Austen Family Wedding Invitations Collection
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Description
Austen Family Wedding Invitations Collection
Overview
The Austen Family Wedding Invitations Collection is a small, digitized set of two Victorian‑era wedding invitations issued in 1898 by Mrs. Henry Loesey Graves and Mr. J. Lawrence McKeever. The collection is housed in the Alice Austen House Museum on Staten Island and is part of the broader Austen Family Papers. Each invitation is presented as a high‑resolution JPEG scan of the original paper, accompanied by a typed transcription of the handwritten text. The materials are in English and reflect the formal, ornamental style typical of late‑nineteenth‑century social correspondence.Background
The invitations were created for the marriages of the Austen family’s daughters: Agnes Graves to Edward Martin Stout and Marion McKeever to Phillips Blagden Thompson. Mrs. Graves, a resident of New Brighton, Staten Island, issued the first invitation, while Mr. McKeever, a New York City resident, issued the second. Both documents were produced in 1898, a year in which the Austen family celebrated two significant social events within the upper‑middle‑class circles of Staten Island and Manhattan.Contents
- Invitation to the marriage of Agnes Graves (issued by Mrs. Henry Loesey Graves): dated March 2, 1898; venue: Christ Church, New Brighton, Staten Island; time: 4 p.m.; recipients: family and friends.
- Invitation to the marriage of Marion McKeever (issued by Mr. J. Lawrence McKeever): dated April 12, 1898; venue: St. Bartholomew’s Church, Madison Avenue & 44th Street, New York City; time: 3 p.m.; recipients: family and friends.
Scope
The collection covers a single year (1898) and focuses exclusively on two wedding invitations. It documents the social customs of Victorian‑era Staten Island families, the use of formal invitations, and the geographic reach of the Austen family’s social network from New Brighton to Manhattan. The collection does not include other correspondence, photographs, or related documents from the Austen Family Papers.Raw Cheimarros Data
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@henry_loesey_graves:person {full_name: "Mrs. Henry Loesey Graves", gender: "female"}
@j_lawrence_mckeever:person {full_name: "Mr. J. Lawrence McKeever", gender: "male"}
@agnes_graves:person {full_name: "Agnes Graves", relation: "daughter", parent: @henry_loesey_graves}
@edward_martin_stout:person {full_name: "Edward Martin Stout"}
@marion_mckeever:person {full_name: "Marion McKeever", relation: "daughter", parent: @j_lawrence_mckeever}
@phillips_blagden_thompson:person {full_name: "Phillips Blagden Thompson"}
@new_brighton:place {city: "Staten Island", state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@christ_church:new_brighton:place {name: "Christ Church", location: @new_brighton}
@madison_avenue_44th:place {address: "Madison Avenue & 44th Street", city: @new_york_city, state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@st_bartholomews_church:place {name: "St. Bartholomew's Church", location: @madison_avenue_44th}
@wedding_agnes_stout:event {when: @date_1898_03_02, where: @christ_church:new_brighton, time: "16:00"}
@wedding_marion_thompson:event {when: @date_1898_04_12, where: @st_bartholomews_church, time: "15:00"}
@invitation_agnes:document {type: "invitation", title: "Invitation to marriage of Agnes Graves", date: @date_1898_03_02, location: @christ_church:new_brighton}
@invitation_marion:document {type: "invitation", title: "Invitation to marriage of Marion McKeever", date: @date_1898_04_12, location: @st_bartholomews_church}
@henry_loesey_graves -> issued -> @invitation_agnes
@j_lawrence_mckeever -> issued -> @invitation_marion
@invitation_agnes -> documents -> @wedding_agnes_stout:event
@invitation_marion -> documents -> @wedding_marion_thompson:event
@austen_family_wedding_invitations_collection -> contains -> [@invitation_agnes, @invitation_marion]Metadata
Files (2)
1898_3-2-March 1002 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Mrs. Henry Loesey Graves invites you to be present at the marriage of her daughter, Agnes, to Mr. Edward Martin Stout, on Wednesday afternoon, March the second, 1898 at four o'clock. Christ Church, New Brighton, Staten Island.
1898_4-12-April 1002-McKeever copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Mr. J. Lawrence McKeever requests your presence at the marriage of his daughter Marion, to Mr. Phillips Blagden Thompson, on Tuesday, April the twelfth, at three o'clock. St. Bartholomew's Church, Madison Avenue & 44th Street.
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