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Constance Lindsay Skinner papers

Title
  1. Constance Lindsay Skinner papers, ca. 1876-1939, bulk (1930-1939)
Author
  1. Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1877-1939

Collection information

Finding aid

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-
  2. Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
  3. London, Jack, 1876-1916
  4. Rasmussen, Knud, 1879-1933
  5. Skinner, Annie Lindsay, -1925
  6. Skinner, Robert James, 1845-1909
  7. Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946
Description
  1. 13.8 linear feet (18 boxes)
Summary
  1. Collection contains correspondence, writings, photographs, movie stills, drawings, printed matter, and additional personal papers of Skinner and her parents.
Subject
  1. Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1877-1939
  2. Children's literature
  3. Criticism
  4. Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- History
  5. British Columbia -- Pictorial works
  6. Canada, Western -- Pictorial works
  7. Canada, Western -- History
  8. Southwest, New -- History
Genre/Form
  1. Drawings.
  2. Film stills.
  3. Photographic prints.
  4. Scrapbooks.
Call number
  1. MssCol 2769
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Additional formats (note)
  1. available on microfilm;
Biography (note)
  1. Constance Lindsay Skinner (1882-1939) was a Canadian-born author, critic, historian, and playwright.
Indexes/finding aids (note)
  1. Finding aid available in repository.
Processing action (note)
  1. Cataloged
Author
  1. Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1877-1939.
Title
  1. Constance Lindsay Skinner papers, ca. 1876-1939, bulk (1930-1939)
Additional formats
  1. Scrapbooks with clippings of reviews of Skinner's plays available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
  1. 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.
Indexes
  1. Finding aid available in repository.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
  2. Finding Aid
Occupation
  1. Authors.
  2. Critics.
  3. Historians.
Added author
  1. Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-
  2. Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968.
  3. London, Jack, 1876-1916.
  4. Rasmussen, Knud, 1879-1933.
  5. Skinner, Annie Lindsay, -1925.
  6. Skinner, Robert James, 1845-1909.
  7. Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
Research call number
  1. MssCol 2769
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