Archive Record

Metadata

Object ID

1997.23.1

Title

Letters of Linda M. Holt

Date

1935

Extent of Description

12.75 x 10 x 4" - 553 pp

Scope & Content

Large book of transcribed letters "Letters of Linda M. Holt" with "LMH" on the spine. The book is bound in a black leather-like cover with gold lettering and used heavy paper. There is an additional 24 pages with photos and various programs/invitations at the back of the book. The book was transcribed and edited with explanatory notes by her daughter, Evelyn Holt Lowry.

Photographs, etc. at the back of the book:
1. Oval 3/4 portrait of John D. Mairs at 27 years July 29, 1827 - October 2, 1881. 6.5 x 8.5"
2. Portrait of Mary E. St. John 1853 5.75 x 7.75"
3. Linda 5 years old 1870 4 x 5.5"
Linda about 10 years old 1875 -1876 4 x 5.5"
4. Linda at 15 (1880) 4 x 5.5"
Linda on Robin (horse) (1881) 5 x 7"
5. Photo of the Alhambra - 1883 5 x 7"
Left to right: Aunt Annie, Minnie, Ed, Linda, Mary Eliza Mairs
6. Linda May 1884 4 x 5.75"
L. Emmett Holt 1885 4 x 5.5"
7. Parlor of 15 East 57th Street 5 x 7"
15 East 54th Street, with vines 3.75 x 4.75"
8. Wedding invitation to the marriage of Linda Mairs to L. Emmett Holt, April 29, 1886. 4.25 x 6.75" with envelope.
9. Wedding photo of Linda M. Holt 7 x 10"
10. Linda and baby Evelyn 1888 4 x 5.5"
M. E. M. in Broadway England 1890 4 x 5.5"
11. Rear of Irvington House 1890 4 x 5"
L.M.H., Evelyn and Horace, Irvington 1892 3.25 x 4"
Washington House 1893 3.5 x 3.5"
12. L.M.H. 1900 4 x 5"
"The whole family" Panther Point Camp 1901 4 x 4"
Calvert, Evelyn, Horace Webster - 1897 3.75 x 3.5"
13.

Loose photographs within the book are as follows:
p ix - 1. New York 1915 (from the water)
2. 20 South St. N. Y. David Dave & Co.

p. 29 - typed letter on yellow paper in an envelope(manila colored) concerning the Holt family coat of arms.

p. 355 - Photo "177 Madison Street April 1927
m & m married Feb/55 at church Fifth Ave. & 21st st
Wedding reception at 117 Madison St."

Front cover - a note with pages for various Washington descriptions with the book.

Search Terms

Book
Letter

Collection

Holt-Lowry Family Papers

Object Name

Book, Letter