Papers, 1895-1963.

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Papers, 1895-1963.

Papers of Betty Brainerd (Elizabeth Ann Brainerd McClure), society columnist and reporter, best known for her column "We women". Includes correspondence, photographs, manuscripts and copies of her columns. Also includes correspondence with Vilhjalmur Stefansson concerning their relationship, and correspondence with her husbands Henry Herbert McClure and George T. Stagg. Correspondence and manuscripts of her parents, Erastus and Mary Bella Brainerd, both journalists and writers, is included in the collection. Brainerd corresponded with others writers and editors including Talcott Williams and S.S. McClure.

5 boxes (7.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7118211

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Greely, Adolphus Washington, 1844-1935

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Adolphus Washington Greely (b. March 27, 1844, Newburyport, Massachusetts-d. October 20, 1935, Washington, D.C.) served throughout the American Civil War and remained in the army at the war's close. In 1881 he was appointed to lead the United States International Polar Year Expedition, 1881-1884 to Ellesmere Island. He retired from the Army in 1908 and died in Washington in 1935. ...

McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949

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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962

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McClure, Henry Herbert.

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Brainerd, Betty, 1888-1984.

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Stagg, George Thomas.

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Brainerd, Erastus.

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Brainerd, Mary Bella Beale.

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