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Jones, Susan Wilbur, b. 1893. Susan Wilbur Jones papers, 1873-1970.

Title: Susan Wilbur Jones papers, 1873-1970.

Correspondence, diaries, writings, and other papers recording Susan Wilbur Jones' years in Europe, Chicago, and Cambridge, Mass. as a student, editor, author, wife, and mother. In addition to much material on Susan's family life and life as a student, the papers contain references to the Chicago literary world, in which Susan and her husband Llewellyn socialized with Harriet Monroe, Floyd Dell, John Cowper Powys, Edgar Lee Masters, Carl Sandburg, and Mark Turbyfill. The correspondence is arranged into personal correspondence, business correspondence, and personal business correspondence. Principal correspondents include Katherine Lee Bates, and cousins Edward Brigham, E. P. Warren, and Cornelia Warren. Also included is a letter from her mentally ill aunt Susan Rice, and a letter from Gyp Taylor discussing life in Paris in 1932 mentioning Gertrude Stein, Natalie Barney, William Seabrook, and Ford Madox Ford. There are also family letters from Susan's mother and father, mostly dating from 1909 when Susan spent a year in Europe; as well as correspondence to Susan and her mother from Susan's great-aunt, Susan C. Warren, and from Susan's grandmother, Sarah Ann Cook Wilbur. The diaries are dated 1912, 1914-16, 1918-1919, 1921-1924. Writings include "Saint Nicholas Eve" and an incomplete essay entitled "Floyd and Margery Dell Throw a Party!". Other Papers include Isaac Levine's printed poem "The Queen of Elfland's Daughter (A Moon Fantasy)" inscribed to Susan and Llewellyn.

ArchivalResource: 1.88 linear ft. (5 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702162748 View

Brigham, Edward F.. Edward F. Brigham collection, 1887-1910.

Title: Edward F. Brigham collection, 1887-1910.

This collection (1887- ca.1910) consists of clippings, letters, documents, programs, flyers and memorabilia relating to Edward Brigham's days as a student at NEC, and his subsequent career as a singer and dramatic reader. Brigham, of Riverside, Rhode Island, received his Graduate Certificate in piano and voice from NEC in October 1889. Of particular interest are a letter, circular, and an autographed photograph of Brigham's teacher, Carl Faelten, then Director of the Conservatory.

ArchivalResource: One folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778791052 View

Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888. Pierre Morand memorial : photocopy, 1984.

Title: Pierre Morand memorial : photocopy, 1984. 1832-1897.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81099555 View

Jones, Susan Wilbur, 1893-1969. Susan Wilbur Jones papers, 1906-1970.

Title: Susan Wilbur Jones papers, 1906-1970.

Correspondence, diaries, writings, and other papers recording Susan Wilbur Jones' years in Chicago and Cambridge, Mass. as a student, editor, author, wife, and mother. In addition to much material on Susan's family life and life as a student, the papers contain references to the Chicago literary world, in which Susan and her husband Llewellyn socialized with Harriet Monroe, Floyd Dell, John Cowper Powys, Edgar Lee Masters, Carl Sandburg, and Mark Turbyfill. The correspondence is arranged into personal correspondence, business correspondence, and personal business correspondence. Principal correspondents include Katherine Lee Bates, and cousins Edward Brigham, E. P. Warren, and Cornelia Warren. Also included is a letter from her mentally ill aunt Susan Rice, and a letter from Gyp Taylor discussing life in Paris in 1932 mentioning Gertrude Stein, Natalie Barney, William Seabrook, and Ford Madox Ford. The diaries are dated 1912, 1914-16, 1918-1919, 1921-1924. Writings include "Saint Nicholas Eve" and an incomplete essay entitled "Floyd and Margery Dell Throw a Party!". Other Papers include Isaac Levine's printed poem "The Queen of Elfland's Daughter (A Moon Fantasy)" inscribed to Susan and Llewellyn.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80239677 View