Collection number: MC 147
Size: 29 boxes
(9.66 cu.ft.)
About Elizabeth Knowlton (1895-1989)
Elizabeth Knowlton, mountaineer and writer, consistently found her voice in climbing. She was born October 23, 1895 in Springfield, Massachusetts to Marcus Perrin Knowlton, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of that state, and Rose Ladd Knowlton of Portland, Maine. A graduate of Vassar (A.B. 1916) and Radcliffe (M.A. 1917), Knowlton began climbing in the White Mountains at age seven. The endeavor which proved central to her life and work was her attempt on Nanga Parbat in Pakistan (Kashmir) with the other eight members of the German American Himalayan Expedition (henceforth abbreviated as GAHE) in 1932. Described by the Portland Press Herald as “a painter who will 'mother' the expedition,” Knowlton later countered, “I lived for over a month in a tent in the snow high upon the mountain–at over 20,000 feet.” She was one of the first women ever to reach that elevation (the first was Fanny Bullock-Workman, who made two ascents of over 22,000 feet in the Himalayas in the early 20th century) and reported back weekly to major papers in Europe and the U.S. on the expedition’s progress.
Knowlton considered herself more freelance writer than journalist, but her best writing is informed by a journalistic urge for clarity. Her continuing grief over the accidental death in 1932 of Rand Herron, the only other American on the GAHE, is manifest. She never married, but among her correspondents are a goddaughter – Caroline Herron, daughter of Rand Herron’s brother Davis – and a nephew by her brother Marcus P. Knowlton, also Marcus. Tirelessly pursuing both publication and intellectual discourse on salient issues of the day, Elizabeth Knowlton continued to hike the foothills when too old to climb. She died in Scituate, MA aged 93.
Knowlton’s two known published books are her story of the GAHE, The Naked Mountain, and a volume of poems, Grief is a Lonely Journey (New York: Comet Press Books, 1952), published under the pseudonymn Mary Hale Jessup. Also published were many of her articles about mountaineering, travel and culture. The fiftieth anniversary of her Nanga Parbat climb found Knowlton deep in a comprehensive chronological account of attempts on the mountain, a project which she never finished.
See Also:
- Herrligkoffer, Karl M. Nanga Parbat. London: Elek Books, 1954.
- Nuhl, Hermann. Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1956.
A note on the collection: Wherever possible, verse manuscripts have been arranged chronologically by approximate date of first draft. A prior study of the correspondence will help direct the scholar of Knowlton’s verse and short nonfiction. Longer fiction suffers a pre/post World War II split and “crossdrafts” make dating difficult. Some explanation of the manuscripts’ confused condition is found in Knowlton’s claim that they were vandalized – mixed up and sections stolen – in the 1970s (Box 9, f.12). Over the years her method of composition evolved from drafting large portions all at once, with few corrections, to arranging nests of fragments and inserts that were apparently reviewed by other members of writing classes in Cambridge–typewritten “hypertext” held together with straight pins. The curious will want to decipher Knowlton’s early diary entries and letters, passages of which are written in code.
About the Elizabeth Knowlton Papers
The Knowlton collection consists of correspondence, verse and prose manuscripts, published material, diaries, notes, clippings, ephemera and photographs. Among the unpublished works of fiction present in the papers are the climbing novel Avalanche Wind (variously titled This Nettle Danger, Here Living Starts, Wind Between the Worlds, and Ramiwari); a spy novel, Condors’ Prey, and Anne Wilson (Suburbia, Summits and Stars, Introduction to Adventure: A Wife Writes), a psychological novel about the wife of an astronaut. Some of Knowlton’s most poignant verse is in Box 25, Folder 35: a sequence devoted to Rand Herron shortly after his death.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [Folder number], [Box number], Elizabeth Knowlton Papers, 1891-1989, MC 147, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Purchase, Dewolfe and Wood, Alfred, ME, 1995 (Accession number: 95.017)
Collection Arrangement
Roughly chronological within series.
Collection Contents
Series 1: Correspondence, 1916-1984
(9 Boxes)Subseries A: To Elizabeth Knowlton
| Box 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 1 | 1921-1928, and undated (17) | |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | 1930-1931 (16: 6 in French, 1 in German) | |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | Jan - April 1932 (18: 1 in French) | |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | May 1932 (16: 2 in German) | |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | June 1932 (10: 1 in German) | |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | July 1932 (13: 1 in German) | |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Aug - Oct 1932 (13) | |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | Nov - Dec 1932 (15) | |
| Box 1, Folder 9 | c. 1932 (no month given), from her mother (11) | |
| Box 1, Folder 10 | Jan - Oct, 1933 (10) | |
| Box 1, Folder 11 | Nov - Dec 1933 (21) | |
| Box 1, Folder 12 | Jan - Feb 1934 (12) | |
| Box 1, Folder 13 | March - May 1934 (14) | |
| Box 1, Folder 14 | June - Dec 1934 (17: 1 in French) | |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | Jan - Aug 1935 (13: 2 in French) | |
| Box 1, Folder 16 | Sept - Dec 1935 (21) | |
| Box 1, Folder 17 | Jan - March 1936 (14) | |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | April - July 1936 (13) | |
| Box 1, Folder 19 | Aug - Dec 1936 (18) | |
| Box 1, Folder 20 | 1937 (15) | |
| Box 1, Folder 21 | 1938 (16) | |
| Box 1, Folder 22 | 1939-1940 (11) | |
| Box 2 | ||
| Box 2, Folder 1 | Jan - April 1941 (14) | |
| Box 2, Folder 2 | May - June 1941 (11) | |
| Box 2, Folder 3 | Aug - Dec 1941 (9) | |
| Box 2, Folder 4 | March - Sept 1942 (13) | |
| Box 2, Folder 5 | Oct - Dec 1942 (10) | |
| Box 2, Folder 6 | 1943 (18) | |
| Box 2, Folder 7 | Jan - Sept 1944 (20) | |
| Box 2, Folder 8 | Oct - Nov 1944 (14) | |
| Box 2, Folder 9 | Dec 1944 (5) | |
| Box 2, Folder 10 | Christmas cards, 1944 (22) | |
| Box 2, Folder 11 | Jan - May 1945 (22) | |
| Box 2, Folder 12 | June - July 1945 (7) | |
| Box 2, Folder 13 | Aug - Sept 1945 (16) | |
| Box 2, Folder 14 | Oct - Dec 1945 (15) | |
| Box 2, Folder 15 | Christmas cards, 1945 (25) | |
| Box 2, Folder 16 | Jan - May 1946 (18) | |
| Box 2, Folder 17 | July - Aug 1946 (9) | |
| Box 2, Folder 18 | Sept - Dec 1946 (14) | |
| Box 2, Folder 19 | 1947 (19) | |
| Box 2, Folder 20 | Jan - June 1948 (7) | |
| Box 2, Folder 21 | July - Dec 1948 (10) | |
| Box 2, Folder 22 | Jan - April 1949 (14) | |
| Box 2, Folder 23 | May 1949 (5) | |
| Box 2, Folder 24 | June 1949 (8) | |
| Box 2, Folder 25 | July - Dec 1950 (26: 2 in German) | |
| Box 2, Folder 26 | 1940s? (10) | |
| Box 3 | ||
| Box 3, Folder 1 | Jan 1950 (16) | |
| Box 3, Folder 2 | Feb - March 1950 (8) | |
| Box 3, Folder 3 | April - May 1950 (13) | |
| Box 3, Folder 4 | June - July 1950 (11) | |
| Box 3, Folder 5 | Aug - Dec 1950 (12: 2 addressed to "Mrs. Jessup") | |
| Box 3, Folder 6 | Jan - July 1951 (14: 2 addressed to "Mrs. Jessup) | |
| Box 3, Folder 7 | Aug - Oct 1951 (13) | |
| Box 3, Folder 8 | Nov - Dec 1951 (12) | |
| Box 3, Folder 9 | Jan - May 1952 (14: 3 from Comet Press Books, regarding the publication of Grief is a Lonely Journey) | |
| Box 3, Folder 10 | Jun - Aug 1952 (18: 3 from Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 3, Folder 11 | Sept 1952 (17: 3 from Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 3, Folder 12 | Oct 1952 (13: 3 from Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 3, Folder 13 | Nov 1952 (16: 2 from Comet Press Books, addressed to "Mrs. Jessup" regarding a dispute) | |
| Box 3, Folder 14 | Dec 1952 (13) | |
| Box 3, Folder 15 | Jan - March 1953 (25: 1 from Comet Press Books, addressed to "Mrs. Jessup," 4 from attorney Vincent J. Connelly regarding dispute with Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 3, Folder 16 | April - May 1953 (10) | |
| Box 3, Folder 17 | June 1953 (16) | |
| Box 3, Folder 18 | July 1953 (11) | |
| Box 3, Folder 19 | Aug 1953 (8) | |
| Box 3, Folder 20 | Sept - Oct 1953 (5) | |
| Box 3, Folder 21 | Nov - Dec 1953 (8) | |
| Box 3, Folder 22 | 1953, no months given (8) | |
| Box 3, Folder 23 | Jan - May 1954 (17: 1 to "Mary Jessup"; 1 from Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 3, Folder 24 | June 1954 (6: 1 to "Mrs. Jessup"; 1 from Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 3, Folder 25 | July 1954 (5) | |
| Box 3, Folder 26 | Aug 1954 (5: 1 form Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 3, Folder 27 | Sept - Oct 1954 (9) | |
| Box 3, Folder 28 | Nov - Dec 1954 (17) | |
| Box 4 | ||
| Box 4, Folder 1 | Jan - Feb 1955 (19: 1 from Comet Pres Books) | |
| Box 4, Folder 2 | March - April 1955 (8: 2 from Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 4, Folder 3 | May 1955 (9) | |
| Box 4, Folder 4 | June - July 1955 (9: 1 from Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 4, Folder 5 | Aug 1955 (15: 2 Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 4, Folder 6 | Sept - Dec 1955 (17: 1 from Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 4, Folder 7 | Jan - April 1956 (21: 4 from Comet Press Books about termination of contract) | |
| Box 4, Folder 8 | July - Dec 1956 (33) | |
| Box 4, Folder 9 | Jan - April 1957 (13) | |
| Box 4, Folder 10 | May - Dec 1957 (16) | |
| Box 4, Folder 11 | Jan - May 1958 (18) | |
| Box 4, Folder 12 | June - Dec 1958 (11) | |
| Box 4, Folder 13 | Jan - March 1959 (9) | |
| Box 4, Folder 14 | April - Aug 1959 (18) | |
| Box 4, Folder 15 | Sept - Dec 1959 (13) | |
| Box 4, Folder 16 | Jan - April 1960 (18) | |
| Box 4, Folder 17 | May 1960 (8: 2 from Park Avenue Literary Agency, including contract) | |
| Box 4, Folder 18 | June 1960 (7: 5 from Park Avenue Literary Agency) | |
| Box 4, Folder 19 | July - Dec 1960 (17: 6 from Park Avenue Literary Agency) | |
| Box 4, Folder 20 | Jan - June 1961 (14: 1 from Park Avenue Literary Agency) | |
| Box 4, Folder 21 | July - Aug 1961 (8) | |
| Box 4, Folder 22 | Sept - Nov 1961 (11) | |
| Box 4, Folder 23 | Dec 1961 (7) | |
| Box 4, Folder 24 | Christmas cards, 1961 (20) | |
| Box 5 | ||
| Box 5, Folder 1 | Jan - Feb 1962 (9) | |
| Box 5, Folder 2 | March - May 1962 (13) | |
| Box 5, Folder 3 | June 1962 (17) | |
| Box 5, Folder 4 | July 1962 (12) | |
| Box 5, Folder 5 | Aug - Sept 1962 (15) | |
| Box 5, Folder 6 | Oct 1962 (including a letter from Dorothea [Mrs. I. A.] Richards, with poem in typescript signed by I. A. R.) (11) | |
| Box 5, Folder 7 | Nov 1962 (11) | |
| Box 5, Folder 8 | Dec 1962 (11) | |
| Box 5, Folder 9 | Jan - May 1963 (14) | |
| Box 5, Folder 10 | June 1963 (4) | |
| Box 5, Folder 11 | July - Sept 1963 (8) | |
| Box 5, Folder 12 | Oct - Dec 1963 (15) | |
| Box 5, Folder 13 | Jan - Feb 1964 (13) | |
| Box 5, Folder 14 | March 1964 (12) | |
| Box 5, Folder 15 | April 1964 (6) | |
| Box 5, Folder 16 | May - June 1964 (8) | |
| Box 5, Folder 17 | July - Nov 1964 (7: 1 in French) | |
| Box 5, Folder 18 | Dec 1964 (16) | |
| Box 5, Folder 19 | 1964, no month given (from Jean Webster in regard to Crowder’s Storage Company’s handling of her belongings) (23) | |
| Box 5, Folder 20 | Jan - March 1965 (Ruth Chase Kirkland, Jan 28, 1965) (17) | |
| Box 5, Folder 21 | April - Aug 1965 (11) | |
| Box 5, Folder 22 | Sept - Nov 1965 (22: 1 in French) | |
| Box 5, Folder 23 | Dec 1965 (27) | |
| Box 5, Folder 24 | Jan - April 1966 (15) | |
| Box 5, Folder 25 | May - Sept 1966 (17) | |
| Box 5, Folder 26 | Oct - Nov 1966 (18) | |
| Box 5, Folder 27 | Dec 1966 (15) | |
| Box 6 | ||
| Box 6, Folder 1 | Jan - May 1967
(18) Folders 23-28 contain undated letters arranged alphabetically | |
| Box 6, Folder 2 | June - July 1967 (12) | |
| Box 6, Folder 3 | Aug - Dec 1967 (22) | |
| Box 6, Folder 4 | Jan - April 1968 (16: 1 in French) | |
| Box 6, Folder 5 | May - Dec 1968 (16) | |
| Box 6, Folder 6 | April - Nov 1969 (10) | |
| Box 6, Folder 7 | Dec 1969 (12) | |
| Box 6, Folder 8 | Jan - April 1970 (6) | |
| Box 6, Folder 9 | May - Dec 1970 (13) | |
| Box 6, Folder 10 | 1971 (12) | |
| Box 6, Folder 11 | 1972 (8) | |
| Box 6, Folder 12 | 1973 (10) | |
| Box 6, Folder 13 | 1974 (12) | |
| Box 6, Folder 14 | Jan - July 1975 (10) | |
| Box 6, Folder 15 | Aug - Dec 1975 (10) | |
| Box 6, Folder 16 | Jan - April 1976 (6) | |
| Box 6, Folder 17 | May - Dec 1976 (14) | |
| Box 6, Folder 18 | 1977 (7) | |
| Box 6, Folder 19 | 1978 (7) | |
| Box 6, Folder 20 | 1979 (11) | |
| Box 6, Folder 21 | 1970s? (5) | |
| Box 6, Folder 22 | 1980s (20) | |
| Box 6, Folder 23 | Adams - Buck, including Elinor Babson (35) | |
| Box 6, Folder 24 | Campbell - Cromwell, including Josephine (Mrs. B. Preston Clark) Downes (15) | |
| Box 6, Folder 25 | Dodge - Dwight, including Anne (Mrs. Frank Harley) Downes (10) | |
| Box 6, Folder 26 | Easton - Goodrich (15) | |
| Box 6, Folder 27 | Haller - Johnson (17) | |
| Box 6, Folder 28 | [from] Eleanor Huse | |
| Box 7 | ||
| Box 7, Folder 1 | [from] Ruth (Mrs. Edward C.) Kirkland (13) | |
| Box 7, Folder 2 | [from] Marcus P. Knowlton and family (wife Merry, children Laurie and Marc), and from E.K.’s mother (24) | |
| Box 7, Folder 3 | Knowlton [no relation] - Meda Lynn (10) | |
| Box 7, Folder 4 | Mann - Myles (21) | |
| Box 7, Folder 5 | [from] Grace Overmyer (15) | |
| Box 7, Folder 6 | Peterson - Romer (16) | |
| Box 7, Folder 7 | Smith - Vollrath (16) | |
| Box 7, Folder 8 | [from] Fritz Weissner and family (7) | |
| Box 7, Folder 9 | Wallace - Winkel (16) | |
| Box 7, Folder 10 | [from] Jean Webster (11) | |
| Box 7, Folder 11 | [from] Helen (Mrs. Trell) Yokum (7) | |
| Box 7, Folder 12 | [from] Helen (Mrs. Trell) Yokum (7) | |
| Box 7, Folder 13 | [by first name or unidentified] (17) | |
| Box 7, Folder 14 | [by first name or unidentified] (18) | |
| Box 7, Folder 15 | [by first name or unidentified] (15) | |
| Box 7, Folder 16 | [by first name or unidentified] (10) | |
| Box 7, Folder 17 | [by first name or unidentified] (25) | |
Subseries B: From Elizabeth Knowlton
Many of the pieces of correspondence from Knowlton are handwritten drafts of letters later typed and sent. These drafts are not always complete. Much of the correspondence is letters to the editors of the New York Times. Also included are letters to publishing houses such as Harcourt and Double Day, and magazines such as the Christian Science Monitor, Ladies' Home Journal, and Atlantic Monthly.
| Box 7, Folder 18 | 1916(?)-1921 (21) | |
| Box 7, Folder 19 | 1922-1928 (16) | |
| Box 7, Folder 20 | 1920s(?)-1931 (11) | |
| Box 7, Folder 21 | 1932 (11) | |
| Box 7, Folder 22 | May - Sept 14, 1933 (8) | |
| Box 7, Folder 23 | Sept 18 - Dec 1933 (8) | |
| Box 7, Folder 24 | 1934 (13) | |
| Box 7, Folder 25 | 1935 (7) | |
| Box 7, Folder 26 | 1936-1937 (7) | |
| Box 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 8, Folder 1 | 1938-1939 (8) | |
| Box 8, Folder 2 | 1940-1941 (10) | |
| Box 8, Folder 3 | 1942-1944 (10) | |
| Box 8, Folder 4 | 1945 (8) | |
| Box 8, Folder 5 | 1946 (15) | |
| Box 8, Folder 6 | 1946? (14) | |
| Box 8, Folder 7 | 1947-1948 (9) | |
| Box 8, Folder 8 | Jan - May 1949 (9) | |
| Box 8, Folder 9 | June - Oct 1949 (15) | |
| Box 8, Folder 10 | 1950 (12) | |
| Box 8, Folder 11 | 1951 (14) | |
| Box 8, Folder 12 | March - June 1952 (11: 9 to Comet Press Books regarding Grief is a Lonely Journey) | |
| Box 8, Folder 13 | July - Sept 1952 (17: 16 to Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 8, Folder 14 | Oct 1952 (12: 4 to Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 8, Folder 15 | Nov 1952 (15: 3 to Comet Press Books; those and most of the rest of the letters are regarding the publishing dispute between Knowlton and the agency) | |
| Box 8, Folder 16 | Dec 1952 (10: 1 to Comet Press Books; 1 to Vincent Connelly regarding dispute) | |
| Box 8, Folder 17 | 1953 (8: 1 to Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 8, Folder 18 | March - July 1954 (21: 3 to Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 8, Folder 19 | Aug - Dec 1954 (13) | |
| Box 8, Folder 20 | Jan - Sept 1955 (11: 4 to Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 8, Folder 21 | 1955? (8) | |
| Box 8, Folder 22 | 1956 (24: 4 to Comet Press Books) | |
| Box 8, Folder 23 | 1956? (16) | |
| Box 8, Folder 24 | 1957 (5) | |
| Box 8, Folder 25 | 1958 (12) | |
| Box 8, Folder 26 | 1959 (8) | |
| Box 8, Folder 27 | 1960-1961 (10) | |
| Box 8, Folder 28 | Jan - May 1962 (15) | |
| Box 8, Folder 29 | June - Dec 1962 (16) | |
| Box 8, Folder 30 | 1963 (15) | |
| Box 8, Folder 31 | 1964 (27: 1 letter to Jackie Kennedy gifting a copy of Grief is a Lonely Journey) | |
| Box 8, Folder 32 | 1965 (22) | |
| Box 8, Folder 33 | 1966 (12) | |
| Box 9 | ||
| Box 9, Folder 1 | 1967 (10) | |
| Box 9, Folder 2 | 1968-1970 (15) | |
| Box 9, Folder 3 | 1971 (12) | |
| Box 9, Folder 4 | 1972-1973 (13) | |
| Box 9, Folder 5 | 1974 (14) | |
| Box 9, Folder 6 | 1975 (15) | |
| Box 9, Folder 7 | 1976 (9) | |
| Box 9, Folder 8 | 1977-1978 (8) | |
| Box 9, Folder 9 | 1979 (7) | |
| Box 9, Folder 10 | 1980s (24) | |
| Box 9, Folder 11 | Undated (33) | |
| Box 9, Folder 12 | Undated, regarding vandalism to Knowlton’s manuscripts (1) | |
Subseries C: Others to Others
| Box 9, Folder 13 | To Jean Webster from Ruth Tuttle, undated (3) |
| Box 9, Folder 14 | Letters regarding Eleanor Huse memorial (10) |
| Box 9, Folder 15 | Personal correspondence (13) |
| Box 9, Folder 16 | Business correspondence, including health insurance, speaking engagements, etc. (26) |
| Box 9, Folder 17 | Regarding Knowlton's writing and publishing (15) |
Series 2: Mountaineering and Travel, 1914-1979
(4 Boxes)Subseries A: Published Works by Elizabeth Knowlton [on Climbing and Travel]
| Box 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 10, Folder 1 | Partial lists of published material, 1939? | |
| Box 10, Folder 2 | “The North,” Vassar Miscellany, March 1914, p. 359 | |
| Box 10, Folder 3 | “A Captive in the City Speaks to the City Dweller” [poem], Vassar Miscellany, March 1916, p. 356 | |
| Box 10, Folder 4 | “Iceland, Summer Host to World Flyers,” New York Herald Tribune, Aug 10, 1924, n.p. | |
| Box 10, Folder 5 | “Digging Up Carthage,” The Nation, Oct 8, 1924, p. 466; “France in Algeria and Tunisia,” The Nation, Sept 29, 1926, p. 466 | |
| Box 10, Folder 6 | “By Steamer Around the Land of the Sagas,” Travel, Sept 1924, p. 25 | |
| Box 10, Folder 7 | “Ungilded Corners of the Riviera,” Travel, Dec 1924, p. 36 | |
| Box 10, Folder 8 | “Ghosts Walk Among Ruins Near Carthage,” Springfield Sunday Republican, July 12, 1925, n.p. | |
| Box 10, Folder 9 | “Climbing in the Coolins of Skye,” Appalachia, Dec 1928, p. 112 | |
| Box 10, Folder 10 | “On Rocks,” The American Alpine Journal 1, no. 3, 1931, p. 340 | |
| Box 10, Folder 11 | “World’s 7th Highest Peak Turns Back its Invaders,” Springfield Union, Oct 2, 1932, p.1. (Front-page article featuring excerpts from Knowlton’s chronicle of the GAHE, plus photos and artwork attributed to Knowlton) | |
| Box 10, Folder 12 | “Party Now in India for Record Climb,” New York Times, May 9, 1932, n.p.; “Boston Woman Tells of Great Adventure,” NYT, n.d. | |
| Box 10, Folder 13 | Other NYT articles about the GAHE, 1932 | |
| Box 10, Folder 14 | Originals of newspaper articles by Knowlton on the GAHE, 1932 | |
| Box 10, Folder 15 | “Those Climbing Americans,” Independent Woman, July 1935, p. 218 | |
| Box 10, Folder 16 | “The Latest Invasion of Mexico,” The Nation, Dec 18, 1935, p. 707 | |
| Box 10, Folder 17 | “An American Tourist Speaks” [poem] Boston Herald, Aug 29, 1942, n.d. | |
| Box 10, Folder 18 | “Speaking of Mountaineers” [proofs] Appalachia, Dec 1942, n.d. | |
| Box 10, Folder 19 | “The Coolin” [poem], Appalachia?, n.d. | |
| Box 10, Folder 20 | “On the `Voice of America’” [letter] NYT, July 3, 1949, n.p. | |
| Box 10, Folder 21 | “Attempts to Climb Himalayas” [letter] NYT, July 25, 1953, n.p.; “Cleanliness of German Cities” [letter] NYT, Jan 31, 1955, n.p. | |
| Box 10, Folder 22 | “Tourists Abroad–Today’s Winning Entry” [travel story contest] New York Herald Tribune, July 2, 1956, n.p. | |
| Box 10, Folder 23 | “Bergfahrten in Colombien,” Nos Montagnes (SFAC, 1942 [first page only]); notice in Berge der Welt 3, 1948 [sic] | |
| Box 10, Folder 24 | “Canada’s Arctic Treasure,” Christian Science Monitor, Oct 24, 1963, n.p. | |
| Box 10, Folder 25 | Memorial to Eleanor Baker Huse by Knowlton and Susan Nichols Pulsifer, 1964? | |
| Box 10, Folder 26 | “Camping out in High Style,” NYT, Sept 5, 1965, n.p. | |
| Box 10, Folder 27 | “Hunting Himalayas in Nepal,” Appalachia 35, no. 4, Dec 15, 1965, p. 587 (plus proofs) | |
| Box 10, Folder 28 | “Old Folks at Home are Right at Home in Tents,” NYT, June 5, 1966, n.p. | |
| Box 10, Folder 29 | “Resorts–Africa” [galley proofs] NYT, June 1967 | |
| Box 10, Folder 30 | “The Greatest Attraction of Africa is the People,” NYT, July 28, 1968, n.p. | |
| Box 10, Folder 31 | “Fanny Bullock Workman,” Notable American Women 1607-1950, Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press, 1971, p.672 | |
Subseries B: German American Himalayan Expedition (GAHE) 1932 supporting documents
| Box 10, Folder 32 | “Club Alpino Italiano illustrati dall’On. Manaresi a Bolzano,” Lo Scarpone, Oct 1, 1931, n.p. (mentions Herron and Merkl, GAHE members) | |
| Box 10, Folder 33 | Lists of GAHE members’ other climbs and expeditions in English and German [plus supplement by Knowlton], p. 36 | |
| Box 10, Folder 34 | Newspaper articles about the GAHE, Spring/summer 1932 | |
| Box 10, Folder 35 | Newspaper articles about the GAHE, Spring/summer 1932 | |
| Box 10, Folder 36 | Newspaper articles about the GAHE, Spring/summer 1932 | |
| Box 10, Folder 37 | Originals of newspaper clippings about the GAHE, 1932 | |
| Box 10, Folder 38 | Lists of equipment and supplies, addresses c. 1932 | |
| Box 10, Folder 39 | Lists of equipment and supplies, addresses c. 1932 | |
| Box 10, Folder 40 | Lists of equipment and supplies, addresses c. 1932 | |
| Box 10, Folder 41 | Hotel and train receipts, 1932 | |
| Box 10, Folder 42 | Hotel and train receipts, 1932 | |
| Box 10, Folder 43 | Hotel and train receipts, 1932 | |
| Box 10, Folder 44 | Map of the Himalayas, n.d. | |
| Box 10, Folder 45 | Notices of lectures given by Knowlton, mostly about GAHE, 1933-1935 | |
| Box 10, Folder 46 | Knowlton’s notes on what happened to Rand Herron, with two addresses | |
| Box 10, Folder 47 | Rand Herron’s death notice Time, Oct 24, 1932: n.p.; other publications |
Subseries C: Newspaper Clippings and Other Publications
| Box 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 11, Folder 1 | Arthur Perkins, “Failure of the attack on Kanchenjunga” [featuring Ernest Wood Johnson] Mountain Magazine, March 1931, p.9 | |
| Box 11, Folder 2 | “British Expedition to Mount Kamet: A Giant of the Himalaya” [photo essay], The Times, April 4, 1931, n.p. | |
| Box 11, Folder 3 | “Call out the Crag Rats!” April 2, 1932, n.p. | |
| Box 11, Folder 4 | Newspaper accounts of 1932 Lindley expedition to McKinley for cosmic ray tests | |
| Box 11, Folder 5 | German newspaper accounts of 1934 Nanga Parbat expedition, 1934-1935 | |
| Box 11, Folder 6 | American newspaper accounts of 1934 Nanga Parbat expedition, plus reviews of Fritz Bechtold’s book on same | |
| Box 11, Folder 7 | Rockwell Kent, “Would Preserve Whiteface” [Letter to the Editor] NYT, April 12, 1934, n.p. | |
| Box 11, Folder 8 | “Springfield Woman [EK] Scales Peak in Canadian Rockies” [partial--source unknown] 1939? | |
| Box 11, Folder 9 | Hal Burton, “The Lure of the Murdering Mountain” [Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland] Saturday Evening Post, March 3, 1951, n.p. | |
| Box 11, Folder 10 | Newspaper articles about the Virgin Islands, 1951 | |
| Box 11, Folder 11 | [Article on Annapurna, Himalayas], The Illustrated London News, March 15, 1952, n.p. | |
| Box 11, Folder 12 | Newpaper and magazine articles on Mt. Everest attacks and conquest, 1932-1953 | |
| Box 11, Folder 13 | [Mt. Everest, the second Swiss attempt], The Illustrated London News, Jan 24, 1953, n.p. and Time (n.d.): n.p. | |
| Box 11, Folder 14 | Coverage of the British Mt. Everest expedition conquest, The Illustrated London News, June 25 and 27, 1953, n.p. | |
| Box 11, Folder 15 | “The First Ascent of Mount Everest,” supplement to The Times, July 1953, n.p. | |
| Box 11, Folder 16 | [On the conquest of Everest] Life, June 29 and July 13, 1953, n.p. | |
| Box 11, Folder 17 | Robert H. Bates, “We met Death on K-2,” The Saturday Evening Post, Dec 5, 1953, p.19 | |
| Box 11, Folder 18 | [On the Nevado Salcantay (Andes) expedition] The Saturday Evening Post, Feb 7, 1953, p. 17 | |
| Box 11, Folder 19 | Articles on the conquest of Nanga Parbat and K2, Himalayas, 1953-1954 | |
| Box 11, Folder 20 | Photo and caption, K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen), The Illustrated London News, Aug 14, 1954, n.p. | |
| Box 11, Folder 21 | [On the conquest of K2] Life, Oct 11, 1954, n.p. | |
| Box 11, Folder 22 | “New Peak to Conquer” [attempt on Tricmir, Karachi, Pakistan] ?, 1955 | |
| Box 11, Folder 23 | James Ramsey Ullman, “Killer Mountain” [Nanga Parbat] True, Feb 1957, p. 24 | |
| Box 11, Folder 24 | Robert Halmi, “Camera Safari,” True?, 1957, p. 27 | |
| Box 11, Folder 25 | Woodrow Wilson Sayre, “Commando Raid on Everest,” Life, March 22, 1963, n.p. | |
| Box 11, Folder 26 | Materials on women climbers in the Himalayas, 1964-1982 | |
| Box 11, Folder 27 | Materials on Mt McKinley and The Mountaineering Club of Alaska, 1970-1977 | |
| Box 11, Folder 28 | “International Himalayan Expedition 1971–Mount Everest Direttissima.” | |
| Box 11, Folder 29 | Newspaper articles about other expeditions, 1932-1974 and n.d. | |
| Box 11, Folder 30 | [On Betsy Strong Cowles, AAC] American Magazine, Nov 1955, p. 47 | |
| Box 11, Folder 31 | “Ascent: II. Whymper and Mummery,” New Yorker, March 13, 1965, p.130 [partial] | |
| Box 11, Folder 32 | “List of Mountaineering Clubs,” “University Climbing Clubs,” “Mountaineering Clubs and Their Publications,” 1966 | |
| Box 11, Folder 33 | Obituaries of Annie S. Peck (in NYT (October 20, 1984): n.p. and others) | |
| Box 11, Folder 34 | Published autobiographical sketches of Elsie Burr (Mrs. Philip H.) Sherwood and Anna B. Stearns regarding travel [source unknown] | |
| Box 11, Folder 35 | “Patterns of Eskimo Deviance in a New Eastern Arctic Town,” Research Previews 12, no.1, Jan 1965, n.p. [offprint] | |
| Box 11, Folder 36 | Conservation questionnaire, Appalachia 40, no.1, Jan - Feb 1984, p.15 [partially filled out by EK] | |
Subseries D: Clubs and Associations
| Box 11, Folder 37 | Alpine Club of Canada, 1957-1971 | |
| Box 11, Folder 38 | American Alpine Club, By-laws and registers, 1956, 1959-1961 | |
| Box 11, Folder 39 | American Alpine Club, By-laws and registers, 1962, 1965, 1971 | |
| Box 11, Folder 40 | American Alpine Club, list of publications, supplemental membership information, member card, 1934-1937 | |
| Box 11, Folder 41 | American Alpine Club, membership handbooks, 1974, 1980, 1988 | |
| Box 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 12, Folder 1 | American Alpine Club, miscellaneous materials, 1953-1988 and n.d. | |
| Box 12, Folder 2 | American Alpine Club Certificate of Appreciation (1982) and “Youngest Climber Award” (1983) | |
| Box 12, Folder 3 | Materials on Rendez-Vous Hautes Montagnes (a division of the American Alpine Club), 1968-1977 [see also typescripts in MSS series, Box 17, f.5] | |
| Box 12, Folder 4 | American Geographical Society materials, 1958-1959 | |
| Box 12, Folder 5 | Appalachian Mountain Club, 1959-1967 | |
| Box 12, Folder 6 | Appalachian Mountain Club, 1971-1975 | |
| Box 12, Folder 7 | Appalachian Mountain Club, 1975-1976 | |
| Box 12, Folder 8 | Appalachian Mountain Club materials, 1965-1978 [including Appalachian Trailway News, May 1970] | |
| Box 12, Folder 9 | Arctic Institute of North America materials, 1962-1963, plus map of Polar Region, western hemisphere | |
| Box 12, Folder 10 | Groupe de Haute Montagne, 1934-1937 | |
| Box 12, Folder 11 | The Himalaya Club, 1950-1978 | |
| Box 12, Folder 12 | Ladies' Alpine Club, 1961-1963 | |
| Box 12, Folder 13 | Ladies' Alpine Club, 1964-1966 | |
| Box 12, Folder 14 | Ladies' Alpine Club, 1968-1970 | |
| Box 12, Folder 15 | Ladies' Alpine Club, misc papers, 1962-1967 | |
| Box 12, Folder 16 | Other mountaineering clubs, 1934-1979, Adirondack-Alpinisme | |
| Box 12, Folder 17 | Other mountaineering clubs, 1934-1979, American-Schweizerische | |
| Box 12, Folder 18 | Randolph Mountain Club, 1934-1952 | |
| Box 13 | ||
| Box 13, Folder 1 | Sierra Club materials, 1962-1979 and n.d. | |
| Box 13, Folder 2 | Society of Woman Geographers materials, 1935-1947 | |
| Box 13, Folder 3 | Society of Woman Geographers materials, 1948-1960 | |
| Box 13, Folder 4 | Society of Woman Geographers materials, 1961-1979 | |
| Box 13, Folder 5 | Society of Woman Geographers miscellaneous papers, 1934-1977 | |
| Box 13, Folder 6 | Women’s Travel Club and Explorers Club, materials, 1957-1975 | |
| Box 13, Folder 7 | Memorials to Miriam Underhill (Women's Travel Club), including one by Knowlton, 1974 | |
Subseries E: Miscellaneous
| Box 13, Folder 8 | Advertisements, pamphlets, and brochures |
| Box 13, Folder 9 | Maps |
| Box 13, Folder 10 | Publicity materials, reviews, and lists for books on climbing/mountaineering |
| Box 13, Folder 11 | Travel permits and itineraries |
| Box 13, Folder 12 | Unused postcards |
| Box 13, Folder 13 | Unused postcards |
Series 3: Other Activities and Interests, 1890-1980s
(3 Boxes)Subseries A: Clubs and associations
| Box 13, Folder 14 | Black Affairs Council, Black Unitarian Universalist Caucus, Cambridge Black Liberation Front materials [portions possibly by Knowlton] n.d. | |
| Box 13, Folder 15 | Social Responsibility Committee materials and other materials on race relations, 1960s and 1970s | |
| Box 13, Folder 16 | Memorial to Margaret Adams by Ron Engel, Jan 8, 1978, with other Unitarian Universalist materials | |
| Box 13, Folder 17 | Alumnae affairs materials, including Knowlton’s letter to Vassar Class of 1916, April 1957 - 1971 | |
| Box 13, Folder 18 | Noyes School of Rhythm [Valeria Ladd] materials, 1934-1974 | |
| Box 13, Folder 19 | Astronomy class notes, 1974 | |
| Box 13, Folder 20 | Cambridge Center [William Bestor] writing group materials, including some critical commentary, 1974 | |
| Box 13, Folder 21 | Various Authors' Groups/Organizations, 1938-1958 | |
| Box 13, Folder 22 | Poetry workshop materials, plus notes by Knowlton, 1967 | |
| Box 13, Folder 23 | Cambridge Forum notices, with Knowlton’s notes, 1970s | |
| Box 13, Folder 24 | Manuscript Club of Boston materials, 1976-1978 | |
| Box 13, Folder 25 | The Williamson Log, 1948, 1953 |
Subseries B: Clippings/Pamphlets [on Subjects Other Than Mountaineering]
| Box 13, Folder 26 | Corey Ford, “Nobody Marries the Hero,” Saturday Evening Post, May 16, 1936, n.p. | |
| Box 13, Folder 27 | Indexed map of Boston (Brookline) Massachusetts, 1938 | |
| Box 13, Folder 28 | Ford Sunday Evening Hour programs transcripts, “Modern Pioneers,” “Palm Sunday,” and music selections, Jan - March, 1940 | |
| Box 13, Folder 29 | War news clippings, 1941 and n.d. | |
| Box 13, Folder 30 | Pamphlets about streptomycin and transcripts of radio broadcasts, 1945 | |
| Box 13, Folder 31 | Clippings about streptomycin, 1945-1946 and n.d. | |
| Box 13, Folder 32 | Clippings on other medical subjects, 1945-1946 and n.d. | |
| Box 13, Folder 33 | Clippings on African American issues, n.d. | |
| Box 13, Folder 34 | Clippings on literature, science and the arts, 1936-1963 and n.d. | |
| Box 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 14, Folder 1 | Clippings on society, politics and humor, 1923-1970 and n.d. | |
| Box 14, Folder 2 | Kham, Nguyen Khac. An Introduction to Vietnamese Culture. Tokyo: The Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies, 1967 | |
| Box 14, Folder 3 | Sylvia Plath, “Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices,” Ms, Spring 1972, 85 | |
Subseries C: Family/Biographical Materials and Miscellaneous Personal Papers
| Box 14, Folder 4 | Calendar/appointment books, 1929-1979 | |
| Box 14, Folder 5 | Address books, 1920s-1930s | |
| Box 14, Folder 6 | Names, addresses, other lists from the 1920s and 1930s | |
| Box 14, Folder 7 | Names, addresses, other lists from the 1940s | |
| Box 14, Folder 8 | Names, addresses, other lists from 1950s | |
| Box 14, Folder 9 | Names, addresses, other lists from the 1960s-1980s | |
| Box 14, Folder 10 | Names, addresses, other lists, n.d. | |
| Box 14, Folder 11 | Receipts and brochures from the 1920s and 1930s | |
| Box 14, Folder 12 | Receipts and brochures from the 1940s | |
| Box 14, Folder 13 | Receipts and brochures from the 1950s | |
| Box 14, Folder 14 | Receipts and brochures from the 1960s-1980s | |
| Box 14, Folder 15 | Receipts from the Seiler Hotels, Zermatt July - Sept, 1966 | |
| Box 14, Folder 16 | Lab work, fingerprints, passports | |
| Box 14, Folder 17 | Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) information, 1949 | |
| Box 14, Folder 18 | "Diet Reference Chart," "Diet List," "How to Live" [pamphlet, by Life Extension Examiners, NY], n.d. | |
| Box 14, Folder 19 | Life insurance | |
| Box 14, Folder 20 | Webster/Knowlton genealogy | |
| Box 14, Folder 21 | Knowlton family receipts, clippings, biographical entries, 1803-1960s? | |
| Box 14, Folder 22 | Letters to Knowlton family, 1890-1932 | |
| Box 14, Folder 23 | Copybook in French from Ecole de S.S. Anges, West Manchester, NH, 1907-1908 | |
| Box 14, Folder 24 | Report card from The Hotchkiss School, January 23, 1909 | |
| Box 14, Folder 25 | Official abstract from Records of Birth, Division of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, July 24, 1942 | |
| Box 14, Folder 26 | Calling cards, engraving plate, library card | |
| Box 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 15, Folder 1 | Will (first version) signed May 18, 1942 | |
| Box 15, Folder 2 | Documents relating to sale of securities to Union Trust Company of Springfield, MA, May 20, 1942 | |
| Box 15, Folder 3 | Union Trust Company statements and deposit slip, 1946 and 1947 | |
| Box 15, Folder 4 | Will (second version) signed January 18, 1949 | |
| Box 15, Folder 5 | Jean Webster’s job application and list of names and addresses | |
| Box 15, Folder 6 | Will (third version), First Codicil and Indenture of Trust, 1967, unsigned | |
| Box 15, Folder 7 | Signed emendation to will, January 15, 1967 | |
| Box 15, Folder 8 | Obituaries of Knowlton plus biographical entries and biographical notes, some by Knowlton | |
Series 4: Manuscripts, 1912-1978
(14 Boxes)Subseries A: Diary (photocopy)
| Box 15, Folder 9 | Diary entries, 1912-1923 | |
| Box 15, Folder 10 | Diary entries, April - May 1956 | |
| Box 15, Folder 11 | Diary, scattered entries, 1913-1968 | |
| Box 15, Folder 12 | Diary, scattered entries, 1913-1968 | |
| Box 15, Folder 13 | Diary, scattered entries, 1913-1968 | |
| Box 15, Folder 14 | Diary, scattered entries, 1913-1968 | |
| Box 15, Folder 15 | Diary, scattered entries, 1913-1968 |
Subseries B: Short prose works
| Box 15, Folder 16 | “I Bellagio II Ann III Frances” (draft) n.d. | |
| Box 15, Folder 17 | “Roommates” (typescript), published in Vassar Miscellany Monthly, 1916 | |
| Box 15, Folder 18 | “The Little White Kitten” (typescripts), published in Vassar Miscellany Monthly, 1916 | |
| Box 15, Folder 19 | “Snapshots of the Battlefront, 1920″ (typescript) course paper | |
| Box 15, Folder 20 | “An Artist in Failure” (typescript) course paper, 1916? | |
| Box 15, Folder 21 | “The First Part of a Talk on Expository Writing by Charles Townsend Copeland (Condensed and Murdered by Elizabeth Knowlton)” (typescript) course paper, 1916? | |
| Box 15, Folder 22 | “Abigail and the Good Young Man” (typescript) writing assignment, 1916? | |
| Box 15, Folder 23 | “Abigail and the Good Young Man” (typescript) synopsis, 1919(?), plus rejection slips, n.d. | |
| Box 15, Folder 24 | “Abigail and the Good Young Man” (typescripts), 1923(?) and fragment, n.d. | |
| Box 15, Folder 25 | [Story of Knowlton's 1914 trip to Europe] (partial draft) 1917 | |
| Box 15, Folder 26 | “A Plea for Economics” (typescript) course paper, 1917 | |
| Box 15, Folder 27 | “The Little Things” and “Lookers-on” [sketches] (typescripts), 1918? | |
| Box 15, Folder 28 | Challenge: The Square Peg (draft), 1919? | |
| Box 15, Folder 29 | Challenge: The Square Peg (draft), 1919? | |
| Box 15, Folder 30 | Challenge: The Square Peg (draft), 1919? | |
| Box 15, Folder 31 | Seeing the World, With the Perfect Economist," (typescript) 1919? | |
| Box 15, Folder 32 | “Economics and Our Colleges” (typescript), 1919? | |
| Box 15, Folder 33 | “The Sorceress” (typescript), 1919? | |
| Box 15, Folder 34 | “The End” and “Seed” (typescripts) fragments, 1919(?) and 1923(?) with rejection slips | |
| Box 15, Folder 35 | “On Rejection Slips’ (typescripts), 1919? and 1933? | |
| Box 15, Folder 36 | [Reindeer Man] (typescripts) fragments and abstract; (draft) fragment, 1919? and n.d. | |
| Box 15, Folder 37 | “Unemployed” (typescript), 1921? | |
| Box 15, Folder 38 | “Lord Leverhulme’s Experiment” (typescript), 1922? | |
| Box 15, Folder 39 | [on Iceland] (drafts), 1923? | |
| Box 15, Folder 40 | ["The Icelandic Renaissance"] (typescript with draft), 1923? | |
| Box 15, Folder 41 | “The Icelandic Renaissance” (typescripts) plus fragments, 1923? | |
| Box 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 16, Folder 1 | “Iceland: The Land of the Warm Welcome” (typescripts and fragments) 1923? | |
| Box 16, Folder 2 | “Fisher-folk, Fjords and Flowers in Northern Iceland” (typescript), 1924? | |
| Box 16, Folder 3 | “An Unconsidered Trifle” (typescript), 1924? | |
| Box 16, Folder 4 | “A Woman of Thirty: A Study” (draft), 1925? | |
| Box 16, Folder 5 | “On Rocks” (draft), 1925? [published 1931] | |
| Box 16, Folder 6 | “Sophia” and “Philipp” [sketches] (drafts), 1925? | |
| Box 16, Folder 7 | “Some Balkan Towns” (typescripts), 1928? | |
| Box 16, Folder 8 | “The Rope/Black Coolins” (drafts), 1922 and 1928? | |
| Box 16, Folder 9 | “The Rope” (typescript), 1928? | |
| Box 16, Folder 10 | “Black Coolins” (fire-damaged typescript), n.d. | |
| Box 16, Folder 11 | “The Rope” (typescript) )1962 version), plus commentary by H. Hull and Gabe Lanci | |
| Box 16, Folder 12 | “Mountain Interlude” (typescript with draft), 1930? | |
| Box 16, Folder 13 | [on rockyside mountaineering] (typescript and drafts), 1934? | |
| Box 16, Folder 14 | “The Latest Invasion of Mexico” (typescript with drafts), published 1935 | |
| Box 16, Folder 15 | Press release announcing reading by Langston Hughes in NYC, 1936 (typescript) | |
| Box 16, Folder 16 | “Trips in the Canadian Rockies” (typescript), 1939? | |
| Box 16, Folder 17 | [regarding Communism] (draft fragment), 1940? | |
| Box 16, Folder 18 | “Is the New Barbarism Practical?” (typescripts), 1941 | |
| Box 16, Folder 19 | “Is the New Barbarism Practical?” (typescripts), 1941 | |
| Box 16, Folder 20 | “Climbing in Colombia” (typescript and drafts), 1942 to 1960? | |
| Box 16, Folder 21 | [on San Francisco UN charter] (typescripts), 1945 | |
| Box 16, Folder 22 | “Day After Tomorrow” (typescript), 1946? | |
| Box 16, Folder 23 | “People are Like Plants” (typescripts and drafts), 1946-1949? | |
| Box 16, Folder 24 | “Change of Temperature” ["People Are Like Plants"] 1965? | |
| Box 16, Folder 25 | EK’s translation of “A Warning for All” by Werner Friedmann, 1949? | |
| Box 16, Folder 26 | “An Open Letter to a Publisher Friend” (typescript), 1949? | |
| Box 16, Folder 27 | “The Enquiring Reporter in the Austrian Alps” (typescript), 1949? | |
| Box 16, Folder 28 | “Note on the Austrian Alps–1949″ (typescript) | |
| Box 16, Folder 29 | “The Tirol Waits for Peace” (typescript with drafts) 1949 | |
| Box 16, Folder 30 | ["Health Off the Assembly Line (or) I Went to the Mayo Clinic"] (drafts) plus copy of questionnaire (typescript), 1949? | |
| Box 16, Folder 31 | ["Health Off the Assembly Line (or) I Went to the Mayo Clinic"] (drafts) plus copy of questionnaire (typescript), 1949 | |
| Box 16, Folder 32 | Outline of prospective book of mountaineering stories, including notations of some article publications (typescript), 1940s | |
| Box 16, Folder 33 | “With Her Own Eyes” (typescripts), 1949 and 1952? | |
| Box 16, Folder 34 | “Zugspitze Story/International Incident” (typescripts), 1949-1952? | |
| Box 16, Folder 35 | “Period Piece (An Experiment)” (typescript and fragments), 1949-1962 | |
| Box 16, Folder 36 | “Period Piece (An Experiment)” (typescript and fragments), 1949-1962 | |
| Box 16, Folder 37 | “Princess Lointaine” (typescripts), 1949? | |
| Box 16, Folder 38 | “Princess Lointaine” (typescripts), 1949? | |
| Box 16, Folder 39 | “Princess Lointaine” (typescripts), 1949? | |
| Box 16, Folder 40 | Portions of typed translations of newspaper articles having to do with Peter Aschenbrenner’s planned 1953 attack on Nanga Parbat | |
| Box 16, Folder 41 | Obituary for Mrs. Donald W. Brown (typescript) October 1954 | |
| Box 16, Folder 42 | [Andrea Dorea disaster story] (typescript and draft fragments), 1956 | |
| Box 16, Folder 43 | “Those Happy Climbing Days” (typescripts), 1956 | |
| Box 17 | ||
| Box 17, Folder 1 | “Those Happy Climbing Days” (typescripts), 1956 | |
| Box 17, Folder 2 | [Travel experiences] (typescripts with drafts), 1957-1970? | |
| Box 17, Folder 3 | “Rip Van Winkle Returns to the Alps” (typescript with drafts), 1959? | |
| Box 17, Folder 4 | “First Flight” (typescripts), 1960? | |
| Box 17, Folder 5 | “A Memory-Refresher for Miriam Underhill . . .” (typescript), 1960? | |
| Box 17, Folder 6 | “The Dream” (typescripts), 1960? | |
| Box 17, Folder 7 | “Home-Coming” (typescript) with comments by Helen Hull, 1960 | |
| Box 17, Folder 8 | “Very Tentative Suggestions for a Club of Women Climbers…” (typescript with drafts), 1961? | |
| Box 17, Folder 9 | “Che e Tutti il Senso?” (typescript), 1962? | |
| Box 17, Folder 10 | “Eighteen Hours to Wait” (typescript), 1962? | |
| Box 17, Folder 11 | “The Nursing Home” (typescript and drafts), 1962? | |
| Box 17, Folder 12 | “The Nursing Home” (typescript and drafts), 1962? | |
| Box 17, Folder 13 | “Dialogue Between Two Angels: A Mystery Play” (typescript) plus notes on drama from Rick Sommers’ class, 1962 | |
| Box 17, Folder 14 | “An Early American Dialogue Between Two Teen-Agers” (typescript), 1962? | |
| Box 17, Folder 15 | “Dialogues After an Event” [the Bomb], 1962? | |
| Box 17, Folder 16 | “Portugal, Prince Henry and the Modern World” (typescript), 1962 | |
| Box 17, Folder 17 | “Intercontinental” (typescript), 1962? | |
| Box 17, Folder 18 | “Episode on an Expedition” (typescript) fragment, 1962? | |
| Box 17, Folder 19 | “Two Nymphs and a Satyr” (draft), 1962? | |
| Box 17, Folder 20 | “Two Nymphs and a Satyr” (typescript), 1962? | |
| Box 17, Folder 21 | “Two Nymphs and a Satyr” (typescript), 1963? | |
| Box 17, Folder 22 | “Two Nymphs and a Satyr” (typescript), 1963? | |
| Box 17, Folder 23 | “Flight to the North” (typescripts and drafts) fragments, 1963? | |
| Box 17, Folder 24 | “The Canadian Arctic: Present and Future” (typescript and drafts), 1963 | |
| Box 17, Folder 25 | [on the Canadian Arctic] (typescripts and drafts) fragments, 1963 | |
| Box 17, Folder 26 | “Mountain Moments” (typescript), 1964? | |
| Box 17, Folder 27 | “The Blue People and the Purple People Live Together on an Island” (typescript), 1965 (?), plus commentary | |
| Box 17, Folder 28 | “The Blue People and the Purple People Live Together on an Island” (typescript), 1965 (?), plus commentary | |
| Box 17, Folder 29 | “The Blue People and the Purple People Live Together on an Island” (typescript), 1965 (?), plus commentary | |
| Box 17, Folder 30 | “Hunting Himalayas in Nepal” (typescripts and drafts), 1965? | |
| Box 17, Folder 31 | “Hunting Himalayas in Nepal” (in Appalachia, Dec 1965) | |
| Box 17, Folder 32 | “The Dream” (typescript with draft) memorial essay for Eleanor Baker Huse, 1965 | |
| Box 17, Folder 33 | [Petition for funds, First World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, Senegal] (typescript), 1966? | |
| Box 17, Folder 34 | ["Old Folks are Right at Home in Tents"] (typescript and drafts), published 1966 | |
| Box 17, Folder 35 | [Arctic Story] (typescript and draft portions), 1967? | |
| Box 17, Folder 36 | “Visits to Two Great Peaks” (typescript), 1967? | |
| Box 17, Folder 37 | “West Africa for the Tourist” (typescripts with draft), 1967 | |
| Box 17, Folder 38 | “Africa is People” (typescripts), 1967-1968 | |
| Box 17, Folder 39 | “Africa is People” (typescripts), 1967-1968 | |
| Box 17, Folder 40 | “Africa is People” (typescript and draft portions), 1967-1968 | |
| Box 18 | ||
| Box 18, Folder 1 | “One is One” (typescript and draft fragments), 1968? | |
| Box 18, Folder 2 | “For Women Mountaineers, or Rendez-Vous Hautes Montagnes” and “For the AAC News for November” (typescripts), 1969? | |
| Box 18, Folder 3 | [on the generation gap] (drafts), 1960s? | |
| Box 18, Folder 4 | “I Meet Some Surprising Himalayan Horses” (typescripts with draft), 1971? | |
| Box 18, Folder 5 | “Conversations With Myself” (typescripts) with comments, 1971? | |
| Box 18, Folder 6 | “Fanny Bullock Workman (Notable American Women [Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1971]: n.p.) (typescript and drafts) plus article by Dorothy Middleton on FBW, n.d. | |
| Box 18, Folder 7 | “A Comment on the Alaskan Pipeline” (typescript and draft fragments), 1973? | |
| Box 18, Folder 8 | [Notes for Helen Eaton memorial] (typescript and draft), 1974 | |
| Box 18, Folder 9 | “An Educational Travelogue . . . on Mt. Rainier” (draft), 1970s | |
| Box 18, Folder 10 | “Some Memories of Jean Webster” (typescript), 1970s | |
| Box 18, Folder 11 | [On women mountaineers, 1888-1969] (typescript), 1970s | |
| Box 18, Folder 12 | ["The Schwartzhorn Chimney"] (draft), 1931? | |
| Box 18, Folder 13 | “Leopards’ Spots [TSC]” (typescript), 1937? | |
| Box 18, Folder 14 | “Leopard’s Spots/ A Leopard and His Spots” (typescript), 1939 | |
| Box 18, Folder 15 | “The Schwartzhorn Chimney” (typescript), 1939? | |
| Box 18, Folder 16 | “The Schwartzhorn Chimney” (typescript), 1960? | |
| Box 18, Folder 17 | “The Schwartzhorn Chimney or? Leopard’s Spots” (typescript), 1965? | |
| Box 18, Folder 18 | ["Time's Chariot"] (draft), 1934? | |
| Box 18, Folder 19 | ["Time's Chariot"] (drafts), 1938-1958? | |
| Box 18, Folder 20 | ["Time's Chariot"] (drafts), 1938-1958? | |
| Box 18, Folder 21 | “Time’s Chariot” (typescripts), 1958-1959? | |
| Box 18, Folder 22 | “The Riddle/ Fullness of Life” (drafts), 1935-1937? | |
| Box 18, Folder 23 | “Fullness of Life” (typescripts and fragments), 1938 | |
| Box 18, Folder 24 | ["Fullness of Life"] (draft portions and notes), 1940s-1970s | |
| Box 18, Folder 25 | “Fullness of Life/ The (Long) Tunnel/ Moment of Truth” (typescripts) 1960s and 1970s, with comments by H. Hull | |
| Box 18, Folder 26 | “Moment of Light” (typescript) n.d. | |
| Box 18, Folder 27 | “Mothers Always Understand” (draft), 1936? | |
| Box 18, Folder 28 | “Mothers Always Understand/A Debutante’s Story” (typescripts with drafts), 1939-1962? | |
| Box 18, Folder 29 | “Janey” (typescripts), 1962? | |
| Box 18, Folder 30 | "The Elsa Framingham Blaine Award," n.d. | |
| Box 18, Folder 31 | Unidentified fragments and handwritten notes | |
Subseries C: Extensive prose works
This subseries is arranged chronologically as best as possible. Drafts of the novel Avalanche Wind changed frequently and were variously written and filed under the titles This Nettle Danger (c. 1936-1946), Ramiwari (c. 1936-1949), Here Living Starts (c. 1939-1953), and Wind Between the Worlds (c. 1949-1970s).
| Box 18, Folder 32 | Table of Contents and synopsis, The Naked Mountain (typescript) | |
| Box 18, Folder 33 | “Rand Herron 1902-1932″ [chapter in Epilogue, The Naked Mountain] (typescripts with drafts), 1933 | |
| Box 18, Folder 34 | [The Naked Mountain] (post-script and miscellaneous pages) | |
| Box 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 19, Folder 1 | Clippings and commentary on The Naked Mountain, Oct 1933 - June 1934 and n.d. | |
| Box 19, Folder 2 | Review by Rohi Underhill of The Naked Mountain, published in Appalachia, Dec 1933 | |
| Box 19, Folder 3 | Promotional material for The Naked Mountain, Oct 1933 - Oct 1934 and n.d. | |
| Box 19, Folder 4 | Submission histories of This Nettle, Danger/Here Living Starts (1941) / The Mountain Wind (1953) | |
| Box 19, Folder 5 | This Nettle, Danger (draft fragments) | |
| Box 19, Folder 6 | This Nettle, Danger (draft fragments) | |
| Box 19, Folder 7 | This Nettle, Danger (draft fragments) | |
| Box 19, Folder 8 | This Nettle, Danger (draft segment) | |
| Box 19, Folder 9 | [This Nettle, Danger] (draft portions) marked MT, e, ? and = | |
| Box 19, Folder 10 | [This Nettle, Danger] (typescript and draft portions) marked C, KA and BC | |
| Box 19, Folder 11 | This Nettle, Danger (draft notes) directions for outtakes | |
| Box 19, Folder 12 | This Nettle, Danger (typescripts) “Red Sea and Indian Ocean” outtakes, plus Table of Contents | |
| Box 19, Folder 13 | [This Nettle, Danger] (typescript) “Bombay to Lali” outtakes | |
| Box 19, Folder 14 | [This Nettle, Danger] (typescript) remainder, outtakes | |
| Box 19, Folder 15 | [This Nettle, Danger] (typescript) “Jane Writes” | |
| Box 19, Folder 16 | This Nettle, Danger (typescript) pp. 1-45, with gaps, plus table of Contents | |
| Box 19, Folder 17 | [This Nettle, Danger] (typescript) pp. 46-71, with gaps | |
| Box 19, Folder 18 | [This Nettle, Danger] (typescript) pp. 72-103 | |
| Box 19, Folder 19 | [This Nettle, Danger] (typescript) pp. 104-126 | |
| Box 19, Folder 20 | [This Nettle, Danger] (typescript) pp. 127-144 | |
| Box 19, Folder 21 | [This Nettle, Danger] (typescript) pp. 145-173 | |
| Box 19, Folder 22 | Now Living Starts (typescript and draft fragments) plus list of proper names for characters | |
| Box 19, Folder 23 | Introduction to Living, or Escape Into Living [Here Living Starts] (typescripts) synopsis and selected pages | |
| Box 19, Folder 24 | Introduction to Living (typescripts) title page, synopsis, prologue, pp. 1-2 of version R and pp. 1-48 of version T | |
| Box 19, Folder 25 | [Jane Writes/Ramiwari] (typescript fragment), 1936-1949 | |
| Box 19, Folder 26 | [Jane Writes/Ramiwari] (typescript fragment) | |
| Box 19, Folder 27 | [Ramiwari] by Whitney Mitchell, pseud. (typescript and draft fragments) | |
| Box 19, Folder 28 | [Ramiwari] by Whitney Mitchell, pseud. (typescript and draft fragments) | |
| Box 20 | ||
| Box 20, Folder 1 | [Ramiwari] by Whitney Mitchell, pseud. (typescript and draft fragments) | |
| Box 20, Folder 2 | [Here Living Starts] (typescripts) segments of versions T, cf and J | |
| Box 20, Folder 3 | [Here Living Starts] (typescripts) segments of versions av and ? | |
| Box 20, Folder 4 | [Here Living Starts] (typescripts) segments of versions /, T and z | |
| Box 20, Folder 5 | [Here Living Starts] (typescripts) segments of versions =x, = and T= | |
| Box 20, Folder 6 | [Here Living Starts] (typescripts) segments of versions s, sx, sy, sz and sd | |
| Box 20, Folder 7 | [Here Living Starts] (typescripts) segments of versions @x, b, CB and % | |
| Box 20, Folder 8 | [Here Living Starts] (typescripts) segments of versions #, #a and @ | |
| Box 20, Folder 9 | [The Mountain Wind] (draft fragments and segments) | |
| Box 20, Folder 10 | [The Mountain Wind] (draft segments) plus titles and notes | |
| Box 20, Folder 11 | [The Mountain Wind] (typescripts) segments of versions A and [paginated] | |
| Box 20, Folder 12 | [The Mountain Wind] (typescripts) segments of versions R, e and T pp. 1-3, plus 1936 version pp. 1-66 | |
| Box 20, Folder 13 | Commentary on The Mountain Wind by Maryse Rutledge and [unattributed] (typescripts), 1950 and n.d. | |
| Box 20, Folder 14 | [Wind Between the Worlds] (typescript) pp. 8-22, with gaps | |
| Box 20, Folder 15 | [Wind Between the Worlds] (typescript), pp. 94 and 174-197 | |
| Box 20, Folder 16 | [Wind Between the Worlds] (typescript), pp. 198-229 | |
| Box 20, Folder 17 | [Wind Between the Worlds] (typescript), pp. 230-253 | |
| Box 20, Folder 18 | [Wind Between the Worlds] (typescript), pp. 254-284 | |
| Box 20, Folder 19 | [Wind Between the Worlds] (typescript), pp. 285-354 | |
| Box 20, Folder 20 | [Wind Between the Worlds] (typescripts) prefatory material including Prelude, “Jane Writes” | |
| Box 20, Folder 21 | [The Mountain Wind] (typescripts) prefatory material and Epilogue, “Jane Writes” | |
| Box 20, Folder 22 | [Wind Between the Worlds] (typescript) pp. 8-23 | |
| Box 20, Folder 23 | [The Mountain Wind] (typescripts) versions of Prelude/Prologue | |
| Box 20, Folder 24 | [The Mountain Wind] (typescripts) versions of “Interlude–Spring” | |
| Box 21 | ||
| Box 21, Folder 1 | [The Mountain Wind] (typescripts) versions of “Epilogue–New York–Late Autumn” | |
| Box 21, Folder 2 | [The Mountain Wind] (typescript fragments) | |
| Box 21, Folder 3 | [Wind Between the Worlds/The Mountain Wind] (typescripts and drafts) | |
| Box 21, Folder 4 | Avalanche Wind, or the Education of a Naive Young Man (typescript) pp. 1-36 | |
| Box 21, Folder 5 | Avalanche Wind (typescript) [alternate version] pp. 1-36 | |
| Box 21, Folder 6 | [Avalanche Wind] (typescript) pp. 37-56, [section divider], pp.37-107 | |
| Box 21, Folder 7 | [Avalanche Wind] (typescript) pp. 108-171 | |
| Box 21, Folder 8 | [Avalanche Wind] (typescript) pp. 172-239, plus suggestions for writing discipline in another hand | |
| Box 21, Folder 9 | [Avalanche Wind] (typescript) blue version, pp. 37-110 | |
| Box 21, Folder 10 | [Avalanche Wind] (typescript) blue version, pp. 271-345 | |
| Box 21, Folder 11 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 21, Folder 12 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 21, Folder 13 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 21, Folder 14 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 21, Folder 15 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 21, Folder 16 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 21, Folder 17 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 21, Folder 18 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 21, Folder 19 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 22 | ||
| Box 22, Folder 1 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 22, Folder 2 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 22, Folder 3 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 22, Folder 4 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 22, Folder 5 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 22, Folder 6 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 22, Folder 7 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 22, Folder 8 | The Wind Between the Worlds (complete typescript?) | |
| Box 22, Folder 9 | [Anne Wilson] (typescript and draft fragments) notes on possible titles and organization | |
| Box 22, Folder 10 | [Anne Wilson] (typescripts) | |
| Box 22, Folder 11 | [Anne Wilson] (typescripts) | |
| Box 22, Folder 12 | [Anne Wilson] (typescripts) | |
| Box 22, Folder 13 | Anne Wilson and Her Four Worlds [or] Suburbia, Summits, and Stars (typescripts) | |
| Box 22, Folder 14 | Anne Wilson, Introduction to Adventure: A Wife Writes (typescripts) | |
| Box 22, Folder 15 | Anne’s Novel/Suburbia, Summits and Stars (typescripts and drafts) “Prologue” fragments | |
| Box 22, Folder 16 | Introduction to Adventure: A Wife Writes (typescripts), version marked in red and yellow, 1960s | |
| Box 22, Folder 17 | [Itroduction to Adenture] (typescripts) “Prologue,” green-type version, 1960s | |
| Box 22, Folder 18 | [Itroduction to Adenture] (typescripts) “Prologue” versions | |
| Box 22, Folder 19 | [Itroduction to Adenture] (typescripts) “Prologue” versions | |
| Box 22, Folder 20 | [Anne Wilson] (typescripts) portions | |
| Box 22, Folder 21 | [Anne Wilson] (typescripts) “Flashback–Her Mother’s Death” segment, versions | |
| Box 22, Folder 22 | [Anne Wilson] (typescripts) “Sat at Table with Photos–(C’s Snow)” segment, versions, some with ms comments from writing class members | |
| Box 22, Folder 23 | [Anne Wilson] (typescripts) “The Mountains” segment, versions | |
| Box 22, Folder 24 | [Anne Wilson] (typescripts) “In Anne’s Apartment” segment, versions | |
| Box 22, Folder 25 | [Anne Wilson] (typescripts with drafts) “Ken’s Friends” segment, versions, some with comments | |
| Box 22, Folder 26 | [Anne Wilson] (typescripts) “She had always felt so safe and happy . . .” versions, with comments | |
| Box 22, Folder 27 | [Anne Wilson] (typescripts) “AVRO Corp” segment, versions, some with comments | |
| Box 23 | ||
| Box 23, Folder 1 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “white” | |
| Box 23, Folder 2 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “white” | |
| Box 23, Folder 3 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “white” | |
| Box 23, Folder 4 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “pink” | |
| Box 23, Folder 5 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “pink” | |
| Box 23, Folder 6 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “pink” | |
| Box 23, Folder 7 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments presumed pink | |
| Box 23, Folder 8 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments presumed pink | |
| Box 23, Folder 9 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments presumed pink | |
| Box 23, Folder 10 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments presumed pink, n.d. | |
| Box 23, Folder 11 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “green” | |
| Box 23, Folder 12 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “green” | |
| Box 23, Folder 13 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “green” | |
| Box 23, Folder 14 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “blue” | |
| Box 23, Folder 15 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “red” | |
| Box 23, Folder 16 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “orange” | |
| Box 23, Folder 17 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “orange” | |
| Box 23, Folder 18 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “yellow” | |
| Box 23, Folder 19 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “yellow” | |
| Box 23, Folder 20 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “yellow” | |
| Box 23, Folder 21 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts and segments designated “yellow” | |
| Box 23, Folder 22 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts, no color designated | |
| Box 23, Folder 23 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts, no color designated, n.d. | |
| Box 23, Folder 24 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) inserts, no color designated | |
| Box 23, Folder 25 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) segments designated “near the beginning,” no color | |
| Box 23, Folder 26 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) segments designated “middle,” no color | |
| Box 23, Folder 27 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) segments designated “near end,” no color | |
| Box 23, Folder 28 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts and drafts) segments designated “Ramiwari,” no color | |
| Box 23, Folder 29 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts with drafts) segments | |
| Box 23, Folder 30 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts with drafts) segments | |
| Box 23, Folder 31 | [Anne Wilson?] (typescripts with drafts) segments | |
| Box 23, Folder 32 | [Anne Wilson?] (drafts) segments | |
| Box 23, Folder 33 | [Anne Wilson?] (drafts) segments | |
| Box 23, Folder 34 | [Anne Wilson?] (drafts) segments | |
| Box 23, Folder 35 | [Anne Wilson?] (drafts) segments | |
| Box 24 | ||
| Box 24, Folder 1 | [Anne Wilson?] (drafts) segments | |
| Box 24, Folder 2 | [Anne Wilson?] (drafts) segments | |
| Box 24, Folder 3 | [Anne Wilson?] (drafts) segments | |
| Box 24, Folder 4 | [Anne Wilson?] outlines of book layout, in many different hands | |
| Box 24, Folder 5 | [Condors' Prey] (drafts) pp. 1-10 and 1-39 | |
| Box 24, Folder 6 | [Condors' Prey] (typescript) pp. 1-7 | |
| Box 24, Folder 7 | [Condors' Prey] (typescript) corrections | |
| Box 24, Folder 8 | [Condors' Prey] (drafts) segments | |
| Box 24, Folder 9 | [Condors' Prey] (drafts) segments | |
| Box 24, Folder 10 | [Condors' Prey] (typescript) odd page | |
| Box 24, Folder 11 | [Condors' Prey] (drafts) fragments and inserts | |
| Box 24, Folder 12 | [Condors' Prey] (typescript) p. 26 and pp. 27/33 to 40/47, plus part of p.1 | |
| Box 24, Folder 13 | [Condors' Prey] (typescript) pp. 1-57 complete | |
| Box 24, Folder 14 | [Condors' Prey] (typescript) pp. 58-100 complete | |
| Box 24, Folder 15 | [Condors' Prey] (typescript) pp. 101-157 complete | |
| Box 24, Folder 16 | Condors Fly North: A Mystery Novel (typescript) pp. 1-41, with gaps | |
| Box 24, Folder 17 | [Condors Fly North] (typescript) pp. 53-104, with gaps | |
| Box 24, Folder 18 | [Condors Fly North] (typescript) pp. 105-123, with gaps | |
| Box 24, Folder 19 | Condors' Prey (typescript) pp. 1-20, with gaps | |
| Box 24, Folder 20 | Condors' Prey (typescript) pp. 21-55, with gaps | |
| Box 24, Folder 21 | Condors' Prey (typescript) pp. 56-98, with gaps | |
| Box 24, Folder 22 | Condors' Prey (typescript) pp. 100-127, with gaps | |
| Box 24, Folder 23 | Condors' Prey (typescript) pp. 128-161, with gaps | |
| Box 24, Folder 24 | Condors' Prey (typescript) pp. 166-242, with gaps | |
| Box 24, Folder 25 | Condors' Prey (typescript) alternate verson pp. 124-249, with gaps | |
| Box 24, Folder 26 | Condors' Prey blurbs, synopsis, “Contents,” intent | |
| Box 25 | ||
| Box 25, Folder 1 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) author’s notes, “Table of Contents,” list of expeditions and list of supplies for 1932 GAHE | |
| Box 25, Folder 2 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts and drafts) editorial and promotional material | |
| Box 25, Folder 3 | [Nanga Parbat story] “The Story of Nanga Parbat 1932-1980: Part I–1932-1953” | |
| Box 25, Folder 4 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) “The Story of Nanga Parbat 1932-1980: Part II–1953-1980” | |
| Box 25, Folder 5 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) Fritz Weissner segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 6 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) Hermann Buhl segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 7 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) Hermann Buhl segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 8 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) 1934 segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 9 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) 1934 segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 10 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) 1937 segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 11 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) 1938 segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 12 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) 1939-1950-1953 segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 13 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) 1961-1964 and 1961-1970 segments | |
| Box 25, Folder 14 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) 1968-1970 and 1968-1971 segments | |
| Box 25, Folder 15 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) 1961, 1962 and 1964-1971 inserts | |
| Box 25, Folder 16 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) 1975-1977 segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 17 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) 1977-1978 segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 18 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) 1980 segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 19 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) 1980 segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 20 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) “For Appendix: Footnotes to the 1932 Expedition” | |
| Box 25, Folder 21 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) “Epilogue” | |
| Box 25, Folder 22 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) autobiographical segment | |
| Box 25, Folder 23 | [Nanga Parbat story] (typescripts) inserts | |
| Box 25, Folder 24 | [Nanga Parbat story] (drafts) fragments and notes | |
| Box 25, Folder 25 | The Naked Mountain [second edition] contract and cover letter (typescript), Jan 22, 1980 | |
| Box 25, Folder 26 | Announcement to the American Alpine Club regarding delayed publication of the Nanga Parbat story (typescript), Dec 3, 1982 | |
| Box 25, Folder 27 | Ramawari [sic] “Contract: 1-18-84,” in another’s hand | |
Subseries D: Individual poems
| Box 25, Folder 28 | Poems (typescripts with drafts), 1918 | |
| Box 25, Folder 29 | Poems (typescripts with drafts), 1919 | |
| Box 25, Folder 30 | Poems (typescripts with drafts), 1920s | |
| Box 25, Folder 31 | Poems (drafts), 1916-1920s | |
| Box 25, Folder 32 | Poems (drafts), 1916-1920s | |
| Box 25, Folder 33 | Poems (drafts), 1916-1920s | |
| Box 25, Folder 34 | Poems surrounding GAHE (drafts), 1930s | |
| Box 25, Folder 35 | Poem cycle about Rand Herron (draft), 1934 | |
| Box 25, Folder 36 | Poems (typescripts with drafts), 1941-1943 | |
| Box 25, Folder 37 | Poems (typescripts with drafts), 1944-1949 and n.d. | |
| Box 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 26, Folder 1 | Poems written at Oak Hall, Tryon, NC (typescripts with drafts), 1949 | |
| Box 26, Folder 2 | Poems written at Oak Hall, Tryon, NC (typescripts with drafts), 1949 | |
| Box 26, Folder 3 | Poems written by Margaret Holt, pseud., at Tryon (typescripts), 1949 | |
| Box 26, Folder 4 | Poems (drafts), 1940s | |
| Box 26, Folder 5 | Poems (drafts), 1940s | |
| Box 26, Folder 6 | Poems (drafts), 1940s | |
| Box 26, Folder 7 | Poems (typescripts with drafts) 1950-1951 | |
| Box 26, Folder 8 | Poems (typescripts with drafts) 1952 | |
| Box 26, Folder 9 | Poems (typescripts with drafts) 1953-1957 | |
| Box 26, Folder 10 | Poems (drafts) 1950s | |
| Box 26, Folder 11 | Poems (typescripts with drafts), 1960s | |
| Box 26, Folder 12 | Poems (typescripts with drafts), 1960s | |
| Box 26, Folder 13 | Poems (drafts), 1960s | |
| Box 26, Folder 14 | Poems (drafts), 1960s | |
| Box 26, Folder 15 | Poems (typescripts with drafts), 1967-1969? | |
| Box 26, Folder 16 | Poems (typescripts with drafts), 1970s | |
| Box 26, Folder 17 | Poems (typescripts with drafts), 1970s | |
| Box 26, Folder 18 | Poems (drafts), 1970s | |
| Box 26, Folder 19 | Poems (drafts), 1970s | |
| Box 26, Folder 20 | Two poems to Fritz Weissner [by EK and others] (typescript), n.d | |
| Box 26, Folder 21 | Poems (typescripts), n.d. | |
Subseries E: Grief is a Lonely Journey
| Box 26, Folder 22 | An Autobiographic Analysis of Loss (typescript), 1934-1945? | |
| Box 26, Folder 23 | [An Autobiographic Analysis of Loss] (typescript) alternate poems?, 1934-1945? | |
| Box 26, Folder 24 | Individually submitted poems later to appear in Grief is a Lonely Journey (typescripts), 1945? | |
| Box 26, Folder 25 | “Problems of Loss,” poem cycle by Mary Hale Jessup, pseud., later to appear in Grief is a Lonely Journey (typescript), 1945? | |
| Box 26, Folder 26 | V-Mail for Rick by Mary Jessup, pseud. (typescript), 1945 | |
| Box 26, Folder 27 | V-Mail for Rick/Grief is a Lonely Journey by Mary (Hale) Jessup (typescript), 1945? | |
| Box 26, Folder 28 | Alternate titles for Grief is a Lonely Journey, plus final section, “Another Spring Comes,” not in published version (typescripts and drafts), 1952? | |
| Box 26, Folder 29 | Short space ads for Grief is a Lonely Journey (typescripts), 1952 | |
| Box 26, Folder 30 | Published newspaper ads for Grief is a Lonely Journey, 1952 | |
| Box 26, Folder 31 | Direct mail release for Grief is a Lonely Journey (typescripts), 1952 | |
| Box 26, Folder 32 | Press releases for Grief is a Lonely Journey (typescripts), 1952 | |
| Box 27 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 27, Folder 1 | Miscellaneous promotional material for Grief is a Lonely Journey (typescripts and print), 1952 | |
| Box 27, Folder 2 | Jacket flap copy for Grief is a Lonely Journey (typescripts and drafts), 1952 | |
| Box 27, Folder 3 | Proof and sample fragments, Grief is a Lonely Journey, 1952 | |
| Box 27, Folder 4 | Partial set of proofs for Grief is a Lonely Journey, 1952 | |
| Box 27, Folder 5 | Complete proof, Grief is a Lonely Journey, 1952 | |
Subseries F: Reviews, notes, work of others
| Box 27, Folder 6 | Reviews by Knowlton (typescripts and drafts), 1925-1953? | |
| Box 27, Folder 7 | Copyright registration for “A Petite Premiere in the Mt. Blanc Massif,” 1958 | |
| Box 27, Folder 8 | “Memorandum of Agreement,” Park Avenue Literary Agency, 1960 | |
| Box 27, Folder 9 | Lists of agents and submissions, 1960-1961 and n.d. | |
| Box 27, Folder 10 | Application for the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship, 1970s | |
| Box 27, Folder 11 | Notes, 1917-1920s? | |
| Box 27, Folder 12 | Notes, 1930s? | |
| Box 27, Folder 13 | Notes, 1930s? | |
| Box 27, Folder 14 | Notes, 1940s and 1950s | |
| Box 27, Folder 15 | Notes, 1940s and 1950s | |
| Box 27, Folder 16 | Notes, 1940s and 1950s | |
| Box 27, Folder 17 | Notes, 1940s and 1950s | |
| Box 27, Folder 18 | Notes, 1960s | |
| Box 27, Folder 19 | Notes, 1960s | |
| Box 27, Folder 20 | Notes, 1970s | |
| Box 27, Folder 21 | Notes, 1970s | |
| Box 27, Folder 22 | Notes, 1980s | |
| Box 27, Folder 23 | Notes and fragments (typescripts and drafts) n.d. | |
| Box 27, Folder 24 | Medical notes in Grace Overmyer’s hand, n.d. | |
| Box 27, Folder 25 | Cartoon and sketches, unattributed, n.d. | |
| Box 27, Folder 26 | “Fact Sheet” on Caterine Dihoff (nee Levitskaya), unattributed, n.d. | |
| Box 27, Folder 27 | Verse and prose by others (typescripts), n.d. | |
| Box 27, Folder 28 | Verse and prose by others (typescripts), n.d. | |
| Box 27, Folder 29 | Verse and prose by others (typescripts), n.d. | |
| Box 27, Folder 30 | Verse and prose by others (typescripts), n.d. | |
| Box 28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 28, Folder 1 | Verse and prose by others (typescripts), n.d. | |
| Box 28, Folder 2 | Verse and prose by others (typescripts), n.d. | |
| Box 28, Folder 3 | Verse and prose by others (typescripts), n.d. | |
| Box 28, Folder 4 | Quotations in verse and prose by others or unattributed, hand-copied or typed by Knowlton and others, n.d. | |
| Box 28, Folder 5 | Quotations in verse and prose by others or unattributed, hand-copied or typed by Knowlton and others, n.d. | |
| Box 28, Folder 6 | Poems attributed to Rand Herron, some appearing in The Naked Mountain, (typescripts and drafts), 1932? | |
| Box 28, Folder 7 | Poems attributed to Rand Herron, some appearing in The Naked Mountain, (typescripts and drafts), 1932? | |
Series 5: Images
(2 boxes)The majority of these images are unidentified and undated. Each subseries is roughly organized in two parts: the first, images that are vaguely identified and related to travel and mountaineering; and the second, images that primarily feature family and friends (usually unidentified), and non-mountaineering-related activites and events.
Subseries A: Photographs
| Box 28, Folder 8 | Carthage, Tunis, and other locations in Tunisia (5 sheets of photos) | |
| Box 28, Folder 9 | The Balkans, Turkey, and Bulgaria (6 sheets) | |
| Box 28, Folder 10 | Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, 1967-1968 (4 sheets) | |
| Box 28, Folder 11 | Jasper National Park and the Canadian Rockies (2 sheets) | |
| Box 28, Folder 12 | Willow Creek/Spruce Camp (negatives available, see Box 29 f. 8) (4 sheets) | |
| Box 28, Folder 13 | Miscellaneous travel and mountaineering (5 sheets) | |
| Box 28, Folder 14 | Miscellaneous travel (5 sheets) | |
| Box 28, Folder 15 | Miscellaneous/unidentified, non-mountaineering/travel (4 sheets) | |
| Box 28, Folder 16 | Miscellaneous/unidentified, non-mountaineering/travel (4 sheets) | |
| Box 28, Folder 17 | Miscellaneous/unidentified, non-mountaineering/travel (3 sheets) | |
| Box 28, Folder 18 | Miscellaneous/unidentified, non-mountaineering/travel (3 sheets) | |
| Box 28, Folder 19 | Miscellaneous/unidentified (9 envelopes) | |
| Box 28, Folder 20 | Two portraits, ink-enhanced, of unidentified man and woman, 1860s?, sepia, 9×8 | |
| Box 28, Folder 21 | Group photo, 1968? (Knowlton first row, 6th from left], B&W, 9×12. Photo by Gillman and Soame, Photographers, 56 High Street, Oxford, England | |
| Box 28, Folder 22 | Published photos: Austria (8, plus photocopies from publication) |
Subseries B: Slides
| Box 29 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 29, Folder 1 | Europe (including the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, and others) (3 sheets) | |
| Box 29, Folder 2 | Europe (including the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, and others) (3 sheets) | |
| Box 29, Folder 3 | Europe (including the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, and others) (2 sheets) | |
| Box 29, Folder 4 | Africa (including Victoria Falls, Lagos, and others) (2 sheets) | |
| Box 29, Folder 5 | Africa (including Victoria Falls, Lagos, and others) (2 sheets) | |
| Box 29, Folder 6 | Mountaineering and unidentified scenery (2 sheets) | |
| Box 29, Folder 7 | Miscellaneous scenery, including mountains and foliage (2 sheets) | |
Subseries C: Negatives
| Box 29, Folder 8 | Willow Creek, Spruce Camp; Mt. Robson and the Canadian Rockies; and miscellaneous (4 sheets) |
| Box 29, Folder 9 | Miscellaneous, largely unidentified (7 sheets) |
Subseries C: Miscellaneous
| Box 29, Folder 10 | Unidentified mountain, lantern slide |
| Box 29, Folder 11 | Super 8mm reel of film, no id, n.d. |
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Elizabeth Knowlton, ca. 1950s
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