Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sen…
Some materials produced by Catharine (Adams) Elkin
Date Range
[ca.1844 - 1909]
[ca.1939 - 1944]
1980 - 1981
2014
Physical Description
21 cm of textual records -- 16 postcards -- 3 drawings -- 1 photograph album : 107 b&w photographs
History / Biographical
Mary Wright (Molly) Adams was born on 15 October 1868. in Ridgefield Connecticut. She was the third of five children born to Cornelia Ann Cook (1830-1902) and Daniel Lucius Adams (1814 - 1899) She died in Kobe, Japan on 23 January 1909 and was buried there.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sent between Molly's extended family members [including members of the Adams, Cook and Wright families], ca.1844 and 1866.
Textual records primarily consist of correspondence sent between Molly Adams and various friends and family members [ca.1891-1909].
Notes
Fonds consists of two series:
Series I : Correspondence [contains two sub-series: I / A : Molly Wright Adams ; I / B : Extended family]
Series II : Personal and collected records
File consists of 4 school books which formerly belonged to Peter Whyte. Consists of 1 algebra book (1918), 1 high school physics book (1921), 1 English book (1919), and 1 'New Canadian Readers' book (1918). Physics book contains a postcard from Seattle signed by Peter Whyte, dated August 25, 1921. …
File consists of 4 school books which formerly belonged to Peter Whyte. Consists of 1 algebra book (1918), 1 high school physics book (1921), 1 English book (1919), and 1 'New Canadian Readers' book (1918). Physics book contains a postcard from Seattle signed by Peter Whyte, dated August 25, 1921. All books, excluding the 'New Canadian Readers' volume, contain original hand-drawn sketches by Peter Whyte; books also contain study notes and annotations by Peter Whyte.
Storage Range
In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 12 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 15