Contents and Arrangement
Separately Collected Miscellaneous Letters, 1830s-1840s
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Various letters, mostly by Mary Chrystie, written to members of Mary's family and her friends. Spanning: February 7, 1836 - July 10 1841. This group of letters was previously tied together by a piece of white ribbon still included in the series (probably collected by Mary Chrystie's mother Frances Chrystie after Mary's death). The letters cover these topics of interest: Mary's fleas, sicknesses, and posion ivy at Pelham Priory, Mary's fear of her music teacher, Mary's defence of Oliver Cromwell during a discussion about Cromwell and Charles I, Mary's own lesson plans for the coming winter at home including: French, writing, "sums", history, and astronomy, Mary's mother Frances Chrystie's anxieties over her daughter's health, Mary's time in the country, Mary's involvement in the courtship of her friend Louisa by a Mr. Beals, evidence of Frances Chrystie's collecting Mary's letters post mortem, Mary's new dog, a riddle, Mary's work for the poor, Revolutionary War sites near Pelham Priory, a letter writing game with friends at Pelham Priory, Mary's homesickness, a memorable trip to an island with a blind horse swimming, Mary's weight, and a prayer written by Mary.
- Arrangement
No discernible arrangement
Collection History
- Appraisal
No materials were separated during 2014 processing.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Credit this material:
Separately Collected Miscellaneous Letters; Mary Chrystie Papers, COTSEN1, Cotsen Children's Library, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (hsvc)
- Box 1
NoteThis collection is stored at Firestone Library, RBSC South East, Cotsen.
Find More
- Bibliography
Eric Johnson, Ohio State University, "Making Mary: Maternal Shaping and the Construction of Childhood in the Mary Christie Archive".
