Marion Haskell Girlhood Notebooks and "Character Books"

Collection

Identifier: BC20-32

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Abstract

This collection is comprised of four notebooks created by Marion Haskell (Barnard class of 1921) during the years 1910-1913 when she was between the ages of 11 and 13.

Dates

Creation: 1910 - 1913

Creator

Haskell, Marion (Creator, Person)

Access

This collection has no restrictions.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection is comprised of four notebooks that Marion Haskell created as a young girl. In the notebooks, Haskell creates pages of cut and paste collages depicting women in roles such as "Engaged," "Young Mothers," and "Cooking." Haskell also goes beyond these more traditional roles to characterize "The College Girl," "Suffragette," and "The Kodak Girl," for instance. In her notebooks, Haskell also interviews her friends, logging their responses to questions such as "what is your favorite girl's college," and "what is love?" Marion Haskell (later Fehrs) graduated in the Barnard class of 1921.

Publication Rights

Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Barnard College Archives and Special Collections. The Barnard College Archives and Special Collections approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Extent

0.02 Linear Feet (1 half document box)

Language

English

Additional Description

Collection Arrangement

The notebooks are arranged chronologically.

Physical Location

This collection is located in the Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library. To use this collection, please contact the Barnard Archives and Special Collections at 212.854.4079 or archives@barnard.edu.

Accession Information

Acquired, 2014.

Accruals

No additions are expected.

Reproductions Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes.

Processing History

This collection was processed and the finding aid written by Shannon O'Neill, March 2014.

This finding aid was updated by Heather Lember in April, 2014.

Descriptive Rules Used: Finding aid adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard. Encoding: Machine readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002.

Finding aid written in English.