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Constance Lindsay Skinner papers

Title
Constance Lindsay Skinner papers, ca. 1876-1939, bulk (1930-1939)
Author
Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1877-1939.
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Additional Authors
  • Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-
  • Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968.
  • London, Jack, 1876-1916.
  • Rasmussen, Knud, 1879-1933.
  • Skinner, Annie Lindsay, -1925.
  • Skinner, Robert James, 1845-1909.
  • Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
Description
13.8 linear feet (18 boxes)
Summary
Collection contains correspondence, writings, photographs, movie stills, drawings, printed matter, and additional personal papers of Skinner and her parents.
Subject
  • Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1877-1939
  • Children's literature
  • Criticism
  • Indians of North America > British Columbia > History
  • British Columbia > Pictorial works
  • Canada, Western > Pictorial works
  • Canada, Western > History
  • Southwest, New > History
Genre/Form
  • Drawings.
  • Film stills.
  • Photographic prints.
  • Scrapbooks.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Additional Formats (note)
  • available on microfilm;
Biography (note)
  • Constance Lindsay Skinner (1882-1939) was a Canadian-born author, critic, historian, and playwright.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Finding aid available in repository.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
MssCol 2769
OCLC
NYPW94-A275
Author
Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1877-1939.
Title
Constance Lindsay Skinner papers, ca. 1876-1939, bulk (1930-1939)
Additional Formats
Scrapbooks with clippings of reviews of Skinner's plays available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Constance Lindsay Skinner (1882-1939) was a Canadian-born author, critic, historian, and playwright. Her writings included poetry, novels, plays, literary and music criticism, historical works, and adventure stories for children. She wrote histories of the American southwest, Canadian northwest and Indian tribes of British Columbia.
Indexes
Finding aid available in repository.
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Occupation
Authors.
Critics.
Historians.
Added Author
Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-
Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968.
London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Rasmussen, Knud, 1879-1933.
Skinner, Annie Lindsay, -1925.
Skinner, Robert James, 1845-1909.
Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
Research Call Number
MssCol 2769
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