Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973

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From the description of Catherine Drinker Bowen papers, 1793-1980 (bulk 1934-1972). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062023

American writer.

From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Bryn Mawr, Pa., 9 November 1961, to Mr. [Joseph] Chouinard, 1961 Nov. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906443

Biographical Note

  • 1897, Jan. 1: Born, Haverford, Pa.
  • 1915 - 1917 : Attended Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, Md.
  • 1919: Married Ezra Bowen (divorced) Received teacher's certificate from the Institute of Musical Art, New York, N.Y.
  • 1937: Published first of five Book-of-the-Month Club selections, "Beloved Friend." New York: Random House
  • 1939: Married Thomas McKean Downs
  • 1944: Published Yankee from Olympus. Boston: Little, Brown
  • 1950: Published John Adams and the American Revolution. Boston: Little, Brown
  • 1957: Published The Lion and the Throne; The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke. Boston: Little, Brown
  • 1958: National Book Award winner
  • 1963: Published Francis Bacon; The Temper of a Man. Boston: Little, Brown
  • 1965 - 1973 : Member, National Institute of Arts and Letters
  • 1966: Published Miracle at Philadelphia. Boston: Little, Brown
  • 1973, Nov. 1: Died, Haverford, Pa.

From the guide to the Catherine Drinker Bowen Papers, 1793-1980, (bulk 1934-1972), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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creatorOf Powell, John H. Jack Powell collection. University of Texas at El Paso
referencedIn Friends of the Schlesinger Library. Records, 1971-1981 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974. Papers, 1910-1974. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Baldwin, Amelia Muir, 1876-1960. Papers, 1821-1961 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973. Letter to [John] Leggett. Haverford, PA. 1969 Sept. 21. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003. Houghton Library
referencedIn De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955. Bernard De Voto papers, 1918-1955 (bulk 1944-1951). Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973. 1 TLS, 1967 April 30, 260 Booth Lane, Haverford, Pa. to Muriel Rukeyser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn John Phillips Marquand correspondence Houghton Library
creatorOf Hale, Nancy, 1908-1988. Nancy Hale papers [manuscript], 1950. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Roscoe Pound Papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Paul A. Freund papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973. Letters to Allan L. Carr. Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn Bernard Augustine De Voto Papers, 1918-1955 (inclusive), 1944-1951 (bulk) Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1974. Letters and cards : Bryn Mawr, Pa., Haverford, Pa., and Gloucester, Mass., to Seymour Adelman, 1957-1972 and undated. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Letters of tribute to Carl Sandburg [manuscript], 1951-1952. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973. [Letter] 1967 April 25, Haverford, Pa. [to Roy] Jansen, [Harrisburg, Pa.] / Catherine Drinker Bowen. Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Pennsylvania State Library
referencedIn Shaw, Thomas Shuler, 1906-. Papers of Thomas Shuler Shaw, 1944-1946. Library of Congress
referencedIn Women's National Book Association Records, 1917-2013. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Women's National Book Association. Women's National Book Association records, 1917-1989. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Atlantic (Firm : Boston, Mass.). Records, 1969-1974. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Drinker, Sophie Hutchinson, 1888-1967. Additional papers, 1911-1983 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Howe, Helen, 1905-1975. Papers, 1872-1975 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Lessing J. Rosenwald Papers, 1891-1979, (bulk 1932-1979) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973. Letters : Haverford, and Bryn Mawr, to Pamela Reilly and Ethel Whetstone, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 1955 and 1970. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Altrocchi, Julia Cooley, 1893-1972. Letters, 1918-1956. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973. Typewritten letter signed, dated : Bryn Mawr, Pa., 9 November 1961, to Mr. [Joseph] Chouinard, 1961 Nov. 9. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Lawrence S. Kubie Papers, 1916-1978 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Jacques Barzun Papers, ca.1900-1999. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983. American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973. Letters, notes, and cards : Philadelphia, to Seymour Adelman, Philadelphia, 1958-1968. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Letters of Carl Sandburg [manuscript] 1951-1952. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Allen, Florence Ellinwood, 1884-1966. Papers, 1856-1967, bulk 1901-1967. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Sage Colleges. Archives. Honorary degree recipient for 1948, Catherine Drinker Bowen. The Sage Colleges Libraries
creatorOf Powell, J.H. (John Harvey), 1914-. Papers of John H. Powell, 1935-1974. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Bliven, Bruce, 1889-1977. Bruce Bliven papers, 1906-1985. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Nancy Hale Papers 251., 1908 - 1989 Sophia Smith Collection
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
creatorOf Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-. Stanley Weintraub letters received, 1970-1973. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Delano, William Adams, 1874-1960. William Adams Delano papers, 1902-1960 (inclusive), 1939-1960 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Drinker, Sophie Hutchinson, 1888-1968. Papers, 1911-1981 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990) Library of Congress. Music Division
creatorOf Catherine Drinker Bowen Papers, 1793-1980, (bulk 1934-1972) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
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correspondedWith Boyd, Julian P. (Julian Parks), 1903-1980 person
associatedWith Bread Loaf Writers' Conference of Middlebury College. corporateBody
correspondedWith Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969 person
associatedWith Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974. person
associatedWith Carr, Allan L. person
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correspondedWith Ciardi, John, 1916-1986 person
associatedWith Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634. person
correspondedWith Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998 person
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associatedWith Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 person
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correspondedWith De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955 person
correspondedWith Drinker family family
associatedWith Drinker family. family
associatedWith Drinker, Sophie Hutchinson, 1888-1968. person
associatedWith Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916. person
associatedWith Eccles, Mary Hyde. person
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associatedWith Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 person
associatedWith Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 person
associatedWith Fitch, John person
correspondedWith Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 person
associatedWith Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. person
associatedWith Friends of the Schlesinger Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Genth, F. A., (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893 person
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associatedWith Hale, Nancy, 1908- person
associatedWith Hale, Nancy, 1908-1988. person
associatedWith Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 person
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associatedWith Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935. person
associatedWith Howe, Helen, 1905-1975. person
correspondedWith Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 person
correspondedWith Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 person
associatedWith Jansen, Roy. person
correspondedWith Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 person
associatedWith Kubie, Lawrence S. (Lawrence Schlesinger), 1896-1973. person
associatedWith Leggett, John, 1917- , person
correspondedWith MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 person
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associatedWith Newcomb, Simon person
associatedWith Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 person
correspondedWith Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 person
correspondedWith Ober, Harold, 1881-1959 person
associatedWith Paul A. Freund person
associatedWith Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 person
correspondedWith Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 person
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associatedWith Powell, John H. person
associatedWith Reilly, Pamela. person
correspondedWith Reston, James, 1909-1995 person
correspondedWith Rex, Barbara person
associatedWith Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 person
correspondedWith Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979 person
associatedWith Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980, person
associatedWith Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 person
associatedWith Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. person
correspondedWith Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007 person
associatedWith Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 person
associatedWith Seybert, Adam, 1773-1825 person
correspondedWith Shaw, Thomas Shuler, 1906- person
correspondedWith Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995 person
associatedWith Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 person
associatedWith Stevens, Henry person
associatedWith Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 person
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correspondedWith Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim person
associatedWith United States. Constitutional Convention (1787) corporateBody
correspondedWith Warren, Earl, 1891-1974 person
associatedWith Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865 person
associatedWith Wayne, Anthony person
correspondedWith Weeks, Edward, 1898-1989 person
associatedWith Weintraub, Stanley, 1929- person
associatedWith Whetstone, Ethel. person
associatedWith Women's National Book Association. corporateBody
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Birth 1897-01-01

Death 1973-11-01

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