Early Personal and Family Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942
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content: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers
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content: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers / Series 2: Correspondence
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1889-1896
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.whitgert, Subseries 2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Correspondence in this series is typically arranged according to correspondent or recipient.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Series has been scanned in entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This subseries consists of correspondence from and between various members of the Vanderbilt and Whitney families, as well as correspondence received by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney from friends and suitors, concerning primarily family and personal matters and documenting her relationships with family and friends prior to her marriage. Found here is correspondence between Gertrude and Harry Payne Whitney before and during their courtship, as well as letters received by both upon the announcement of their engagement. Also found is correspondence relating to Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.'s engagement to Grace Wilson, of which the family disapproved.