Edith Roelker Curtis Papers
, 1947-1977
23 boxes (14.75 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 39
Collection number: MS 39
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Copyright to unpublished materials may be owned by the creator, or their heirs or assigns.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.
Edith Roelker Curtis (1893-1977) studied at Radcliffe from 1919-21. She married Charles P. Curtis in 1914. They divorced in 1934. She was a Red Cross assistant in Gloucester, Massachusetts during World War I. Edith published numerous articles and poems in national magazines from the 1930s-70s. Her major books include Anne Hutchinson: A Biography (1930); Lady Sarah Lennox (1946); Love's Random Dart (1962); Mexican Romance (1969); A Season in Utopia, and The Story of Brook Farm (1961). She was president of the Boston Branch, then Massachusetts Branch, of the National League American Pen Women. She was a member of the Author's Guild. Her unpublished works include "Civil War at Sea" and a biography of confederate naval officer Josiah Tattnall. In the early 1970s, she promoted the designation of Brook Farm in Roxbury, Massachusetts as a park and National Historical Landmark.
The Edith Roelker Curtis Papers include correspondence, photographs, line-a-day diaries; scrapbooks, financial records, and material relating to her literary career, including published and unpublished manuscripts, poetry, stories, articles, publicity, reviews, fan mail, and research material. 2003 addition: 42 volumes of diaries.
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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Copyright to unpublished materials may be owned by the creator, or their heirs or assigns.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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Edith Roelker Curtis Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.