Papers, 1913-1986 (bulk 1940-1985).

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Papers, 1913-1986 (bulk 1940-1985).

The Mina Kirstein Curtiss Papers include an oral history; personal and professional correspondence; photographs; journals and diaries; financial records; clippings; and writings. The bulk of the papers focus on Curtiss' writing career. Extensive correpondence includes letters from eminent figures of the literary world, Smith College associates, and family members. Correspondents include Dean Acheson, Jacques Barzun, Jill Ker Conway, John Houseman, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, William Allen Neilson, Marjorie Hope Nicolson, Orson Welles, and Rebecca West.

11 linear ft. (33 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7586756

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh was born in Englewood, New Jersey on 22 June 1906, the daughter of ambassador and politician Dwight Morrow and author and Smith College president Elizabeth Cutter Morrow. From 1924-1928 Anne studied literature at Smith College, where she graduated in 1928 with a bachelor's degree in English. In May 1929, after a brief courting period, Anne married Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974). Anne had met Lindbergh in Mexico in 1927, while her father was serving as ambas...

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Linscott, Robert N. (Robert Newton), 1886-1964

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American editor. From the description of Papers, 1931-1963. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 26089883 ...

Levin, Harry, 1912-1994

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Houseman, John.

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Neilson, William Allan, 1869-1946

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Educator, editor and author. President of Smith College, 1917-1939; editor of Webster's New International Dictionary 2nd edition; author of "Essentials of poetry" and "Facts about Shakespeare." From the description of Letters of W.A. Neilson, 1907-1917. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 76968306 Smith College President (3rd), 1917-1939. Ph. D., Harvard, 1898. Prof. of English at Bryn Mawr, Harvard, the Sorbonne and Columbia. From the description of Wi...

Perse, Saint-John

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French diplomat and poet. From the description of Papers of Saint-John Perse, 1956-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015089 French poet. From the description of Autograph letters signed (66), post cards (2) and telegrams (15) : Washington, D.C., to Mina Curtiss, 1951 Jan. 10-1973 Apr. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634725 ...