Name/Title
Evelyn Lamar "Daisy" Briscoe CollectionEntry/Object ID
ARC342Scope and Content
Papers, photographs, and ephemera of Evelyn Lamar "Daisy" Briscoe
Folder 1: Financial records:
(1) receipt for medicine addressed to Dr. John Briscoe (1859);
(2) 2 receipts for rent addressed to Miss Briscoe;
(3) receipt from the Alumnae Association of the City Hospital Training School for Nurses with envelope addressed to Miss Daisy L. Briscoe;
(4) receipt from the Art, Paint, and Wall Paper Store addressed to Miss Daisy Briscoe;
(5) receipt for 5 lottery tickets from M.A. Dauphin;
(6) receipt for payment for license fee to practice medicine by Dr. John Briscoe (1854);
(7) bill of goods from T. Dalton Hammond for medicines sent to Dr. John Briscoe (1854).
Folder 2: 5 Calling Cards:
Elizabeth Lewis Oliver
Miss Lufburrow
Miss Winifred F. Meehan
2 from Mrs. Charles Edward Morris
Folder 3: 19 black & white photographs (1 is strip of 6 small photos). Most are unidentified, but one interior photo of Piedmont (see also IMG2503), one photo of Evelyn Lamar "Daisy" Briscoe, and one photo of Louise Crofton Briscoe with unidentified woman.
Folder 4: Playbills:
(1) Carrick Theatre, "You Never Can Tell";
(2) Empire Theatre, "Secret Service";
(3) New Amsterdam Theatre, "King Henry VIII";
(4) Sam S. Shubert Theatre, "Trilby".
Folder 5: 40 Postcards
Folder 6: Greeting Cards:
(1) 12 Christmas cards, one with envelope addressed to Miss Daisy L. Briscoe;
(2) 5 Christmas postcards
(3) 1 Christmas gift tag wrapped with red ribbon;
(4) 1 Easter card;
(5) 2 Easter cards.
Folder 7: Miscellaneous:
(1) 1 small color illustration, approximately 2.5" x 6"
(2) small watercolor, approximately 4" x 6"
(3) 3 empty envelopes addressed to Daisy Briscoe
(4) empty envelope that enclosed cards
(5) Louisiana State Lottery ticket
(6) private mailing card from House & Garden
(7) ink blotter bookletAcquisition
Accession
311Source or Donor
Milton, Jeral A.Acquisition Method
Gift