Collection title: Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth Papers
Collection number: MS 102
Dates of collection: 1930-1968
Size of collection: 1 box
Biography
Born in Buffalo, New York in 1893, Coatsworth married writer Henry Beston.
She graduated from Vassar in 1915 and Columbia with an M.A. in 1916. Belongs to
Phi Beta Kappa, won a Newbery Medal in 1931. Children's Spring Book Festival
Honor Award, 1971, an L.H.D. from New England College, and has published
numerous books and poems. See: "Something about the Author", v.2, p. 65.
Scope and Content Note
Notebooks and diaries of Elizabeth Coatsworth, poet and author of children's
books. Two manuscripts of her husband, Henry Beston.
Contents of Boxes
Box 323
f1 Check-list of books by Elizabeth Coatsworth on deposit in the Kerlan
Collection of the Research Center for Children's Books at the University of
Minnesota. [6p.] Includes the original manuscripts in the Kerlan Collection.
f2 The city under the sea. A - Z, with double-lettered pages also Ms., proof
copy with notes, some pages handwritten.
f3 Four notebooks with jottings of conversations and miscellaneous information
used for reference in her Maine adult books. 1941-59. 4v.
f4 Letter to "Miss Rich," May Day, 1963. [5p.] Photocopy.
f5 Miscellaneous clippings and information relating to Elizabeth Coatsworth
Beston. Sources vary.
f6 The two millers. A - R, illus., varied size. Proof copy, handwritten pages,
with notations.
f7 The wonderful tune. A - W, illus., varied size. Handwritten pages, book pages,
with notations.
f8 Poems begun at Chimney Farm, August 8, 1946. 240p. Holograph. Gift of the
author.
f9 Diary of trip to Yucatan and Mexico, January 17 [1936?] Holograph. Gift of
the author.
f10 Diary [of] trip, 1928, married June 1929.
f11 A collection of poems by various poets and several pictures in bound volume.
Typescript.
Finding Aids for selected manuscript collections in the Special Collections Department at Fogler Library are accessible online in URSUS, in a browsable Guide to Manuscript Collections, and in a keyword searchable database. Please contact Special Collections at spc@umit.maine.edu or (207) 581-1686 for further information.
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