William Gaskell letter to Beatrix Potter, 1877 August 23, undated
About the collection
Linda Lear, award-winning biographer of Rachel Carson (Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature published in 1997 and reprinted by Houghton Mifflin in 2009, has given Connecticut College her research archive for her biography of Beatrix Potter. Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature, was first published by St. Martin's Press in 2008. During the course of her research, Dr. Lear compiled a substantial archive of manuscripts, largely copied from other repositories and private collections, documenting Beatrix Potter's childhood and her career as an author and illustrator, naturalist, and conservationist.
Dates
- Creation: 1877 August 23, undated
Creator
- From the Collection: Lear, Linda J., 1940- (Collector, Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 15 Linear Feet (This collection contains 35 document boxes and 2 oversized folders.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Ave
New London CT 06320 United States
860-439-2654
860-439-2686
learcenter@conncoll.edu