Typed letter from Ruth Duell, Meadow Road, Riverside, Connecticut, to Charles [van Ravenswaay]. Expresses her anxiety about the bound volumes of Patience Worth material reaching the Missouri Historical Society. Writes, “I am anxious for two reasons, first because she [Mrs. Smith] is surrounded by persons who are unsympathetic to your having them, and second because I did no work on them there, planning to come to Saint Louis as soon as they were in your possession.” (1 item), [1957 Aug]

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection includes correspondence of Pearl Curran and miscellaneous material relating to her career; 29 typescript volumes of dialogues between Patience Worth and the family and friends of Pearl Curran, 1913-1937; loose typescripts of selected dialogues, 1916-1928; one bound volume titled “Odds and Ends” of miscellaneous writings, poems, etc. by Patience Worth; a typescript by Casper Yost of Patience Worth’s The First Book of Panda, 1915-1916; partial typescript manuscripts of Patience Worth’s works Redwing and The Merry Tale; a book of poetry written by Patience Worth for members of the Parrish family; loose poems written for Mrs. Dudley French and others; original and photocopy newspaper clippings regarding Pearl Curran and Patience Worth; a photograph of Pearl Curran’s gravesite; and correspondence of the Missouri Historical Society with donor Mrs. A.B. Smith.