Correspondence to Eleanor Stimson Brooks, 1937.

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Correspondence to Eleanor Stimson Brooks, 1937.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191847807

Item is a letter from Frank in Tahiti, writing about his life there and his deteriorating relationship with the children from his first (traditional) marriage.

1 item (3 leaves)

University of Pennsylvania Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6959306

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Brooks, Eleanor Stimson

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Eleanor Brooks was the mother of Charles Van Wyck Brooks, wife of Van Wyck Brooks. From the description of Correspondence with Charles Van Wyck Brooks, 1926-1946. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191732230 Eleanor Stimson had been a childhood friend to Van Wyck Brooks in Plainfield, New Jersey, where both grew up. In 1902 Eleanor left Plainfield to attend Wellesley College, from which she graduated in 1906. After her graduation she departed for Europ...

Stimson, J.F. (John Francis), 1883-1958

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Frank Stimson was Eleanor Stimson Brooks's brother (and thus Van Wyck Brooks's brother-in-law). Though he studied to become an architect, he ended up in Tahiti doing Polynesian linguistic work. His removed presence and taking of a Polynesian common law wife, Kotirau, estranged him from his three children (Cookie, Francis and Odette), though he kept in contact with his sister and the Brooks family. From the description of Correspondence to Eleanor Stimson Brooks, 1937. (University of ...