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Women authors, American -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Harriet Beecher and Calvin Stowe collection

 Collection
Identifier: M172
Abstract

Autographs, correspondence, and images of Uncle Tom’s Cabin author and Brunswick resident Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe and family.

Dates: 1852 - 2000
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Kate Douglas Wiggin collection

 Collection
Identifier: M187
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, journals, book and story manuscripts, commonplace books, notebooks and notes related to Wiggin's writing; also includes lectures on kindergarten subjects, clippings, photographs and material concerning her Irish "literary pilgrimage."

Dates: 1867 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1891 - 1917
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Nora Archibald Smith family papers

 Collection
Identifier: M271
Abstract

Material documenting Smith family life in California, the sisters' (Kate Wiggin and Nora A. Smith) involvement in the kindergarten movement, their involvement in publishing, and family affairs in Maine.

Dates: 1867-1937, undated
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Susan F. Beegel collection of Uncle Tom’s Cabin ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: M377
Abstract

Ephemera related to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Dates: 1825 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1852 - 1965
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

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