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- Access & Use
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Schaeffer, Evelyn Schuyler
- Title:
- Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer Family Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9z903280r
- Dates:
- 1835-1969
- Size:
- 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Boxes B-000906 to B-000908
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists primarily of manuscripts and correspondence of author Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer (1846-1942). Also included in the collection are the papers of her father, George Washington Schuyler (1810-1888), and her maternal uncle, Charles Scribner (1821-1871), founder of the publishing firm Charles Scribner's Sons.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
This collection consists primarily of the papers of author Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer, including manuscripts, mostly typescript short stories and essays, correspondence, and other personal effects. Also included are the papers of some of Schaeffer's relatives, particularly her father, George Washington Schuyler (1810-1888), a businessman and Cornell University trustee in Ithaca, New York, and her maternal uncle, Charles Scribner (1821-1871), founder of the publishing firm Charles Scribner's Sons.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Schaeffer, Evelyn Schuyler
Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer (1846-1942) was a fiction writer and essayist from Ithaca, New York, with several books and numerous magazine articles to her credit. She married Charles Ashmead Schaeffer, a chemistry professor at Cornell University and president of the University of Iowa, with whom she had several children, including Elizabeth Schaeffer Fuller, George Schuyler Schaeffer, and Gertrude Schaeffer Dunlop. After her husband's death, Schaeffer moved to Washington, DC; after 1919, she spent her final years in Pasadena, California.
Schaeffer's maternal uncle, Charles Scribner (1821-1871), was founder of the publishing house Charles Scribner's Sons, which often published her work.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchase, 2017 . (AM 2017-114)
- Appraisal
No materials were separated during 2017 processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Faith Charlton in May 2017. Finding aid written by Faith Charlton in May 2017.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer Family Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9z903280r
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Boxes B-000906 to B-000908
