Papers of Caroline and Olivia Phelps Stokes, 1866-1927 (inclusive).

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Papers of Caroline and Olivia Phelps Stokes, 1866-1927 (inclusive).

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Includes letters of appreciation from individuals and institutions that benefited from the sisters' generosity; letters, photos, and other documents relating to the Ansonia Library in Connecticut, which the sisters built in memory of their father James Stokes and their maternal grandfather Anson Greene Phelps; and letters from Olivia to Caroline. Also writings of Caroline Stokes, including travel journals that were the basis for Travels of a Lady's Maid, anonymously published in 1908.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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