Women authors, American -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fannie Frank Cook Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0322
Abstract
The Papers of Fannie Cook (1893-1949), St. Louis writer, lecturer and civic leader, include personal and professional correspondence, literary productions, printed material and scrapbooks of clippings and memorabilia reflect her life-long interest in the common ground of literature and social problems. Believing literature could be a great molder of public opinion, Fannie Cook wrote novels, short stories, essays and poetry, a significant portion of which portrayed a strong social conscience....
Dates:
1874-1949
The Potter's Wheel Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1621
Scope and Contents
The collection contains sixteen issues of The Potter’s Wheel and twelve issues of the criticism pages. Various other works are also included: a Christmas Remembrance Book; five published copies of “From the Potter’s Wheel”; a booklet “The Soul’s Inheritance” by George Cabot Lodge, bound by W. Parrish; two handwritten copies of “Ye Comet’s Tale” by V. Colby and W. Parrish; “The Pursuit of the Ideal,” a play written by the March Hare; a sheet of handmade...
Dates:
1904-1907
Patience Worth Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0351
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1913-2012