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Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1856 - 1923

Biography

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1856-1923), American educator and author of children's stories.

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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Hamilton Aïdé papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 207
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence to, from, and about Aïdé; his diary for a trip to Switzerland in the second half of 1870, a scrapbook of reviews of his work, and miscellaneous poetry and prose pieces. The correspondence is both personal and business oriented, including letters from publishers, editors and friends regarding the publicaton of novels and songs. Principal correspondents include Matthew Arnold, Frances Hodgson Burnett,James Anthony Froude, William Money Hardinge,...
Dates: 1824-1906
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hamilton Aïdé papers

Inscription, n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box 8: [Barcode: 39002137170172], Folder: GROUP 147, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Quotation, signed.

Removed from her Penelope's Progress (Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin, & Company, 1901).

Dates: n.d.
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS SMITH, 1856-1923

Letter : 145, West Fifty-eighth Street, to A[lbert] B[igelow] Paine, The Players Club, Gramercy Park, 1912 Dec 15

 Part of Collection — Box 8: [Barcode: 39002137170172], Folder: GROUP 147, F-5
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS requesting an autographed copy of the $6 edition of Paine's "Mark Twain, a Biography," for her husband George [Riggs].

Dates: 1912 Dec 15
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS SMITH, 1856-1923

Letter : Hotel Albert, New York, to Mr. Vosseller, [18]93 Mar 19

 Part of Collection — Box 8: [Barcode: 39002137170172], Folder: GROUP 147, F-6
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS originally enclosing something the reading of which, Wiggin intends good-naturedly, will make the recipient "blush for making me unhappy."

Dates: [18]93 Mar 19
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS SMITH, 1856-1923

Letter : New York, N.Y., to R. U. Johnson, 1896 Oct 30

 Part of Collection — Box 8: [Barcode: 39002137170172], Folder: GROUP 147, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS regarding a proposed article on "Christmas in the Slums."

Dates: 1896 Oct 30
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS SMITH, 1856-1923

Letter : The Victoria, Boston, to Mrs. Hillard, [19]01 Mar 1

 Part of Collection — Box 8: [Barcode: 39002137170172], Folder: GROUP 147, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS refusing to write a paper for a club, because she doesn't have time, and mentioning that her sister has written several papers for the club.

Dates: [19]01 Mar 1
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS SMITH, 1856-1923

Letter : to Miss Ingersoll, n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box 8: [Barcode: 39002137170172], Folder: GROUP 147, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS accepting an invitation to "private theatricals," and discussing a past experience with unfriendly fellow attendees at a similar event.

Dates: n.d.
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS SMITH, 1856-1923

Love family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 12
Abstract: Correspondence, printed materials, theater programs, photographs and other papers of Lucy Cleveland Prindle Love and Helen Douglas Love Scranton, wife and daughter, respectively, of Edward Gurley Love and active in New York social and cultural life in the early 20th century.The correspondence is chiefly from theatrical personalities and writers and concerns cultural life in New York City. Prominent among the correspondents are Pearl S. Buck, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Alva Edison, Clara...
Dates: 1872-1958
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Love family papers

Mabel Loomis Todd papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 496C
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, notebooks, diaries, lectures, financial records, scrapbooks, subject files, and memorabilia documenting the personal life and professional career of Mabel Loomis Todd. Correspondence and diaries detail Todd's personal attitudes and feelings toward her family, her relationship with William Austin Dickinson, her travels with her husband, David Peck Todd, and other matters. Legal and financial papers document court battles over her status as editor of Emily...
Dates: 1863-1948
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Mabel Loomis Todd papers