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Guide to the Jean Webster Papers, 1876–1982 (bulk 1900-1916)

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Collection Summary

Repository: Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries
Creator: Webster, Jean, 1876-1916
Title: Jean Webster Papers
Inclusive dates: 1876-1982
Bulk dates: 1900-1916
Quantity: 13.0 cubic feet (52 boxes)
Abstract: The Jean Webster Papers at the Vassar College Libraries Department of Special Collections are part of the McKinney Family Papers, a collection of papers from the Clemens, Moffett, Webster, and McKinney families. They were donated to Vassar College in 1977, along with the endowment of a chair in American Literature, in honor of Jean Webster. The donors are Jean McKinney Connor, daughter of Jean Webster and Glenn Ford McKinney, and her husband Ralph Connor, a former trustee of Vassar.
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Biographical Note

Jean Webster, christened Alice Jane Chandler Webster, was born in Fredonia, NY on July 24, 1876. Her mother, Annie Moffett Webster, was a niece of Mark Twain. Her father, Charles Luther Webster, was Twain's partner and publisher in the ill-fated Charles L. Webster Publishing Company.

Webster's education included several years at the Fredonia Normal School, graduating in 1894 in china painting, and in 1897 from the college division. From 1894-1896, she attended the Lady Jane Grey boarding school in Binghamton, NY. It was at Lady Jane Grey that she changed her name from Alice to Jean when she discovered that her roommate was also named Alice. In 1897 she entered Vassar College as a member of the class of 1901. As an undergraduate Jean Webster wrote a weekly column of "chatty news" for the Poughkeepsie Sunday Courier and a number of stories for the Vassar Miscellany. It was also at Vassar that she met Adelaide Crapsey, the poet, who remained her close friend until Crapsey's death in 1914.

After graduating from Vassar, Webster earned her living as a free-lance writer and novelist, living in New York City. Her first novel, When Patty Went to College, was published in 1903. It chronicled the trials, tribulations, and adventures of life at a women's college. Altogether Webster wrote eight novels and countless unpublished stories and plays, in a style often described as realistic, refreshing, and witty. Daddy Long-Legs, the story of an orphan whose anonymous benefactor sends her to college, was a best seller and later adapted to the stage by Henry Miller, starring Ruth Chatterton. The play enjoyed a long and successful run in New York, and also toured the Midwest, California, and London. Later film versions starred Mary Pickford and Janet Gaynor, among others.

Jean Webster possessed a love of travel her entire life, beginning with a semester abroad in France, Italy, and England while at Vassar. In 1906/07 she embarked on a world tour with Ethelyn McKinney, her future sister-in-law, and Lena Weinstein, a close friend. Together the women journeyed to Egypt, India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan.

Webster also had a deep interest in many social reform movements. She was concerned for the plight of orphans and in orphan asylum reform as well as prison reform. In addition, she was a staunch suffragist. One interesting episode in Webster's life was the incident when she was called to jury duty because the authorities had assumed she was a man. Since she was a woman, however, she was not allowed to serve on a jury, much to her chagrin.

For seven years Jean Webster was secretly engaged to Glenn Ford McKinney, a wealthy lawyer and son of the oil magnate John Luke McKinney. Glenn, married to another woman who was plagued by bouts of insanity and weighed down by personal problems himself, couldn't help but submit to Jean's sunny disposition and charm. He finally obtained a divorce in June of 1915, and he and Jean were married among a flurry of activity on September 7, about the same time that "Daddy Long-Legs" was touring and its sequel, Dear Enemy, was published. The McKinneys made their home at Tymor Farm, in Union Vale, Dutchess County, NY, a sanctuary of fields, deer, wild ducks, and pheasants. On the evening of June 10, 1916, the inseparable Ethelyn McKinney and Lena Weinstein accompanied Jean to Sloane Hospital in New York City for the delivery of her baby girl, Jean Webster McKinney. The next morning, June 11, Jean Webster died of complications from childbirth.

For further information, see Alan Simpson's Mark Twain Goes Back To Vassar: An Introduction to the Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers and Jean Webster: Storyteller, by Alan and Mary Simpson with Ralph Connor.

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Scope and Content Note

The Jean Webster Papers encompass most of Jean Webster's adult life. They include some correspondence to friends and family, college notebooks, travel journals, as well as later notebooks filled with story ideas, suggestions, and drafts. The collection also includes original manuscripts of unpublished short stories and plays, although none of the final drafts of her novels or the stage adaptation of Daddy Long-Legs remain. Memorabilia and realia include playbills, reviews, photographs, and newspaper clippings chronicling the success of Daddy Long-Legs and other novels and plays; her travels; and family and friends. The researcher should also be aware that only a few of the letters from Jean Webster to Glenn Ford McKinney, and none of the letters from Glenn to Jean survived the years. The letters Jean Webster wrote to Glenn Ford McKinney are located in the Glenn Ford McKinney papers at the Vassar College Libraries Department of Special Collections.

Two addendums to the Jean Webster Papers are a section of material on Jean Webster' s boarding school, the Lady Jane Grey School, and the Adelaide Crapsey material. The Lady Jane Grey material consists mainly of copies of the Mosaic, the school's magazine or newsletter, as well as some miscellaneous information on the history of the school and Binghamton itself. The second supplement, the Adelaide Crapsey material, consists mainly of final drafts of most of Crapsey's poems. Also included is some biographical information and correspondence from Crapsey to Webster, and Crapsey's mother, Adelaide Trowbridge Crapsey, to Jean McKinney and Ethelyn McKinney. The researcher should note that although the originals of Crapsey's poems are restricted due to their fragility, all of them have been photocopied to ensure access.

Most dates in brackets were derived from the record of submissions and publications in folder 19.1

The Jean Webster Papers form part of the McKinney Family Papers.

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Access

Originals of the Adelaide Crapsey poems are restricted; researchers must use the photocopies. The rest of the 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.

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Subject Headings

Names:

  • Crapsey, Adelaide, 1878-1914
  • Lewis, Emily Westwood
  • McKinney family
  • McKinney, Ethelyn, 1871-1964
  • McKinney, Glenn Ford, 1869-1934
  • Webster, Annie Moffett

Organizations:

  • Lady Jane Grey School

Subjects:

  • Authors
  • Women authors--Fiction

Places:

  • Africa--Description and travel
  • Asia--Description and travel
  • Europe--Description and travel
  • Ireland--Description and travel

Document Types:

  • Journals (accounts)
  • Photographs
  • Scrapbooks

VCL Categories

  • Children and Children's Literature
  • Family
  • Literature and Writing
  • Travel
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Note

Forms part of the McKinney Family Papers.

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Encoding Information

Encoded by Elizabeth Clarke, July 2007.

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Preferred Citation

Jean Webster Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.

Processing Information

Original processing date unknown. Last updated September 1993.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Jean McKinney Connor, daughter of Jean Webster and Glenn Ford McKinney, and her husband Ralph Connor, a former trustee of Vassar.

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Series List

Series I. Correspondence (Boxes 1-2)

Series II. Writings (Boxes 3-17)

Series III. Notes and Notebooks (Boxes 17-24)

Series IV. Clippings, Press Notices, Playbills (Boxes 25-26)

Series V. Scrapbooks (Boxes 27-32)

Series VI. Business (Boxes 33-34)

Series VII. Personal Business (Box 34)

Series VIII. Estate of Jean Webster (Box 35)

Series IX. Seances (Box 35)

Series X. Photographs (Boxes 35-39, 48, 49, 50)

Series XI. Memorabilia (Boxes 39-41, 51)

Series XII. Lady Jane Grey School Material (Box 42)

Series XIII. Adelaide Crapsey Material (Boxes 43-47)

Container List

Series I. Correspondence

Letters from Jean Webster
Folder 1.1 Lewis, Emily Westwood, 1915-1916 (7 items)
Folder 1.2 McKinney, Ethelyn, 1908-1909 (4 items)
Folder 1.3 McKinney, Ethelyn, 1910-1914 (2 items)
Folder 1.4 Platt, Louise B., 1906 (1 item)
Folder 1.5 Sickley, Katherine, 1903-1905 (5 items)
Folder 1.6 Sickley, Katherine, 1906-1915 (3 items)
Folder 1.7 Webster, Annie Moffett, 1900 (1 item)
Folder 1.8 Webster, Annie Moffett, Jan-Feb 1907 (6 items)
Folder 1.9 Webster, Annie Moffett, Mar-Apr 1907 (8 items)
Folder 1.10 Webster, Annie Moffett, May-June 1907 (16 items)
Folder 1.11 Webster, Sam, May 1907 (1 item)
Folder 1.12 Weinstein, Lena, 1907-1914 (4 items)
Folder 1.13 Unidentified Persons, 1908 (2 items)
Letters to Jean Webster
Folder 2.1 Chatterton, Ruth, 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.2 Chiusarelli, G. Grifoni, 1905 (1 item)
Folder 2.3 Doty, Douglas, 1912 (1 item)
Folder 2.4 Eakin, Judy, n.d. (1 item)
Folder 2.5 Flexner, Anne Crawford, 1915 (1 item)
Folder 2.6 Girardol, Etienne, 1914 (1 item)
Folder 2.7 Hall, Fred J., 1915 (1 item)
Folder 2.8 Harvey, George, 1905, n.d. (2 items)
Folder 2.9 Myers, J.B., 1917 (1 item)
Folder 2.10 Nobata, Hero, 1911-1912 , n.d. (3 items)
Folder 2.11 Phillips, Harriet S., 1915 (1 item)
Folder 2.12 Ricklar, Norval, 1919 (1 item)
Folder 2.13 Travina, Marie, 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.14 Watrous, Truman O., 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.15 Weinstein, Lena M., 1911 (6 items)
Correspondence to Jean Webster McKinney's Family
Letters to Ralph and Jean McKinney Connor
Folder 2.16 Gordon, Peter, 1977 (1 item)
Folder 2.17 Lady Jane Grey School, 1927 (1 item)
Folder 2.18 Norcross, Emily Lewis, 1975-1982 (3 items)
Letters from Sally Connor
Folder 2.19 "Rona", fan of Jean Webster, 1956 (1 item)
Ethelyn and Glenn Ford McKinney: Cards and letters of condolence
Folder 2.20 announcement of Jean Webster's death, 11 June 1916
Folder 2.20 notecard by Glenn Ford McKinney, 11 June 1916
Folder 2.20 Unknown, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.20 Unknown, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.20 Allen, Renée Kelley, Aug 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.20 Ally, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.20 Andrews, Isabel, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.20 Asands, Mary, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.20 Cannon, Beulah, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.20 Clark, Mrs. John Bates, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.20 Coman, C.B., June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.20 Cummings, Mabel, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.21 Dalrymple, Lila, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.21 Dorsey, Mr/Mrs Grafton D., June 1916 (2 items)
Folder 2.21 Doty, Douglas Z., 1916 (2 items)
Folder 2.21 Eakin, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.21 Fennessy, Mr/Mrs, June 1916 (2 items)
Folder 2.21 Flexner, Anne Crawford, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.21 Gallowhur, Mrs. William, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.21 Gertrude, June 1916 (2 items)
Folder 2.21 Green, Mrs. Nathan, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.22 Hamlin, Mr/Mrs Herbert, June 1916 (2 items)
Folder 2.22 Jarrett, Cora Hardy, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.22 Jelliffe, Dr. Smith Ely, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.22 LaMont, H.D., June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.22 Lamudona, Estelle Morris, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.22 Lewis, Emily Westwood, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.22 Mendenhall, Dorothy Reed, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.22 Naumburg, Mr/Mrs Edward, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.22 Panet, Mme. A. Edouard, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.22 Platt, Alethea Hill, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.22 Scott, Carolyn P., June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.23 Skinner, Maud, 1917 (1 item)
Folder 2.23 Tachan, Flora, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.23 Tarsin, Algernon, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.23 Twachtman, Mrs. John, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.23 Webster, Will, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.23 Weinstein, Elizabeth, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.23 Wells, Florence, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.23 Wilson, Anne, 1917 (2 items)
Folder 2.23 Woolley, Isabelle, June 1916 (1 item)
Folder 2.23 tribute to Jean Webster, Jan 1917 (2 items)

Series II. Writings

Folder 3.1 "By Way of Revenge," 1896 (MS, 25 p., 1 draft)
Folder 3.2 His Rival, The "Psi U." Pin, 1896 (MS, 24 p., 1 draft)
Folder 3.3 "From Peekskill to Tarrytown," 1896 (TS, 10 p., 1 draft)
Folder 3.4 "A Camera and a Baby," Vassar Miscellany, Jan 1898 (2 p.)
Folder 3.5 "A Fatalistic Courtship," Vassar Miscellany, June 1899 (4 p.)
Folder 3.6 "Haunted Tarn," Summer 1899 (MS, 22 p., 2nd draft)
Folder 3.7 "Haunted Tarn," Vassar Miscellany, Oct 1899 (4 p.)
Folder 3.8 "The Heroism O' Larry Muldoon," 1899 (MS, p. 1-20)
Folder 3.9 "The Heroism O' Larry Muldoon," 1899 (MS, p. 20-35)
Folder 3.10 "The Heroism O' Larry Muldoon," 1899 (MS, p. 9-48)
Folder 3.11 "The Heroism O' Larry Muldoon," Vassar Miscellany, Jan 1900 (7 p.)
Folder 3.12 Vassar Notes, Poughkeepsie Sunday Courier, 1900
Vassar Notes: see also Vassariana 378.7V EW39
Folder 3.13 Italian Notes: description, language, etc., ca.1898-1900 (MS, 28 p.)
Folder 3.14 Italian Notes: history, ca. 1898-1900 (MS, 26 p.)
Folder 3.15 Italian Notes: articles, etc., ca. 1898-1900 (MS, 68 p.)
Folder 3.16 Italian Notes: literature, etc., ca. 1898-1900 (MS, 6 p.)
Folder 3.17 "Pauperism in Italy," 1900 (MS, 33 p., 1 draft)
Folder 4.1 "La Vie Parisienne," ca. 1900 (TS, 38 p.)
Folder 4.2 "Villa Gianini" (earliest version of The Wheat Princess), Vassar Miscellany, Apr 1901 (7 p.)
Folder 4.3 "The Socialism of William Morris," Vassar College Senior Paper, 1901 (TS, 39 p.)
Folder 4.4 "The Rejuvenated Mr. Moser," [Feb 1902] (TS, 23 p., 1 draft)
Folder 4.5 "A Gentlemanly Burglar," [Feb 1902] (TS w/notes, 45 p., 2 drafts)
Folder 4.6 "West Room at Kelsing Manor," [Feb 1902] (TS, 34 p., 1 draft)
Folder 4.7 "Ugolina of Biella," [Aug 1907] (TS w/notes, 26 p., 1 draft, fragment)
Folder 4.8 "Enter Ugolina," Story of Jean's Italian maid written by Annie Moffett Webster, ca. 1907 (MS, 7p.)
Folder 4.9 "At the Four Seasons," part 1 [Sep 1907] (TS, 21 p., 1 draft)
Folder 4.10 "At the Four Seasons," part 2, [Sep 1907] (TS, 22 p., 1 draft)
Folder 4.11 "Citizens of the World," notes for a collection of foreign stories, 1907-1908 (MS, 5 p.)
Folder 4.12 "Citizens of the World: From Rangoon to Mandalay," New Idea, 1907 (MS, 41 p., 1 draft)
Folder 4.13 "Citizens of the World: At the Prome Pagoda," part 1, 1907 (MS notes, 4 p. TS w/notes, 49 p.)
Folder 4.14 "Citizens of the World: At the Prome Pagoda," part 2, 1907 (TS w/notes, 39 p. 2 drafts)
Folder 4.15 "Citizens of the World: On Lone Tree Hill," Smart Set, 1908 or 1909 (Ts w/notes, 24 p. 1 draft)
Folder 4.16 "Citizens of the World: The Stolen Buddha," n.d. (MS, 31 p., 1 draft)
Folder 4.17 Jerry Junior: dramatization of the novel, ca. 1907-1908 (MS notes, 39 index cards)
Folder 4.18 Jerry Junior: dramatization of the novel, ca. 1907-1908 (MS, 32 p., fragment)
Folder 5.1 Wheat Princess, Act I, [May-June 1908] (TS, 45 p., copy 1)
Folder 5.2 Wheat Princess, Act I, [May-June 1908] (TS, 40 p., copy 2)
Folder 5.3 Wheat Princess, Act II, [May-June 1908] (TS, 33 p., copy 1)
Folder 5.4 Wheat Princess, Act II, [May-June 1908] (TS, 31 p., copy 2)
Folder 5.5 Wheat Princess, Act III, [May-June 1908] (TS, 29 p., copy 1)
Folder 5.6 Wheat Princess, Act III, [May-June 1908] (TS, 28 p., copy 2)
Folder 5.7 Wheat Princess, Act IV, [May-June 1908] (TS, 34 p., copy 1)
Folder 5.8 Wheat Princess, Act IV, [May-June 1908] (TS, 34 p., copy 2)
Folder 5.9 Terry Patten (The Four Pools Mystery) material, ca. 1908 (MS/TS, 31 p., notes and fragments)
Folder 5.10 Terry Patten, short detective stories, ca. 1908 (notebook, MS, 32 p. notes, fragments)
Folder 5.11 Terry Patten: Poetic Justice, 1908 (TS, 30 p., 1 draft, notes)
Folder 5.12 "Terry Patten: A Case of Poetic Justice," Nov 1908 (TS w/notes, 30 p., 1 draft, fragments signed by JW)
Folder 5.13 When Dreams Come True: "The Primrose Way," Jan-Mar 1909 (TS, 48 p., 1 draft)
Folder 5.14 When Dreams Come True, Act I, 1909 (TS, 43 p., copy 1)
Folder 5.15 When Dreams Come True, Act I, 1909 (TS, 43 p., copy 2)
Folder 5.16 When Dreams Come True, Act I, 1909 (TS, 43 p., copy 3)
Folder 5.17 When Dreams Come True, Act I, 1909 (TS, 41 p., copy 4)
Folder 6.1 When Dreams Come True, Act II, 1909 (TS, 54 p., copy 1)
Folder 6.2 When Dreams Come True, Act II, 1909 (TS, 54 p., copy 2)
Folder 6.3 When Dreams Come True, Act II, 1909 (TS, 49 p., copy 3)
Folder 6.4 When Dreams Come True, Act II, 1909 (TS, 50 p., copy 4)
Folder 6.5 When Dreams Come True, Act III, 1909 (TS, 33 p., copy 1)
Folder 6.6 When Dreams Come True, Act III, 1909 (TS, 33 p., copy 2)
Folder 6.7 When Dreams Come True, Act III, 1909 (TS, 32 p., copy 3)
Folder 6.8 When Dreams Come True, Act III, 1909 (TS, 32 p., copy 4)
Folder 6.9 When Dreams Come True, Act IV, 1909 (TS, 33 p., copy 1)
Folder 6.10 When Dreams Come True, Act IV, 1909 (TS, 27 p., copy 2)
Folder 6.11 When Dreams Come True, Act IV, 1909 (TS, 34 p., copy 3)
Folder 7.1 When Dreams Come True, Act IV, 1909 (TS, 33 p., copy 4)
Folder 7.2 When Dreams Come True, Act I, Aug 1910 (TS, 41 p., carbon copy 4th form)
Folder 7.3 When Dreams Come True, Act II, Aug 1910 (TS, 53 p., carbon copy 4th form)
Folder 7.4 When Dreams Come True, Act III, Aug 1910 (TS, 31 p., carbon copy 4th form)
Folder 7.5 When Dreams Come True, Act IV, Aug 1910 (TS, 30 p., carbon copy 4th form)
Folder 7.6 When Dreams Come True, Act I, 1910 (TS, 43 p., carbon copy final revision)
Folder 7.7 When Dreams Come True, Act II, 1910 (TS, 53 p., carbon copy)
Folder 7.8 When Dreams Come True, Act III, 1910 (TS, 31 p., carbon copy)
Folder 7.9 When Dreams Come True, Act IV, 1910 (TS, 30 p., carbon copy)
Folder 7.10 When Dreams Come True, Act I, used at Empire Theater, Nov 4, 1909 (TS, 42 p., prompt copy)
Folder 7.11 When Dreams Come True, Act II, ibid. (TS, 50 p., prompt copy)
Folder 8.1 When Dreams Come True, Act III, used at Empire Theater, Nov 4, 1909 (TS, 33 p., prompt copy)
Folder 8.2 When Dreams Come True, Act IV, ibid. (TS, 35 p., prompt copy)
Folder 8.3 When Dreams Come True, Act II, n.d. (TS, 52 p., incomplete copy)
Folder 8.4 When Dreams Come True, Act III, n.d. (TS, 54 p., incomplete copy)
Folder 8.5 Parable for Wives: scenario of a 3-act play, ca. Oct 1909 (TS, 14 p.)
Folder 8.6 Parable for Wives: scenario of a 3-act play, ca. Oct 1909 (TS/MS, 18 p.)
Folder 8.7 "Parable for Wives," short story, [Feb 1910] (TS, 27 p. 1 draft)
Folder 8.8 "Parable for Wives," [Feb 1910] (copy 2, TS, 20 p.)
Folder 8.9 "Parable for Wives," [Feb 1910] (copy 3, TS, 20 p.)
Folder 8.10 "Cape Cod Stories," notes, ca. Feb 1910 (MS, 24 p., fragments)
Folder 8.11 "Cape Cod Stories: At the Golden Gate," Feb 6, 1910 (TS w/notes, 22 p. 1 draft)
Folder 8.12 "Cape Cod Stories: At the Golden Gate," ca. Feb 1910 (TS, 24 p., 1 draft, notes, copy 2)
Folder 9.1 "Cape Cod Stories: Roller Skating vs. Mining Stock," Feb 16, 1910 (TS, 11 p., fragment )
Folder 9.2 "Cape Cod Stories: How Nausett Got the Band," ca. Feb 1910 (TS w/notes, 17 p 1 draft)
Folder 9.3 "Cape Cod Stories: Ezry's Dilemma," ca. Feb 1910 (TS, 6 p., fragment)
Folder 9.4 The Pigs of Palestrina — miscellaneous material, n.d. (TS, 18 p.)
Folder 9.5 The Pigs of Palestrina, 1912 (TS, 41 p., p. 1-39)
Folder 9.6 The Pigs of Palestrina, 1912 (TS, 43 p., p. 41-83)
Folder 9.7 The Pigs of Palestrina, 1912 (TS, 27 p., p. 85-111)
Folder 9.8 The Pigs of Palestrina, 1912 (TS, 35 p., p. 113-146)
Folder 9.9 The Pigs of Palestrina, 1912 (TS, 30 p., p. 148-175)
Folder 9.10 The Pigs of Palestrina, Introduction and Part I, 1912 (TS, 41 p.)
Folder 9.11 The Pigs of Palestrina, Part II, 1912 (TS, 44 p.)
Folder 9.12 The Pigs of Palestrina, Part III, 1912 (TS, 28 p.)
Folder 10.1 The Pigs of Palestrina, Part IV, 1912 (TS, 35 p.)
Folder 10.2 The Pigs of Palestrina, Part V, 1912 (TS, 29 p.)
The Pigs of Palestrina: see also Jean Webster's notebooks 19.1, 19.5, 19.6, and 19.7
Folder 10.3 Ceylon Tea Plantation, misc. notes, ca. 1912 (MS, 55 p.)
Folder 10.4 Ceylon Tea Plantation, misc. notes, notebook, ca. 1912 (14 p.)
Folder 10.5 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 1, ca. 1912 (MS, 13 p.)
Folder 10.6 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 2, ca. 1912 (MS, 10 p.)
Folder 10.7 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 3, ca. 1912 (MS, 38 p.)
Folder 10.8 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 4, ca. 1912 (MS, 53 p.)
Folder 10.9 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 5, ca. 1912 (MS, 3 p.)
Folder 10.10 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 6, ca. 1912 (MS, 17 p.)
Folder 10.11 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 7, ca. 1912 (MS, 16 p.)
Folder 11.1 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 8, ca. 1912 (MS, 11 p.)
Folder 11.2 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 1, ca. 1912 (TS, 5 p.)
Folder 11.3 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 2, ca. 1912 (TS, 4 p.)
Folder 11.4 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 3, ca. 1912 (TS, 10 p.)
Folder 11.5 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 4, ca. 1912 (TS, 17 p.)
Folder 11.6 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Scene 5, ca. 1912 (TS, 2 p.)
Folder 11.7 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Southern Cross version — notes, ca. 1912 (MS, 11 p.)
Folder 11.8 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Southern Cross version — scenario, ca. 1912 (TS, 21 p.)
Folder 11.9 Ceylon Tea Plantation, The Equator — psychological scenario, ca. 1912 (MS, 41 p.)
Folder 11.10 Ceylon Tea Plantation, The Equator — scenario, Acts I and II, ca. 1912 (MS, 35 p.)
Folder 11.11 Ceylon Tea Plantation, The Equator — scenario, Act III, ca. 1912 (MS, 37 p.)
Folder 11.12 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Step-Aside version — scenario and notes, ca. 1912 (TS, 38 p.)
Folder 11.13 Ceylon Tea Plantation, Step Aside — reading notes, plot outline, 1912 (MS, 50 p.)
Ceylon Tea Plantation: see also "On Lone Tree Hill", Folder 4.14,
Folder 11.14 "Half a Loaf," notes, plot outline, Dec 1912 (2 notebooks, 146 p.)
Folder 12.1 "Half a Loaf," Dec 1912 (1 notebook, 4 p.)
Folder 12.2 "Half a Loaf," notes, Dec 1912 (MS, 76 p.)
Folder 12.3 "Half a Loaf," Dec 1912 (corrected TS, 9 p.)
Folder 12.4 "Half a Loaf," Dec 1912 (MS, 9 p., fragment)
"Half a Loaf": see also notebook 22.1
Folder 12.5 Daddy Long-Legs, material describing scenes and characters, ca. 1913 (TS, 34 p.)
Folder 12.6 Daddy Long-Legs, scenario, 1913 (TS w/notes, 71 p.)
Folder 12.7 Daddy Long-Legs, 1913 (corrected TS, 14 p.)
Folder 12.8 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act I, 1913 (TS/MS, 28 p.)
Folder 12.9 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act II, 1913 (1st draft, corrected TS 53 p.)
Folder 12.10 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act II, 1913 (TS, 66 p.)
Folder 12.11 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act III, fragment, 1913 (copy 1, TS, 9 p.)
Folder 12.12 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act III, 1913 (copy 2, TS, 56 p.)
Folder 12.13 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act III, 1913 (copy 3, TS, 54 p.)
Folder 13.1 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act III, 1913 (copy 4, TS, 54 p.)
Folder 13.2 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act III, various versions and portions, 1913 (TS, 26 p.)
Folder 13.3 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act III, various versions and portions, 1913 (TS/MS, 56 p.)
Folder 13.4 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act III, various versions and portions, 1913 (TS/MS, 53 p.)
Folder 13.5 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act III, various versions and portions, 1913 (TS/MS, 46 p.)
Folder 13.6 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act IV, copy 1, 1913 (TS, 36 p.)
Folder 13.7 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act IV, copy 2, 1913 (TS, 35 p.)
Folder 13.8 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act IV, copy 3, 1913 (TS, 37 p.)
Folder 13.9 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act IV, copy 4, 1913 (TS, 35 p.)
Folder 13.10 Daddy Long-Legs, "old version," Act IV, fragment, 1913 (TS, 9 p.)
Folder 13.11 Daddy Long-Legs, Act I, 1913-1914 (TS w/notes, 46 p.)
Folder 13.12 Daddy Long-Legs, Act I, revised scenes, 1913-1914 (TS, 22 p.)
Folder 13.13 Daddy Long-Legs, Acts I and II, revisions, 1913-1914 (TS/MS, 16 p.)
Folder 14.1 Daddy Long-Legs, Act II, 1913-1914 (corrected TS, 58 p. carbon copy)
Folder 14.2 Daddy Long-Legs, Act III, 1913-1914 (corrected TS, 49 p. carbon copy)
Folder 14.3 Daddy Long-Legs, Act III, revisions of some scenes, 1913-1914 (TS, 55 p., 1 draft)
Folder 14.4 Daddy Long-Legs, Act IV, 1913-1914 (TS, 29 p., carbon copy)
Folder 14.5 Daddy Long-Legs, Act IV, 1913-1914 (TS, 17 p.)
Folder 14.6 Daddy Long-Legs, Act IV, 1913-1914 (TS, 28 p.)
Folder 14.7 Daddy Long-Legs, Act IV, 1913-1914 (TS, 20 p.)
Folder 14.8 Daddy Long-Legs, Act I, 1914 (TS, 36 p., carbon copy)
Folder 14.9 Daddy Long-Legs, Act II, 1914 (TS, 42 p., carbon copy)
Folder 14.10 Daddy Long-Legs, Act III, 1914 (TS w/notes, 23 p. carbon copy)
Folder 14.11 Daddy Long-Legs, Act IV, 1914 (TS w/notes, 17 p. carbon copy)
Folder 14.12 Daddy Long-Legs, Act I, 1914 (prompt copy, TS, 56 p.)
Folder 15.1 Daddy Long-Legs, Act I, 1914 (ribbon copy, TS, 41 p.)
Folder 15.2 Daddy Long-Legs, Act II, 1914 (ribbon copy, TS, 52 p.)
Folder 15.3 Daddy Long-Legs, Act III, 1914 (ribbon copy, TS, 29 p.)
Folder 15.4 Daddy Long-Legs, Act IV, 1914 (ribbon copy, TS, 23 p.)
Folder 15.5 "Daddy Long-Legs," poem by Oliver Herford, 1916 (MS, 2 p.)
Folder 15.6 Dear Enemy, plot outline, opening scene, ca. 1913-1915 (MS/TS, 6 p.)
Folder 15.7 Blackmail scenario for a short story, n.d. (MS, 70 p.)
Folder 15.8 "Camping Farce," n.d. (MS, 24 p.)
Folder 15.9 "Carnival House," notes, n.d. (notebook, MS, 5 p.)
Folder 15.10 "Carnival House," reading notes, n.d. (notebook, 5 p.)
Folder 15.11 "Carnival House," misc. notes, n.d. (MS, 19 p.)
Folder 16.1 "Carnival House," partial draft, n.d. (MS, 16 p.)
Folder 16.2 "Carnival House," plot outline, partial first draft see also JW's notebooks 19.1, 19.5, 19.6, 19.7, n.d. (TS/MS, 66 p.)
"Carnival House," see also JW's notebooks 19.1, 19.5, 19.6, 19.7
Folder 16.3 "The City," n.d. (MS, 5 p., fragments)
Folder 16.4 "Copley Silence," n.d. (MS, 1 p., notes)
Folder 16.5 Story beginning: "Fra Antonio as he worked among the monastery vines...," n.d. (MS, 10 p., 1 draft)
Folder 16.6 "Garrett Meldrum Yellow Journalist," n.d. (TS w/notes, 54 p., 1 draft)
Folder 16.7 "Good Samaritan," n.d., possibly 1906-1908 (MS, 44 p., 1 draft)
Folder 16.8 "Insomnia," n.d. (TS, 23 p., 1 draft)
Folder 16.9 "Jervis Cassidy," n.d. (MS, 45 p., notes, fragment)
Folder 16.10 "Jervis Cassidy," n.d. (unfinished TS, 44 p.)
Folder 16.11 "The Kandy Road," n.d. (MS, 8 p., notes)
Folder 17.1 "Kate Fanshaw," n.d. (MS, 34 p., 1 draft, fragment)
Folder 17.2 "Kingdom of Millarky," n.d. (MS, 16 p., notes)
Folder 17.3 Knowlton Farm story, n.d. (MS, 25 p., 1 draft, fragments)
Folder 17.4 "The Last Night Out," n.d. (MS, 36 p., 2 drafts, fragments)
Folder 17.5 "Out in Rome," Harper's Bazar, n.d. (TS, 6 p.,)
Folder 17.6 "Quadrangle," n.d. (MS, 4 p., dialogue scenario)
Folder 17.7 Sing-Sing: copy of interview with Jean Webster, n.d. (TS, 7 p, 1 draft)
Folder 17.8 "Someday Susan," n.d. (MS, 53 p., 1 draft, notes)
Folder 17.9 "Someday Susan," n.d. (MS, 75 p., 1 draft)
Folder 17.10 Untitled, n.d. (MS, 10 p., fragments)
Folder 17.11 Untitled, n.d. (MS, 2 p., fragments)
Folder 17.12 Untitled, n.d. (MS, 2 p., fragments)
Folder 17.13 "Woman Who Poisoned Her Husband," n.d. (MS, 12 p., opening)

Series III. Notes and Notebooks

Childhood and School Notebooks
Folder 17.14 Alice J. Webster's autograph album, includes double signature of S.L. Clemens and Mark Twain, 1887-1894 (55 p.)
Folder 17.15 Idioms — Latin, French, Italian, n.d. (MS, 16 p.)
Folder 17.16 Order of Shakespeare's Plays — chronological list, quotations from each play up to "Troilus and Cressida," n.d. (MS, 123 p.)
Folder 18.1 Jean Webster Vocabulary — alphabetical list of unusual words, n.d. (MS, 136 p.)
Folder 18.2 Literary Technique endorsed "A.J.C. Webster," Vassar to 1903 (MS, 198 p.)
Folder 18.3 Ideal Novel — in general removed from 18.2, (MS, 6 p.)
Travel Journals, Story Ideas, etc.
Folder 18.4 Original, 1901-1905 (MS, 114 p.)
Folder 18.5 Reading Notes, Fall 1901 (MS, 51 p.)
Folder 18.6 Jean Webster 1901 — copy of "Original" sayings, story suggestions and references, 1901, n.d. (MS, 118 p.)
Folder 19.1 Record of submissions and publications, 1902-1914 (29 p.)
Folder 19.2 Applied Vocabulary I — maxims, witticisms, etc. selected from JW's reading, n.d. (MS, 88 p.)
Folder 19.3 Applied Vocabulary II, Dec 1902 (MS, 112 p.)
Folder 19.4 Applied Vocabulary III, n.d. (MS, 104 p.)
Folder 19.5 College Settlement Notes, Apr 1903 (MS, 9 p.)
Folder 19.6 Journal of visit to Naples, Rome, and Palestrina, 18 Nov 1903 - 4 Apr 1904 (MS, 132 p.)
Folder 19.7 Journal of visit to Palestrina, 4-17 Apr 1904 (MS, 138 p.)
Folder 19.8 Journal of visit to Palestrina, 17-24 Apr 1904 (MS, 86 p.)
Folder 20.1 Proverbs and quotes from various authors, ca. Dec1904 (MS, 138 p.)
Folder 20.2 Journal of world tour, Nov 15, 1906-Mar 21, 1907 (MS, 187 p.)
Folder 20.3 India — reading notes on India ca. 1906/1907-1916 (MS, 84 p.)
India: see also Ceylon Tea Plantation play,
Folder 20.4 Untitled notes about Ceylon, 1907 (MS, 2 p.)
Folder 21.1 Short Story Bibliography — authors, titles, critics' comments, ?-1907 (MS/TS, 108 p.)
Folder 21.2 Irish Notes — reading/travel notes, 1912 (MS, 11 p.)
Folder 21.3 Ireland — reading/travel notes, 1912 (2 notebooks, 59 p.)
Folder 21.4 Ireland — reading/travel notes, 1912 (MS, 86 p.)
Folder 21.5 Irish Reading Notes, 1912 (MS, 51 p.)
Folder 21.6 Travel journal of Ireland trip, June 29-Aug 9, 1912 (MS, 51 p.)
Folder 22.1 Half-a-Loaf — scenario, plot outline, Oct-Dec 1912 (MS, 106 p.)
Folder 22.2 Reading notes, ca.1913 (MS, 161 p.)
Folder 22.3 Scotch Dialect — word lists, etc. compiled as an aid to Dear Enemy, Feb-Mar 1913 (MS, 58 p.)
Folder 22.4 Dramatic Notes, 1916 (MS, 14 p.)
Folder 22.5 Address books, up to 1916 (3 books)
Undated notes and notebooks
Folder 23.1 "II. Dramatic Criticism" — sequel to "Plays I," Folder 24.4, reading notes, n.d. (MS, 95 p.)
Folder 23.2 Dialogue - Technique - Names, n.d. (MS, 47 p.)
Folder 23.3 Dramatic bibliography, notes, comments on contemporary plays, n.d. (MS, 39 p.)
Folder 23.4 Exercise, etc. notes on physical exercise and medications, n.d. (MS, 29 p.)
Folder 23.5 Story fragments, plot outlines, reading notes, n.d. (MS, 48 p.)
Folder 23.6 Plot Outlines, n.d. (MS, 119 p.)
Folder 23.7 Ugolina story fragments, n.d. (MS, 20 p.)
Folder 24.1 Kingdom of Millarky — list of novels, phrases, brief plot outline, n.d. (MS, 7 p.)
Folder 24.2 Notes on Alcoholism for Half a Loaf, n.d. (MS, 106 p.)
Folder 24.3 Notes on Neuresthenia and Dipsomania for Over Jordan — reading notes from medical authorities, n.d. (MS, 63 p.)
Folder 24.4 Plays I — reading notes, comments about modern dramatists from recent works of criticism, n.d. (MS, 137 p.)
Folder 24.5 Plays — Original Plots — stories suitable for dramatization, n.d. (MS, 84 p.)
Folder 24.6 Untitled fragments, n.d. (MS, 10 p.)

Series IV. Clippings, Press Notices, Playbills

Folder 25.1 Reviews of JW's books, articles, etc., 1903-1907 (10 items)
Folder 25.2 Much Ado About Peter — reviews, Feb-Nov 1909 (89 items)
Folder 25.3 Much Ado About Peter — advertisements, Spring 1909 (2 items)
Folder 25.4 Just Patty — reviews, 1911 (2 items)
Folder 25.5 Daddy Long-Legs — reviews, articles, etc., 1912-1914 (30 items photocopies)
Folder 25.6 Daddy Long-Legs — reviews, articles, etc., 1914-1965 (3 items originals)
Folder 25.7 Daddy Long-Legs — reviews, articles, etc., 1915 (24 items, photocopies)
Folder 25.8 Daddy Long-Legs — reviews, articles, etc., Jan-Apr 1916 (46 items, photocopies)
Folder 25.9 Daddy Long-Legs — reviews, articles, etc., Apr-May 1916 (58 items, photocopies)
Folder 25.10 Daddy Long-Legs — reviews, articles, etc., July-Sep 1916 (18 items, photocopies)
Folder 25.11 Daddy Long-Legs — reviews, articles, etc., 1917-1971, n.d. (31 items, photocopies)
Folder 25.12 Daddy Long-Legs — playbills, programs, 1915-1931, n.d. (17 items)
Folder 25.13 Daddy Long-Legs — "The Play Pictorial," n.d. (17 p.)
Folder 25.14 Dear Enemy; Me: A Book of Remembrance; "When Dreams Come True" — articles, reviews, etc., 1915-1916, n.d. (12 items)
Folder 25.15 Theater reviews and articles collected by JW, not of JW books or plays, 1914, n.d. (14 items)
Folder 26.1 Articles about "The Awakening," memorial to JW, May 1926-July 1927, n.d. (10 items, originals)
Folder 26.2 Articles about "The Awakening," memorial to JW, May 1926-July 1927, n.d. (10 items, photocopies)
Folder 26.3 Biographical clippings, articles, 1905-1908 (2 items)
Folder 26.4 Biographical clippings, articles, 1907 (1 item, original)
Folder 26.5 Biographical clippings, articles — jury duty, May 1909 (13 items)
Folder 26.6 Biographical clippings, articles, Mar-Aug 1915 (8 items)
Folder 26.7 Biographical clippings, articles — marriage, Sep 1915 (16 items)
Folder 26.8 Biographical clippings, articles — death, June 1916 (47 items)
Folder 26.9 Biographical clippings, articles — death, June-Sep 1916 (61 items)
Folder 26.10 Biographical clippings, articles, including bibliography, 1916-1979, n.d. (50 items)

Series V. Scrapbooks

Box 27 When Patty Went to College and Just Patty — reviews, 1903, 1911
Box 28 The Wheat Princess — reviews, notices, 1905-1906
Box 29 Jerry Junior — reviews, notices, 1907
Box 30 Daddy Long-Legs — reviews and notices, and other notices of Jean Webster, Sep 1912-Nov 1915 (oversized)
Box 31 Daddy Long-Legs — reviews and notices, and other notices of Jean Webster, Nov 1915-Jan 1916
Box 32 Dear Enemy — reviews, 1915-1916
Box 32 Me: A Book of Remembrance — reviews and notices, 1915-1916

Series VI. Business

General Business
Folder 33. Business — Professional correspondence, contracts, etc., 1909-1920 (21 items)
Folder 33.2 Business — Professional correspondence, contracts, etc., 1921-1940 (19 items)
Folder 33.3 Business — Professional correspondence, contracts, etc., 1941-1949 (29 items)
Folder 33.4 Business — Professional correspondence, contracts, etc., 1950-1972, n.d. (7 items)
Daddy Long-Legs Business
Folder 33.5 Professional correspondence, contracts, 1912-1913 (15 items)
Folder 33.6 Weekly Gross, 1914-1916 (1 notebook, 25 p.)
Folder 33.7 Professional correspondence, contracts incl. weekly box office receipts from Duke of York Theater, London, 1915-June 1916 (49 items)
Folder 33.8 Professional correspondence, contracts incl. weekly box office receipts from Duke of York Theater, London, July 1916-Sep 1916 (48 items)
Folder 33.9 Professional correspondence, contracts incl weekly box office receipts from Duke of York Theater, London, Oct 1916- Dec 1916 (28 items)
Folder 34.1 Professional correspondence, contracts, 1917 (40 items)
Folder 34.2 Professional correspondence, contracts, 1918 (21 items)
Folder 34.3 Professional correspondence, contracts, 1919-1929 (48 items)
Folder 34.4 Professional correspondence, contracts incl. contract between Glenn Ford McKinney and Fox Film Corporation, copies of Jean Webster's and Henry Miller's wills, 1930-1939 (38 items)
Folder 34.5 Professional correspondence, contracts incl. contract between Jean McKinney Connor and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, 1940-1941 (58 items)
Folder 34.6 Professional correspondence, contracts, 1942-1949 (32 items)
Folder 34.7 Professional correspondence, contracts incl. book jacket from 1967 edition of Daddy Long-Legs, 1950-1968, n.d. (37 items)

Series VII. Personal Business

Folder 34.8 Personal Business — lease, invoices, etc. Farmers' Loan and Trust Corp., H.W. Baker Linen Co., Burrelle's Press Clipping Bureau, Brentano's, and August W. Mehler, Dealer in Meats, Poultry and Game, Dec 1914-May 1916 (29 items)
Folder 34.9 Personal Business — cancelled checks Bank of the Metropolis, Mar-Oct 1914
Folder 34.10 Personal Business — cancelled checks Bank of the Metropolis, Jan 1915-Apr 1916

Series VIII. Estate of Jean Webster

Folder 35.1 Estate — Jean Webster McKinney's Last Will and Testament, dated June 10, 1916 (4 copies)
Folder 35.2 Estate — miscellaneous incl. cremation certificate, tax information, etc., June-Dec 1916 (6 items)
Folder 35.3 Estate — correspondence, agreement between Ethelyn and Glenn Ford McKinney, and Rudolph Evans, sculptor, regarding "The Awakening," a memorial to Jean Webster, July 1924-Feb 1927, n.d. (23 items)
Folder 35.4 Estate — correspondence regarding Trust under Will of Jean Webster McKinney, Sep-Dec 1962 (40 items)

Series IX. Seances

Folder 35.5 Seances — miscellaneous material, correspondence, transcripts, etc., 1918-1925 (33 items)
Folder 35.6 Seances — miscellaneous material, correspondence, transcripts, etc., n.d. (34 items)
Folder 35.7 Seances — miscellaneous material, correspondence, transcripts, etc., n.d. (35 items)

Series X. Photographs

Jean Webster McKinney and Family
Folder 35.8 Jean Webster as a baby, with kindergarten class and with mother, 1876 - ca. 1882 (4 photos)
Folder 35.9 School pictures, photo with a friend, Rolena Crowell, etc, ca. 1884 - ca. 1892 (9 photos, 2 signed by JW)
Folder 35.10 Jean Webster at Lady Jane Grey School, 1894-1896 (6 photos)
Folder 35.11 Jean Webster at Vassar — in graduation gown, 1901 (4 photos)
Folder 35.12 Jean Webster at Vassar — in graduation gown, with Adelaide Crapsey on Class Day, and at 1911 reunion, 1901, 1911 (8 photos incl. ref. number 3.306)
Folder 36.1 Portrait of Jean Webster — Photographer: Gifford, 1904 (4 photos)
Folder 36.2 Portrait of Jean Webster — Photographer: Burr McIntosh Studio, 1906-1907 (1 photo)
Folder 36.3 Portrait of Jean Webster — Photographer: Sol Young, 1909 (3 photos, 1 signed by JW)
Folder 36.4 Portrait of Jean Webster in kilt, ca. 1911 (2 photos)
Folder 36.5 Portrait of Jean Webster, 1911 (3 photos, 1 signed by JW)
Folder 36.6 Portrait of Jean Webster, ca. 1912 (2 photos)
Folder 36.7 Portrait of Jean Webster — half-length, in fur-collared coat, ca. 1914 (2 photos, ref. number 3.107)
Folder 48.1 Portrait of Jean Webster — half-length, in fur-collared coat, ca. 1914 (1 oversized photo)
Folder 36.8 Portrait of Jean Webster — Photographer: A. Spencer Beatty, ca. 1914 (2 photos)
Folder 36.9 Portrait of Jean Webster, standing at window — Photographer: A. Spencer Beatty, ca. 1915 (4 photos)
Folder 48.2 Portrait of Jean Webster, standing at window, ca. 1915 (1 oversized photo)
Folder 48.3 Portrait of Jean Webster, head and torso, wearing white, ca. 1915 (1 oversized photo, 13.75 x 10.25)
Folder 39.13 Portrait of Jean Webster, head and torso, wearing white, ca. 1915 (1 photo, oval framed, 3.25" x 2.75")
Folder 36.10 Portrait of Jean Webster, seated, light scarf around shoulders — Photographer: Aimé Dupont, ca. 1915 (5 photos)
Folder 48.4 Portrait of Jean Webster, seated, light scarf around shoulders — Photographer: Aimé Dupont, ca. 1915 (1 photo, oversized)
Folder 48.5 Portrait of Jean Webster, full-length, seated — Photographer: H.V. Furness, ca. 1915 (2 oversized photos)
Folder 48.14 Portrait of Jean Webster and brother Sam Webster, ca. 1915 (1 glass plate positive, oversized, fragile)
Folder 36.11 Portrait of Jean Webster, half-length, seated, hands clasped, 1915 (3 photos, 1 signed by JW)
Folder 48.6 Portrait of Jean Webster, half-length, seated, hands clasped, 1915 (1 photo, oversized)
Folder 36.12 Portraits of Jean Webster, incl. pastoral scenes, Webster with cat, and Webster with dog, 1915 (5 photos)
Folder 39.15 Jean Webster and dog, 1915 (1 photo, 8 x 5.75)
Folder 48.7 Jean Webster standing, holding cat, 1915 (1 oversized photo)
Folder 48.8 Jean Webster seated, holding cat, 1915 (1 oversized photo)
Folder 36.13 Jean Webster and wheelbarrow, 1915 (1 photo)
Folder 36.13 Jean Webster standing, holding walking stick, 1915 (1 photo)
Folder 36.13 Jean Webster seated on a rock, holding walking stick, 1915 (1 photo)
Folder 36.13 Jean Webster standing next to a tree, 1915 (1 photo)
Folder 36.13 Jean Webster standing next to a creek 1915 (1 photo)
Folder 36.13 Jean Webster, seated, touching a tree, 1915 (1 photo)
Folder 48.9 Jean Webster and wheelbarrow, 1915 (1 oversized photo)
Folder 48.10 Jean Webster standing, holding walking stick, 1915 (1 oversized photo)
Folder 48.11 Jean Webster seated on a rock, holding walking stick, 1915 (1 oversized photo)
Folder 48.12 Jean Webster standing next to a tree, 1915 (1 oversized photo)
Folder 36.14 Wedding of Jean Webster and Glenn Ford McKinney, 7 Sep 1915 (15 photos)
Folder 36.15 Wedding of [Emily Westwood and Joe Lewis ?], n.d. (5 photos)
Folder 36.16 "Ethelyn [McKinney] and Jean [Webster] at Barbizon," n.d. (1 photo)
Folder 36.17 Portraits of Jean Webster in rain gear, in overcoat and hat, in sweater and tie — Photographers: Sol Young and unknown, n.d. (4 photos)
Folder 48.13 Portrait of Jean Webster in white blouse, n.d. (1 oversized photo)
Folder 48.15 Portraits of Jean Webster — Photographer: Clarence H. White, n.d. (4 oversized photos)
Folder 36.18 Photographs of Jean McKinney with father, Glenn Ford McKinney, on fourth birthday, etc., 1917-1920 (6 photos)
Folder 39.14 Framed portrait of Annie Moffett Webster on her 90th birthday, 1942 (1 framed photo, 4.125" x 3.375")
Folder 36.19 "The Awakening," memorial to Jean Webster, 1926-1927 (15 photos)
Folder 36.20 "The Awakening," memorial to Jean Webster — laying sculpture in cemetery, 1926-1927 (6 photos)
Folder 36.21 "The Awakening," memorial to Jean Webster, 1926-1927 (6 photos, negatives)
Webster and McKinney Residences
Folder 37.1 Webster summer house in Far Rockaway, NY — interior and exterior, completed1887 (3 photos)
Folder 37.2 "Interstrassen," Webster house in Fredonia, NY, n.d. (7 photos)
Folder 37.3 Tenth Street Studio, 43-55 W. 10th St. New York City, 1906 (1 photo)
Folder 37.4 Tymor Farm, Union Vale, NY — purchased by Glenn Ford McKinney in 1913, dated 1909 (1 photo)
Folder 37.5 Van Buren Point, Camp Phoenix — Glenn Ford McKinney's game preserve in Canada (?), ca. 1910 (5 photos)
Folder 37.6 Tyringham, Massachusetts — 1911, 1913, 1914 summer residence of Jean Webster, n.d. (13 photos, contact sheets/negatives of 41 photos)
Folder 37.7 "Innisfree," the McKinney home in Greenwich, CT — Jean, Ethelyn McKinney, and Lena Weinstein in the Grape Arbor, n.d. (2 photos)
Folder 37.8 Unidentified residences, n.d. (2 photos)
Schools
Folder 37.9 Lady Jane Grey School, Binghamton, NY, n.d. (60 photographic reproductions from album of Jane Wadsworth Dowd, niece of the founder)
Folder 37.10 Fredonia Normal School, n.d. (1 photo)
Trips Taken by Jean Webster McKinney
Folder 37.11 World Tour — Egypt — people, scenery, etc., Dec 1906 (10 photos)
Folder 37.12 World Tour — India, Burma, Ceylon — people, scenery, etc., Dec 1906-Apr 1907 (24 photos)
Folder 38.1 World Tour — India, Burma, Ceylon — people, scenery, etc., Dec 1906-Apr 1907 (47 photos)
Folder 38.2 World Tour — India, Burma, Ceylon — Jean Webster, Lena Weinstein, Ethelyn McKinney, Aileen Ford McKinney, Mignonne Ford in various combinations and locations, Dec 1906-Apr 1907 (16 photos)
Box 49 World Tour — India — oversized photos, Dec 1906-Apr 1907 (7 oversized photos)
Folder 38.3 World Tour — Japan — people, scenery, etc., Apr-June1907 (36 photos)
Folder 38.4 World Tour — Japan — Jean Webster, Lena Weinstein, Ethelyn McKinney, Aileen Ford McKinney, Mignonne Ford in various combinations and locations, Apr-June 1907 (42 photos)
Folder 38.5 World Tour — Negatives
Folder 38.6 Ireland — people, scenery, etc., summer 1912 (94 photos)
Folder 38.7 Ireland — Jean Webster, Lena Weinstein, Ethelyn McKinney, Glenn Ford McKinney in various combinations and locations, summer 1912 (24 photos)
Folder 38.8 Ireland — Negatives summer 1912
Daddy Long-Legs
Folder 39.1 Jean Webster and children with Daddy Long-Legs doll, ca. 1914 (2 photos)
Folder 39.2 Actresses in Daddy Long-Legs — Renee Kelly, Margaret Field, n.d. (4 photos, 1 negative)
Box 50 Oversized photos of Daddy Long-Legs: Ruth Chatterton, autographed photo, photos of scenes from Chatterton-Miller production, n.d. (26 oversized photos)

Series XI. Memorabilia

Jean Webster McKinney and Family
Biographical Material
Folder 51.5 Genealogy of Samuel Clemens' immediate family — family tree, n.d. (1 item (oversized)
Folder 51.4 Biography of Jean Webster as it appears in the Book of Enduring Names of Town Hall, Inc., incl. letter to Jean McKinney Connor from Town Hall, Inc., Nov 1946, (2 oversized items )
Folder 39.3 Pages from family Bible — records of Clemens, Moffett, Webster, and McKinney families, (3 p.)
Folder 39.4 Biographical notes collected from various Vassar College sources, n.d. (MS, 20 p.)
Folder 39.5 Biographical notes by Mary MacColl, VC 1898, for Dictionary of American Biography, 1933 (MS, 80 p.)
Folder 39.6 Biographical note by Ethelyn McKinney, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 39.7 Residences — Tyringham, MA; Loch Willow Farm, VA; and Tymor Farm, NY, n.d. (4 items)
Folder 39.8 Authors' League of America material, 1913-1915 (4 items)
Folder 39.9 Calling cards and printing plate, name labels, n.d. (16 items)
Material Relating to Vassar College
Folder 39.10 Vassar Verse, Miscellany contest, "English A," ca. 1901 (5 items)
Folder 39.11 Advertisments for 1901 Vassarion, Class Day information, "Praise to Alma Mater" lyrics, 1901 (7 items)
Wedding of Jean Webster and Glenn Ford McKinney
Folder 39.12 Wedding invitations and calling cards, 1915 (7 items)
Folder 39.13 Placecards from wedding breakfast, postcards of Washington, CT, etc., 1915 (9 items)
Material Relating to Jean Webster's Stories and Plays
Folder 51.3 Poster fragment advertising Jerry Junior, ca. 1907 (1 oversized item)
Folder 40.1 Book jackets for Daddy Long-Legs, not first edition, n.d. (4 items)
Folder 51.2 Sheet music: "My Daddy Long-Legs," words by E. Ray Goetz, music by Bert Grant, n.d. (6 p. oversized)
Folder 40.2 Inscription accompanying picture of Jean Webster given to Stamford Children's Home, 1918 (2 items)
Trips Taken by Jean Webster McKinney
Folder 40.3 Entrance ticket to Vatican, 1900 (1 item)
Folder 40.4 World Tour — Egypt — postcards, Dec 1906 (2 items)
Folder 40.5 World Tour — Japan — postcards, small prints, Apr-June 1907 (4 items)
Folder 40.6 World Tour — Japan — small prints, Apr-June 1907 (4 items)
Folder 51.1 World Tour — Japan — Print, Apr-June 1907 (1 item)
Folder 40.7 Ireland — postcards, summer 1912 (30 items)
Folder 40.8 Ireland — postcards, summer 1912 (30 items)
Folder 40.9 Ireland — postcards, summer 1912 (30 items)
Folder 40.10 Ireland — postcards, summer 1912 (39 items)
Folder 41.1 Scotland — postcards, summer 1912 (17 items)
Sketches by Jean Webster
Folder 41.2 watercolor, line drawings, etc., n.d. (8 items)
Realia
Folder 41.3 Pocket-sized calendars, 1914, 1916 (3 items)
Folder 41.4 Blank greeting cards, n.d. (14 items)
Folder 41.5 Advertisments, etc. — tobacco and cigars; railway drinking cup; "Papier Pouch," n.d. (3 items)
Folder 41.6 Black/orange grosgrain ribbon belt w/ "91" embroidered on it, n.d. (1 item)
Folder 41.7 Gold/black "Votes for Women" banner, n.d. (1 item)
Folder 41.8 Miscellaneous — 2 pencils, clothes label embroidered "JW," leaf impressions (?), n.d. (7 items)

Series XII. Lady Jane Grey School Material

Folder 42.1 The Mosaic, Lady Jane Grey School newsletter, 1890-1899 (3 items)
Folder 42.2 The Mosaic, Lady Jane Grey School newsletter, 1913-1918 (3 items)
Folder 42.3 The Mosaic, Lady Jane Grey School newsletter, 1919-1920 (2 items)
Folder 42.4 The Mosaic, Lady Jane Grey School newsletter, 1921-1923 (2 items)
Folder 42.5 Christmas newsletter, 1914-1923 (8 items)
Folder 42.6 Christmas newsletter, n.d. (4 items)
Folder 42.7 Commencement addresses, 1906-1912, n.d. (5 items)
Folder 42.8 Lady Jane Grey School catalogue, n.d. (1 item)
Folder 42.9 "Acting Under Difficulties," a play by Jane Brewster Hyde, n.d. (TS, 19 p.)
Folder 42.10 Photocopies of Mary Hyde's photograph album, n.d. (9 p.)
Folder 42.11 Miscellaneous information about Lady Jane Grey School, 1903-1979, n.d. (6 items)
Folder 42.12 Miscellaneous information about Binghamton, NY, 1900-1933, n.d. (4 items)

Series XIII. Adelaide Crapsey Material

Biographical Material
Folder 45.17 Newspaper clippings, etc., 1914-1939, n.d. (12 items)
Correspondence
Letters from Adelaide Crapsey
Folder 43.1 F.A. Stokes Company, n.d. (1 item)
Folder 43.1 G.P. Putnam's Sons, n.d. (2 items)
Folder 43.1 Professor Grandgent, n.d. (1 item)
Folder 43.1 Webster, Jean, 1914 (3 items)
Letters from Adelaide Trowbridge Crapsey
Folder 43.2 McKinney, Ethelyn, 1934-1938 (5 items)
Folder 43.3 McKinney, Jean, 1927-1930 (3 items)
Letters from Susan Sutton Smith [Adelaide Crapsey's biographer]
Folder 43.4 Connor, Ralph and Jean McKinney, 1973-1975 (9 items)
Adelaide Crapsey's Poetry
Photocopies
Folder 43.5 Miscellaneous lists, etc., n.d. (9 items)
Folder 43.6 Adventure, n.d.
Folder 43.7 Arbutus, n.d.
Folder 43.8 Aubade, n.d.
Folder 43.9 Autumn, n.d.
Folder 43.10 "The Blessed Queen of heaven...," n.d.
Folder 43.11 "Bridget! Saint Bride!...," n.d.
Folder 43.12 Cinquains, n.d.
Folder 43.13 Clotilda Sings, n.d.
Folder 43.14 The Companions, n.d.
Folder 43.15 Cradle-Song, n.d.
Folder 43.16 The Crucifixion, n.d.
Folder 43.17 The Death of Holofernes, n.d.
Folder 43.18 Dirge, n.d.
Folder 43.19 Dooms-day, n.d.
Folder 43.20 The Elgin Marbles, n.d.
Folder 43.21 The Entombment, n.d.
Folder 43.22 Epigram, n.d.
Folder 43.23 The Expulsion, n.d.
Folder 43.24 Fate Defied, n.d.
Folder 43.25 The Fiddler, n.d.
Folder 44.1 For Lucas Cranach's Eve, n.d.
Folder 44.2 Girl Fleeing Love, n.d.
Folder 44.3 Grain Field, n.d.
Folder 44.4 The Grand Canyon, n.d.
Folder 44.5 The Guarded Wound, n.d.
Folder 44.6 Harvester's Song, n.d.
Folder 44.7 "How can you lie so still...," n.d.
Folder 44.8 "How doth blue...," n.d.
Folder 44.9 The Immortal Residue, n.d.
Folder 44.10 "It's oh, my dear...," n.d.
Folder 44.11 Lament, n.d.
Folder 44.12 Langour After Pain, n.d.
Folder 44.13 Lines Adressed to my Left Lung, n.d.
Folder 44.14 Lo, All the Way, n.d.
Folder 44.15 The Lonely Death, n.d.
Folder 44.16 Lunatick, n.d.
Folder 44.17 Madness, n.d.
Folder 44.18 Milking Time, n.d.
Folder 44.19 The Mourner, n.d.
Folder 44.20 Narcissus, n.d.
Folder 44.21 "Never did love...," n.d.
Folder 44.22 Niagara, n.d.
Folder 44.23 Night Winds, n.d.
Folder 44.24 Oh, Lady, let the sad tears fall, n.d.
Folder 44.25 The Parting, n.d.
Folder 44.26 The Plaint, n.d.
Folder 44.27 The Pledge, n.d.
Folder 44.28 The Proud Poet, n.d.
Folder 44.29 Refuge in Darkness, n.d.
Folder 44.30 The Refusal, n.d.
Folder 44.31 Roma Aeterna, n.d.
Folder 45.1 Saranac Lake, n.d.
Folder 45.2 Saying, n.d.
Folder 45.3 The Shroud, n.d.
Folder 45.4 Song, n.d.
Folder 45.5 The Song of Choice, n.d.
Folder 45.6 The Source, n.d.
Folder 45.7 Stephan..., n.d.
Folder 45.8 The Sun Dial, n.d.
Folder 45.9 Susanna and the Elders, n.d.
Folder 45.10 There's a Gay Girl Laughing, n.d.
Folder 45.11 To A Hermit Thrush, n.d.
Folder 45.12 To An Unfaithful Lover, n.d.
Folder 45.13 Vendor's Song, n.d.
Folder 45.14 The Warning, n.d.
Folder 45.15 Warning to the Mighty, n.d.
Folder 45.16 You Nor I Nor Nobody Knows, n.d.
Originals — Restricted Material
Folder 46.1 Miscellaneous lists, etc., n.d. (9 items)
Folder 46.2 Adventure, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.3 Arbutus, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.4 Aubade, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.5 Autumn, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.6 "The blessed Queen of Heaven...," n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.7 "Bridget! Saint Bride!...," n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.8 Cinquains, n.d. (TS, 12 p.)
Folder 46.9 Clotilda Sings, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.10 The Companions, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.11 Cradle-Song, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.12 The Crucifixion, n.d. (MS, 3 p.)
Folder 46.13 The Death of Holofernes, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.14 Dirge, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.15 Dooms-day, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.16 The Elgin Marbles, n.d. (TS/MS, 3 p.)
Folder 46.17 The Entombment, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.18 Epigram, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.19 The Expulsion, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.20 Fate Defied, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.21 The Fiddler, n.d. (MS, 6 p.)
Folder 46.22 For Lucas Cranach's Eve, n.d. (TS/MS, 2 p.)
Folder 46.23 Girl Fleeing Love, n.d. (TS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.24 Grain Field, n.d. (MS, 2 p.)
Folder 46.25 The Grand Canyon, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.26 The Guarded Wound, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.27 Harvester's Song, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.28 "How can you lie so still...," n.d. (MS, 6 p.)
Folder 46.29 "How doth blue...," n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.30 The Immortal Residue, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.31 "It's oh, my dear...," n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.32 Lament, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.33 Langour After Pain, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.34 Lines Adressed to my Left Lung, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.35 Lo, All the Way, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.36 The Lonely Death, n.d. (MS, 2 p.)
Folder 46.37 Lunatick, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.38 Madness, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.39 Milking Time, n.d. (MS, 3 p.)
Folder 46.40 The Mourner, n.d. (MS/TS, 2 p.)
Folder 46.41 Narcissus, n.d. (MS, 2 p.)
Folder 46.42 "Never did love...," n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.43 Niagara, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 46.44 Night Winds, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.1 Oh, Lady, let the sad tears fall, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.2 The Parting, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.3 The Plaint, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.4 The Pledge, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.5 The Proud Poet, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.6 Refuge in Darkness, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.7 The Refusal, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.8 Roma Aeterna, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.9 Saranac Lake, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.10 Saying, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.11 The Shroud, n.d. (TS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.12 Song, n.d. (MS, 3 p.)
Folder 47.13 The Song of Choice, n.d. (MS, 8 p.)
Folder 47.14 The Source, n.d. (TS/MS, 2 p.)
Folder 47.15 Stephan..., n.d. (MS, 3 p.)
Folder 47.16 The Sun Dial, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.17 Susanna and the Elders, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.18 There's a Gay Girl Laughing, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.19 To A Hermit Thrush, n.d. (TS/MS, 2 p.)
Folder 47.20 To an Unfaithful Lover, n.d. (TS/MS, 2 p.)
Folder 47.21 Vendor's Song, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.22 The Warning, n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
Folder 47.23 Warning to the Mighty, n.d. (MS, 2 p.)
Folder 47.24 You Nor I Nor Nobody Knows, n.d. (MS, 2 p.)

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Abstract

The Jean Webster Papers at the Vassar College Libraries Department of Special Collections are part of the McKinney Family Papers, a collection of papers from the Clemens, Moffett, Webster, and McKinney families. They were donated to Vassar College in 1977, along with the endowment of a chair in American Literature, in honor of Jean Webster. The donors are Jean McKinney Connor, daughter of Jean Webster and Glenn Ford McKinney, and her husband Ralph Connor, a former trustee of Vassar.

Finding Aid Date
Inclusive dates: 1876-1982
Organization
Collection Title
Jean Webster Papers