Humanities and Social Sciences
Library > Collections > Manuscripts > Finding
Aids
Constance Lindsay Skinner
Papers, 1873-1939
Contents
Summary
| Main Entry: |
Constance Lindsay Skinner (1877-1939) |
| Title: |
Papers 1873-1939 (bulk dates 1930-1939) |
| Size: |
25.6 linear ft. (64 archival boxes) |
| Source: |
Unknown |
| Restrictions: |
The following manuscripts are too fragile to handle: "The Earth-Man
or the Sanction of the Soil"; "The Experiences of Betty Burke,
Newspaper Woman"; "The Power." The original manuscripts are in
Box 64. Photocopies have been placed in the appropriate containers. |
| Description: |
The collection contains correspondence, writings, photographs,
movie stills, drawings, printed matter, and additional personal
papers of Canadian-born Constance Lindsay Skinner and her parents.
Correspondence is with authors, artists, editors, publishers, explorers,
scholars, journalists, and people in the theatre. Writings include
holograph manuscripts and typescripts of Skinner’s short stories,
articles, novels, plays, radio broadcasts, children’s stories and
criticism. Photographs are of family and friends, Indians of North
America, and views of British Columbia and remote areas of the
Canadian northwest. The collection also includes drawings and illustrations,
movie stills, clippings of reviews of her books and stories, and
newspaper clippings relating to World War I. Other papers consist
of her personal accounts, literary notebooks, a cookbook, address
books, as well as letters and papers, 1876-1891, of her parents,
Robert James Skinner and Annie Lindsay Skinner. |
| Special Formats: |
Photographs, photograph albums, photograph in metal frame, and
photograph on verso of pocket mirror |
| Finding aid: |
Compiled by Valerie Wingfield, April 1998 |
Biographical Note
Constance Lindsay Skinner, a Canadian author, was born in 1877 to
Robert and Annie Lindsay Skinner. Skinner’s childhood began on an isolated
trading post in Quesnel, British Columbia; her father is believed to
have worked with or for the Hudson’s Bay Company. Located in the extreme
northwest, Quesnel was founded during the Cariboo gold rush in the
late nineteenth century. When Skinner was fourteen, she moved with
her family to Vancouver, British Columbia. During her teenage years,
she developed an interest in writing; one of her earliest works is In
Gelderland, a musical sketch for children.
In 1893 Skinner left Vancouver to live with an aunt in California,
reportedly for health reasons. While in California, she continued to
develop her interest in writing. When she moved to New York City in
her late twenties, she quickly became a prolific writer, publishing
numerous novels and short stories. Much of her work is set in the rugged
Canadian northwest of her youth; her characters include native Canadians,
fur traders and settlers. Among her novels, articles and short stories
are Embers of Race, The Golden Klondikeand How to Reach It, The
Literature of the Polar Expedition, No Tomorrow With Friends, Red
Willow, Rob Roy, and To Live. Skinner also edited The
Rivers of America, a series of historical books that was incomplete
at the time of her death in 1939.
Although Skinner remained in New York City for the remainder of her
adult life, she drew strength for her works from early childhood experiences
and her knowledge of Canadian culture. When she was not writing articles,
plays and novels, she spent much of her time reviewing the work of
other authors. Many of her reviews, often on subjects similar to her
interests, were published in The New York Herald Tribune. Skinner
also reviewed performances of plays, operas and symphonies.
Theatrical adaptations of Skinner's works include Good-Morning
Rosamond!, a novel which became a three-act comedy produced
by the Shubert Theatrical Corporation in 1917 at the Forty-eighth
Street Theatre in New York City. Skinner also wrote original plays
such as The Lady of the Gray Gables, co-written with Herbert
Heron. The Song of the Coast Dwellers is a collection of
Indian poems for which she won several literary awards. Skinner’s
success as an historical writer of Canadian culture may have precluded
her from exploring many other subjects. Although she was never considered
a major writer in the United States or Canada, she had a large group
of colleagues and friends that included the American author Jack
London. Never married, Skinner died in New York City in 1939.
Scope and Content Note
The papers consist primarily of letters received by Skinner as a writer,
and her holograph manuscripts and typescripts. Her works attracted
the attention of many writers, publishing companies, newspapers, magazines,
educational institutions, libraries, and professional organizations,
and elicited strong reactions from the public. This response is reflected
in the many letters of admiration she received, especially for her
writings on nature. Children wrote to Skinner about her juvenile stories,
and schools occasionally used these stories to provide its students
with valuable learning experiences.
Skinner’s writings are broadly represented in the collection. They
include Embers of Race, The Golden Klondike and How to Reach It,
The Tiger Who Walks Alone, and Red Willows. Among the
seventeen plays contained in the collection are Good Morning Rosamond!;
In Gelderland, and The Lady of the Gray Gables. The collection
also contains other examples of Skinner’s writings: poems, book reviews,
and reviews of dramatic works. Among the financial and legal records
represented here are Skinner’s royalty statements, canceled checks
and receipts.
Files pertaining to Skinner’s parents, Annie Lindsay Skinner and Robert
James Skinner, account for the bulk of the family papers. There are
a few papers of other relatives. Her parents’ papers consist largely
of correspondence, writings, and financial and legal papers. Skinner’s
father’s papers also include a few documents from the Hudson’s Bay
Company. The remainder of the collection consists of photographs of
Skinner, her family and relatives, the Canadian northwest, Alaska,
Native Americans, friends and colleagues, and a few miscellaneous scrapbooks
and letterbooks belonging to Skinner and her family.
Provenance Note
Unknown. The collection has been at The New York Public Library since
before 1983.
Arrangement Note
The Collection is arranged into eleven series:
- General Correspondence
- Writings: Articles , Short Stories and Novels
- Writings: Historical Series
- Writings: Plays
- Writings: Poems
- Writings: Broadcasts, Book Reviews and Notes
- Writings: Miscellany
- Family Papers
- Financial and Legal papers
- Printed Matter
- Photographs
Series Descriptions
Series I. General Correspondence, Boxes 1-7
This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The bulk
of the letters, c1900-1939, are to Constance Lindsay Skinner from authors,
acquaintances, colleagues, the general public, literary agents and
publishing companies. Represented in this series are letters from Bailey
K. Ashford, Margaret Ashmun (National League of American Pen Women),
David Belasco, Jessie Benton Fremont, Alice Hobart, Fannie Hurst, Robert
Pollack Glasgow, Muna Lee, Jack London, Margaret Mitchell, Anne Carroll
Moore, Clare Turlay Newberry (Mrs. David Newberry), Knud Rasmussen
(author and explorer) and N.C. Wyett. Publishing companies and publications
represented include Ainslee’s Magazine, Bobbs Merrill Co.,
Boni & Liveright, D. Appleton & Co., Dodd, Mead & Co.,
Farrar and Rhinehart, Harper & Co., Henry Holt & Co., and Macmillan & Co.
(George Platt Brett, Jr.) and The New York Herald Tribune.
Other organizations represented include The American Library Association,
The Author’s League of America, The National League of American Pen
Women, The New York Public Library, Wisconsin State Historical Society,
and Women’s National Book Association. This series ends with several
children’s letters addressed to Skinner.
Series II. Writings: Articles, Short Stories and Novels, Boxes
8-13
This series is arranged by title of work. The writings in holograph
manuscript, typescript and annotated typescript, c1890-1939, represent
a sizable portion of Skinner’s body of work as an author. Among these
works are Description of a Journey in British Columbia, The Chinook,
Embers of Race, The Hudson’sBay Company, The King’s Women or Torch
in the Mist, No Tomorrow With Friends, The Peregrinations of Four O’ Clock, The
Tiger Who Walks Alone, and Red Willows. Some of the manuscripts
are incomplete; some contain duplicate carbon typescripts. See also:
Box 18 for page proofs and an unbound copy of Beaver, Kings and
Cabins; see also: Series X Printed Matter.
Series III. Writings: Historical Series, Boxes 14-17
This series is arranged by title of work. The writings contain several
works, (1909-1939), that Skinner edited or co-wrote, or to which she
made contributions. The works are not complete manuscripts; they include The
Pageant of America, The Chronicles of America, and The Rivers
of America.
Series IV. Writings: Plays, Boxes 17-19
This series is arranged by title of play. Plays are usually in holograph
manuscript or typescript. Noted plays include In Gelderland,
a musical sketch written for children when Skinner was a teenager; Good-Morning
Rosamond! from her novel of the same name; and The Lady of
the Gray Gables.
Series V. Writings: Poems, Box 20
This series consists of assorted poems whose subjects are similar
to those found in her other writings. The poems are usually one or
two pages long, and exist in holograph or typescript.
Series VI. Writings: Broadcasts, Book Reviews and Notes, Box
20
This series is arranged first by radio scripts, then by book reviews,
and lastly, notes. The radio programs included here were broadcast
to New York City listeners throughout the 1930’s. All of the broadcasts
relate to Skinner’s writings or to her recommendations on juvenile
literature. The Book Reviews, arranged by author of the book reviewed,
represent only a small portion of the many book reviews Skinner wrote
(see note below). The notes are a miscellaneous mixture relating to
her writings. See : Series X. Published Matter and Ephemera for
Skinner’s published reviews.
Series VII. Writings: Miscellany, Boxes 21-25
This series is divided into two sections. Section one, Writings by
Others, is a miscellaneous mixture of other authors’ works. Section
two consists of a list of Skinner’s writings, address books, a cookbook,
notebooks, composition books and daybooks (diaries).
Series VIII. Family Papers, Boxes 26-28
This series contains the papers of Skinner’s parents, Annie Lindsay
Skinner and Robert James Skinner, including some minor correspondence
with other relatives. There is only one letter to Constance Lindsay
Skinner from her mother , c1901. The bulk of the letters in Annie Lindsay
Skinner’s papers are from Robert, 1876-1922. The remainder of Skinner’s
mother’s papers are general correspondence, 1886-1922; miscellaneous
writings; a certificate for teaching in British Columbia dated 1873;
postcards; newspaper clippings; and estate papers. Robert James Skinner’s
papers consist of letters to his daughter Constance, 1899-1909; general
correspondence, 1882-1909; estate papers, 1911; certificates of stock
in Quesnel Quartz Mining Company owned by Robert and his brother Ernest,
1878; tax records, 1884-1909; papers pertaining to Skinner’s duties
as administrator for the estate of William Thomas Rogers, 1902-1904;
a photograph of Robert J. Skinner’s grave site; Hudson’s Bay Company
records, 1852-1887; and miscellaneous papers. The remainder of this
series consists of a few relatives’ letters.
For family material relating to Annie Lindsay Skinner. See also: Box
57
Series IX. Financial and Legal Records, Boxes 29-35
This series contains Constance Lindsay Skinner’s personal accounts,
1913-1939; royalty statements for her writings; miscellaneous accounts;
contracts; copyright records. 1907-1915; insurance policies; tax records;
checks and check books.
See also: Annie Lindsay Skinner’s estate papers, Box 26
Series X. Printed Matter and Ephemera, Boxes 36-44
This series contains published articles by Skinner, arranged by title
of article. Most of the articles appeared in U.S. publications, notably Ainslee’s
Magazine. The series also containsreviews by Skinner of concerts,
operas and plays; a scrapbook of newspaper reviews of dramatic works
by Skinner; reviews of authors’ published works; reviews and publicity
related to Skinner’s books and plays; Skinner’s poems; miscellaneous
articles on the American West and Canada; articles about the Skinner
family; certificates; and assorted ephemera.
Series XI. Photographs and Graphic Materials, Boxes
45-57
The photographs include images of Constance Lindsay Skinner, her parents
Annie Lindsay Skinner and Robert James Skinner, relatives identified
and unidentified, a metal-framed photograph of an unidentified man,
a photograph of an unidentified woman on the verso of a pocket mirror,
and photographs of actors, acquaintances and friends. There is also
a group of photographs, c1890, taken in a whaling village in either
British Columbia or Alaska. Included are images of native Americans,
among them, women and children. Other photographs in this group include
whaling ships with sails, whalers gutting whales, whale bones drying
in the sun, dog sleds and some of Skinner’s relatives visiting the
whaling village. The remainder of the photographs are pictures of children
performing Skinner’s play In Gelderland, and movie stills
of OjibwayIndians from the silent film Silent Enemy (produced
by Paramount Pictures). The photograph albums are "Shasta North" half
tone images of northwest Canada; "Vancouver, British Columbia, July
1897"; Koda Gems, an album of images of an unidentified Asian
location, c1890; and a family album containing pictures of Constance
Lindsay Skinner, her family and friends, including several pictures
of the American author Jack London. The remainder of this series consists
of a framed portrait of Richard Mansfield, illustrations for Skinner’s
novels, a scroll honoring Annie Lindsay Skinner as honorary President
of the YWCA in 1911, and an illustrated view, mounted on cardboard,
of Quebec City.
The remainder of the collection includes an assortment of volumes
which most likely belonged to Constance Lindsay Skinner or her family.
The volumes are scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about Canada, a scrapbook
containing Los Angeles play reviews and musical reviews, souvenir postcards
from California, Oregon and Canada, a scrapbook of receipts, a scrapbook
about World War I, and a letterbook of Daniel Donald Lindsay, Vancouver,
B.C. 1898.
Container List
| BOX |
FOLDER |
|
| |
|
|
I. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (see
separate index) |
| 1 |
|
|
A – Coffin |
| 2 |
|
|
Coleman – G |
| 3 |
|
|
H – L |
| 4 |
|
|
M – N |
| 5 |
|
|
O – Turlay |
| 6 |
|
|
Turner – Z |
| |
|
|
Unidentified |
| 7 |
|
|
Burke’s Landed Gentry |
| |
|
|
Fisher, Te Ata (Mrs. Clyde Fisher) |
| |
|
|
Lee, Muna see also: Box 23 & 48 |
| |
|
|
Nogales, Rafael de |
| |
|
|
Children’s Letters |
| |
|
|
II. WRITINGS: ARTICLES, SHORT
STORIES & NOVELS |
| 8 |
1 |
|
An Incidental Woman, carbon
typescript |
| |
2 |
|
And West is West, typescript
(pp. 12-14 not received) |
| |
3 |
|
The Beaver, holograph
manuscript |
| |
4 |
|
Betty From the Cyclone Country, typescript |
| |
5 |
|
Boone’s Women, typescript |
| |
6 |
|
The Breaking, holograph
manuscript (incomplete) |
| |
7 |
|
[British Columbia (Description
of a Journey in)] holograph manuscript |
| |
8 |
|
Builder of Men, published
copy from Smart Set, March 1912 (pencilled
note by Skinner) |
| |
9 |
|
Carson Mudie’s Psychology, holograph
manuscript (incomplete) |
| |
10 |
|
The Child, typescript
(p. 13 not received) |
| |
11 |
|
The Chinook, typescript
with manuscript introduction |
| |
12 |
|
typescript carbons (2 copies) |
| |
13 |
|
The Descendants, typescript |
| |
14 |
|
Desert Sons, typescript |
| |
15 |
|
carbon typescript (2 copies) |
| |
16 |
|
Desert Women, holograph
manuscript |
| |
17 |
|
The Dew on the Fleece, typescript
(2 versions) |
| |
18 |
|
The Earth Man or the Sanction
of the Soil, holograph manuscript extremely fragile.
Xerox typescript. Original removed to Box 64 |
| |
19 |
|
Embers of Race, holograph
manuscript |
| |
20 |
|
typescript |
| |
21 |
|
carbon typescript |
| 9 |
1 |
|
Embers of Race, typescript,
49 pp |
| |
2 |
|
[Embers of Race] Windy Farm, carbon
typescript |
| |
3 |
|
The Experiences of Betty Burke,
Newspaper Woman, holograph manuscript, extremely
fragile. Replaced with xerox copy. Original moved to Box
64 |
| |
4 |
|
Four O’ Clock and the Book of
Revelation, typescript; carbon typescript |
| |
5 |
|
Get the Story, holograph
manuscripts; carbon typescript |
| |
6 |
|
Glory’s Pocket, typescript |
| |
7 |
|
three carbon typescripts |
| |
8 |
|
The Golden Alligator, typescript;
carbon typescript |
| |
9 |
|
The Golden Klondike and How
to Reach It, holograph manuscript |
| |
10 |
|
The Great Surveyor, typescript |
| |
11 |
|
How the Horse Developed the
Indian, carbon typescript |
| |
12 |
|
The Hudson Bay Company, carbon
typescript |
| |
13 |
|
An Incidental Woman, typescript |
| |
14 |
|
carbon typescript |
| |
15 |
|
Incipit: Whatever We Do Not
Know, holograph manuscript |
| |
16 |
|
Into the Hands of a Woman, holograph
manuscript |
| |
17 |
|
The Invisible Factor, holograph
manuscript |
| |
18 |
|
The King’s Women or Torch in
the Mist, published in Smith’s Magazine, 1915. |
| |
19 |
|
carbon typescript, nine chapters |
| |
20 |
|
synopsis of novel, one page holograph
manuscript |
| |
|
|
one holograph chapter of the novel |
| |
21 |
|
The Literature of Polar Exploration, carbon
typescript (published in English Journal,
Chicago, 1929. Vol. 18. pp. 791-802) |
| |
22 |
|
Lo, the poor pioneer, typescript |
| |
23 |
|
Luck O’ the North, carbon
typescript, torn in half |
| |
24 |
|
Men’s Honor, holograph
manuscript |
| |
25 |
|
No Tomorrow With Friends, Chapter
1, holograph manuscript |
| |
26-27 |
|
chapter II-III , holograph manuscripts |
| |
28 |
|
chapters I-II, typescript |
| |
29 |
|
chapters I-II, carbon typescript |
| 10 |
1 |
|
Northern Lover, holograph
manuscript. See Also: Chinook |
| |
2 |
|
Out of Defeat, carbon
typescript |
| |
3 |
|
The Outlaws, holograph
manuscript |
| |
4 |
|
Pancho’s Goat, carbon
typescript |
| |
5 |
|
The Peregrinations of Four O’Clock, Foreword,
typescript 5pp; second foreword typescript, pp. 4-5 not received |
| |
6 |
|
no. 1. "All in a Day’s Walk," typescript,
incomplete |
| |
7 |
|
"The Rebuking of a Snob," typescript
and carbon typescript |
| |
8 |
|
Playing Indian with Your Children, holograph
manuscript |
| |
9 |
|
Poetry and Native Speech, typescript |
| |
10 |
|
Power, holograph manuscript,
extremely fragile. Replaced with photocopied typescript,
original removed to Box 64 |
| |
11 |
|
Prudence Reformed, typescript
and two carbon typescripts |
| |
12 |
|
Mr. Puddle, typescript |
| |
13 |
|
The Race to the Spring, holograph
manuscript |
| |
14 |
|
Racing Blood, two carbon
typescripts |
| |
15 |
|
Red Man, Benefactor, holograph
manuscript, incomplete |
| |
16 |
|
The Red Puma, holograph
manuscript, incomplete |
| |
17 |
|
Redwood Surgeon, carbon
typescript |
| |
18 |
|
The River of Arrows, two
carbon typescripts |
| |
19 |
|
Rivers for Teens, holograph
manuscript; typescript |
| |
20 |
|
Rob Roy and the Robbers, carbon
typescript, incomplete |
| |
21 |
|
The Romance of Fur, holograph
manuscript and carbon typescript |
| |
22 |
|
Save the Lindbergh Legend, holograph
manuscript; carbon typescript |
| |
23 |
|
The Secret Well, typescript |
| |
24 |
|
The Single-Tracker, holograph
manuscript, p. 33 not received |
| |
25 |
|
Sir Henry Morton Stanley, holograph
manuscript |
| |
26 |
|
Somer’s Truce, carbon
typescript |
| |
27 |
|
Stefansson, Sentinel of Civilization. carbon
typescript |
| 11 |
1 |
|
The Tiger Who Walks Alone, carbon
typescript, incomplete |
| |
2 |
|
To Live, chapter 1,
holograph manuscript |
| |
3 |
|
carbon typescript of pp.1-9 of Chapter
1 "The Fifth Ace" |
| |
4 |
|
typescript, Chapters. 1-8 |
| |
5 |
|
Trader and Imperial Scout, carbon
typescript |
| |
6 |
|
The Two Big Men at Camp Skumol, holograph
manuscript |
| |
7 |
|
The Two Terrible Bandits, carbon
typescript |
| |
8 |
|
Under the Shadow of the Pines.
Tales of the West Coast of British Columbia, holograph
manuscript; carbon typescript |
| |
9 |
|
Vilhjalmur Stefansson,
manuscript |
| |
10 |
|
What Well-Dressed Women are
Reading, carbon typescript |
| |
11 |
|
The White Cavalier, carbon
typescript |
| |
12 |
|
Windy Farm, typescript;
carbon typescript |
| |
13 |
|
Women and Books, holograph
manuscript |
| |
14 |
|
Assorted articles about Canada, holograph
notebook, extremely fragile |
| |
15 |
|
Articles containing autobiographical
material by Skinner |
| |
16-19 |
|
Unidentified fiction by Skinner |
| |
20-21 |
|
Red Willows, typescript
, pp. 1-399 |
| 12 |
1 |
|
Red Willows, pp. 400-594 |
| |
2-4 |
|
first carbon typescript |
| |
5-8 |
|
second copy, carbon typescript |
| |
9-10 |
|
Woman’s Crossing (adapted
from Red Willows) |
| 13 |
|
|
Rob Roy, holograph
manuscript |
| |
|
|
III. WRITINGS: HISTORICAL SERIES |
| 14 |
1-11 |
|
The Pageant of America. Volume
1. Adventures in the Wilderness, by Clark
Wissler, Constance Lindsay Skinner and William Wood. New
Haven: Yale University Press, 1925. typescript |
| |
12 |
|
The Chronicles of America, edited
by Allen Johnson. typescripts and holograph manuscripts |
| |
|
|
outline of plan |
| |
13-19 |
|
incomplete sections, typescripts |
| 15 |
1-5 |
|
The Morning of America. Incomplete
typescripts |
| |
6 |
|
The Morning of America. The
Story of Democracy. Nine chapters, typescript |
| |
7 |
|
Memoranda on Bolton’s Spanish Borderlands See
Also: Spanish Borderlands, page proofs in box 25 |
| |
8 |
|
Argument for Vital Springs of
History. Holograph manuscript andtypescripts. |
| |
9 |
|
The Vision of the West. Outline.
Holograph manuscript |
| |
10 |
|
The Vision of the West. Outline
of Chapter three. Typescript |
| |
11 |
|
The Vision of the West. holograph
manuscript of the first part (?) fragile |
| |
12 |
|
Vital History and the Man in the
Street. Typescript |
| |
13 |
|
Miscellaneous typescripts |
| |
14 |
|
The Rivers of America. Edited,
with an introduction by Skinner. New York & Toronto:
Farrar & Rinehart, 1937-1939. Journal kept by Skinner,
relative to her work on the series 1935-1936. |
| |
15 |
|
Powder River by Maxwell Struthers
Burt. First draft |
| |
16 |
|
Chapters 1-4, typescript |
| 16 |
|
|
Powder Riverby Maxwell Struthers
Burt |
| |
1 |
|
Chapters 1-3, carbon typescript |
| |
2 |
|
Chapters 4 & 6, typescript |
| |
3 |
|
Chapters 4 & 6, carbon typescript |
| |
4 |
|
Chapters 5-8, typescript and holograph
manuscripts |
| |
5-10 |
|
Chapters 10-40, typescript |
| |
11-12 |
|
Chapters 10-40, carbon typescript |
| 17 |
1 |
|
Powder River. The
Kennebec Phantomby Maxwell Struthers Burt. holograph
manuscript; typescript |
| |
2 |
|
The Illinois Valley by
Josephine Craven (Mrs. Carl B. Chandler) 1935. typescript |
| |
3 |
|
Miscellaneous material |
| |
4 |
|
Picture Chronicles of America,
miscellaneous |
| |
|
|
IV. WRITINGS: PLAYS |
| |
5 |
|
The Anointed. A Drama
in Four Acts. typescript, copyright 1910 and 1912 |
| |
6 |
|
carbon typescript |
| |
7 |
|
The Birthright. A [Drama]
in Four Acts. typescript, n.d. |
| |
8 |
|
typescript, copyright 1906 |
| |
9 |
|
typescript with red underline, copyright
1906 |
| |
10 |
|
typescript, copyright 1906 |
| |
11 |
|
typescript, copyright 1906 and 1909 |
| |
12 |
|
typescript, revised 1914 |
| 18 |
1 |
|
For Faith of the Ready Sword. A
Romantic Play in One Act. typescript |
| |
2-3 |
|
typescript |
| |
4 |
|
Give Hand and Follow. carbon
typescript and synopsis |
| |
5 |
|
Good-Morning Rosamond! A
Comedy in Three Acts. typescript (produced in 1917
at the Forty-eighth Street Theatre by Shubert Theatrical
Corporation) |
| |
6 |
|
carbon typescript |
| |
7 |
|
In Gelderland. A Musical
Sketch for Children. holograph manuscript sketches for the
play, sheet music. See also: Box 51 |
| |
8 |
|
Act I. typescript |
| |
9 |
|
Act II. holograph manuscript |
| |
10 |
|
Act III. typescript |
| |
11 |
|
Incomplete typescript |
| |
12 |
|
The Lady of the Gray Gables, by
Constance Lindsay Skinner and Herbert Heron. typescript |
| |
13 |
|
carbon typescript |
| |
14 |
|
three photographs and a playbill from
the play presented at the Music Hall, Crawfordsville, Indiana
on June 27, 1911 |
| 19 |
1 |
|
A Lady Too Kind. A
Comedy in Three Acts. holograph manuscript (fragile). |
| |
2 |
|
The Lady or the Law. A
Dramatic Play in One Act. carbon typescript |
| |
3 |
|
The Long Way Home. A
Comedy in One Act. typescript |
| |
4 |
|
Men Who Love Danger. typescript |
| |
5 |
|
The Other Mrs. Stimson. A
Story in Four Scenes and Some Letters. typescript |
| |
6-7 |
|
Sea – Horror. typescript
and two carbon typescripts |
| |
8-9 |
|
The Song of the Coast Dwellers. A
Poetic Drama in One Act. typescript and carbon typescript |
| |
10 |
|
The Stolen Ticket. A
Musical Farce in One Act. holograph manuscript |
| |
11 |
|
The Torch in the Mist. Synopsis. holograph
manuscript in bound notebook |
| |
12 |
|
Zaida? holograph
manuscript in bound notebook |
| |
13-15 |
|
Beaver, Kings and Cabins,
page proofs, 1933 |
| |
16-17 |
|
unbound copy(half size box) |
| |
|
|
V. WRITINGS: POEMS |
| 20 |
1-15 |
|
Poems by Skinner, A-Z |
| |
16 |
|
Miscellaneous poems collected by Skinner |
| |
|
|
VI. BROADCASTS, BOOK REVIEWS
AND NOTES |
| |
|
|
BROADCASTS: |
| 20 |
17 |
|
Aspects of American Literature.
1937 |
| |
18 |
|
Books for Older Boys and Girls. WRNY |
| |
19 |
|
Bringing the Wilderness to Broadway. WEAF |
| |
20 |
|
Capital Punishment. Forum radio
(?) |
| |
21 |
|
Debunking the Great Northwest. WEAF |
| |
22 |
|
The Insider Story of the Search
Relentless. WGBS |
| |
23 |
|
Legend of the Golden Alligator. CBS |
| |
24 |
|
How the Raven Turned From White
to Black. WCBS. 1937 |
| |
25 |
|
Red Willows. WABC. 1930 |
| |
|
|
BOOK REVIEWS: |
| 21 |
1 |
|
Land Spell by Gladys Hasty
Carroll. Typescript, mutilated |
| |
2 |
|
The White Beaver by James Willard
Schultz. Typescript, mutilated |
| |
3 |
|
In Days of Old, When Maids Were
Bold by Emma Gelders Sterns. Typescript |
| |
4 |
|
Bradford on Mt. Fairweather by
Bradford Washburn. Typescript, mutilated |
| |
5 |
|
Commentary: Books For Older Girls |
| |
6 |
|
Reviews of Constance Lindsay Skinner’s
works |
| |
7 |
|
List of Skinner’s writings. See also:
Boxes 37-39 |
| |
|
|
NOTES: |
| |
8 |
|
The Great Arctic Highway. Contents of
a proposed book A history and literary study of the appreciator,
the middleman, the critic in the world of music Legends
of North American Indians |
| |
9 |
|
Ma crashes in. Outline of a play Notes
on the Appreciator book Notes on Indian literary compositions |
| |
10 |
|
Notes on Indians |
| |
11 |
|
Notes on W. Langdon Kihn. |
| |
12 |
|
Discovery of writing. The Tiger
Who Walks Alone. Synopsis of a play. Who Opens New Worlds.
A History of Exploration (proposed book) |
| |
13 |
|
Synopsis of a story about Ferguson. |
| |
14 |
|
Tales of the Fur Trade. |
| |
15 |
|
Miscellaneous notes |
| |
|
|
VII. WRITINGS: MISCELLANY |
| |
|
|
WRITINGS BY OTHERS: |
| 21 |
16 |
|
Runes of Memory by Herbert
Heron. Typescript, 1906 |
| |
17 |
|
"Tiger" (poem) by Salvador Diaz Miron.
Typescript |
| |
18 |
|
The Fraser by Lindsay Grey |
| |
19 |
|
A Cowboy’s Criticism of Western
Dramas by Buck Riley. Carbon typescript |
| |
20 |
|
Traveler’s Tales by Vilhjalmur
Stefansson. 1931. Typescript |
| |
21 |
|
Birds of the Brain by Gene
Stratton-Porter. Typescript, incomplete |
| |
22 |
|
Unidentified author. Early Fires
in Newport 1749-1899. holograph manuscript |
| |
23 |
|
Unidentified author. Great Fires
of the World in Early Times. Holograph mss. |
| |
24 |
|
From Greenland to the Pacific by
Knud Rasmussen. Reviewed by William Thalbitzer. Biographical
sketch on Knud Rasmussen. |
| |
25 |
|
Autograph inscription on unidentified
page of a book |
| |
26 |
|
Handwriting characteristics |
| |
27 |
|
List of New York People (Skinner’s contacts?) |
| |
28 |
|
Miscellaneous writings |
| 22 |
|
|
Address book, 3 volumes Cook
book (red cover) 1 volume Daybooks or diaries, 4 volumes Notebooks: "Notes
for Debunking the Great Northwest," l volume Vergil Aenid
[sic], 1 volume First Line: Indian Wars, 1 volume First
Line: New England , 1 volume Cover of notebook: "The Poets," 1
volume |
| 23 |
|
|
Composition notebooks, 3 volumes "Constance," a
poem by Muna Lee dated Oct. 1924 (framed). See also: Box 48 |
| 24 |
|
|
Musical scores (assorted) |
| 25 |
|
|
Spanish Borderlands, page proofs |
| |
|
|
VIII. FAMILY PAPERS |
| |
|
|
ANNIE LINDSAY SKINNER |
| 26 |
1 |
|
Letter to her daughter Constance, c1901 |
| |
2 |
|
Postcards from her daughter Constance,
n.d. |
| |
3-6 |
|
Letters from her husband Robert, 1876-1896 |
| |
7-10 |
|
General Correspondence, 1886-1922 |
| |
11-12 |
|
Writings: Angels of the Mist |
| |
13 |
|
Writings: The Beaver |
| |
14 |
|
Writings: In the Heart of the Mountain |
| |
15 |
|
Certificate for Teaching in British
Columbia, 1873 |
| |
16-20 |
|
Estate Papers (Cowan & Cowan), 1925-1929 |
| |
21-22 |
|
Newspaper Clippings; miscellaneous |
| 27 |
|
|
Miscellaneous postcards |
| |
|
|
ROBERT JAMES SKINNER |
| 28 |
1 |
|
Letters to his daughter Constance, 1899-1909 |
| |
2-9 |
|
General Correspondence, 1882-1909 |
| |
10 |
|
Estate papers, 1911 |
| |
11 |
|
Certificates of stock in Quesnel Quartz
Mining Co. owned by Robert James Skinner and his brother,
Ernest M. Skinner, 1878 Also, certificates issued to Edward Pearson,
1879 |
| |
12 |
|
Tax records, 1884-1909 |
| |
13 |
|
R.J. Skinner, Estate of William Thomas
Rogers, 1902-1904 |
| |
14 |
|
R.J. Skinner’s obituaries |
| |
15 |
|
Photograph of grave site |
| |
16-18 |
|
Hudson’s Bay Company records, 1852-1887 |
| |
19 |
|
Miscellaneous Papers |
| |
20 |
|
Constance Lindsay Skinner: Letters from
Annie L. Bremer (aunt), 1925 |
| |
21 |
|
Letters from Mary Skinner (daughter
of Thomas J. Skinner), 1928- 1938 |
| |
22 |
|
Letter to Annie Laurie Williams regarding
family history, 1938 |
| |
|
|
IX. FINANCIAL AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS |
| 29 |
1-5 |
|
Personal Accounts, 1913-1939 |
| |
6-12 |
|
Royalty statements |
| |
13 |
|
Miscellaneous accounts |
| |
14 |
|
Contracts |
| |
15 |
|
Copyright records, 1907-1925 |
| |
16 |
|
Insurance policies |
| |
17-19 |
|
Tax records, related letters |
| 30-35 |
|
|
Personal accounts, royalty statements,
contracts Bank books, canceled checks, check stubs |
| |
|
|
X. PRINTED MATTER AND EPHEMERA |
| 36 |
|
|
Published articles by Skinner (arranged
by title of article) |
| 37-38 |
|
|
Reviews of actors, concerts, operas
and plays, c 1930’s, A-Z |
| 38 |
|
|
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings related
to Skinner’s dramatic works |
| 39 |
|
|
Reviews of published works by Skinner A-K |
| 40 |
|
|
L-Z |
| 41 |
1-21 |
|
Reviews of, and publicity related to
Skinner’s books |
| |
22-23 |
|
Reviews of, and publicity related to
Skinner’s plays |
| |
24-29 |
|
Skinner’s published poems |
| 42 |
|
|
Miscellaneous articles on the American
West, California and Canada; Canadian newspapers; assorted
printed material |
| 43 |
|
|
Articles about Skinner and her family |
| |
|
|
Certificates |
| |
|
|
Assorted ephemera |
| 44 |
|
|
Assorted ephemera |
| |
|
|
XI. PHOTOGRAPHS AND GRAPHIC
MATERIALS |
| 45 |
|
|
Constance Lindsay Skinner |
| 46 |
|
|
Annie Lindsay Skinner, Robert James
Skinner, relatives, |
| |
|
|
Constance Lindsay Skinner as toddler
[?], oversize photograph |
| 47 |
|
|
Unidentified portrait (cameo with stand) |
| |
|
|
Unidentified portrait of woman on pocket
mirror |
| 48 |
|
|
Actors, authors, acquaintances and friends |
| 49 |
|
|
Native Americans in British Columbia
and Alaska; whalers and whaling ships, c1890; mining camps
and dam builders in Canada’s northwest; dog sleds in
Alaska; relatives of Skinner in whaling village, c1890 |
| 50 |
|
|
Scenes of Canadian northwest |
| 51 |
|
|
In Gelderland, children performing
the play |
| |
|
|
Movie stills: Silent Enemy,
produced by W. Douglas Burden and William C. Chandler.
Film about the culture of the Ojibway Indians. Paramount
Pictures. |
| 52 |
|
|
"Shasta North." Album of half tone prints
of the Canadian northwest. |
| 53 |
|
|
Vancouver, British Columbia, July 1897:
album with photographs of mining camps, river ports and miners;
Native Americans of Metlakahtla, B.C. |
| 54 |
|
|
Koda Gems: album contains pictures
of children, landscape and buildings at unidentified Asian
location, c 1890s |
| |
|
|
Album: photographs of Constance Lindsay
Skinner, identified and unidentified family and friends;
several pictures of author Jack London (partially mutilated
album). One loose photograph of Jack London standing beside
a horse (not part of album) |
| 55 |
|
|
Framed photograph of Richard Mansfield |
| 56 |
|
|
Illustrations for Skinner’s novels |
| 57 |
|
|
Annie Lindsay Skinner: painted scroll
honoring her as honorary President of the YWCA, Vancouver, B.C.,
February 24, 1911 |
| |
|
|
Illustrated view of Quebec City, mounted
on cardboard |
| |
|
|
VOLUMES |
| 58 |
|
|
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about
Canada |
| 59 |
|
|
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about
Canadian northwest |
| 60 |
|
|
Scrapbook containing play reviews and
musical reviews from Los Angeles, CA , 1902-1903 |
| 61 |
|
|
Souvenir postcards of California, Oregon
and Canada |
| 62 |
|
|
Scrapbook of recipes, 1 vol.; Scrapbook
of W.W.I |
| 63 |
|
|
Daniel Donald Lindsay. Letterpress book,
Vancouver, B.C., 1898 |
| 64 |
|
|
Restricted (fragile mss.) |
Forward to Index To Correspondents | Back
To Top of Finding Aid
Melanie A. Yolles
January, 1999
|
