Women authors
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Hannah Krout collection
Collection
Identifier: L080
Scope and Contents
This collection includes manuscripts, photographs and scrapbooks from Mary Hannah Krout in Crawfordsville, Indiana ranging from 1881 to 1919 regarding her writing.
Dates:
1881-1919, undated
Minnie S. Etter papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0436
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed diary entries, photographs and mimeographed and carbon copies of short stories from Minnie S. Etter in Indiana circa 1904; undated, regarding family history and fictional stories.
Dates:
1904, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Minnie S. Etter papers
Miriam E. Mason collection
Collection
Identifier: L528
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material ranging from 1916 to 1973 compiled by Miriam E. Mason over the course of her literary career. Her personal papers include school compositions, bibliographies of sources consulted, biographical information, documents related to children’s reading interests, clippings on various topics, documents and instructional handouts from conferences and workshops, correspondence from children and publishers, and notes regarding story ideas. The bulk of the collection...
Dates:
1905-1973
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Miriam E. Mason collection
Myrtie Barker collection
Collection
Identifier: L583
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, newspaper articles, clippings, manuscripts, books, family papers, awards, and other materials from Myrtie Barker and the Barker family in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1907 to 1985 regarding her career as a writer and family life. There is also an oversize folder with a Sagamore of the Wabash award certificate, 1981/01/07; signed card from Indianapolis News staff, undated, and I Am...
Dates:
1907-1985
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Myrtie Barker collection
Myrtie Barker photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP003
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of Myrtie L. Barker, as well as one photograph of her mother, Mary A. Barker, ranging from circa 1910 to 1960s. Other photographs were taken during her career as a columnist for the Indianapolis News. Several photographs show Barker at a book signing for >Where is Everybody?, released in 1968.
Dates:
circa 1910-circa 1960
National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) Indianapolis collection
File
Identifier: L514
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newspaper clippings, Indianapolis Branch newsletters, correspondence, membership directories, meeting minutes, treasury reports, programs and the official magazine of the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW), "The Pen Woman," ranging from 1928 to 2011.
Dates:
1928-2011
Pierce-Krull family papers
Collection
Identifier: L353
Scope and Contents
The collection includes family correspondence (both originals and typed transcripts), writings, sheet music, financial records, journals, papers, photographs, ephemera, scrapbooks, clippings, pamphlets, and realia from the Pierce, Krull, Vinton, and Moore families in Indianapolis and other places in Indiana; Genesso, Illinois; California; and the United States, ranging from 1834 to 1963, regarding their family, friends, business interests, education, careers, recreational and social...
Dates:
1834-1960, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pierce-Krull family papers
Rita Kohn, Before the Shadows Flee play script
Collection — Folder S3498
Identifier: S3498
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a play script from Rita Kohn in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1996 for a one-person play in two acts she wrote about Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, while he was at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1891.
Dates:
1996
Roberta June Wills collection
Collection — Folder S1177
Identifier: S1177
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a postcard from the American Poetry Association, Inc., postmarked June 5, 1938, and sent to Miss Betty Wariner of Indianapolis, Indiana regarding the publication of Roberta June Wills's first volume of poetry, Sea Shells. The collection also includes a photograph of Roberta June Wills (undated) and a handwritten copy of the poem "I Love My Old Clock", possibly written by Ms. Wills (undated).
Dates:
1938
Susan Wallace collection
Collection — Folder S1352
Identifier: S1352
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, both photocopies as well as 4 original letters from Susan Wallace ranging from 1861 to 1892, regarding the U.S. Civil War, family life, her husband's writing career, and politics. There are also a hand-written biography of Susan E. Wallace, beginning with her birth in 1830, and continuing through 1874 and two newspaper clippings, one from The Inter Ocean (undated) and one labeled Triple...
Dates:
1861-1892
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Susan Wallace collection
