Florence Stilliard, 1898
Scope and Contents
A postcard addressed to Florence Stilliard at Windsor Castle and postmarked August 25th, 1898 apparently from two German admirers who sign themselves Poellnitz and von Sittan. The text is brief – “Dear Miss Flo, We are very much with longing of you, because we are so lonely, no pretty girls here - o it is dreadfull. The days of Windsor were not they lovely? We send our best regards and our respects to your parents” and is accompanied by a pencil sketch of a well-dressed man and woman. The upper righthand corner of the card is missing, but no text is lost. A card addressed to Scheetz from Washington Adventist University professor Bradford Haas dated February 2012 indicates that Haas purchased the item at Blacklock’s bookshop in Englefield, England near Windsor as a graduate student and gifted it to Scheetz as a thank-you.
Dates
- 1898
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Florence Stilliard (b. 1879) was the daughter of Joseph Hubball Stilliard (1845-1922), a lay clerk at Windsor Castle, and noted alto.
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu