Constance Lindsay Skinner papers, ca. 1876-1939, bulk (1930-1939)

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Creator

Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1882-1939.

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Extent

• 13.8 linear feet (18 boxes)

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Note

Collection contains correspondence, writings, photographs,movie stills, drawings, printed matter, and additional personal papers of Skinner and her parents. Correspondence, 1899-1939, is with authors, artists, editors, publishers, theatrical people, explorers, scholars, and journalists. Writings include typescripts ofSkinner's short stories, articles, novels, poetry, children's stories, and criticism. Photographs are of family and friends, Indians of North America, and views ofBritish Columbia and remote areas of the Canadian northwest. Also, drawings and illustrations, movie stills,clippings of criticism of her books and stories, and newsclippings relating to World War I. Other papers consist of her personal accounts, literary notebooks, cookbooks, address books, as well as letters and papers, 1876-1891, of her parents, Robert James Skinner and Annie Lindsay Skinner.

Biographical/Historical Note

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.

Controlled Access Terms

• Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1882-1939.
• 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.
• Drawings.
• Film stills.
• Photographic prints.
• Scrapbooks.
• Authors.
• Critics.
• Historians.

Additional Creator Names

• Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-
• Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968.
• London, Jack, 1876-1916.
• Rasmussen, Knud, 1879-1933.
• Skinner, Annie Lindsay, d. 1925.
• Skinner, Robert James, 1845-1909.
• Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.