About the Emmet family papers
A Finding Aid to the Emmet Family Papers, 1792-1989 (bulk 1851-1989), in the Archives of American Art, by Jean Fitzgerald
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Biographical Information
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Description of the Collection
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How to Use the Collection
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Series Descriptions
Biographical Information
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The Emmet family, descended from patriot Thomas Addis Emmet, brother of Irish martyr Robert Emmet, counts many physicians, lawyers, and writers (including cousin Henry James) among its ranks. Although evidence of artistic talent existed in several previous generations, it flourished during the later 19th through the mid-20th centuries in the professional portraiture of sisters Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Lydia Field Emmet, Jane Erin Emmet De Glehn, and their cousin Ellen "Bay" Emmet Rand. READ MORE
The eldest daughter of Julia Colt Pierson Emmet (1829-1908), herself a talented illustrator who had studied under Daniel Huntington, Rosina "Posie" Emmet (1854-1948) studied under William Merritt Chase at his Tenth Street Studio in New York and under Robert-Fleury at the Academie Julian in Paris. Before her marriage to Arthur Murray Sherwood in 1887, Rosina established a studio in New York and continued to submit illustrations to various publications. During her marriage, she slowed her creative activities, until financial reverses dictated her return to her career around the turn of the 20th century. Her daughter Rosamond Sherwood (1899-1990) was also a portrait painter. Her son, Robert Emmet Sherwood (1896-1955) became a four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
Lydia Field Emmet (1866-1952) studied under Collin, Bouguereau, MacMonnies, and Robert-Fleury at the Academie Julian. Upon her return to New York, Lydia continued her studies under Chase, Kenyon Cox, H. Siddons Mowbray, and Robert Reid at the Art Students League, as well as at Chase's Shinnecock Summer School of Art. She established her portrait studio in New York City and began spending summers at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where she built her home "Strawberry Hill" in 1905. Best known for her portraits of children, Lydia's subjects were members of the socially prominent families of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.
The youngest sister, Jane Erin Emmet (1873-1961), also studied with Chase in New York, and in Paris. In 1904, she married British landscape painter Wilfrid Von Glehn, who had visited the United States with his friend John Singer Sargent. (The Von Glehns' surname was changed to De Glehn, in 1919.) Settling in London, Jane continued her painting, befriended many artists and composers, and accompanied her husband and Sargent on several art-related journeys through Europe.
The Emmet sisters' cousin, Ellen Gertrude "Bay" Emmet (1875-1941), studied in New York at the Art Students League and under Frederick MacMonnies in Paris, becoming a National Academician in 1934. She married William Blanchard Rand in 1911 and settled in Salisbury, Connecticut. After the stock market crash of 1929, Bay's portraits of prominent society figures provided most of her family's income. HIDE
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Description of the Collection
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The Emmet family papers span the years 1792 to 1989 (bulk 1851-1989) and measure 9.5 linear feet. They consist of biographical material, diaries, correspondence, notes, writings, business records, a scrapbook, art work, subject files, printed material, photographs, audio-visual material, and artifacts which present a good overview of the careers of portraitists, sisters Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Lydia Field Emmet, and Jane Erin Emmet De Glehn, and their cousin Ellen Gertrude "Bay" Emmet. READ MORE
The Biographical Material Series contains general family trees and family histories. It also contains individual biographical accounts, award certificates, and personal documentation for Julia Colt Pierson Emmet, Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Lydia Field Emmet, Jane Erin Emmet, and Wilfrid De Glehn.
There are two volumes of Diaries: the "Sedgemere Diary" containing drawings and entries primarily by Rosina Emmet Sherwood, and a smaller diary which mentions Rosina's son, future playwright Robert Sherwood.
The largest series in the collection is Correspondence which illustrates the interaction between members of this large and influential family and their colleagues and friends, offering a wide-ranging view of life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The series consists of letters between family members, primarily Julia Colt Pierson Emmet and her daughters, as well as cousins Henry James, Ellen "Bay" Emmet Rand, and Rosamond Sherwood, and friend Cecilia Beaux. Topics include the Emmets' experiences while studying art in Paris, Rosina's presentation at Queen Victoria's court, Lydia's work at the Columbia Exposition, Jane's friendship with John Singer Sargent, portrait painting activities, the troubles of their friend Susy Metcalfe's marriage to Pablo Casals, and the activities of Rosina's son, playwright Robert Emmet Sherwood and friends Alfred Lund and Lynn Fontanne.
Notes include address books, illustrated notebooks, lecture notes, and miscellaneous lists.
Included in the Writings Series are manuscripts describing family activities, and poems.
The Business Records Series contains a document concerning ownership of property, a contract for the reproduction of Lydia's work, and account books.
Theree scrapbooks contain a combination of drawings, reproductions of art work, and photographs.
The Art Work Series contains drawings and sketchbooks by Julia Colt Pierson Emmet, Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Lydia Field Emmet, Jane Erin Emmet, Ellen Emmet Rand, and other Emmet relatives, illustrating the early development of their talent.
Subject Files include printed material and photographs concerning Prang's Christmas card competition, and the Danforth exhibition. A file on the exhibitions, "The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters" contains letters, writings, registrarial records, photographs, clippings, and audio cassettes.
Printed Material consists of clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, reproductions of art work by Emmet family members, and a book Out of Town, written and illustrated by Rosina Emmet Sherwood.
The Photographs Series contains photographs of family members, including Robert Emmet Sherwood as a young man, friends Richard Harding Davis, Frederick MacMonnies, Augustus Saint-Gaudens. There are also photographs of art work by the Emmets.
Contained in the Audio-Visual Material Series is a videotape The Emmets: Portrait of a Family by Nancy B. Doyle, which gives an excellent overview of the lives and careers of this artistic family.
The Artifacts series consists of a rear-view optical device and locks of hair from an early nineteenth century generation of the Emmet family. HIDE
Arrangement and Series Description
The Emmet family papers are arranged into thirteen series, based on type of document. Individual files for each family member have been maintained in several series to facilitate access.
- Series 1: Biographical Material, 1881-1981, undated (box 1, OV 13, 7 folders)
- Series 2: Diaries, 1855-1933 (box 1, 2 folders)
- Series 3: Correspondence, 1792-1985, undated (boxes 1-7, 5.6 linear ft.)
- Series 4: Notes, 1878-1978, undated (box 7, 9 folders)
- Series 5: Writings, 1877-1936, undated (box 7, 11 folders)
- Series 6: Business Records, 1880-1945, undated (boxes 7-8, 7 folders)
- Series 7: Scrapbooks, 1870-1895, undated (sols 11-12, 0.6 linear ft.)
- Series 8: Artwork, 1854-1895, undated (boxes 8 and sol 11, 0.6 linear ft.)
- Series 9: Subject Files, 1947-1982, undated (box 8, 0.4 linear ft.)
- Series 10: Printed Material, 1872-1989 (boxes 8 and 11, 0.4 linear ft.)
- Series 11: Photographs, 1875-1944 (boxes 9, 10, sol 11, 1.2 linear ft.)
- Series 12: Videotape: The Emmets: Portrait of a Family, 1988 (box 10, 1 folder)
- Series 13: Artifacts, undated (box 10, 2 folders)
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Subjects
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Archives of American Art under the following index terms. People, families and organizations are listed under "Names" when they are creators or contributors and under "Subjects" when they are the topic of collection contents.
- Subjects:
- Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942
- Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973
- Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916
- Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916
- De Glehn, Wilfrid-Gabriel, 1870-1951
- Emmet, Robert, 1778-1803
- Fontanne, Lynn
- James, Henry, 1843-1916
- Lunt, Alfred
- MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937
- Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950
- Morgan, Elizabeth Emmet, d. 1934
- Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907
- Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
- Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955
- Subjects-Topical:
- Painting, American -- New York (State)
- Women painters -- New York (State)
- Actors
- Composers
- Playwrights
- Illustrators
- Musicians
- Singers
- Painters -- England -- London
- Portrait painters -- New York (State) -- New York
- Painters -- New York (State) -- Pelham
- Types of Materials:
- Works of art
- Diaries
- Drawings
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Sketchbooks
- Sketches
- Video recordings
- Names:
- De Glehn, Jane Erin Emmet, 1873-1961
- Emmet, Julia Colt Pierson, 1829-1908
- Emmet, Lydia Field, 1866-1952
- Rand, Ellen Emmet, 1875-1941
- Sherwood, Rosina Emmet, 1854-1948
- Emmet, William Jenkins, b. 1826
Provenance
The bulk of the Emmet family papers were donated by Rosamond Sherwood, daughter of Rosina Emmet Sherwood (via Katharine Emmet Bramwell of New York), by Rosamond Sherwood's estate (via F. Douglas Cochrane, executor, from Boston), and by Rosamond's nieces, Virginia Sherwood and Julia Shipway in 1988-1991.
Additionally, one scrapbok was lent for microfilming in 1990 and subsequently donated by Mrs. Earl Maize. Another scrapbook was loaned for filming in 1991 by Douglas Cochrane and subsequently returned to Mrs. Earl Maize after microfilming.
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How the Collection was Processed
The bulk of the collection was processed by Jean Fitzgerald in 1991 and 1992. The two scrapbooks that were loaned and donated in 1990 and 1991 were incorporated into the collection during conversion to EAD in 2002.
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How to Use the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The Emmet family papers (with the exception of one scrapbook that was loaned for microfilming) are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
The collection is open for research. Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed material requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington D.C. research facility.
Available Formats
The collection is partially microfilmed on reels 4754-4766, 4544 and 4486. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan.
How to Cite this Collection
Emmet family papers, 1792-1989 (bulk 1851-1989). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Series Descriptions
Series 1: Biographical Material, 1881-1981, undated (box 1, OV 13, 7 folders)
The files are arranged according to individual members of the Emmet family. Material within the files is arranged chronologically and reflects specific events in each individual's life.
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| 1 |
4754 |
Family trees and family histories, undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Julia Colt Pierson Emmet biographical material, 1908, undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Rosina Emmet Sherwood biographical material (see also OV 13), 1901-1948
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| 1 |
4754 |
Lydia Field Emmet biographical material (see also OV 13), 1881-1954
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| 1 |
4754 |
Jane Erin Emmet (De Glehn) biographical material, 1886-1981
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| 1 |
4754 |
Wilfrid De Glehn biographical accounts, 1951, undated
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Series 2: Diaries, 1855-1933 (box 1, 2 folders)
These two volumes contain drawings and entries primarily by Rosina Emmet Sherwood.
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Reel |
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| 1 |
4754 |
"Sedgemere Diary,", 1855-1881
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| 1 |
4754 |
Diary, 1891-1933
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Series 3: Correspondence, 1792-1985, undated (boxes 1-7, 5.6 linear ft.)
The correspondents include family members and a wide range of international artists, writers, musicians, actors, and other creative individuals who interacted with members of the Emmet family. The letters discuss daily events, creative activities, personal observations, and relationships between family members and their notable colleagues.
The bulk of the files are arranged chronologically, except for the undated letters arranged alphabetically according to the correspondents' surnames.
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| 1 |
4754 |
First names known, undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Surnames beginning with "A" through "C," undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Letters from Jane Erin Emmet De Glehn, undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Letters from surname Duncan, undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Letters from Alida Emmet, Bay Emmet, Devereaux Emmet, and Ella Emmet, undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Letters from Julia Colt Pierson Emmet, undated (2 folders)
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| 1 |
4754 |
Letters from (Edith) Leslie Emmet, undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Letters from Lydia Field Emmet, undated (6 folders)
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| 1 |
4754 |
Letters to Lydia Field Emmet concerning portraits, undated (4 folders)
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| 1 |
4754 |
Letters from Nelly Emmet and Nite Emmet, undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Surnames beginning with "F" through "M," undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Surnames beginning with "N" through "S," undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Letters from Arthur Sherwood, Jr., Cynthia Sherwood, and Phil Sherwood, undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Letters from Rosina Emmet Sherwood, undated (2 folders)
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| 1 |
4754 |
Letters from Rosamond Sherwood, undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Surnames beginning with "T" through "Z," undated
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| 1 |
4754 |
Letter fragment written by Thomas Addis Emmet, 1792
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| 1 |
4754 |
Correspondence, 1851-Mar., 1877 (20 folders)
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| 1 |
4755 |
Correspondence, Apr., 1877-1895 (31 folders)
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| 2 |
4755 |
Correspondence, 1896-Feb., 1898 (18 folders)
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| 2 |
4756 |
Correspondence, Feb. 1898-July, 1904 (53 folders)
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| 2 |
4757 |
Correspondence, July-Dec., 1904 (15 folders)
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Reel |
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| 3 |
4757 |
Correspondence, Jan.-Nov., 1905 (34 folders)
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| 3 |
4758 |
Correspondence, Dec. 1905-Mar., 1907 (34 folders)
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Reel |
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| 4 |
4758 |
Correspondence, Apr.-Oct., 1907 (15 folders)
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| 4 |
4759 |
Correspondence, Nov., 1917-1918 (46 folders)
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| 4 |
4760 |
Correspondence, 1919-1924 (14 folders)
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Reel |
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| 5 |
4760 |
Correspondence, 1925-Sep., 1930 (23 folders)
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| 5 |
4761 |
Correspondence, Oct., 1930-Mar., 1934 (31 folders)
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| 5 |
4762 |
Correspondence, Apr., 1934-1935 (16 folders)
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Reel |
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| 6 |
4762 |
Correspondence, 1936-Sept., 1938 (26 folders)
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| 6 |
4763 |
Correspondence, Oct., 1938-Feb., 1941 (35 folders)
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| 6 |
4764 |
Correspondence, Mar.-Dec., 1941 (11 folders)
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Reel |
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| 7 |
4764 |
Correspondence, 1942-1947 (34 folders)
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| 7 |
4765 |
Correspondence, 1948-1965 (23 folders)
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| 7 |
4765 |
Correspondence, 1968, 1973, 1980-1985 (3 folders)
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Series 4: Notes, 1878-1978, undated (box 7, 9 folders)
This series consists of address books and miscellaneous notes written by various members of the Emmet family.
The files are arranged chronologically.
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| 7 |
4765 |
Address books, undated (2 folders)
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| 7 |
4765 |
Address book/account book by Rosina Emmet, 1878-1883
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| 7 |
4765 |
Illustrated notebook by Jane Emmet De Glehn, undated
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| 7 |
4765 |
Illustrated notebook by unidentified person, undated
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| 7 |
4765 |
Text from a newspaper article, 1887
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| 7 |
4765 |
Lecture notes from the Woman's Club of El Paso, by Elsie Burr Sherwood, 1926
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| 7 |
4765 |
List of works by Wilfrid De Glehn sent to Berkshire Museum, 1978
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| 7 |
4765 |
Miscellaneous notes, undated
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Series 5: Writings, 1877-1936, undated (box 7, 11 folders)
The files are arranged chronologically and consist of manuscripts and poems.
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Reel |
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| 7 |
4765 |
Manuscript account of a stage coach trip in Mexico, by R. T. Emmet, undated
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| 7 |
4765 |
Manuscript about a nest of robins, by Rosina Emmet Sherwood, undated
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| 7 |
4765 |
Manuscript "The Mallow Weekly," an account of family activities, undated
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| 7 |
4765 |
Poem "Sargent" by Cecilia Beaux, 1925
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| 7 |
4765 |
Poem "Invitation to the Canary Bird," a poem to Jeanette Emmet, undated
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| 7 |
4765 |
Poems by members of the Emmet family, 1877-1936, undated (4 folders)
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| 7 |
4765 |
Poem "Autumn Daybreak," handwritten by Edna St. Vincent Millay, undated
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| 7 |
4765 |
Poem "To Marie Kobbe," handwritten by Alice Riggs, undated
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Series 6: Business Records, 1880-1945, undated (boxes 7-8, 7 folders)
The files are arranged chronologically and contain documents which reflect the commercial transactions of various members of the Emmet family.
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Reel |
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| 7 |
4765 |
Legal document arguing the case of Mr. James's recovery of the property of the estate of Michael Connolly, undated (3 folders)
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| 7 |
4765 |
Contract for reproduction of art work by Lydia Field Emmet, 1899
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Reel |
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| 8 |
4765 |
Account book, 1880-1901
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| 8 |
4765 |
Account book of Lydia Field Emmet, 1887-1945
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| 8 |
4765 |
Account book of price lists and paintings sold by Rosina Emmet Sherwood, 1918-1943
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Series 7: Scrapbooks, 1870-1895, undated (sols 11-12, 0.6 linear ft.)
The 1895 scrapbook contains art work, printed material, and photographs reflecting the activities of various members of the Emmet family. The contents include drawings, reproductions of art work, opera programs, reproductions of photographs of actors and of Charles Dana Gibson, photographs at Sherrewogue, and photographs of Anne Hyde Clark, Richard Smith Emmet. READ MORE
The 1870-1875 scrapbook was kept by Rosina Emmet Sherwood and contains drawings in pencil, India ink, and watercolor pasted on paper. Images consist of portraits of children, scenes from Emmet family life, and visits to West Point, Newport, and Southampton. One page, which was not filmed, contains two portraits of Henrietta and views from Southampton.
The travel scrapbook from 1876-1877 was also compiled by Rosina Emmet Sherwood, and contains portrait sketches, drawings of her dogs, genre scenes and travel views, in addition to photographs of travels, friends, actors, and the ship "Scythia." This scrapbook was lent for microfilming and returned to the donor. HIDE
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Reel |
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| 8 |
4765 |
Scrapbook, 1895, undated
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| Box |
Reel |
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| 12 (sol) |
4486 |
Scrapbook, 1870-1875, undated
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Reel |
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| NA |
4544 |
Travel Scrapbook, 1876-1877, undated
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Series 8: Artwork, 1854-1918?, undated (boxes 8 and sol 11, 0.6 linear ft.)
The files are arranged according to individual members of the Emmet family. Material within the files is arranged chronologically. See also sol 11 for oversized artwork.
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Reel |
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| 8 |
4765 |
Sketchbook of drawings Julia Colt Emmet, 1854-1871, undated
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| 8 |
4765 |
Drawings by Rosina Emmet Sherwood, 1869-1895, undated
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| 8 |
4765 |
Sketchbook by Rosina Emmet Sherwood, 1880
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| 8 |
4765 |
Sketchbook by Rosina Emmet Sherwood, 1895
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| 8 |
4765 |
Drawings by Lydia Field Emmet, undated (2 folders)
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| 8 |
4765 |
Lithograph of Lydia Field Emmet's design for the official badge for the Columbia Exposition, 1893
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| 8 |
4765 |
Drawings by Jane Erin Emmet De Glehn, 1897, undated (3 folders)
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| 8 |
4765 |
Sketchbook by Jane Erin Emmet De Glehn, undated
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| 8 |
4765 |
Sketchbook by Jane Erin Emmet De Glehn, 1882
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| 8 |
4765 |
Sketchbook by Jane Erin Emmet De Glehn, 1897
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| 8 |
4765 |
Drawing by Bay Emmet (Ellen Emmet Rand), undated
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| 8 |
4765 |
Sketchbook by Libby LeRoy, undated
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| 8 |
4765 |
Drawings by Elizabeth "Lybba" Emmet Morgan, 1918?, undated
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| 8 |
4765 |
Miscellaneous drawings, undated (2 folders)
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| 8 |
4765 |
Miscellaneous watercolor sketches, 1881, undated (7 folders)
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| 8 |
4765 |
Oil sketch of an unidentified man, undated
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Series 9: Subject Files, 1947-1982, undated (box 8, 0.4 linear ft.)
This series includes printed material and photographs concerning Prang's Christmas card competition, and the Danforth exhibition. A file on the exhibitions, "The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters" contains letters, writings, registrarial records, photographs, clippings, and audio cassettes.
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Reel |
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| 8 |
4765 |
Prang's Christmas card competition photographs and clipping, 1950, undated
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| 8 |
4765 |
Letters concerning exhibition The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters at the Berkshire Museum, 1947-1983 (4 folders)
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| 8 |
4765 |
Budget and loan forms concerning exhibition The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters, 1981-1982
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| 8 |
4766 |
Notes on the paintings in the exhibition The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters, undated (4 folders)
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| 8 |
4766 |
Typescript draft for the catalog for exhibition The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters, undated
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| 8 |
4766 |
Announcement and catalog for exhibition The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters, 1982
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| 8 |
4766 |
Clippings, press releases, and brochures concerning exhibition The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters, 1982 (2 folders)
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| 8 |
4766 |
Photographs of installation of exhibition The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters, 1982 (3 folders)
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| 8 |
4766 |
Photographs of individual art works for exhibition The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters, undated (6 folders)
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| 8 |
4766 |
Audio cassettes: "Art for Lunch" lecture with Rosamond Sherwood and Gary Berger discussing the exhibition The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters, 1982
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| 8 |
4766 |
Photographs of art works in the Danforth exhibition, undated
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Series 10: Printed Material, 1872-1989, undated (boxes 8 and sol 11, 0.4 linear ft.)
This series consists of clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, reproductions of works by members of the Emmet family and others, and a book Out of Town, which was written and illustrated by Rosina Emmet Sherwood.
The files are arranged chronologically.
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Reel |
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| 8 |
4766 |
Clippings, 1889-1982, undated (8 folders)
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| 8 |
4766 |
Announcement for the exhibition Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries, and Manufactures, 1872
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| 8 |
4766 |
Exhibition catalog for Rosina Emmet Sherwood, 1920
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| 8 |
4766 |
Exhibition catalogs for Bay Emmet (Ellen Emmet Rand), 1984
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| 8 |
4766 |
Exhibition catalog for Jane Emmet De Glehn, 1927
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| 8 |
4766 |
Exhibition announcement and catalogs for Wilfrid De Glehn (see also sol 11), 1978-1989
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| 8 |
4766 |
Exhibition catalogs for various members of the Emmet family, 1936-1970
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| 8 |
4766 |
Reproductions of art work by various members of the Emmet family (see also sol 11), undated (4 folders)
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| 8 |
4766 |
Book, Out of Town, written and illustrated by Rosina Emmet Sherwood (the book has not been microfilmed), 1896
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Series 11: Photographs, 1875-1944, undated (boxes 9, 10, sol 11, 1.2 linear ft.)
The files are arranged chronologically and contain photographs of Emmet family members, their friends, colleagues, and works of art.
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Reel |
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of Julia Colt Pierson Emmet, William Jenkins Emmet and miscellaneous family members, 1875-1944, undated
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Tintypes of Bay (Ellen), Jane, and Lydia Emmet in Paris, undated
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of Jane and Lydia Emmet in Paris, undated
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of Rosina Emmet Sherwood, 1877, undated (2 folders)
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Robert Temple Emmet, and the Sherwood home "Skene Wood," 1929-1944, undated
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photograph of Robert Emmet Sherwood, circa 1909
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of Lydia Field Emmet, 1925-1932, undated (4 folders)
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of Jane Erin Emmet De Glehn and Wilfrid De Glehn, 1875-1930s (3 folders)
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photograph of Richard Harding Davis, undated
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of Frederick MacMonnies and his art class, undated
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, undated
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of unidentified individuals, undated
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Installation photographs from the Arden Galleries exhibition, 1936
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of art works by Julia Colt Pierson Emmet, undated
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of art works by Rosina Emmet Sherwood (see also sol 11), (7 folders)
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| 9 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of art works by Lydia Field Emmet (see also sol 11), undated (4 folders)
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Reel |
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| 10 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of art works by Lydia Field Emmet (see also sol 11), undated (12 folders)
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| 10 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of art works by Jane Emmet De Glehn (see also sol 11), undated
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| 10 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of art works by Bay (Ellen) Emmet, undated
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| 10 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of art works by Rosamond Sherwood (see also sol 11), undated
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Reel |
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| 11 (sol) |
4766 |
Photographs of art works by Wilfrid De Glehn, undated
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| Box |
Reel |
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| 10 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of portrait of Louis Metcalfe Kobbe by Marie O. Kobbe, undated
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| 10 (hol) |
4766 |
Photographs of portrait of Jane Emmet De Glehn by John Singer Sargent, undated
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Reel |
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| 11 (sol) |
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Photographs of Emmet Family exhibition, Alderson Gallery, NY, 1936
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Series 12: Audiovisual Material, 1988 (box 10, 1 folder)
The file contains a videotape biography of the artistic accomplishments of the Emmet family.
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Videotape: The Emmets: Portrait of a Family by Nancy B. Doyle, 1988
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Series 13: Artifacts, undated (box 10, 2 folders)
The files contain three-dimensional items which are not directly related to other series.
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Rear-view optical device,
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Locks of hair from family members, undated
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This appendix is a detailed, though not all-inclusive, chronological listing of notable correspondence found in the chronologically arranged Series 3: Correspondence, 1792-1985, and undated. Subjects mentioned in one letter may also be discussed in the unlisted letters which surround it. The appendix begins with a listing of frequently mentioned Emmet family members and friends in order to clarify their identities. READ MORE
- Arsie: Archibald Sherwood, Posie's grandson
- Aunty: Lydia Hubley Emmet
- Bay: Ellen Emmet Rand
- Bobby: Robert Emmet Sherwood, Posie's son
- Dev: Devereux Emmet, Posie's brother
- Dooly: Julia Townsend, Posie's granddaughter
- E.B.S.: Elsie Burr Sherwood
- Elly: Ellen James Temple, Bay's mother
- Bob Emmet: Robert Temple Emmet, Posie's twin brother
- W.J. Emmet: William Jenkins Emmet, Posie's husband
- Gaggy: Rosina Emmet Sherwood (her nickname as a grandmother; her other nickname "Posie" has been used throughout the finding aid)
- Ginny: Virginia Clementine Sherwood, Posie's granddaughter
- Jane: Jane Erin Emmet De Glehn
- Jank: Robert Emmet Sherwood
- Julia: Julia Colt Pierson Emmet (letters from her children will often contain the salutation "Mammy", but her Christian name has been used throughout the finding aid)
- Kob: Marie O. Kobbe, artist friend of Lydia
- Leslie: Edith Leslie Emmet, Bay's sister
- Lybba: Elizabeth Emmet Morgan
- Lydia: Lydia Field Emmet
- Mammy: Julia Colt Pierson Emmet
- Mox: Marie O. Kobbe (?), artist friend of Lydia
- Nelly: Helena Phelps, wife of Robert Temple Emmet, Posie's sister-in-law
- Nite: Anita Helena Emmet, Posie's niece
- Posie: Rosina Emmet Sherwood (letters exchanged with her children may refer to her as "Mother", but her nickname "Posie" has been used throughout the finding aid)
- R.E.S.: Rosina Emmet Sherwood
- Roger: Roger Quilter, composer of operas
- Ros: Rosamond Sherwood
- Susie: Susie Metcalfe Casals, wife of Pablo Casals
- Wilfrid: Wilfred Gabriel De Glehn (originally Von Glehn)
- Winty: Winthrop Emmet
- Undated To: Rosina - From: [illegible name]
- Subject: saw Eastman Johnson
- Undated To: Lydia - From: Agnes
- Undated To: Lydia - From: Annie
- Undated To: Mrs. Von Glehn - From: B.
- Undated To: Lydia - From: Farnie
- Undated To: Lydia - From: Jack
- Undated To: ? - From: Lydia
- Undated To: Lydia - From: Maggie
- Undated To: Lydia - From: Maria
- Undated To: Lydia - From: Adele Allen
- Undated To: Jane - From: Kitsy B.
- Undated To: Julia - From: Andrew Carnegie - Subject: his mother is feeble
- Undated To: Lydia - From: _____ Cutter
- Undated To: Lydia- From: Jane Emmet De Glehn - Subjects: Bay; Harry and Ellen; (drawing of polo player); Harry and Dorothea James (Jul 11 and 18 letters)
- Undated To: W. J. Emmet - From: W. Duncan
- Undated To: Jane - From: Alida Emmet - Subject: thanks for portraits
- Undated To: Lydia - From: Bay Emmet - Subjects: gossip about Mary; Uncle Dick
- Undated To: Nellie - From: Devereaux Emmet - Subject: saw the President about Robert's appointment
- Undated To: Julia - From: Ella Emmet - Subject: wants to see color in Elizabeth's cheeks
- Undated To: Posie, Lydia, and Jane - From: Julia Colt Emmet -Subjects: Jane met Dana Gibsons on Long Island train (in "Tuesday" letter to Lydia); Jane went to ____ James' to meet Baring and McKim (in "Friday" letter to Lydia); Henry James told Elly that he found Leslie cultivated; Bay at Holland House
(in Sep 8 letter to Lydia)
- Undated - To: Leslie - From: young Harry
- Undated - To: Julia, Jane, and Posie
- From: Lydia Field Emmet
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: [illegible] - Subject: Marcus Reynolds
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Alice - Subject: Salot's portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Bud - Subject: Maizy's portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Madeleine - Subject: Philip
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Paul - Subject: Alice's portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Harriet Aldrich - Subject: how to hang portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: E. Baker - Subjects: lend portrait of 2 girls; Lybba's rings
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Mrs. Daniel Moore Bates - Subject: likes portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: E. Borie - Subject: thanks for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Geraldine Walker Browne - Subject: thanks for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: George Cabot - Subject: payment for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Cornelia Channing - Subject: thanks for Philby picture
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Kitty Cooper - Subject: payment for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Margaret Corlies - Subject: loves portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: P. Coudert - Subject: thanks for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Emily De Rham - Subject: wants daughter's portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Lucy Eliot - Subject: thanks for viewing of Lydia's portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Helen J. Ga____ - Subject: copy of Philby portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Elizabeth Haskell - Subject: thanks for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Helen Hazard - Subject: can't part with portrait of boys
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Mary C. Hunnewell - Subject: portrait of Kitty
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Mrs. Joseph Holand Hunt (Mazie Eliz. Hunt) - Subject: compliment from Lord Craig
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Dorothy Hutton - Subject: loves portrait of Joan
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Harry C. J____ - Subject: loves Jean's portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: John? L____ - Subject: thanks for portraits
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Beatrice Levy - Subject: thanks for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Mabel Lockwood - Subject: trying to get Cliefs' portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Elfrieda Martin - Subject: portrait of Nancy needs change
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Lydia Maxwell - Subject: lend portrait in January
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Emily Morris - Subjects: Katharine Twichell; Peggy's portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Helen Mullaney - Subject: portrait of Princess
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Richard Newton - Subject: portrait of Princess
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: J.P.? - Subject: children's portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Helen Paton - Subject: Pam's portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Dorothy T. Potter - Subject: loves portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Elizabeth Power - Subject: portrait of boys and of Miss Scott
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Dorothy Prentice - Subject: took portrait for repair
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Maud Howland Pyne - Subject: payment for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Jessie H. R____ - Subject: Philby portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: B. Averell Roger____ - Subject: loves child's portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Peggy Rudkin - Subject: thanks for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Mary Runnells - Subject: thanks for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: ____ Schley - Subject: payment for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Elsie Nicholl Sloan - Subject: loves portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Sophie ______ - Subject: portrait of Olivia Stokes
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Dorothy Thomas - Subject: James will be at studio; payment for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Adelaide Thomson - Subject: wants to change portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Burton Twichell - Subject: portrait of Peggy
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Sam M. Vauclain - Subject: payment for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Mary Whitehouse - Subject: Sylvia's portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: D. Witt - Subject: wants portrait of Anne
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Helen Woods - Subject: payment for portrait
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Nelly Emmet - Subject: Bob Emmet upset about staircase
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Nite (Anita) Emmet - Subjects: Barrie plays; Zogbaum poem
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Lucie Fuller
- Undated - To: Jane - From: John Ireland
- Undated - To: Bay and Elly- From: Henry James (3 transcripts) - Subject: description of travels
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Marie O. Kobbe
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Jane Lake
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: H. Magee
- Undated(business card) - From: Payson McL. Merrill Company
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Lucien Monod (postcard in French)
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Hobart Nichols - Subject: did not receive work in time for jury
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Jessie H. R. - Subject: thanks to the Sargents (Mar 22 letter)
- Undated - To: Jane - From: John Singer Sargent - Subject: thanks for Faberge dish
- Undated - To: Posie - From: Arthur Sherwood, Jr. - Subject: school activities
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Cynthia Sherwood - Subject: thanks for necklace
- Undated - To: Posie - From: Phil Sherwood - Subject: family matters
- Undated - To: Julia, Lydia, and Jane - From: Posie (Rosina Emmet) Sherwood - Subject: Lybba and Eddie to stay with the Jays
in Vermont; Alty Morgan bought a farm (Oct. 18 letter)
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Ros(amond) Sherwood - Subject: thanks for visit
- Undated - To: Lydia - From: Lillian and Anthony Thieme, and
Louise D. Van And____
- Undated - To: Posie - From: Stanford White - Subject: thanks for picture 1792 - To: Mrs. McCoubry- From: Thomas Addis Emmet (fragment)
- Jul 9, 1851 - To: Julia - From: William Travers (in Baltimore) - Subject: description of travels
- Aug 8, 1857 - To: Julia (45 Williams St., N.Y.) - From: W. J. Emmet - Subject: journey from Boston to Portland
- Dec 28, 1858 - To: Julia (91 Beaver St., N.Y.)
- From: C.W.C. (Catherine Wadsworth Colt ?) - Subjects: Mr. Hornblower; Gilbert did not come;
the Misses Johnson
- Jan 8, 1861 - To: Julia - From: W. J. Emmet (in Philadelphia) - Subjects: Bob and Herman; visit to the picture gallery
- Jan 9 and 10, 1861 - To: Julia - From: W. J. Emmet (in Washington, D.C.) - Subject: saw Jefferson Davis in Congress
- Jan 12, 1861 - To: Julia - From: W. J. Emmet - Subject: Civil War
- Nov 5, 1862 - To: Julia - From: W. J. Emmet (in Worthington) - Subject: sport shooting; Cunard
- Nov 16, 1863 - To: Cousin July - From: Julia - Subject: the Confederacy
- Oct 28, 1864 - To: Julia - From W. J. Emmet (in Toledo) - Subject: duck shooting
- Oct 3, 1865 - To: Dear Sir - From: R. or E. Emmet (in New Rochelle) - Subject: Mr. Graves at point of death
- Nov 28, 1866 - To: Amy Toler - From: Posie (in New York) - Subject: won't forget the Philippines
- Aug 4, 1867 - To: Julia - From: W. J. Emmet - Subject: Nelly James married John March;
Wilkie James
- Aug 1870 ? - To: Julia - From: W. J. Emmet - Subject: [Oliver Wendell] Holmes;
William and Henry James
- Jul 26, 1871 - To: Aunty - From: Posie - Subject: Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Aug 6, 1871 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Bache Emmet; "Mt. Hope"; games
- Mar 1872 - To: Judge Emmet?- From: Dufferin (at Exhibition Palace, Dublin)
- Oct 6?, 1872 - To: Julia - From: W. J. Emmet (in London) - Subjects: Cambridge races; Bache Cunard
- Oct 11, 1872 - To: Julia - From: W. J. Emmet - Subjects: Fanny Allen; Harold and William Power
- Oct 26, 1872 - To: Julia - From: W. J. Emmet - Subject: Brighton; Cowes
- Nov 10, 1872 - To: Julia - From: W. J. Emmet - Subject: Cambridge; rugby;
Aunt Jane's room at Hallaton Hall
- Nov 19, 1872 - To: Father - From: W. J. Emmet (in London) - Subject: in Dublin 2 days; exhibition;
William Power
1873 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Miss Doyle; new rooms in house; Lydia writes opposition letter
- May 27, 1873 - To: Aunty - From: Posie - Subjects: Jeanette to West Point; trunk keys; Mrs. Green
- [summer 1873] - To: July - From: Julia - Subjects: Bob Emmet to West Point;
(drawing of farm)
- Jun 8, 1873 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Henriette sailed; West Point cadets;
(drawings of cadets and woman in hat)
- [circa 1873] - To: July - From: Julia (at West Point) - Subjects: Gen. Orland Bollivar wants Posie
- Aug 19, 1873 - To: Posie - From: Bache Cunard - Subjects: sporting activities;
(drawings of a hunter and polo player)
- Feb 4, 1874 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: mother's lame leg; Nilsson;
Julia Ward Howe
- Feb 5, 1874 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Nilsson; Julia Ward Howe;
(drawing of Howe's granddaughter)
- Feb 9, 1874 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in Boston) - Subject: Nilsson's performance;
Mr. Griswold's party;
(drawings of children at play)
- Feb 9, 1874 - To: Rich - From: Posie - Subject: Nilsson in Faust
- Feb 16, 1874 - To: Julia - From: George Robeson (Navy Department) - Subject: position for her son
- Aug 5, 1874 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in Newport) - Subjects: just left Southampton; Mrs. Archie Pell;
Charley Russell
- Aug 8, 1874 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: saw Julia Ward Howe dancing;
Mr. Forbes' yacht
- Aug 16, 1874 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in Narragansett) - Subjects: Frank Abbot; plans for West Point;
the 2 Baches; Mr. Pickering, actor; Mrs. Ball Hughes, wife of sculptor
- Aug 21, 1874 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Mr. Pickering; Mr. Bennet;
sad news about cousin Meta; (drawing of Mrs. Sprague)
- Mar 30, 1875 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in Washington, D.C.) - Subjects: toured Washington, D.C.; Mr. Hoyt;
Mrs. Julia Meigs
- Apr 1875 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: party at Postmaster Gen. Jewell's home; Robeson gave appointment;
(drawing of Miss Meigs
and of cousin Janey's house)
- [April 1875] - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Robeson dinner; to visit Mount Vernon; (drawing of a man with flamboyant whiskers)
- [April 1875] - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: visited Mount Vernon; Mr. Bouliniere; climbed Capitol dome
- Jun 4, 1875 - To: Julie - From: Posie - Subject: West Point
- Aug 1875 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in Maine) - Subjects: Mr. Hoyt; Wynnie is ill
- Apr 9, 1876 - To: W. J. Emmet - From: Posie (in Washington, D.C.) - Subjects: visited House of Representatives;
the Robesons; the Frelinghuysens;
Sothern, the actor
- [April 1876] - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: met Miss Washington, a relative of George Washington
- Apr 14, 1876 - To: W. J. Emmet - From: Posie - Subjects: will visit Senate, Corcoran Gallery, and the Smithsonian
- Apr 22, 1876 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: will visit Arlington;
Lucy's engagement off
- Apr 24, 1876 - To: W. J. Emmet - From: Posie - Subjects: Mr. Hoyt wants to go to the impeachment to hear the Marshs' testimony
- [Apr 1876] - To: Little Sister - From: Posie (in Washington, D.C.) - Subject: Easter egg roll at the Capitol
- Jun 28, [1876] - To: Julia - From: Posie (at West Point) - Subject: journey to West Point
- Jun 30, 1876 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: West Point activities; (drawings of Fourth of July celebrants)
- Aug 23, 1876 - To: Julia - From: Lydia (at West Point) - Subject: Mr. Barber to marry Miss Townsend
- Aug 27, 1876 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Miss Townsend's invitation to Albany; group photo taken by Gotthelf Pach
- Sep 29, 1876 - To: Julia - From: Posie (on ship to Hallaton and Ireland) - Subjects: Mr. Barrington;
(drawings of activities on ship)
- Oct 8, 1876 - To: family - From: Posie (Hallaton Hall, England) - Subject: Aunt Jane getting deaf
- Oct 22, 1876 - To: Aunty - From: Posie (in London) - Subjects: London sightseeing;
Barry Sullivan in Richard III;
saw Prince and Princess of Wales
and Louis of Hesse at Haymarket Theatre
- Oct 25, 1876 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in Paris) - Subject: Nilsson in audience for Mme. Judie in
La Belle Helene
- Oct 29, 1876 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: sightseeing; Mr. May's studio;
Sarah Bernhardt in Rome Vaincu;
the Bells and Pierpont Morgans in church; Miss Wise; Hallaton skeleton
- Nov 5, 1876 - To: Julia - From: Posie (Hallaton Hall) - Subjects: Bache Cunard; fox hunt
- Nov 25, 1876 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: steeple chase; A .D.C. theatre; Sir John Kaye, actor, and Cecil Kaye;
(drawing of girl)
- Nov 27, 1876 - To: Chicky - From: Posie - Subjects: steeple chase; Mrs. Franklyn to U.S.;
(drawing of a carriage)
- Nov 29, 1876 - To: Bobby Emmet - From: Posie - Subject: (drawings of Mamy on Caramel the horse and of Billson the groom)
- Dec 1876 - To: Richie - From: Posie - Subject: Lady Power; Mr. Foster; Sir John Kaye
- Dec 16, 1876 - To: Julia - From: Posie (with Cunards at Uppingham) - Subject: (drawing of Mrs. Hungerford in wedding dress)
- Dec 17, 1876 - To: Aunty - From: Posie - Subjects: fox hunt; (drawing of horseman)
- Dec 21, 1876 - To: Henriette - From: Posie - Subjects: will visit Lady Power;
(drawing of Sir John Lister)
- Dec 24, 1876 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in London) - Subjects: Aunt Jane ill; Sir John Kaye;
Mr. Roche to U.S. with Bache;
(drawings of men)
- Jan 4, 1877 - To: Bobby Emmet - From: Posie - Subject: (drawing of a hunting meet)
- Jan 14, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: to London with the Powers;
Freddy Gosling; Aunt Jane is better
- Jan 15, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: Ty and Jack Power to school soon;
Norah Power is 6
- Jan 16, 1877 - To: W. J. Emmet - From: Posie - Subjects: Sir William Power; Henry James;
(drawings of Miss Foster, Rev. Freil dancing, and Tyrone Power)
- Jan 18, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Henry James; Sir John Herschel's daughter; (drawing of Ty Power)
- Jan 25, 1877 - To: Aunty - From: Posie (in Dublin) - Subjects: left London Jan. 23; Powers' Dublin tour;
the Russells
- Feb 10, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: left the Powers
- Feb 13, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in London) - Subject: Queen opening Parliament
- Mar 5, 1877 - To: Aunty - From: Posie - Subject: Posie to be presented at Court
- Mar 8, 1877 - To: Tom Emmet - From: Posie - Subject: (drawing of little actress)
- Mar 10, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: Bache rode with Prince of Wales
- Mar 17, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: (drawing of a girl)
- Mar 26, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: Bache and Gosling to U.S. in July
- Mar 27, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: (drawing of lambs)
- Apr 1, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: to London soon; Hallaton fair
- Apr 8, 1877 - To: Lydia - From: Posie - Subjects: to London April 13; (drawing of window)
- Apr 11, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: goodbye to Hallaton
and Caramel the horse; lunch with Powers
- Apr 17?, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: (drawing of Posie's Court dress)
- Apr 22, 1877 - To: Aunty - From: Posie - Subject: Charles Matthews in The Liar;
will hear Nilsson, Fauve, andPatti;
to visit the Royal Academy; Court dress
- [May 1877] - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: description of
- May 3 presentation at Court
- Aug 17, 1877 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in Newport) - Subjects: wedding; Uncle John; the Winthrops; Freddy Gosling; Susie Metcalfe;
Mrs. Eyre andMr. Cushing, actors
- Oct 30, 1877 - To: Posie - From: Mamy Cunard (Hallaton Hall) - Subjects: Minnie's death; Edward's accidental death; Bobby Emmet goes West
- Nov 5, 1877 - To: Posie - From: G. Cunard - Subject: Minnie Emmet's death
- Mar 3, 1878 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in Annapolis) - Subjects: Mr. Speyers; Mr. Meigs;
Willie is a middie
- Mar 17, 1878 - To: Posie - From: Mary Cunard - Subject: Bache had been in U.S.
- Aug 4, 1878 - To: Julia - From: Posie (at Chamberlain Lake) - Subjects: camping; Mr. O'Connor; Mr. Hoyt
- Aug 9, [1878] - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Bessie in play Naval Engagements;
(drawing of Bessie in costume)
- Nov 25, 1878 - To: Posie - From: Annie (Market Harboro', England) - Subjects: bazaar; Cecil Kaye;
Bache is Master of the Hounds
- Jun 15, 1879 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Whitneys took her driving
- Jan 17, 1881 - To: Billy - From: Posie (at Mallow) - Subject: Netty Estep; Dev and Posie visited the Sherwoods; attended the theatre;
Dora's studio; visit from Oscar Wilde
- Jan 30, 1881 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Posie paints Baldwin girl;
Mr. Fairchild visits Mr. Chase;
Fairchild portrait; Mrs. Stevens and Bay's picture
- Apr 18, 1881 - To: Julia - From: Henry James - Subject: leaving New York to go to Washington
- Nov 13, 1881 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: Posie finished the portrait;
Bobby Emmet May have stopped in Leavenworth to see General Pope
- Dec 25, 1881 - To: Billy - From: Posie (at Mallow, E. Rockaway, L.I.) - Subjects: Mr. Carnegie offers Posie his horse;
Arthur Sherwood
- Jan 1, 1882 - To: Billy - From: Posie - Subjects: Leslie and Henriette;
Nelly Phelps and Jim Breese
- Jan 7, 1882 - To: Billy - From: Posie - Subject: in from Rockaway with Temple
and Mr. Arthur
- Mar 22, 1882 - To: Posie - From: J. Philip Sherwood (in Rome) - Subject: Miss Estep
- April 1882 - To: July - From: Julia - Subject: Bob E. to Fort Garland to quell trouble
- Jul 2, 1882 - To: Julia - From: Posie ("out West with Bob") - Subject: Col. Coppinger, Civil War veteran
(Bull Run)
- Jul 27, 1882 - To: Julia - From: Posie (at Fort Leavenworth) - Subject: Papa homesick;
to the mountains next week
- [Jul/Aug 1882] - To: Julia - From: Posie (at Fort Garland, Colorado) - Subjects: description of Denver;
saw Our Boys at theatre; opera house;
arrival at Fort Garland
- Aug 3, 1882 - To: Philip Sherwood ("Pandy")
- From: Posie (in Pueblo, Colorado)
-Subjects: left Fort Garland via La Veta Pass last night; Ft. Leavenworth and then home
- Aug 17, 1882 - To: Julia - From: Posie (at Fort Garland) - Subjects: Pere Marchand; (drawing of dancers)
- Aug 18, 1882 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: (drawing of Pere Marchand)
- Aug 22, 1882 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: photos of Bobby E.; day at San Luis;
Pere Marchand
- Aug 27, 1882 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in camp on the Conejos) - Subjects: trout fishing with Papa;
Sep. 1 to Ft. Leavenworth;
(drawing of donkey)
- Aug 30, 1882 - To: Julia - From: Posie (at Fort Garland) - Subject: Mr. Hawk's death at Long Beach
- Sep 27, 1882 - To: Philip Sherwood ("Pandy")
- From: Posie (at Mallow) - Subject: the studio
- Dec 10, 1882 - To: Billy - From: Posie (at Mallow) - Subjects: Philip at Hyde Hall; Col. Coppinger; Bobby is an actor; Iolanthe at opera house
- May 14, 1883 - To: Julia - From: J. E. (in London) - Subjects: Prince of Wales opened fishery exhibition; Powers to Tunbridge
- Jun 8, 1883 - To: Julia - From: Lydia (in Annapolis) - Subjects: Philip; the Meigs;
arrival of Uncle Dick and Aunt Kitty
- Oct 12, 1883? - To: Julia - From: Posie (in New Rochelle) - Subjects: Anita worried over Tommy's illness
- Dec 11, 1883 - To: Julia - From: G. Hyde Clarke - Subjects: daughter Maud is an actress;
old Phil died; Miss Jerome
Mary Anderson a success in opera
- [circa 1883] - To: Julia - From: Devereaux Emmet
(at Hyde Hall, Cooperstown, N.Y.) - Subjects: has Julia seen Strong, or Arthur?;
Mrs. Cooper near death;
old Mrs. Stewart gone
- Jan 8, 1884 - To: Julia - From: Posie (rue de Baune, Paris) - Subjects: with Aunty and Lydia; study at atelier; Dick Hunt; Ned Potter;
Edith McAllister located teacher for Lydia; Dora Wheeler paints;
met John Singer Sargent at Mrs. Wright's and brother Edouard's party;
visited Muncaksky's studio
- Jan 24, 1884 - To: Jane - From: J. McEvers (in Market Harboro', England) - Subject: accident to Temple's hand
- Jan 26, 1884 - To: W. J. Emmet (at Mallow)
- From: Posie (in Paris)
-Subjects: Bobby E. in D.C.;
Mr. Carnegie to take them coaching;
Uncle Gilbert; Mr. Julian; Henry James letter
- Mar 28, 1884 - To: Julia - From: Ellen James Temple (in San Rafael, Ca.) - Subject: Uncle Temple's death
- Aug 10, 1884 - To: Lydia - From: Posie - Subjects: cousin Jeanette's funeral;
will see Bache Emmet, then to Hyde Hall; earthquake
- Nov 3, 1884 - To: Cousin Julia - From: Bache McEvers Whitlock (in New York) - Subjects: Aunt Margaret's estate;
his daughter Lydia to Europe in winter with Posie and Lydia Emmet
- Nov 23, 1884 - To: Julia - From: Lydia (in Market Harboro', England) - Subjects: Posie; Aunt Jane; Col. Gosling;
Mrs. Hays; Mamie's wedding
- Nov 26, 1884 - To: Bill - From: Sister (Aunty?) - Subjects: Posie paints Grant and Anne;
proud of Lydia; Aunt Jane gave sister a painting of Jeanette Whitlock;
Mamie's wedding
- Nov 28, 1884 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in Market Harboro', England) - Subjects: to London Dec 1 and Paris Dec 2;
Nelly to Hanover; baby duchess; old portrait of Mr. Gladstone
- Dec 4,1884 - To: Julia - From: Aunty (in Paris since
Dec 2) - Subjects: Mrs. Powers; Nettie to wed a German; Mr. Parrish, etcher;
(drawing of rue de Beaune studio)
- Dec 7, 1884 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in Paris) - Subjects: Wheelers and Parrishes;
begin lessons at Julian's
- Dec 9, 1884 - To: Julia - From: Aunty - Subject: Mr. von Hemert
- Dec 13, 1884 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: likes Daumier's work;
Lorillard Spencers
- Dec 17, 1884 - To: Julia - From: Lydia (in Paris) - Subjects: live near Voltaire's house;
visited Louvre and Notre Dame;
Dora Wheeler; Amanda Brewster;
Prang competition
- [Dec 1884] - To: [Julia] - From: Posie (fragment) - Subject: teacher Giacommetti is a wild person, Fleury next month is better
- Dec 25, 1884 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: Amanda Brewster;
gifts from Wheelers and Parrishes;
Dick Hunt and Grenville Snelling
- Dec 31, 1884 - To: Billy - From: Posie - Subject: hope Mr. Church gives Billy a place; activities in class; Louis Fleury;
Edith McAllister studies music
- Jan 1885 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Lyd's first violin lesson;
Mr. Coolidge's studio; Lydia's fame; Henry James letter; Elizabeth Boott
- Jan 4, 1885 - To: Jane - From: Aunty - Subject: Posie doing a Titian head
- Jan 4, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Lydia - Subjects: Posie and Amanda copying in the Louvre; Jeanette's baby; Fleury; Giacommetti; Sarah Bernhardt in Theodora
- Jan 6, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Aunty - Subject: Mrs. Wright's party
- Jan 10, 1885 - To: family - From: Posie - Subjects: Annie Cunard's picture;
Stevie Parker's studio; Fleury
- Jan 16, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Lydia - Subject: Mr. Parker's portrait
of Mrs. John Sherwood
- Jan 25, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Henry James note about
Elizabeth Boott's address; Miss Dixwell; Louis Strong photos;
Charles Spencer was pupil of Carolus; description of a local wedding;
Dick Hunt reports bombing of the Tower of London
- Jan 29, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Lydia - Subjects: Her plates are acceptable;
no Fitzgibbon baby;
(drawing of Dancla the teacher)
- Jan 30, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Fleury; Bouguereau;
Edouard Wright's atelier;
Giacommetti next week
- Jan 30, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Aunty - Subject: Ellen Hale, daughter
of Edward Everett Hale in Posie's class
- Feb 1, 1885 - To: Nelly - From: Posie - Subject: the G.M. appointment in D.C.;
new Dumas play Denise;
dead man in the Seine
- Feb 2, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: dead man in the Seine; Bilinska cheering
- Feb 3, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Lydia - Subjects: Emily Stevens; Adolphe;
O'Donovan Rossa's death; Ellen Hale;
(drawings of Miss Clements and another art student)
- Feb 8, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Lydia - Subjects: Giacommetti; the Fitzgibbons
- Feb 9, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: annual picture exhibition;
Sargent's painting; Sigrid Bolling fainted;
Mr. Julian; Miss Boott and Miss Hale;
(drawing of cook and waiter)
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- Feb 1885 - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subjects: Netty's tapestries; Concours week;
going to Theodora
- Feb 22, 1885 - To: W. J. Emmet - From: Posie - Subjects: Bilinska screamed; Concours week;
books for Louis Strong;
Mr. Clare Fitzgibbons to go to Egypt
- Mar 30, 1885 - To: Lydia - From: Julia (at Mallow) - Subjects: Nelly and Bob E.; family news
- Apr 12, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Posie (in Barbizon) - Subjects: left Paris Apr 9; Fontainebleau; Millet's son has his father's studio
- May 14, 1885 - To: Julia - From: Aunty (in Paris) - Subjects: last day of class May 16;
to London for a month; Miss Dixwell's death
- Jun 14, 1885 - To: Miss Adele - From: Mary Lee, Countess de Waldersee - Subject: death of Nannette Bolton, Adele's sister
- Sep 22, 1886 - To: Julia - From: Lydia (in Missouri?) - Subject: via Albany and Chicago;
Bobby E. just met us; Arden Robbyns;
Mr. Jay; Maurice Minton
- Sep 26, 1886 - To: Aunty - From: Lydia - Subjects: Mr. Day; cavalry horses; Thatcher girl; Miss Stevens engaged to Capt. Hughes; Nelly's letter from Elliot Marshall;
Sioux census
- Sep 28, 1886 - To: Posie - From: G. McEvers - Subjects: he is painting again; Julia's trip
- Oct 1, 1886 - To: Julia - From: Posie (at Mallow) - Subjects: Mother's (Julia's) trip to Swanswich;
Papa (W.J. Emmet) enjoyed Short Hills
- Oct 7, 1886 - To: Posie - From: Lydia (Rosebud Agency Camp,
Dakota Territory) - Subject: left post Oct 6; description of travels
- Oct 14, 1886 - To: Julia - From: Lydia (at Fort Norbrara) - Subject: Omaha Indians
- Dec 28, 1886 - To: Julia - From: Andrew Carnegie - Subject: Carnegie an "invalid" from his journey from Cressin
- Jan 16, 1887 - To: Posie - From: Gen. James Parker (at Ft. Huachnaz) - Subject: Posie's engagement to Arthur Sherwood
- Jan 16, 1887 - To: Posie - From: Richard H. Hunt (in E. Rockaway) - Subject: Posie's engagement
- Apr 21, 1887 - To: Julia - From: Canon Knowles - Subject: Posie's wedding
June 1887-----Posie's wedding announcement
- Jun 15, 1887 - To: Lydia - From: Posie (in Delhi, N.Y.) - Subject: honeymoon
- May 13, 1888 - To: Mr. Emmet - From: Andrew Carnegie - Subject: send Temple to see Mr. W. L. Abbot
- Jun 30, 1888? - To: Lydia - From: Elizabeth Lenox Conyngham - Subjects: letter of sympathy; Posie's Christmas book
- Jul 29, 1888 - To: Billy - From: Posie (at Mallow) - Subjects: Arthur Sherwood, Jr. born May 29;
Mr. Knowles analyzed handwriting of
Ellen Terry and Dora Wheeler; John Singer Sargent anecdote
- Jul 26, 1889 - To: Mrs. Sherwood - From: Posie - Subjects: Mrs. Sherwood's honors;
silver medal won in Paris
- Nov 28, 1889 - To: Bill - From: Aunt Jane (in Bicester, England) - Subjects: birth of Mamie's boy;
Maggie's engagement; Gordon's engagement
- May 10, 1890 - To: Julia - From: Lydia (on S. S. Eider) - Subject: sailing to Europe
- Whitsunday [1890] - To: Jane - From: Lydia - Subjects: good passage to England; saw former Lord Mayor Sir Sidney Waterlow;
The Gondoliers; Aunt Jane ill;
(drawing of woman)
- May 20, [1890] - To: Julia - From: Lydia (in London) - Subjects: part of Duke of Buckingham's estate goes to Earl Temple; mentions Henry James
- [May 1890] - To: Julia - From: Lydia - Subjects: visited Tower of London; Bache Cunard; saw The Gondoliers;
heard Cachonca and Geraldine Ul
- Mar sing
Decoration Day [1890]
- To: Julia - From: Jane - Subjects: Gilbert and Sullivan fight;
Bill keeps us at The Gondoliers;
Mammy's (Julia's) wheelchair; Dev in Texas
- Jun 6, 1890 - To: Posie - From: Lydia (in Windsor) - Subjects: will ask Mrs. Millet for introduction to Alma-Tadema; the Derby; Hampton Court
- Jun 7, 1890 - To: Jane - From: Lydia (in Henley-on-Thames) - Subjects: Windsor to Stokes Poges; Oxford; mentions Leighton; proud of Billy
- Jun 13, 1890 - To: Julia - From: Lydia (in Lichfield) - Subjects: hated Blenheim;
visited Stratford and Warwick
- Jun 18, 1890 - To: Posie - From: Lydia (in Edensor) - Subjects: visited Haddon Hall;
saw Carnegie and his brother
- Jun 20, 1890 - To: Julia - From: Lydia (in Doncaster) - Subjects: visited Hardwicke Hall and
Sherwood Forest;
mentions John Singer Sargent;
sail home June 29
- Aug 27, 1890 - To: Miss Emmet - From: Georgiana Euston (in York, England) - Subject: thanks for sketches of Robert Emmet and his grandfather
- Sep 5, 1890 - To: Julia - From: [Posie] (at Woodland House, Delhi, N.Y.) - Subjects: little Arthur and Cynthia;
Sam arrived yesterday
- Sep 15, 1890 - To: Julia - From: Lydia (in Delhi, N.Y.) - Subjects: with Posie and family; Jane and Lyd to Hyde Sep 17
- [Apr 11, 1891] - To: Julia - From: Posie - Subject: Posie expecting (Phil)
- Dec 9, 1891 - To: Posie - From: Templeton Strong (in Boston) - Subject: his piano version of Arthur's waltz
- Apr 10, 1892 - To: Posie - From: Ada Rehan (in New York) - Subject: cannot sit for portrait at this time
- Aug 8, [?] - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell - Subject: sorry for quarrel
- Sep 18, 1892 - To: Lydia - From: Posie (Beverly Farms, Massachusetts) - Subjects: hope to have Hamilton studio for a school; Bessie Fisher;
portrait of Martha Cameron; Aunty moving
- Oct 1, 1892 - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell - Subjects: homesick for Shinnecock; cruel letter
- [1892?] - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell - Subjects: Florentine dress; the League
- [undated] - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell - Subjects: note from Milhan;
invitation to Dexter and "Kate";
Peggy and Sarah to Chicago; Louise sailed
- [undated] - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell - Subject: wants to visit her at Pelham
- [undated] - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell - Subject: her pleasure to sit for Lyd and Henry?
- [undated] - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell - Subject: she has Lyd's canvas of Henry? Meig;
will see if Cecilia Beaux is home
- [undated] - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell(fragment) - Subject: opinion of exhibition
- Dec 3, 1892 - To: Posie - From: Bruce Price (Century Club) - Subject: compliments
- Dec 18, 1892 - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell - Subject: the League
- Jan 30, 1893 - To: Posie - From: Henry James (in London) - Subjects: Pelham relatives; Kitty
- Jun 21, 1893 - To: Posie - From: Henry James (in London) - Subjects: Kitty and his brother William; Bay
- Jul 14, 1893 - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell - Subjects: description of paintings at Columbia Exposition, esp. Cassatt's;
mention of Henry James letter
- [Aug 1893] - To: Lydia - From: Posie - Subject: good interview at Harper's
- Sep 5, 1893 - To: Julia - From: William Pennington - Subject: Dev in New Hampshire
- [Sep 1893] - To: Richie - From: Posie - Subjects: going to Chicago; Mr. Keogh;
Robert just left Harvard;
to see races with Alty Morgan
- [Sep 1893] - To: Lydia - From: Posie - Subjects: Mr. Morgan; Mr. Chase liked Posie's and Lyd's pictures; Stevenson's writings;
to visit Jim Breese's studio; Jane's tableaux
- Sep 17, 1893 - To: Lydia - From: Posie (in Chicago to decorate
Hall of Women's Building) - Subjects: Columbia Exposition;
Mrs. Palmer wants Posie to stay and paint;
Zorn painting Palmer; Arthur liked works by Degas, Raffaelli, Whistler, and Sargent's portrait of Ellen Terry
- [Sep (not June) 1893]
- To: Lydia (in Chicago) - From: Posie - Subjects: Columbia Exposition;
Mrs. Palmer hasn't paid;
Zorn is painting portrait of Palmer; Posie won a medal;
visited by Mr. Dwight and Mr. Huntington
- Sep 22, 1893 - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell - Subjects: Zorn painting Mrs.Palmer;
viewed Mrs. Palmer's collection including Monets and Besnards; discusses Henry James' writings
- Oct 28, 1893 - To: Julia - From: Lydia (in Chicago) - Subjects: Columbia Exposition activities;
Miss Kobbe; the Hoffmans
- Dec 8, 1893 - To: Posie - From: Ellen Terry (in New York) - Subjects: sorry to miss you; a box for the theatre
- May 3, 1894 - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell (in Paris) - Subject: two Salons and pastel exhibition
- May 4, 1894 - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell - Subjects: reference to Frederick MacMonnies;
Elsie Cleveland; Mrs. Zorn; Miss Abbot;
George Vanderbilt;
Miss Yandell, Miss Scudder, and Miss Taft in sculpture class; Mrs. John Alexander; Thomas Hardy; Robert Louis Stevenson
- May 21, 1894 - To: Julia - From: Thomas Addis Emmet (in New York) - Subject: Lord Salisbury's attack on home rule in Ireland
- Aug 28, 1894 - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell (in Verona) - Subject: description of travels
- Nov 6, 1894? - To: Posie - From: Charles McKim - Subjects: Wagner recital; Cecilia Beaux exhibition
- Nov 19, 1894 - To: Lydia - From: Matilda Brownell (in Paris) - Subjects: mentions Cecilia Beaux; Grace Parrish; Clemens family (Mark Twain) renting from Pomeroy the painter;
John Alexander's studio and his portrait of Mrs. Coolidge of Boston
- Dec 10, 1894 - To: Julia - From: Devereaux Emmet (in New Rochelle) - Subject: Uncle John's death; Bob is ill
- Jan 19, 1895 - To: Julia - From: Catherine Marsden (in Metlakahtla, Alaska) - Subjects: death of her daughter;
clipping about her son
- Feb 7, 1895 - To: Julia - From: Edward Marsden (in Marietta, Ohio) - Subject: death of his sister
- Mar 5, 1895 - To: Julia - From: Charles McKim - Subjects: clipping about Saint-Gaudens; "subject so carefully avoided";
(children's drawings of sail boats;
see transcript of Henry James letter dated March 21, 1897)
- Apr 7, [1895] - To: Posie - From: Cecilia Beaux - Subjects: thanks for pinafore; portrait of Cynthia
- Apr 16, [1895?] - To: Lydia - From: Maria Kennedy G________ - Subjects: Bay's portrait of Cynthia, "Certainly we won't try Cecilia Beaux for this."
- [Spring 1895] - To: Posie - From: Cecilia Beaux - Subject: to Washington, Conn. with aunts;
will teach at P.A.F.A.
- Dec 29, [1895] - To: Posie - From: Cecilia Beaux has begun Mrs. Curtis' portrait; compliments Posie's painting of babies;
having Cynthia's portrait photographed after exhibition
- Jan 16, 1896 - To: Posie - From: Edward Simmons (The Players) - Subjects: congratulations on good work
- Mar [1896] - To: Posie - From: Cecilia Beaux (in Washington, D.C.) - Subject: Curtis portrait finished
- Oct 19, [1896] - To: Posie - From: Cecilia Beaux - Subjects: Cynthia's portrait returned from Champs de Mars exhibition;
Mr. Chase also at the Academy;
Posie's brother's wedding
- Nov 25, 1896 - To: Lydia (in Pelham)
- From: Rosina Hubley Emmet (in London) - Subjects: Julia, Posie, Bay, Grenville, and Leslie arrived in London; sightseeing
- [1896/1897] - To: Jane - From: Bay (in Paris) - Subjects: Stanford White;
Jane would like MacMonnies; Mowbray; Mabel Maginnis; Bobby Sherwood
- [1897] - To: Lydia - From: Rosina Hubley Emmet - Subjects: New Year's with Cornelia; MacMonnies
- [1897] - To: Lydia - From: Rosina Hubley Emmet (in Paris) - Subjects: Uncle Dick ill; Nelsons are in Paris; May Catlin; Jim Breese;
Rosina, Bay, and Jane to tea at Conkling's studio to meet Castaigne the illustrator
- [1897] - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: Uncle Dick ill; tragedy in Paris;
Miss Catlin; Mabel and Bessie MacGinnis; Jane Chanler; Mildred H.; Alida's figure
- Feb 2, 1897 - To: Rosina Hubley Emmet
- From: Henry James (in London) (transcript) - Subject: will see Rosina and Bay in April;
Sargent made a Royal Academician
- [Feb 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Jane (at 96 Blvd. Montparnasse, Paris) - Subjects: loved England; starts in Collin's atelier tomorrow; MacMonnies and Bay;
Anita's baby; Philippe von Hemert;
Robert Chanler; Mabel McGinnis;
photo of Bobby Sherwood; (floor plan of apartment)
- Feb 4, 1897 - To: Beau Frere - From: Jane - Subjects: tomorrow to Don Juan; Miss Eustis; Robert Chanler;
MacMonnies lent Bay a tapestry; Bay's bas relief of Stevenson; Jim Wright; letters from Henry James who is coming to Paris in April
- Feb 8, 1897 - To: Julia - From: Jane - Subjects: wrote to Arthur; Mabel McGinnis;
Don Juan; MacMonnies baby;
Tonetti is MacMonnies' assistant;
Henry James; Minna Chapman;
Chester Aldrich; Alice Haughton
- Feb 13, 1897 - To: Rosina Hubley Emmet
- From: Henry James (in London)(transcript) - Subjects: Dick Emmet died; Mary Clarke
- [Feb 1897] - To: Julia - From: Jane - Subject: Uncle Dick's death
- Feb 26, 1897 - To: Rosina Hubley Emmet
- From: Henry James - Subject: apologies for misaddressing letter
- [Feb 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: miss Dick Emmet; Dana Gibson;
Bay and Jane prefer Paris art students
- Mardi Gras 1897 - To: Julia - From: Jane - Subjects: the von Hemerts;
Eliza Wells and her Liverpooler
- Mar 4, [1897] - To: W. J. Emmet - From: Jane - Subjects: Bay's birthday; Eliza's beau;
play L'Evasion
- Mar 4, [1897] - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: MacMonnies returned from Brussels; Henry James; Don Juan;
Mabel in London with Mark Twain's family
- Mar 12, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: MacMonnies; Jane adores Stanford White, but doesn't know McKim well; Sargent and McKim; Bay;
Collin is fine teacher; Kenyon Cox;
saw works of Puvis de Chavannes at Sorbonne; letter from A.C. Whitehead
- Mar 21, 1897 - To: Grenville Hunter (a child)
- From: Henry James(transcript) - Subjects: thanks for pictures of boat race
(see drawings on McKim letter dated
March 5, 1895)
- Mar 24, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: J.N. McEvers (in New York City) - Subject: Tucker miniature
- [Mar 1897] - To: Julia - From: Jane - Subjects: Ethel Folsom works at Lazars;
staying with Ally Haughton; Edith Stokes
- [Mar 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Rosina Hubley Emmet - Subjects: to Fontainebleau; French sculptor Leon; Conkling; MacMonnies;
Cousin Henry (James)
- [1897] - To: Lydia - From: Rosina Hubley Emmet - Subjects: MacMonnies painted Rosina;
posed in Paris for Whistler's portrait of Miss Peck; Whistler did critiques for Bay, Mary Clay and Mary Foote
- Mar 29, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: plans for Oxford; Ethel Folsom;
Paul Conkling; MacMonnies; Miss Scudder; Fontainebleau
- [Mar 1897] - To: Rosie - From: Jane - Subject: Fontainebleau visit postponed; MacMonnies and French artist Bestant;
Don Juan; Colome concert
- [1897] - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: Stanford and Bessie White; MacMonnies; Eliza's engagement, glad it's not Alfred Booth; Mildred Howells; Bay;
another month of Collin;
Tonetti and Leon
- [Apr 1897] - To: Julia - From: Jane - Subjects: to Fontainebleau soon; the Chanlers; Richard Harding Davis; Johnny Howells shares flat with Mr. Rogers
- [Apr 1897] - To: Julia - From: Jane - Subjects: MacMonnies dinner; Susie; Mr. Rogers;
Johnnie Howells; artist Mr. McEwan
- Good Friday [1897] - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: Mr. Kevers (McEvers?); Bay's bike;
Susie Clemens died last year;
Bobby S. a year old
- [Apr 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: Cornelia's baby;
A. Phimister Proctor's baby;
MacMonnies; Kevers (Mc Evers?);
Champs Elysee vernissage; Paul Monuet; saw Mlle. Lara in Coquelin Cadet
- [week after Easter, 1897]
- To: Julia - From: Jane - Subjects: Champs Elysees vernissage; description of Champs de Mars exhibition; MacMonnies; Catlin girl;
Trocadero concert; Miss Eustis' sister-in-law is Mrs. George Eustis; Eliza Wells;
Peggy Newbold; Herters' party on May 14;
Edith Carpenter married Everett Macy
- [Spring 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: Uncle Dick's illness;
MacMonnies' opinion of Scudder;
girls will go straight to Southwold; Bay; Henry James; the Herters' ball;
Collin afraid of Theresa Murphy;
sorry to miss Eliza's wedding; the Diblees
- Apr 16, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Jane? - Subjects: Parsons party; Conkling; "grim Scudder"; MacMonnies admires Chanler;
(drawings of a dress and party guest)
- Apr 28, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Addis - Subjects: thanks for the miniature;
new McEvers arrival at New Rochelle; Griswold's cousin Julia Tucker died
- [1897] - To: Julia - From: Bay - Subject: visited chateau Bellevue
- [Apr 1897] - To: Julia - From: Jane - Subjects: MacMonnies; costumes; uniform used by Saint-Gaudens for his
Shaw Memorial
- [May 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: Henry James; MacMonnies;
Theresa Murphy; Mary Clarke; Joe Hunt; (drawing of costume for May 14 ball)
- May 20, 1897 - To: Julia - From: Jane (in Giverny) - Subjects: in Giverny with MacMonnies; Conkling;
Henry James; the Herters' ball
- May 24, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Jane? - Subjects: Bay's portrait of MacMonnies; MacMonnies adores Stevenson;
artist M. Berthaut
- May 28, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Rosina - Subjects: MacMonnies; Sargent;
to England June 12;
Bay and Rosina to Paris again in winter
- [Jun 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Rosina Hubley Emmet (in England) - Subjects: Bay and Rosina in Southwold, England; Jane seeing London with Dick Davis; Sargent to paint the Queen; Henry James; MacMonnies baby due in Nov.;
MacMonnies invitation to Giverny; Pomeroy, sculptor friend of Sargent; Conkling
- Jun 15, 1897 - To: Rosina Hubley Emmet
- From: Frederick MacMonnies - Subject: MacMonnies in Giverny with Pomeroy
- Jun 17, 1897 - To: Lydia? - From: Jane (in London for Jubilee) - Subjects: MacMonnies; Anthony Hope;
Ethel Barrymore; Dick Davis; Grant's tomb; Justin McCarthy; Cissie Loftus; Fred Terry;
Mamie Gosling; John Hay; Asquiths;
Basil Temple Blackwood
- [Jun 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: Sargent; Henry James; saw royalty; Cecilia Beaux; Florence Cross; Miss Hay; Dick Davis; Ethel Barrymore; Cecil Clark; Lyd at W. P.; Frank Parker (ex-Tory M.P.) is cousin of Joe Lawley
- [Jun 1897] - To: Willy - From: Jane - Subjects: trying to avoid Jubilee; the Diblees; Mamie Gosling; Frank Parker; Kevers
- [Jun 1897] - To: Julia - From: Jane (in Dunwich) - Subjects: with Mabel tonight; Aunt Elly and Gren; Bay, Leslie, and Anita; Rosina;
Cornelia home on Saturday;
Henry James' expected visit
- [Jun 1897] - To: Julia - From: Jane - Subjects: Henry James; Jane's plans to sail; Rosina
- Jul 26, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Jane (at Surrenden, Pluckley, Kent) - Subjects: with Lewises since Saturday--friends of Redmond and Carew; Bronson Winthrop;
Duggy Balfour;
to see Henry James on Saturday
- [Jul 1897] - To: Julia - From: Jane - Subjects: Conkling; MacMonnies;
Henry James' book
- Aug 3, 1897 - To: Julia - From: Jane (in Dunwich) - Subjects: Kevers and Maud Cunard; Bache Cunard; Nancy Cunard (a child);
Leicester Fair on Wednesday; will sail the 14th on the St. Paul;
Henry James didn't come on the 31st; Sargent lunching at Hans Crescent Hotel
- Aug 6, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: Henry James still expected;
dancing bears performed in Dunwich;
Lyd's thoughts of the major at the White House
- Sep 10, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Jane (in New York) - Subjects: Alida's baby;
description of Bobby Sherwood
- [Sep 1897] - To: Jane - From: Bay - Subjects: Stanford White; Jubilee;
MacMonnies ("a composite of Mowbray, Willie, Temple, and Stevenson");
MacMonnies' studio; Conkling; Rosina;
costume party; Anita von Hemert's daughter is 3 weeks old
- [Sep 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Bay - Subjects: Mrs. McGinnis; Bay says Maria Kobbe wouldn't like a room at 96 Blvd. Montparnasse; Mary Foote
- Oct 23, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Bay and Leslie (96 Blvd. Montparnasse) - Subjects: money worries; Mrs. Griswold; Rolshoven's studio; Collin's class
- [Oct 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Bay - Subject: don't raise funds; Rosina; Leslie
- [Oct 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Julia - Subjects: goodbye to Lydia; Jamey to visit in fall; Frank Kiefer's funeral; Navajoes
- [Oct 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Julia - Subject: Stanford White
- Nov 19, 1897--------receipt for the Powel children miniature by Lydia
- Nov 20, [1897] - To: Lydia - From: Julia - Subjects: Mr. Powel's note; Jane to Yale game;
visit of (Miss Thackera and Miss Fanny) from Fort Defiance who work with Navajoes
- Nov 24, 1897 - To: Julia - From: Lydia (in Paris) - Subjects: arrival in England and Paris; Kob at Mrs. McGinnis'; Leslie; Mary Foote; Anita; Bay and Rose to a football game with
Saint-Gaudens and MacMonnies
Thanksgiving
- [1897] - To: Lydia - From: Jane (in the United States) - Subjects: Bobby Sherwood;
Billy at Rokeby liked Hester Lyttleton
- [1897?] - To: July - From: Julia - Subjects: Jane wrote to Bessie Maginnis;
Latin Quarter apartments are cheap; Lydia is going; length of Jane's stay
- [Nov 1897] - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: Bessie White; Jack Beresford;
the Gibsons; Stanford White;
Powel miniature to Mr. Kobbe?
- Dec 1, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Posie - Subject: Bobby Sherwood
- Dec 3, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Jane - Subjects: Alida's baby; Cecilia Beaux in Boston; Jane to sketch Tichenor;
Temple and W.J. Emmet to North Carolina
- [Dec 1897] - To: Lydia (in Winchester, England)
- From: Jane - Subjects: the League is rather awful;
Johnny Weeks and Mrs. Henry Bowers;
Mrs. Phelps; Jack Wells
- Dec 4, 1897 - To: Lydia - From: Eleanor Temple Emmet