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Version: 4 (current) | Updated: 12/9/2025, 9:55:27 PM | Created: 12/9/2025, 7:19:07 PM
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Key themes emerging from the letters include social life (skating, sleigh rides, church events), the operation of Alice’s photography business, personal relationships, family matters (e.g., her grandfather’s death), and musical interests (purchase of a Steinway piano).
@alice_austen:person {full_name: "Elizabeth Alice Austen", born: @date_1866, died: @date_1952, occupation: "photographer", location: @staten_island}
@austen_family_papers:document {creator: @alice_austen, created: @date_1883_1898, description: "Collection of personal correspondence, photographs, calling cards, and negative sleeves from the Austen family papers (MS1) at the Alice Austen House Museum"}
@file_pinax -> documents -> @austen_family_papers
@julia_martin:person {full_name: "Julia T. Martin", relationship: "close friend of Alice", location: @albany}
@julie_bredt:person {full_name: "Julie F. Bredt", location: @eaglesmere}
@violet_ward:person {full_name: "Violet M.E. Ward", location: @staten_island}
@isabella_king:person {full_name: "Isabella King", role: "photograph buyer", location: @staten_island}
@bessie_strong:person {full_name: "Elizabeth B. Strong", location: @new_brunswick}
@henry_gilman:person {full_name: "Henry K. Gilman", location: @flushing}
@john_c_browne:person {full_name: "John C. Browne", location: @philadelphia}
@edith_blunt:person {full_name: "Edith E. Blunt", location: @presidio}
@sarah_schuyler_martin:person {full_name: "Sarah Schuyler Martin", location: @staten_island}
@charles_ludlow:person {full_name: "Charles B. Ludlow", location: @new_brunswick}
@george_booth:person {full_name: "George Rodney Booth", location: @bethlehem}
@perry_wheelock:person {full_name: "George V.W. Duryea", role: "event organizer", location: @new_york}
@grace_quartley_brown:person {full_name: "Grace Quartley Brown", location: @staten_island}
@margaret_lynch:person {full_name: "Elizabeth Lynch", location: @flushing}
@steve_stephenson:person {full_name: "Steve Stephenson", role: "photographer", location: @staten_island}
@eaglesmere:place {description: "Allegheny House in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania", state: @pennsylvania}
@watkins_glen:place {description: "Sanitarium at Watkins Glen, New York", state: @new_york}
@rosebank:place {description: "Alice Austen's residence on Staten Island", state: @new_york}
@new_brunswick:place {state: @new_jersey}
@flushing:place {state: @new_york}
@presidio:place {state: @california}
@bethlehem:place {state: @pennsylvania}
@albany:place {state: @new_york}
@boston:place {state: @massachusetts}
@philadelphia:place {state: @pennsylvania}
@sullivan_county:place {state: @pennsylvania}
@worlds_columbian_exposition:event {year: @date_1893, description: "World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago)"}
@letter_julie_bredt_july_1892:document {when: @date_1892_07_13, from: @julie_bredt, to: @alice_austen, location: @eaglesmere}
@julie_bredt -> wrote -> @letter_julie_bredt_july_1892
@letter_julia_martin_july_13_1892:document {when: @date_1892_07_13, from: @julia_martin, to: @alice_austen, location: @rosebank}
@julia_martin -> wrote -> @letter_julia_martin_july_13_1892
@letter_henry_gilman_aug_9_1892:document {when: @date_1892_08_09, from: @henry_gilman, to: @alice_austen, location: @flushing}
@henry_gilman -> wrote -> @letter_henry_gilman_aug_9_1892
@letter_bessie_strong_aug_22_1892:document {when: @date_1892_08_22, from: @bessie_strong, to: @alice_austen, location: @new_brunswick}
@bessie_strong -> wrote -> @letter_bessie_strong_aug_22_1892
@letter_john_c_browne_sep_7_1892:document {when: @date_1892_09_07, from: @john_c_browne, to: @alice_austen, location: @philadelphia}
@john_c_browne -> wrote -> @letter_john_c_browne_sep_7_1892
@letter_edith_blunt_sep_18_1892:document {when: @date_1892_09_18, from: @edith_blunt, to: @alice_austen, location: @presidio}
@edith_blunt -> wrote -> @letter_edith_blunt_sep_18_1892
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @julia_martin
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @julie_bredt
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @violet_ward
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @isabella_king
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @bessie_strong
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @henry_gilman
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @john_c_browne
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @edith_blunt
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @sarah_schuyler_martin
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @charles_ludlow
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @george_booth
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @grace_quartley_brown
@alice_austen -> corresponded with -> @margaret_lynch
@alice_austen -> sold -> @photograph:document {subject: "World's Columbian Exposition", year: @date_1893}
@alice_austen -> purchased -> @steinway_piano:object {type: "Steinway piano"}
@alice_austen -> attended -> @skating_party:event {description: "Skating party", date: @date_1894}
@alice_austen -> attended -> @whist_party:event {description: "Whist party", date: @date_1894}
@alice_austen -> attended -> @church_event:event {description: "Church event", date: @date_1894}
@alice_austen -> attended -> @sleigh_ride:event {description: "Sleigh ride", date: @date_1894}
@alice_austen -> experienced -> @death_event:event {who: @alice_austen_grandfather, when: @date_1894_04, description: "Grandfather's death"}
@alice_austen_grandfather:person {relationship: "grandfather of Alice Austen"}
@alice_austen -> owned -> @negative_sleeve:object {description: "Photography negative sleeve"}
@alice_austen -> created -> @photograph:document {subject: "Various personal and social scenes", created: @date_1883_1898, location: @rosebank}
@alice_austen -> sent -> @photograph:document {subject: "Photographs to Isabella King", to: @isabella_king, when: @date_1894_06}
@alice_austen -> wrote -> @letter_julie_bredt_july_1892
@alice_austen -> wrote -> @letter_julia_martin_july_13_1892
@julia_martin -> requested -> @item:object {description: "Box, writing desk, coffee pot", from: @alice_austen, when: @date_1892_07_13}
@julie_bredt -> described -> @social_event:event {description: "Lake bathing, dancing, tennis, rowing", when: @date_1892_07, location: @eaglesmere}
@bessie_strong -> knitted -> @handmade_item:object {description: "Bedroom slippers for Eva", when: @date_1892_09_22}
@bessie_strong -> made -> @sacque:object {description: "Sack for Eva", when: @date_1892_09_22}
@henry_gilman -> sent -> @stamp_collection:object {description: "Collected stamps for Alice", when: @date_1892_03_21}
@henry_gilman -> offered -> @ticket:object {description: "Regatta night stateroom ticket", when: @date_1892_06_17}
@john_c_browne -> shared -> @photographic_process:document {description: "Oxalate developer formula", when: @date_1892_09_07}
@edith_blunt -> sent -> @yosemite_photographs:document {subject: "Yosemite pictures", when: @date_1892_09_18}
@edith_blunt -> mentioned -> @photography_course:concept {description: "Training in photography", when: @date_1892_09_18}
@alice_austen -> participated in -> @photography_club:event {description: "Photography business and negative sleeves exchange", date: @date_1894}
@alice_austen -> exchanged -> @calling_card:object {description: "Victorian-era social card", with: @violet_ward, when: @date_1894}
@alice_austen -> exchanged -> @calling_card:object {description: "Victorian-era social card", with: @julie_bredt, when: @date_1894}
@alice_austen -> lived at -> @rosebank
@alice_austen -> visited -> @eaglesmere {when: @date_1892_07}
@alice_austen -> visited -> @albany {when: @date_1892_07}
@alice_austen -> visited -> @new_brunswick {when: @date_1892_07}
@alice_austen -> visited -> @flushing {when: @date_1892_08}
@alice_austen -> visited -> @presidio {when: @date_1892_09}
@alice_austen -> visited -> @bethlehem {when: @date_1892_09}
@alice_austen -> visited -> @boston {when: @date_1892_08}
@alice_austen -> visited -> @watkins_glen {when: @date_1892_08}
@alice_austen -> member of -> @social_circle:concept {description: "Upper-middle-class Staten Island families", date_range: {start: @date_1883, end: @date_1898}}Click to expand and load individual components
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