the plates: "We will always treasure them."
Physical Description:
1 page : typed letter, signed ;
Genre:
Correspondence , Pictorial works, Queen's ware, Graphite drawings, Letters, Photographs, and Wood engravings
Subject Terms:
Agriculture
Atlantic cod fishing
Cranberry industry
Grain
Ice industry
Lobster industry
Logging
Maple sugar industry
Marble industry and trade
Milling
Shipbuilding
Tobacco farms
Whaling
Wood-engraving
Associated People/Groups:
Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989 -- Correspondence
Sweaney, Hunter, 1893-1969 -- Correspondence
Finding Aid Title:
Clare Leighton collection
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/33.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/6592
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/6592?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1