Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930

Abstract: The George Warren Arms collection consists of letters, manuscripts and subject files documenting research on 19th and early 20th century American authors.Series I, Correspondence, is organized into two subseries for General and Third-Party Correspondence. General Correspondence consists of correspondence between Arms and writers, scholars, booksellers, autograph dealers and others. The Third-Party Correspondence consists of letters by 19th and early 20th century American authors...

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ALS accepting an offer of a box at a theatre to see the play "Sky Farm," written by Edward E. Kidder.

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ALS replying to a fan letter, saying that she is working on a sequel to Pembroke, and that she is no longer Miss Wilkins but Mrs. Charles E. Freeman of Metuchen, New Jersey.

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ALS concerning story ideas received from Dr. Shaw.

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ALS explaining the source for one of her stories, mentioning Upham's Salem Witchcraft.

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ALS declining to contribute a story to the periodical Two Tales.

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Five ALS; two letters thanking the recipient for a box at Edward Kidder's play "Sky Farm" on April 14, 1902, praising the play, and mentioning that she invited Walter E. Perkins and Miss Alden, daughter of Henry Mills Alden, to join her and Dr. Freeman; and three letters declining an invitation to a Sorosis Club breakfast.