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            <titleproper>Guide to the Rachel Field Collection
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            <titleproper localtype="filing">Field (Rachel) Collection</titleproper>
            <author>by Molly Wheeler</author>
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            <publisher>Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library</publisher>
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               <addressline>P. O. Box 208330</addressline>
               <addressline>New Haven, CT 06520-8330</addressline>
               <addressline localtype="telephone">(203) 432-2977 </addressline>
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            <date>October 2011</date>
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               <p>Boxes: 1-3</p>
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         <p>Gift of Prentiss Taylor, 1953, 1955; and Ruth Stanley-Brown Feis, 1966.</p>
         <p>"Three Pills in a Bottle" (box 3) was transferred with George Pierce Baker material from Yale University Department of Drama, date unknown.</p>
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         <p>The materials are open for research.</p>
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         <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
         <p>The Rachel Field Collection is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.</p>
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         <p>Rachel Field Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.</p>
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         <p>This collection includes materials previously identified by the following call numbers: Za Field (Rachel). Photocopies of catalog cards and provenance information are filed in Box 1.</p>
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         <head>Rachel Field, 1894-1942</head>
         <p>Rachel Field, American novelist, poet, and author of children's fiction.</p>
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         <p>The collection consists of letters from Rachel Field to Ruth Stanley-Brown Feis and from Field to Prentiss Taylor. Also included in the collection are writings by Field, many with illustrations by Taylor, and original writings and drawings by Taylor.</p>
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         <p>Organized into two series: I. Correspondence, 1917-1942. II. Writings and Drawings, 1928-1933.</p>
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            <part localtype="topical">American literature</part>
            <part localtype="temporal">20th Century</part>
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            <part localtype="topical">Authors, American</part>
            <part localtype="temporal">20th Century</part>
            <part localtype="genre_form">Archives</part>
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            <part localtype="topical">Children's literature</part>
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                  <p>109 autograph postcards signed with 9 typed letters signed, includes originals and typescript annotated copies made by Feis. Enclosed with letter of 5 August 1923 autograph manuscripts of poem "Islands," with letter of 28 November 1927, autograph manuscripts of poems "For October" and "The Thorn Trees"</p>
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               <p>Arranged alphabetically by title.</p>
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                  <p>Written on the catalogue of an art exhibition, April 29-May 18, 1929. With manuscript of an untitled 4-line stanza on verso, and an unsigned drawing of trees identified on verso as by Miss Field.</p>
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                  <unittitle>"Charleston Cries!: for Rachel 1933 from Prentiss," manuscript with drawings by Taylor</unittitle>
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                  <unittitle>"The Nine Days' Queen: An Historical Fantasy in One Act," typewritten copy prepared and illustrated with colored drawings by Prentiss Taylor, and presented to Miss Field, Christmas 1928</unittitle>
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                  <unittitle>"Souvenir of the Parade in Honour of Miss Rachel Field on her birthday, the 19th September 1930" original card with drawings by Taylor</unittitle>
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