Collection includes letters, artwork, financial documents, diaries, etc., of Grace Ellery Channing, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charles Walter Stetson, Katharine Beecher Stetson, and their family members. Most material documents Katharine Beecher Stetson's life as an artist and mother, and as a c...
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| Format: | Kit |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Electronic finding aid available |
| Summary: | Collection includes letters, artwork, financial documents, diaries, etc., of Grace Ellery Channing, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charles Walter Stetson, Katharine Beecher Stetson, and their family members. Most material documents Katharine Beecher Stetson's life as an artist and mother, and as a child and caretaker of her parents. A number of Katharine Beecher Stetson's baby clothes, handmade by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, are included. Also included is Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Bible, her mother Mary A. Perkins's recipe book, 1827, and her grandmother Clarissa F. Perkins's commonplace book, 1826. Katharine Beecher Stetson's correspondence from Charles Walter Stetson and Grace Ellery Channing is included, as are her courtship letters from husband Frank Tolles Chamberlin |
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| Physical Description: | 14.51 linear feet (22 file boxes, 1 folio box, 2 oversize boxes) plus 3 folio folders, 4 folio+ folders, 42 photograph folders, 2 folio photograph folders, 1 folio+ photograph folder |
| Access: | Collection is open for research Collection stored off site: |
| Finding Aid: | Electronic finding aid available |