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Henry David Thoreau Medal

 File — Box: 17

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

Correspondence (1899-1977); literary drafts, notes, reviews, etc. (ca. 1919-1970) for titles including Especially Maine, The Firelight Fairy BookNorthern Farm, The Outermost House, The Starlight Wonder Book and The St. Lawrence; photographs; biographical and family records, including clippings, essays, documents, drawings, and memorabilia (1926-1968); scrapbooks (1933-1968); and other material relating to the Beston family. Although most of the correspondence is among family members, especially between Beston and Coatsworth, there are letters to or from staff members at Harper's Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor and other magazines; at Doubleday Doran, Macmillan, and other publishers; and to orfrom authors such as H.L. Mencken, Laura E. Richards, Fannie Eckstorm, and Frances Perkins. There are also extensive exchanges with Truesdale Fife, Jr., J. Luther Neff, and David McCord.

Dates

  • Creation: 1899-1977, undated

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 18 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Medal awarded in 1960 to H. Beston, naturalist, countryman, and writer.

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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