Writings
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hale, Ellen Day, 1855-1940
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content: Ellen Hale and Hale Family papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet (Box 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1878-1933
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.halefami, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Materials are arranged alphabetically by Hale family member.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Writings include 9 diaries by Ellen Day Hale that record daily activities, outgoing expenses, payments received, visits to friends, and a few sketches.  Diaries dating from 1900 to 1903 contain the most complete record of entries for each year. In addition, there is 1 diary by Emily P. Hale recording doctors, visitors, and lists of items and 19 daily line diaries by Susan Hale recording visits, appointments, and activities.  The series also includes a poem by Arthur Hale; Herbert Dudley Hale's word game book; Susan Hale's travel instructions to a niece visiting Algiers; and a notebook listing the likes and dislikes of various Hale family members.