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Version: 4 (current) | Updated: 12/9/2025, 9:41:04 PM | Created: 12/9/2025, 7:26:47 PM
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Each letter is accompanied by a scanned image and a machine‑read transcription, offering both visual and textual access to the material.
@elizabeth_strong:person {full_name: "Elizabeth Strong", birth_year: @date_1866, death_year: @date_1952, occupation: "photographer"}
@alice_austen:person {full_name: "Alice Austen", birth_year: @date_1866, death_year: @date_1952, occupation: "photographer"}
@alice_austen_house:organization {type: "museum", location: @staten_island}
@bedloes_island:place {current_name: "Liberty Island", location: @new_york_harbor}
@the_vermont:place {type: "steamboat", description: "venue for social hops"}
@rosalie:person {first_name: "Rosalie"}
@hicks:person {last_name: "Hicks"}
@webster:person {last_name: "Webster", occupation: "military officer"}
@deymuker:person {last_name: "Deymuker"}
@jack:person {first_name: "Jack"}
@aunt:person {relation: "aunt"}
@mother:person {relation: "mother"}
@graphology:concept {field: "study of handwriting"}
@singing_lessons:concept {type: "musical instruction"}
@choir_meeting:event {description: "choir rehearsal"}
@kirmess_rehearsal:event {description: "rehearsal of a Kirmess dance"}
@hop:event {description: "social hop"}
@elizabeth_strong_correspondence:document {title: "Elizabeth Strong Correspondence to Alice Austen", creator: @elizabeth_strong, institution: @alice_austen_house, created: @date_1892_12_29, language: "en", subjects: ["Correspondence","Social life","Victorian era","Brooklyn","Graphology","Music","Family relationships"], description: "Letters from Elizabeth Strong to Alice Austen discussing social activities, personal interests, and family matters in late 19th century New York.", place: [@brooklyn, @bedloes_island, @staten_island]}
@letter_1892_12_29_5006:document {date: @date_1892_12_29, from: @elizabeth_strong, to: @alice_austen, type: "letter"}
@letter_1892_12_29_5007:document {date: @date_1892_12_29, from: @elizabeth_strong, to: @alice_austen, type: "letter"}
@letter_1892_12_29_5008:document {date: @date_1892_12_29, from: @elizabeth_strong, to: @alice_austen, type: "letter"}
@elizabeth_strong -> wrote -> @letter_1892_12_29_5006
@elizabeth_strong -> wrote -> @letter_1892_12_29_5007
@elizabeth_strong -> wrote -> @letter_1892_12_29_5008
@elizabeth_strong -> attended -> @hop:event {when: @date_1892_12_29, where: @the_vermont}
@elizabeth_strong -> participated in -> @kirmess_rehearsal:event {when: @date_1892_12_29, where: @the_vermont}
@elizabeth_strong -> danced with -> @rosalie
@elizabeth_strong -> danced with -> @deymuker
@webster -> stationed at -> @bedloes_island
@elizabeth_strong -> created -> @doilies:object {for: @mother, description: "Mother's doilies"}
@elizabeth_strong -> made -> @center_cloth:object {for: @jack, description: "center cloth"}
@elizabeth_strong -> crafted -> @picture_frame:object {for: @aunt, description: "picture frame"}
@elizabeth_strong -> interested in -> @singing_lessons
@elizabeth_strong -> interested in -> @graphology {thanks_to: @rosalie}
@elizabeth_strong -> planned -> @choir_meeting:event {when: @date_1892_12_29, location: "here"}
@elizabeth_strong -> mentioned -> @christmas_holidays:concept {description: "holidays"}Went to smash in the mail. Had the best kind of a time in Brooklyn; officers to dinner two nights, went to a hop on The Vermont on Monday, and that evening Rosalie and I went with Messrs. Hicks and Webster, one a Navy and the other an Army man, to a rehearsal of a Kirmess in which Rosalie and Mr. H. were to dance. Webster was "an end of fun," is stationed at Bedloe's Island. The German went off beautifully. Rosalie led, and covered herself with glory. There were lots of famous and all the men were good dancers. My partner had the additional attraction of being very agreeable. His name was Deymuker. I came the Thursday after the dance and have been working like a slave ever since. Have Mother's doilies yet to finish, a center cloth for Jack and a picture frame for my aunt. Am looking forward to taking singing-lessons.
after New Years, do not know just when I shall begin. We are to have a choir meeting here tonight instead of one at the church on Saturday. My dear, I am deeply interested in graphology thanks to Rosalie and every letter or note I get I immediately set myself to work to study the individual's character. It is not easy and requires lots of
practice, but it is very interesting. Hope you have enjoyed the holidays; tell me all about yourself when you write. Again with many thanks. Aff'ly yours, Elizabeth. Mother joins me in love.
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