Papers, 1806-1973 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1806-1973 (inclusive).

Collection contains correspondence of three generations of the Channing family; letters to Stetson from Charlotte Perkins Gilman, William Dean Howells, Elihu Vedder, Mary Austin, and others; correspondence with publishers and literary agents, and fan mail about her writing; correspondence with museums and galleries about her husband's paintings; drafts of stories, plays (including ones written with Gilman), poems, and articles; and clippings, photographs, and biographical and genealogical data. Included are an autobiography by Stetson's mother, Mary Tarr Channing, describing her upbringing in her mother's factory boarding house in New England, and scientific notes of Stetson's father, William Francis Channing, an inventor.

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