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1891-1923

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-5
Identifier: M187.1

Series Description:

From the Series:

Wiggin's correspondence, 1891-1922, much of it with family members, especially her sister Nora and her mother, or with members of the Bowdoin community, including President William De Witt Hyde, Librarian George T. Little and fellow members of the Society of Bowdoin Women. Also includes letters (1915) concerning Wiggin's efforts to stop a dam on the Saco river near her summer home and community in Maine; correspondence from Francis Hodgson Burnett, W.D. Howells, Helen Keller (Feb 12, undated), and Jack London; a letter from Ms. Wiggin to Ms. True, referencing a theatrical production of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"; and a typescript account of Wiggin's last few days and subsequent death in England in 1923. Further letters written to Kate Douglas Wiggin can be found in the miscellaneous scrapbooks, volume 4. An unpublished chronological list of correspondents (partial) is available.

Dates

  • Creation: 1867 - 1985
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1891 - 1917

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Extent

From the Series: 0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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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