Women authors
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
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 (1834-1963), writings, financial records, journals, and scrapbooks from the Pierce-Krull family ranging from 1834 to 1963. Family correspondence includes correspondence of the John Moore family of Ellisville, Geneseo, and Rock Island, Illinois (1834-1870), including letters from family members in St. Louis, Missouri., California, and Madison, Jefferson County and Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. Also included are letters, and transcripts of...
Dates:
1834-1963
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pierce-Krull family papers
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
Wilhelmina G. Hedde letter
Collection — Folder S623
Identifier: S0623
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter from Wilhelmina G. Hedde to the Indiana State Library on June 10, 1935 regarding the donation of her book, Speech. In the letter, she also mentions that her biography can be found in the new American Women. This is a reference to the book, American Women: the Official Who's Who Among the Women of the Nation, edited by Durward Howes.
Dates:
1935
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wilhelmina G. Hedde letter
Wilhelmina Seegmiller collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2921
Scope and Contents
This collection includes materials from and about Wilhelmina Seegmiller in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1895 to 1913. Items comprise brief biographical information, obituaries, a review of one of her textbooks and several examples of her creative writing.
Dates:
1895-1913
William J. Castleman collection
Collection
Identifier: L367
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a typescript of Through Myrtie Barker’s Window, a biography written by Castleman, copyright 1985, and photocopies of materials related to Barker. Also included are photocopies of newspaper clippings dated from June 24, 1958, to March 1985, although most are undated. Photographs are mixed in with the text in later chapters.Folder 1 contains “A Myrtie Barker Album,” a collection of photocopies of clippings which includes Barker’s...
Dates:
1958-1985
