- Additional Authors
- Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-
- Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
- London, Jack, 1876-1916
- Rasmussen, Knud, 1879-1933
- Skinner, Annie Lindsay, -1925
- Skinner, Robert James, 1845-1909
- Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Drawings.
- Film stills.
- Photographic prints.
- Scrapbooks.
- Access (note)
- Additional Formats (note)
- Biography (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.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- MssCol 2769
- OCLC
- NYPW94-A275
- Author
Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1877-1939.
- Title
Constance Lindsay Skinner papers, ca. 1876-1939, bulk (1930-1939)
- Description
13.8 linear feet (18 boxes)
- Additional Formats
Scrapbooks with clippings of reviews of Skinner's plays available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
- Summary
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 of Skinner's short stories, articles, novels, poetry, 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. 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.
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
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
Finding aid available in repository.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
Authors.
Critics.
Historians.
- Added Author
Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-
Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968.
London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Rasmussen, Knud, 1879-1933.
Skinner, Annie Lindsay, -1925.
Skinner, Robert James, 1845-1909.
Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
- Research Call Number
MssCol 2769