Scrapbook fragments., 01/01/1909-12/31/1953

File — Box: 58, Folder: 4

Identifier: 74181

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

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

01/01/1909-12/31/1953

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

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains loose items from scrapbooks belonging to Katherine Biddle. Includes photographs: - 10 b/w photographs taken at the 20th wedding anniversary of Katherine and Francis Biddle (4/28/1938). Guests shown include: Katherine and Francis Biddle, Leonard Beale, Sydney Francis Biddle, Katherine Schuyler Chambers (later Munoz), George S. Chappell, George Biddle, Marie Beale ("Nannie"/"Nanny"), Paul Chapin, Margery Newbold, George Jacques, Margaretta Wright, John Hampton Barnes ("Jack"), Mary Peabody, Anna Meyersall, Samuel Rosenbaum, Cornelia Biddle ("Neale"), George Howe, Camille Ross, Francis Boyer, Betty Cope, George Vesselago, Mary Roberts, (composer) Carlos Zozoya, Marion Wasserman, Dr. Woolston, William Wasserman, Esther Clifford, Franklin Watkins, Fairman Furness, Erick Wrench, Mark Merrell, Dorothy Allen, G. Munoz, Mary Roberts, Hamilton Gilkyson, Helen Hentz (sp?), Sam Eckert, Harriet Meigs, George Patterson. - b/w photograph of Edmund Randolph Biddle, Billy Harris, Katherine Biddle, Margaretta Wright and son Graham Wright in Atlantic City, Christmas holidays 1935. - 4 b/w photographs of Katherine and Francis Biddle, North East Harbor, c.1909. Produced by Mary Peabody. - 2 b/w photographs of Katherine and Francis Biddle, Fisher's Island, September 1935. - 4 b/w photographs of Biddle family: Katherine and Francis Biddle (honeymoon); young girl in armchair with baby (Edmund Randolph Biddle?); Katherine and Francis Biddle with son Edmund Randolph Biddle (November 1921). Includes typescript of "Rhymes for Dinner Cards" for the 15th wedding anniversary of Leonard and Marie Beale (12/9/1926). Printed items include newspaper article clippings about Francis Biddle and Sen. Joseph McCarthy; Katherine Biddle (c.1941-54); pamphlets about Ninfa and Sermoneta (in Italian); pencil sketch of the Biddle home in Wellfleet, Mass., by Frank Shay, 1953.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BIDDLE, KATHERINE - SCRAPBOOK FRAGMENTS (MISC. ITEMS) 1909-53: Printed Item

PHOTOGRAPH(S) - BIDDLE, KATHERINE & FRANCIS C.1909-1938: Photograph

BIDDLE, KATHERINE & FRANCIS - PHOTOGRAPH(S) C.1909-38: Photograph

PHOTOGRAPH(S) - BIDDLE, KATHERINE & FRANCIS, FRIENDS, FAMILY 1909-38: Photograph

BEALE, LEONARD & MARIE ("NANNIE") - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

MERRELL, MARK - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

ALLEN, DOROTHY - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

MUNOZ, G. - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

ROBERTS, MARY - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

ZOZAYA, CARLOS - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

GILKYSON, HAMILTON - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

ECKERT, SAM - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

MEIGS, HARRIET - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

PATTERSON, GEORGE - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

WASSERMAN, MARION & WILLIAM STIX - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

CLIFFORD, ESTHER - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

WATKINS, FRANKLIN C. - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

BIDDLE, SYDNEY FRANCIS - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

CHAMBERS, KATHERINE SCHUYLER - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

CHAPPELL, GEORGE S. - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

BIDDLE, GEORGE - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

CHAPIN, PAUL - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

NEWBOLD, MARGERY - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

JACQUES, GEORGE - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

WRIGHT, MARGARETTA & GRAHAM - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1935: Photograph

BARNES, JOHN HAMPTON - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

PEABODY, MARY - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

ROSS, CAMILLE - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

BOYER, FRANCIS - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

COPE, BETTY - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

VESSELAGO, GEORGE - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

BIDDLE, EDMUND RANDOLPH - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1921, 1935: Photograph

BIDDLE, FRANCIS - ARTICLES ABOUT (1941-54): Printed Item

BIDDLE, KATHERINE - ARTICLES ABOUT (1941-54): Printed Item

MCCARTHY, JOSEPH - ARTICLES ABOUT (1954): Printed Item

NINFA (ITALY) - PAMPHLET (ITALIAN): Printed Item

SERMONETA (ITALY) - PAMPHLET (ITALIAN): Printed Item

BIDDLE RESIDENCE (WELLFLEET, MASS.) - SKETCH BY FRANK SHAY, 1953: Graphic Image

BIDDLE, CORNELIA ("NEALE") - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

BIDDLE, KATHERINE & FRANCIS - WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - PHOTOS 1938: Photograph

PHOTOGRAPH(S) - BIDDLE, KATHERINE & FRANCIS WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 1938: Photograph

WRIGHT, MARGARETTA - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

MEYERSALL, ANNA - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

FURNESS, FAIRMAN - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph

WRENCH, ERICK (SP?) - PHOTOGRAPH(S) 1938: Photograph