Scrapbook., 01/01/1942-12/31/1948
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The papers of Katherine Biddle are organized into nine series: 1. Individuals - Correspondence with notable individuals, including composers, musicians, poets and writers (see biographical note below for a list of names). 2. Alphabetical correspondence - Frequent correspondents, arranged by name. 3. Chronological correspondence - Arranged alphabetically by year. 4. Literary associations, publications and publishers - Related correspondence files. Of particular note are files relating to the Library of Congress. 5. Major works - Correspondence and files relating to published works, “Outside of the World” (1930); “Bright Mariner” (1933); T”ime Has No Shadow” (1936); “Lament for the Stolen” (1938); “Plain Chant for America” (1942); “The Other Journey” (1959); and “Sojourner Truth” (c.1948). 6. Manuscripts - Poetry, articles and reviews, lectures and radio talks. 7. Subject and personal files - Includes research material on topics of personal interest, biographical information, appointment books. 8. Photographs - Of special interest are several scrapbooks and loose leaves from scrapbooks containing photographs of Katherine Biddle and the Biddle family. This series includes clippings of journal and newspaper reviews of Biddle's works. 9. Music scores - The collection includes several autograph music scores, as well as sheet music, by well-known composers, Will Marion Cook, Aaron Copland, Robert Nathaniel Dett, Esther B. Frost, Mary Howe, Elmo Russ, Sydney King Russell, and William Grant Still. Note that correspondence with Francis Biddle has been processed in the third part of the Biddle Family Papers, entitled, Biddle Family Letters.
Dates
- 01/01/1942-12/31/1948
Collection-level Access Restrictions
Access to this collection is by permission from the Biddle family. Please contact Booth Family Center for Special Collections for further information.
Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.
Extent
From the Collection: 34 Linear Feet (65 Hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
Scrapbook belonging to Katherine Biddle containing clippings of newspaper/journal articles about her writing and other literary and social activities. Includes articles regarding the trip to Mexico by Katherine and Francis Biddle in 1943 and performances there of the former's ballad poems, "And They Lynched Him from a Tree," and "Plain Chant for America." Also includes articles on Marian Anderson; John Barbirolli; George Biddle and Helene Sardeau; Schuyler Chapin (marriage in 1947); Harl McDonald; Gabriela Mistral; Edna St. Vincent Millay; cellist Gregor Piatigorsky; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (with typescript of a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Katherine Biddle, 4/19/1945 re death of F.D.R.); Muriel Smith; William Grant Still; Leopold Stokowski; Sojourner Truth and Katherine Biddle's play about her performed by the American Negro Theatre in 1948. Articles on major works include: "And They Lynched Him from a Tree"; and "Plain Chant for America." Photographs include: - 1 b/w photograph of Francis Biddle attending a meeting in Mexico, 9/23/1943. - 1 b/w photograph of Katherine and Francis Biddle standing with unidentified Latin American(?) officials.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
BIDDLE, KATHERINE - SCRAPBOOK 1942-48: Printed Item
ANDERSON, MARIAN - ARTICLE ABOUT (1943): Printed Item
BARBIROLLI, JOHN - ARTICLE ABOUT (1943): Printed Item
BIDDLE, GEORGE - ARTICLE ABOUT (1945): Printed Item
SARDEAU, HELENE - ARTICLE ABOUT (1945): Printed Item
CHAPIN, SCHUYLER - MARRIAGE: ARTICLE 1947: Printed Item
MCDONALD, HARL - ARTICLE ABOUT (1943): Printed Item
MISTRAL, GABRIELA - ARTICLE ABOUT (1945): Printed Item
MILLAY, EDNA ST. VINCENT - ARTICLE ABOUT (1943): Printed Item
PIATIGORSKY, GREGOR - ARTICLE ABOUT (1943): Printed Item
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. - ARTICLE ABOUT (1945): Printed Item
ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR - CORRES. TO BIDDLE, KATHERINE (1945) (TRANSCRIBED): Transcript
SMITH, MURIEL B. - ARTICLE ABOUT (1948): Printed Item
STILL, WILLIAM GRANT - ARTICLE ABOUT (1943): Printed Item
STOKOWSKI, LEOPOLD - ARTICLE ABOUT (1943): Printed Item
TRUTH, SOJOURNER - ARTICLE ABOUT (1948): Printed Item
BIDDLE, KATHERINE - "SOJOURNER TRUTH" (PLAY) - ARTICLES 1948: Printed Item
AMERICAN NEGRO THEATRE - PROGRAM: "SOJOURNER TRUTH" BY K. BIDDLE 1948: Printed Item
PHOTOGRAPH(S) - BIDDLE, FRANCIS IN MEXICO 1943: Photograph
BIDDLE, FRANCIS - PHOTOGRAPH - MEXICO 1943: Photograph
BIDDLE, KATHERINE & FRANCIS W/ GROUP - PHOTOGRAPH C.1944: Photograph
PHOTOGRAPH(S) - BIDDLE, KATHERINE & FRANCIS W/ GROUP C.1944: Photograph
BIDDLE, KATHERINE - "AND THEY LYNCHED HIM FROM A TREE" ARTICLES: Printed Item
BIDDLE, KATHERINE - "PLAIN CHANT FOR AMERICA" ARTICLES: Printed Item
MEXICO - TRAVEL: ARTICLES RE KATHERINE & FRANCIS BIDDLE 1943: Printed Item
BIDDLE, KATHERINE - TRAVEL: MEXICO - ARTICLES RE TRIP 1943: Printed Item
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu