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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1879 - 1958

Biography

Dorothy Canfield Fisher (187-1958), American author, educational reformer, and social activist.

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Brand Blanshard papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1488
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, teaching files, diaries, photographs, and personal papers which document the personal life and career of Brand Blanshard and his first wife Frances Bradshaw Blanshard. The papers highlight the development of Swarthmore College during the presidency of Frank Aydelotte, the growth of the Yale University Department of Philosophy after World War II, and trends in the study and teaching of philosophy in the twentieth century.

Dates: 1873-1989, bulk 1913-1989

Henry Seidel Canby papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 64
Abstract: The Henry Seidel Canby Papers document many aspects of Canby's personal life and professional activities as a writer, editor, and educator. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, lecture notes and other course materials. Canby corresponded with educators, literary critics,publishers, writers and other public figures. Correspondents include Sherwood Anderson, Mary Hunter Austin, Stephen Vincent Benét, Robert Seymour Bridges, Willa Cather, Jerome Davis, Walter De La Mare,...
Dates: 1825-1960

Elizabeth Page Harris papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 771
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, family papers, writings, printed works, photoprints, and other materials documenting the life and career of Elizabeth Page Harris. The Harris Papers have extensive material on such subjects as family life, single women, publishers and publishing, voluntarism, the International Grenfell Association, American Friends Service Committee, the Society of Friends, Japanese American incarceration, and pacifism.

Dates: 1808-1978

Alvin Saunders Johnson papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 615
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes, clippings and photographs of Alvin Saunders Johnson. Although records relating to his career are relatively scanty, two manuscript drafts of his autobiography, Pioneer Progress, are among the writings. The correspondence of some 1,700 letters includes: Max Ascoli, Jacob Billikopf, Gerhard Colm, Agnes DeLima, Thomas E. Dewey, Eduard Heinmann, Edith Johnson, Corliss Lamont, Adolphe Lowe, Thomas Mann, Harry Scherman.

Dates: 1902-1969

Letter : Arlington, Vermont, to Mr. Coleman, n.y. June 3

 Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137170537], Folder: GROUP 818, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

TLS expressing enthusiasm for an unspecified project.

Dates: n.y. June 3

Letter : Arlington, Vermont, to Norman B. Furlong, 408 Citizens Natl. Bank, Norwalk, Ohio, [1931 December 9]

 Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137170537], Folder: GROUP 818, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS, with envelope, thanking Furlong for his kind words about her work and providing some biographical information. With clippings.

Dates: [1931 December 9]

Letter : Arlington, Vermont, to "Professor Burgess", 1939 June 3

 Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137170537], Folder: GROUP 818, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

TLS thanking Burgess in advance for a volume of poetry.

Dates: 1939 June 3

Letters : Arlington, Vermont, to "Irita", 1949

 Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137170537], Folder: GROUP 818, F-5
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Two TLS, possibly to Irita Van Doren, concerning a review for a book on or by Ernst Cassirer.

Dates: 1949

Letters : Arlington, Vermont, to Mr. Reyman, 1955-1957

 Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137170537], Folder: GROUP 818, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Three TLS discussing publishing, Vermont colleges, and other topics.

Dates: 1955-1957

Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1231
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, research, notes, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting Lounsbury's personal life and professional career as an author and educator of English literature at Yale University. Correspondence with Yale colleagues, students, authors, and officials details his academic and literary interests, and activity in the areas of international language and simplified spelling. Personal materials include letters relating to Lounsbury's Civil War...
Dates: 1829-1915