Frances (Huntington) Carpenter Papers
, 1917-1971
2 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 81
Collection number: MS 81
Terms of Access and Use:
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
This collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.
Copyright to unpublished materials may be owned by the creator, or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
Frances Carpenter (Huntington) was born in Washington, D.C., 1890; graduated Smith College, 1912; Vice President of International Society of Woman Geographers; Fellow of Royal Geography Society of London; President of Smith Alumnae Association and on Smith Board of Trustees. With her father, Frank G. Carpenter, she wrote The Foods We Eat (1925), The Clothes We Wear (1926), and The Houses We Live In (1926). She also wrote Ourselves and Our City (1928), The Ways We Travel (1929), Tales of a Basque Grandmother (1930) Our Little Friends of Eskimo Land (1931) Our Neighbors Near and Far, an Elementary Geography (1932), and other books.
Papers include correspondence; radio transcripts of talks on topics such as children's books and "women of the arts"; five scrapbooks including book jackets, photographs, clippings, illustrations, bibliographies, and reviews; and original manuscripts: The Story of East Africa and South American Wonder Tales.
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The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
This collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.
Copyright to unpublished materials may be owned by the creator, or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
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Frances (Huntington) Carpenter Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.