Papers, 1839-1995 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1839-1995 (inclusive).

Collection spans five generations and consists of family, courtship, and other personal correspondence; family photographs; and clippings and correspondence relating to her art collection and gifts to Yale, Harvard, Radcliffe, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and other institutions.

19.25 linear ft.

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Boston Athenaeum

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United States. Office of Strategic Services

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Toy family.

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Susan Toy Ensign Memorial Hospital (Nanchang, China).

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Ensign family.

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Harvard Art Museums

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Wheaton College (Ill.)

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Yale University. Art Gallery.

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Trumbull College (Yale University)

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Wadsworth Atheneum.

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Radcliffe College

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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