Wake and Bellhouse collection, 1862-1892
- Call Number:
- MSS 33
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Title(s):
- Wake and Bellhouse collection
- Date:
- 1862-1892
- Extent:
- 0.42 linear feet
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Conditions Governing Access:
- This collection is unprocessed and may not be available for immediate access.
- Scope and Content:
- The collection comprises 16 cabinet photographs and 11 carte-de-visite photographs, dated between 1862 and 1892, relating to the Wake and Bellhouse families of Sheffield. With a small oval portrait in a contemporary frame, and a mid-19th century original manuscript story written by a young girl, entitled “The History of a Dog, True Story.” The story is fourteen pages, with an additional page listing other “books by the same authoress.” The handwriting suggests a young hand. Bound in pink paper decorated with stars.
- Genre:
- Fiction, Photographs, Cartes-de-visite (card photographs), Cabinet photographs, Short stories, and Juvenilia
- Subject Terms:
- Dogs
- Associated Places:
- Sheffield (England)
- Associated People/Groups:
- Bellhouse familyWake family
- Finding Aid Title:
- Wake and Bellhouse collection
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11767.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/resources/11767
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/resources/11767?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1