Additional papers of Grace Ellery Channing, 1884-1976 (inclusive).

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Additional papers of Grace Ellery Channing, 1884-1976 (inclusive).

The collection contains letters to Grace Ellery Channing, her husband, Charles Walter Stetson, her stepdaughter, Katharine Beecher (Stetson) Chamberlin, and other members of the Channing family. Also included are a small number of financial records, address books, and photographs. Letters include news of friends and family; discussion of politics, including Channing's dislike of Franklin D. Roosevelt; financial matters, including the administration of the estates of Mary Channing Wood and Charlotte Perkins Gilman; etc. Letters also document Channing's attempts to gain recognition for Stetson's painting and Chamberlin's role as steward of her mother's literary estate. The collection also contains a letter and two poems by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and one letter to her.

1.67 linear ft. (4 file boxes) plus 1 photograph folder.

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