Misc. keepsakes, cards, and clippings, 1897-1905
Scope and Contents
A number of newspaper clippings feat. EH's obituary, a card sent from LH to EH for her first Christmas; a 1905 calendar: "Merry Months" (with envelope), and a number of flowers pressed between folded leaves of paper: "From the wreaths that were about our darling Esm� when she was lying in her last sleep" (LH's handwriting); a separate small Hollinger box also contains a segment of a wreath from EH's grave; elsewhere in box, separately wrapped, are 7 copies of the book The Horizon (London: James Nisbet & Co., Ltd., 1911) by Catherine Marsh. The volume is 9x11 cm and "tells the story of Esm�'s life and death, including personal anecdotes, quotations from letters along with much consoling material of a religious nature" (from B.D.); box also includes a separately wrapped 1894 Charles Lett's diary that belonged to EH and includes drawings, scribbles and arithmetic in a childish hand; diary is dated 1894, but since EH was not born until 1897, the diary probably originally belonged to LH.
Dates
- Creation: 1897-1905
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the File: 175 Linear Feet (213 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the File: English
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository