Dorothy Canfield Fisher manuscripts circa 1910-1944

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher manuscripts circa 1910-1944

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1006

This collection consists of manuscripts and revisions of Dorothy Canfield Fisher's short stories and articles. Each title is represented by the manuscript, revised typescripts, and carbon copies of final drafts. Titles include: "Buttons and Rage;" "An Escape-Thought" (a short sketch of the career of Emma Hart Willard); "Staying at Home with the Folks;" "Getting Ready to be an Old Maid;" "The Knothole" (with a French translation); "Good Growing Weather;" "The Rainy Day, The Good Mother, and the Brown Suit;" "An Unprejudiced Mind;" "West Wind! West Wind!;" "The First Evening Out;" "Silver Poplars and the Father;" "Babushka Farnham;" "A Family Alliance;" and "The Forgotten Mother." The collection also contains letters, newspaper clippings, and fragments of a novel in progress with the author's notations

.17 linear foot (1 volume)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311075

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early 20th century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong education. Eleanor Roosevelt named her one of the ten most influential women in the United States. In addition to bringing the Montessori method of child-rearing to the U.S., she presided over the country's first adult education program and shaped literary taste...