Papers, 1893-1986 (bulk 1930-1974).

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Papers, 1893-1986 (bulk 1930-1974).

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Holographs (many in notebooks), typescripts, research material and notes, dummies and proofs, for both published and un-published stories and poems for juveniles and adults. The collection also contains a subtantial amount of correspondence, both business and personal, to and from Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth. Correspondents include Lynd Ward, Mary Gould Davis, Louise Seamans Bechtel, and others, as well as Elizabeth Coatsworth's family including her daughters Margaret (Beston) Mechau and Katherine (Beston) Barnes. There is also correspondence to Elizabeth Coatsworth's husband, the author Henry Beston. The collection contains journals written by Elizabeth Coatsworth, many kept during her travels throughout the world and many contain stories, poems, ephemera, and photographs. The collection also contains scrapbooks, photograph albums and miscellaneous material.

ca. 19.5 linear ft. (43 boxes)ca. 1.5 cubic ft. (Photograph albums and scrapbooks)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7816666

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Beston, Henry, 1888-1968

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Henry Beston was an American writer best known for his book of reflections on man and nature, The Outermost house. From the description of Henry Beston's fairy tales : manuscripts, 1922-1952. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79715861 Henry Beston was an American writer best known for his book of reflections on man and nature, The outermost house. From the guide to the Henry Beston's fairy tales, 1922-1952., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Har...

Bechtel, Louise Seaman, 1894-1985

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Editor, author, lecturer on children's literature. Louise Seaman Bechtel, 1894-1985, served as Editor and Head of the Juvenile Book Department of Macmillan Publishing Company in New York City. A 1915 graduate of Vassar College, Bechtel began work for Macmillan in 1919. After leaving Macmillan in 1934, Bechtel worked as a freelance writer and lecturer. She was the editor of the children's section of the New York Herald Tribune Book Review from 1948 to 1956 and was associate editor of The Horn Boo...

Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985

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Printmaker, illustrator, writer. Died 1985. From the description of Lynd Ward bookplates, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515240 American artist and author/illustrator of children's books; Caldecott Award winner, 1953 and Caldecott Honor, 1950. From the description of Papers, 1930-1976. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424387 American artist and author/illustrator of children's book. From the descript...

Barnes, Kate, 1932-

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Coatsworth, Elizabeth Jane, 1893-1986

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Born in Buffalo, New York in 1893, she married writer Henry Beston. She graduated from Vassar in 1915 and Columbia with an M.A. in 1916. Belongs to Phi Beta Kappa, won a Newbery Medal in 1931. Children's Spring Book Festival Honor Award, 1971, an L.H.D. from New England College, and has published numerous books and poems. See: "Something about the Author", v.2, p. 65. From the description of Papers 1930-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701398 Daughter of a prosperous ...

Davis, Mary Gould, 1882-1956

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Mary Gould Davis (1882-1956) was an author, editor, children's librarian, and storyteller. She wrote books for children and edited collections of verse. From the description of Mary Gould Davis papers, 1927-1959. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122534523 From the guide to the Mary Gould Davis papers, 1927-1959, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Born February 13th, 1882, in Bangor, Maine. Mary Gould Davis an...