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  • Overview of the Collection
  • Access
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical Note
  • Scope and Content
  • Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms
  • Geographic and Subject Index

    • Overview of the Collection

    Title: Anna C. Stryke Collection
    Dates (inclusive): 1742-1935
    Collection Number: mssHM 80013-80134
    Creator: Stryke, Anna C.
    Extent: 182 items; 4 boxes.
    Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department
    1151 Oxford Road
    San Marino, California 91108
    Phone: (626) 405-2129
    Email: reference@huntington.org
    URL: http://www.huntington.org
    Abstract: This collection primarily contains autograph letters from prominent 19th century English architects, artists, and writers, which appear to have been collected by American illustrator Anna C. Stryke (1884-1973), as well as 15 letters from English naturalist Richard Hancock to Stryke, 1924-1926; two travel diaries to Hawaii, written by Stryke and her sister, Mary C. Stryke, in 1935; and a number of drawings, sketches, and watercolors.
    Language: English.

    Access

    Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

    Administrative Information

    Publication Rights

    The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Anna C. Stryke Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

    Provenance

    Gift of Stryke Estate, February 4, 1974.

    Biographical Note

    Anna Clegg Stryke (1884-1973) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 14, 1884. Stryke graduated from Cornell University, where she was a member of the Sigma Xi organization for scientific research. She was elected to the faculty after her graduation and remained for several years in the biology department making a specialty of biological illustration. At Cornell, she became widely known for her drawings and illustrations appearing in various periodicals, London publications and children’s books. During her spare time, she perfected illustrations for a New York museum volume and for a text book.
    Active participation in the work of the Red Cross in Southern California began for Stryke in the winter of 1917-1918, when she was in Claremont. She entered the chapter student courses offered by Pasadena chapter in May 1918, and began a volunteer instructor for the chapter student courses until they were suspended at the time of the influenza epidemic in 1918-1919. Stryke was the executive secretary for the Pasadena chapter in 1921 and resigned in 1922.
    Stryke died in December 1973 in Pasadena, California.

    Scope and Content

    This collection primarily contains autograph letters from prominent architects, artists, authors, engravers, playwrights, and sculptors from the 19th century in England. These autograph letters appear to have been collected by Anna C. Stryke. Another portion of the correspondence contains letters from Richard Hancock, an English naturalist written to Stryke from 1924 through 1926. Items of interest include travel diaries to Hawaii, written by Stryke and her sister, Mary C. Stryke in 1935. There are also a number of drawings, sketches, and watercolors found in ephemera.
    Note: There are unidentified handwritten notes in pencil, which includes the author’s name and occupation that appears throughout the collection.

    Arrangement

    The collection is arranged in the following order: Box 1: Correspondence and manuscripts (arranged alphabetically). Box 2: Correspondence and manuscripts (arranged alphabetically). Box 3: Oversize Manuscripts (arranged alphabetically). Box 4: Ephemera (arranged by type and subject).

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

    Subjects

    Stryke, Anna C.
    American Red Cross -- History.
    American Red Cross Pasadena Chapter.
    Athenæum Club (London, England)
    Great Britain Reform Act (1867)
    Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
    Agriculture -- Hawaii.
    Agriculture industries -- Hawaii.
    Art -- Collectors and collecting.
    Costume design -- United States -- Drawings.
    Costume design -- United States -- History.
    Hawaiian language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
    Ocean travel -- History -- 20th century.
    Pineapple industry -- Hawaii.
    Sugar growing -- Hawaii.
    Tourism -- Hawaii.
    Volcanoes -- Hawaii.
    Boston (Mass.) -- Description and travel.
    Haleakala National Park (Hawaii) -- Description and travel.
    Hawaii -- Description and travel.
    Hawaii -- Folklore.
    Hawaii -- Miscellanea.
    Hawaii -- Social life and customs.
    Hawaii Island (Hawaii) -- Description and travel.
    Oahu (Hawaii) -- Description and travel.
    Parker Ranch (Hawaii)
    Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel.
    United States -- Description and travel.

    Forms/Genres

    Autographs (manuscripts) England -- 19th century.
    Correspondence.
    Diaries Hawaii -- 20th century.
    Drawings.
    Ephemera.
    Signatures (names) England -- 19th century.
    Sketchbooks.
    Sketches.
    Watercolors (paintings).

    Additional Contributors

    Bright, John, 1811-1889.
    Hancock, Richard.
    Mill, John Stuart, 1811-1889.
    Phillips, Henry Wyndham, 1820-1868.
    Stryke, Mary C.
    Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869.
    Walker, John Hanson, 1843 or 1844-1933.

    Geographic and Subject Index

    Agriculture – Hawaii
    • Subject in Stryke, Anna C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80131.
    • Subject in Stryke, Mary C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80134.
    American Red Cross – History
    • Subject in Stryke, Anna C. Red Cross Binder, (1918-1925). HM 80132.
    American Red Cross – Pasadena Chapter
    • Subject in Stryke, Anna C. Red Cross Binder, (1918-1925). HM 80132.
    Art – Collectors and collecting
    • Subject in Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869 1 letter to ---- Roberts, A.L.S. (4 p.), [before 1870], Manchester (England). HM 80117.
    • Subject in Walker, John Hanson, 1843 or 1844-1933 1 letter to F. Mewburn, A.L.S. (3 p.), [before 1934]. HM 80122.
    Athenæum Club (London, England)
    • Subject in Phillips, Henry Wyndham, 1820-1868 1 letter to [J. George?], A.L.S. (4 p.), (1853, Mar. 5). HM 80100.
    Boston (Mass.) – Description and travel
    • Subject in [Stryke, Anna C.] Untitled manuscript beginning, “After three week of…” A.MS. (22 p.), [approx. 1917]. HM 80133.
    Costume design – United States – Drawings
    • Subject in Drawings, sketches, and watercolors: Ancient clothing [before 1974]. 1 item. Box 4, Folder 3.
    • Subject in Sketchbook: American Costume. 1 item. Box 4, Folder 12.
    Costume design – United States – History
    • Subject in Drawings, sketches, and watercolors: Ancient clothing [before 1974]. 1 item. Box 4, Folder 3.
    • Subject in Sketchbook: American Costume. 1 item. Box 4, Folder 12.
    Great Britain. Reform Act (1867)
    • Subject in Bright, John, 1811-1889 1 letter to Edmond Beales, A.L.S. (4 p.), (1867, July 26), London (England). HM 80021.
    • Subject in Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873 1 letter to Edmund Beales, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1867, July 22). HM 80093.
    Hawaii – Description and travel
    • Subject in Stryke, Anna C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80131.
    • Subject in Stryke, Mary C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80134.
    Hawaii – Folklore
    • Subject in Stryke, Anna C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80131.
    • Subject in Stryke, Mary C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80134.
    Hawaii – Miscellanea
    • Subject in Stryke, Anna C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80131.
    • Subject in Stryke, Mary C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80134.
    Hawaii – Social life and customs
    • Subject in Stryke, Anna C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80131.
    • Subject in Stryke, Mary C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80134.
    Hawaii Island (Hawaii) – Description and travel
    • Subject in Stryke, Anna C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80131.
    • Subject in Stryke, Mary C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80134.
    Hawaiian language – Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
    • Subject in Stryke, Anna C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80131.
    Oahu (Hawaii) – Description and travel
    • Subject in Stryke, Anna C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80131.
    • Subject in Stryke, Mary C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80134.
    Ocean travel – 20th century
    • Subject in Stryke, Anna C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80131.
    • Subject in Stryke, Mary C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80134.
    Philadelphia (Pa.) – Description and travel
    • Subject in [Stryke, Anna C.] Untitled manuscript beginning, “After three week of…” A.MS. (22 p.), [undated]. HM 80133.
    Tourism – Hawaii –
    • Subject in Stryke, Anna C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80131.
    • Subject in Stryke, Mary C. Hawaii Travel Diary, (1935). HM 80134.
    United States – Description and travel
    • Subject in [Hunter, J.C.] From Sunrise to Sunset: [manuscript], carbon copy (typewritten: 61 p.), (1898). HM 80130.
    Collection Contents
    Correspondence and manuscripts
    Oversize Manuscripts
    Ephemera
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