Grace Ellery Channing Stetson Collection,1862-1937, (bulk date 1899-1935) [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center.

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Grace Ellery Channing Stetson Collection,1862-1937, (bulk date 1899-1935) [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center.

This collection contains approximately 53 items of personal and business correspondence dating from 1897 to 1935. There are also 3 photographs. Folders 1 through 35 are the correspondence of Channing Stetson. They are filed alphabetically by correspondent's surname. Internal file order is chronological. Most of these letters are dated between 1918 and 1935, during the time Channing Stetson lived in New York City. This portion of the collection includes 14 letters from author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Earlier dates include letters from The Saturday Evening Post (1915), The Smart Set (1908), and Herbert S. Stone & Co., Publishers (1899). Folder 35 "Various" contains 5 letters in which correspondent's names have not been identified. Folder 36 "Photographs" contains three photographs. Folder 37 "Stetson, Charles Walter" contains 2 letters (1897, 1910) that are the correspondence of Charles Walter Stetson.

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Channing, Grace Ellery, 1862-1937

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Grace Ellery Channing (December 27, 1862 – April 3, 1937) was a writer and poet who published often in The Land of Sunshine.Grace Ellery Channing (December 27, 1862 – April 3, 1937) was a writer and poet who published often in The Land of Sunshine.Grace Ellery Channing (December 27, 1862 – April 3, 1937) was a writer and poet who published often in The Land of Sunshine. She was born to William Francis Channing and Mary Jane (née Tarr) on December 27, 1862 in Providence, Rhode Island. Channing...

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...

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...