On Finding Aid in Study of the Story of Phoebe Hearst: A Goldmine of Letters
"May and Mary Maxwell in Alexandria, Egypt, 1923."
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Many of the friends are "finding aid" in study of the story of Phoebe Hearst and her service to the Baha'i Cause. There are a lot of resources the student can turn to. Thanks to a dear Montreal believer for calling to my attention the following treasure trove, emailing me: "Have you seen this? It is a goldmine of original letters, including some from May Maxwell." -gw
A "finding aid" describes and provides an inventory of primary source materials (manuscripts, papers, pictures, etc.) in a collection. Of our 6,000 finding aids, roughly 300 include digitized images or texts.
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http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search.findingaid.html
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Finding Aid to the George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst Papers: Series 2: Phoebe Apperson Hearst Papers, 1864-1926. Boxes 6-85; Volumes 3-5; Oversize Box 1, folders 3-17; Oversize Box 2, folders 3-5; Oversize Folders 2B, 1C; Card File Boxes 2-4. Arranged hierarchally. Divided into 8 subseries: 1. Correspondence 2. Business Files 3. Organization Affiliations 4. Charity Files 5. Collecting 6. Clubs and Cultural Affiliations 7. Household Files 8. Biographical Material and Ephemera.
Photo left: "May and Mary Maxwell in Alexandria, Egypt, 1923," http://media.bahai.org/subjects/6460/details
1 comment:
It seems you have got caught up also in the interesting life of Phoebe Hearst. There is one letter from Randolph Bolles in this collection that talks about his wanting to go hear Abdul Baha speak. He was May Maxwell's brother (May Bolles at that time), and was studying with William Sutherland Maxwell in Paris.
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