Papers of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1846-ca.1975 (inclusive), 1880-1940 (bulk).

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Papers of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1846-ca.1975 (inclusive), 1880-1940 (bulk).

Addenda to the papers of Charlotte Perkins Gilman consist mainly of family correspondence, photographs, poems, and printed material. Correspondence includes love poems and courtship letters to and from Charles Walter Stetson, her first husband, and letters to and from her daughter Katharine, who was raised by Stetson and his second wife, Grace Ellery Channing. Also included are genealogies, Gilman's 1894 divorce decree from Stetson, and clippings and ephemera from Gilman's lectures.

1.25 linear ft. (3 file boxes, 1 folio folder, 1 folio+ folder, 10 photograph folders, 1 folio photograph folder)

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935

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Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman (1860-1935) was the leading public intellectual of the women’s movement in the early 20th century. Born into the prestigious Beecher family, she struggled through a lonely childhood and disastrous marriage, which caused a nervous breakdown. Her mental health returned once she separated from her husband; she later gave him custody of their young daughter, and he had a happy second marriage to one of her close friends. She moved to California, and threw herself int...

Perkins family.

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Stetson family.

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Stetson, Katharine Beecher, 1885-1979 or 1981

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Sculptor and landscape painter Katharine Beecher Stetson was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the daughter of feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman and artist Charles W. Stetson. She studied in Rome, at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and with sculptor Frank Tolles Chamberlin, whom she later married. The couple lived in Pasadena, California, and had two children, Dorothy and Walter. From the description of Papers of Katharine Beecher Stetson, 1827-1956 (inclusive). (Harvard Unive...

Perkins, Frederic B. (Frederic Beecher), 1828-1899

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American author, historian. From the description of Letter to John Adams Dix [manuscript], 1856 March 27. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814563 ...

Stetson, Charles Walter, 1858-1911

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A painter best known for his landscapes of California and Italy, Stetson was married first to feminist and author Charlotte Perkins Gilman (they were divorced in 1894) and later to author Grace Ellery Channing. He and Gilman had one daughter, Katharine Beecher Stetson Chamberlin, who later lived with Grace and Charles Stetson. From the description of Papers, 1881-1888 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008791 Stetson, Charles, collector; photos of surr...

Gilman family.

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