COLLECTION — Box: Whitall-Smyth Identifier: BER -5

Whitall-Smith family papers

Collection Overview

Collection Inventory

Digital Material

Overview

The collection includes writings and personal material regarding members of Mary Berenson's family.

Dates

Creation: 1830-1959

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Conditions on use

Copying: Papers may be copied in accordance with the Biblioteca Berenson's usual procedures. Copyright: The Biblioteca Berenson does not hold copyright on all the materials in the collections. Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be directed to the Archivist. Researchers who obtain permission to publish from the Archivist are responsible for identifying and contacting the persons or organizations that hold copyright.

Extent

1.0 linear feet (1 boxes; 27 folders)

Scope and Contents

The papers consist primarily of writings and some personal material regarding members of Mary Berenson's family: her parents, Hanna Whitall and Robert Pearsall Smith and some members of the Whitall family; her brother, writer Logan Pearsall Smith; and Mary's daughter, writer and feminist, Ray Strachey. They also include an essay on anti-semitism by Adrian Stephen, and a review of a book about the family, The Transatlantic Smiths.