Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Container List
Collection Summary
| Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
|---|---|
| Creator: | Franks, Lucinda |
| Title: | Lucinda Franks Papers |
| Dates: | approximately 1999-2013 |
| Quantity: | 1 box |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, manuscrips and typescripts of Lucinda Franks's book, Timeless. |
Biographical Note
Lucinda Franks was born in 1946 and graduated from Vassar College in 1968. She has worked as a journalist, reporting for the United Press International, The New York Times, The Atlanic, and other publications. Franks's reporting on the life and death of Diana Oughton, a member of the anti-war terrorist organization, The Weathermen, earned her a Pulizer Prize for National Reporting in 1971. She is also author of two acclaimed memoirs, My Father's Secret War(2007), about her father's service as a secret agent during World War II, and Timeless: Love, Morgenthau, and Me (2014).
TopScope and Content Note
This collection consists of correspondence, as well as manuscrips and typescripts of Lucinda Franks's book, Timeless.
TopAccess and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Subject Headings
Organizations:
- Vassar College--Alumni and alumnae
Subjects:
- Autobiography--Women authors
- Women journalists--United States--20th century
- Women journalists--United States--21st century
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Lucinda Franks Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Lucinda Franks via Lila Meade (M2016-015).
Container List
There is no container list currently available for this collection.
Details
Correspondence, manuscrips and typescripts of Lucinda Franks's book, .
