Whitall-Smith family papers. 1830-1959 (bulk 1887-1894).

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Whitall-Smith family papers. 1830-1959 (bulk 1887-1894).

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The papers consist primarily of writings and some personal material regarding members of Mary Berenson's family: her parents, Hanna Whitall and Robert Pearsall Smith and some members of the Whitall family; her brother, writer Logan Pearsall Smith; and Mary's daughter, writer and feminist, Ray Strachey. They also include an essay on anti-semitism by Adrian Stephen, and a review of a book about the family, The Transatlantic Smiths.

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Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

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Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

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Religious leader and author. Hannah Whitall Smith preached and wrote on religious subjects and became involved in the temperance and suffrage movements. When her daughter Mary married English barrister Frank Costelloe in 1888, Hannah, her husband Robert and their children, Alys and Logan, joined Mary in England. Alys married philosopher Bertrand Russell and worked for women's rights as well as other political issues. When Mary's marriage failed soon after the birth of th...

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Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898

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Clergyman. From the description of Robert Pearsall Smith note, 1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980492 ...