Adelaide Blake papers, 1864-1909
Series — Box: 5, Box: 29-31
Scope and Contents
Contains several letters; financial documents including invoices and a lease; a gift list written on a scrap of envelope; and a collar pattern made from an old letter. Most letters and invoices are addressed to Adelaide Blake, though two love letters are to a Miss Hogg and one empty envelope is to Harriet Wade. The materials belonging to Blake are last dated 1881, with the Hogg and Wade materials extending into the early 1900s.
Dates
- Creation: 1864-1909
Creator
- From the Collection: Murray, Loretta Clarke (Died 2017 April 10) (Collector, Person)
- From the Collection: Cuala Press (Organization)
- From the Collection: Cumann na mBan (Organization)
- From the Collection: Gill, Maire, 1891-1977 (Person)
- From the Collection: Gonne, Maud, 1866-1953 (Person)
- From the Collection: Markievicz, Constance de, 1868-1927 (Person)
- From the Collection: Molony, Helena, 1883-1967 (Person)
- From the Collection: Sheehy-Skeffington, Hanna (1877-1946) (Person)
- From the Collection: Skinnider, Margaret, 1892-1971 (Person)
- From the Collection: Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940 (Person)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
This collection includes materials in English, French, and Irish.
Access Note
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Full Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (1 container)
Repository Details
Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository
Contact:
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill MA 02467 USA
617-552-4861
burns@bc.libanswers.com
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill MA 02467 USA
617-552-4861
burns@bc.libanswers.com