Caroline King Duer papers 1915-1952.

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Caroline King Duer papers 1915-1952.

Autobiographical narratives, correspondence, manuscripts and scrapbooks related to Duer's volunteer work in France during World War I and her literary career including a transcript of her "Reminiscences" for the Columbia Oral History Project. Scrapbooks contain clippings of her published short stories, poetry and essays.

2.5 linear ft. (3 boxes). (4 scrapbooks).

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Duer, Caroline, 1865-1956

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Caroline King Duer was born in New York City and educated at Bishop Doane's School in Albany, N.Y. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Wilson (Meads) Duer and James Gore King. Alice Duer Miller was her sister. Caroline Duer Miller was an author of short stories, poems, plays and essays. With Alice Duer Miller, she co-authored a "Book of Verses" which ran through two editions. During World War I, she traveled to France in 1915, where she volunteered with the hospital at Ris Oragis, a village betwee...