Materials re
Series Description:
Proofs, illustrations, drafts, notes, reviews and other material (1923-[54?] and undated) relating to Coffin's books, published and unpublished, arranged alphabetically by title; followed by Coffin's notes for books never written. Some of the earliest drafts include material not in the final works. Collections of poems or essays, such as Primer for America and the Pulitzer Prize winning Strange Holiness, are included with historical works such as Kennebec: Cradle of Americans, from the "Rivers of America" series.
A Book of Seventeenth Century Prose, edited with Alexander M. Witherspoon, is combined with Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry, an expanded version of the work. Some J.J. Lankes illustrations, including those for Saltwater Farm are contained in Works by other authors.
Dates
- Creation: 1842-1989, undated
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1910 - 1955
Creator
- From the Collection: Coffin, Robert P. Tristram (Robert Peter Tristram) (Person)
Access Restrictions:
No restrictions.
Extent
From the Series: 16 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository