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American wit and humor -- Women authors -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Baird Leonard papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00093
Abstract

Columnist; Social critic; Poet; and Humorist. Papers contain photographs, bookplates, drawings, scrapbook and correspondence with famous and lesser known writers and journalists. Includes original manuscripts and typescripts of columns, essays, articles, and verse; plus notebooks, reviews and clippings of her articles and columns.

Dates of Materials: 1909-1937
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Baird Leonard papers

Fanny Fern and Ethel Parton papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00117
Abstract Author, journalist, columnist, children's author, and humorist. Sara Payson Willis wrote for several small Boston magazines under the name Fanny Fern; numerous newspapers soon published her pieces. She had a regular weekly column in the New York Ledger and was one of the first woman columnists. Ethel Parton, granddaughter of Sara Willis and James Parton, worked as a writer and literary assistant, and at age 70 began writing children's books. Materials include extensive writings,...
Dates of Materials: 1805-1982
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Fanny Fern and Ethel Parton papers

Hale family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00071
Abstract

Papers consist of biographical material, artwork, artifacts, correspondence, speeches, photographs, writings, and memorabilia created or kept by Hale Family members and their Everett, Beecher, Gilman, Hooker, Perkins, Stowe, and Westcott relatives. Primarily documents the households of Nathan, Sr., and Sarah Preston (Everett) Hale; Edward Everett and Emily (Perkins) Hale; Ellen Day Hale; and Philip and Lilian (Westcott) Hale.

Dates of Materials: 1787 - 1988
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Hale family papers
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