Papers of Marian Cannon Schlesinger, 1939-1948 (inclusive).

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Papers of Marian Cannon Schlesinger, 1939-1948 (inclusive).

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Collection consists of children's books written and/or ilustrated by Schlesinger. Titles include: San Bao and His Adventures in Peking (1939); Children of the Fiery Mountain (1940); Peter Is Sweeter (1942); Twins at My House (1945); The Little Boy Who Did Not Know Why (1946); The Golden Bowl (1947); and The Colonial Williamsburg Coloring Book (1948). More material will be added.

.25 linear ft. (1/2 file box)

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Schlesinger, Marian Cannon, 1912-

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Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1913, writer and artist Marian Cannon was the fourth and youngest daughter of the well-known Harvard physiologist, Walter B. Cannon, and his wife, Cornelia James Cannon. After graduating from Radcliffe College in 1934, Marian spent a year traveling in China and studying Chinese painting in Peking. On her return home, she wrote and illustrated San Bao and His Adventures in Peking, a classic children's book of the 1930s. In 1940 she married the historian Arthur...