Edith F. Hawkshaw Notes

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Edith F. Hawkshaw Notes, Ms2021-018, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Hawkshaw, Edith F. (Edith Fanny), 1846-1911
Abstract:
This collection contains notes and an essay by an English girl named Edith F. Hawkshaw. Contents include commentary and descriptions of the eras and development of English architecture, particularly the rise of Gothic architecture. Hawkshaw was born in 1846, married to Henry Wollaston Blake in 1890, and died in 1916.
Language:
The materials in this collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Edith F. Hawkshaw Notes, Ms2021-018, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains handwritten notes by Edith F. Hawkshaw on English architectural history, created in 1863. The associated essay covers Gothic, Semi-Norman, Early English, Decorated English, Perpediucular English, and Debased English style of architecture.

Biographical / historical:

Edith Fanny Hawkshaw was born on June 27, 1846, in Oxfordshire, England, the daughter of Reverend Edward Burdett and Catherine Mary Jane Hawkshaw. Edith married engineer and director of the Bank of England Henry Wollaston Blake (1815-1899) on March 6, 1890, in Weston-under-Penyard. She died on November 5, 1916, in Worcestershire.

External Sources:

"Edith Fanny Hawkshaw in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" entry, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/143323961:9841

"Edith Fanny Hawkshaw in the 1861 England Census" entry, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/19516013:8767

"Edith Fanny Hawkshaw in the England and Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915" entry, Ancestry.com https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/13117428:8913

"Edith Fanny Hawkshaw in the England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973" entry, Ancestry.com https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/36978328:9852

"Edith F Blake in the 1891 England Census" entry, Ancestry.com https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/8666592:6598

"Edith Fanny Hawkshaw in 1911 England Census" entry, Ancestry.com https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/40780728:2352

"Edith Fanny Blake in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995", Ancestry.com https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/56062:1904

"Henry Wollaston Blake", Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Henry_Wollaston_Blake

Acquisition information:
The Edith F. Hawkshaw Notes were purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in November 2019 with the Eleanore Pettersen Endowment for the Preservation of Women and Architectural History .
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Edith F. Hawkshaw Notes were completed in July 2021.