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Constance D'Arcy MacKay papers

Title
Constance D'Arcy MacKay papers, 1915-1939.
Author
Mackay, Constance D'Arcy
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Additional Authors
  • Holt, Roland
  • Wiggin, Kate Douglas, 1856-1923
  • Hale, Edward Everett, Jr., 1863-1932
  • Mansfield, Beatrice
  • Smith, Nora Archibald, 1859-1934
  • Langdon, William Chauncy
  • Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942
Subject
  • Mackay, Constance D'Arcy
  • National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
  • Historical Pageant of Schenectady
  • Pageants > United States
  • Pageant of Sunshine and Shadow
  • Children's plays, American
  • Quillcote (Hollis, Me.)
Genre/Form
  • Clippings.
  • Photographic prints.
  • Correspondence.
  • Postcards.
  • Programs.
  • Scripts (documents).
Access (note)
  • Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Source (note)
  • Nina Jeanne Nourse
Biography (note)
  • Constance D'Arcy MacKay was a writer of pageants and children's plays in the early part of the 20th century. She was educated at Boston University (1903-1904) and began her writing career in 1905. Some of her works include THE PAGEANT OF PATRIOTISM (Brooklyn, N.Y.); THE HISTORICAL PAGEANT OF SCHENECTADY (Schnectady, N.Y.); PAGEANT OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW (N.Y.) and THE HISTORICAL PAGEANT OF PORTLAND, MAINE. Her children's plays include THE SILVER THREAD, THE MAGIC MIRROR and THE BOY FRANKLIN. She married publisher and writer Roland Holt in 1923.
Processing Action (note)
  • Processed
Call Number
*T-Mss 1992-033
OCLC
NYPW92-A242
Author
Mackay, Constance D'Arcy.
Title
Constance D'Arcy MacKay papers, 1915-1939.
Description
.6 lin. ft. (2 boxes)
I. Correspondence; II. Ephemera; III. Organizations; IV. Photographs; V. Pageants and Plays; IV. Writings; VII. Clippings.
Restricted Access
Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Summary
The Constance D'Arcy MacKay papers consist of correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs and writings pertaining to her career as a writer and director or pageants and plays. Included as well are articles written by her husband, Roland Holt. The collection spans the years 1912-1939.
Biography
Constance D'Arcy MacKay was a writer of pageants and children's plays in the early part of the 20th century. She was educated at Boston University (1903-1904) and began her writing career in 1905. Some of her works include THE PAGEANT OF PATRIOTISM (Brooklyn, N.Y.); THE HISTORICAL PAGEANT OF SCHENECTADY (Schnectady, N.Y.); PAGEANT OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW (N.Y.) and THE HISTORICAL PAGEANT OF PORTLAND, MAINE. Her children's plays include THE SILVER THREAD, THE MAGIC MIRROR and THE BOY FRANKLIN. She married publisher and writer Roland Holt in 1923.
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Holt, Roland.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas, 1856-1923.
Hale, Edward Everett, Jr., 1863-1932.
Mansfield, Beatrice.
Smith, Nora Archibald, 1859-1934.
Langdon, William Chauncy.
Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942.
Research Call Number
*T-Mss 1992-033
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