Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Catherine Drinker Bowen papers, 1793-1980 |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Dates | 1793-1980 |
| Bulk Dates | 1934-1972 |
| ID No. | MSS13383 |
| Creator | Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973 |
| Extent | 39,000 items |
| Extent | 85 containers plus 1 oversize |
| Extent | 34.2 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011156 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm77013383 |
| Summary | Author and biographer. Family and general correspondence; research notes; drafts of writings, speeches, and articles; publication production materials; clippings; scrapbooks; and printed matter relating primarily to Bowen's writings, especially her biographies of John Adams, Francis Bacon, Sir Edward Coke, Benjamin Franklin, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, and her study of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. |