{"id":637,"date":"2015-03-19T12:54:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T16:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/?p=637"},"modified":"2016-12-29T11:39:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T16:39:53","slug":"l-e-richards-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/l-e-richards-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura E Richards Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Author Laura E Richards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Laura Elizabeth Richards (1859-1943) was born in Boston, the daughter of Julia Ward Howe. She moved to Gardiner, Maine with her family in 1876, where she mostly wrote children\u2019s books such as Captain January<\/em>, the Hildegarde series, and the Margaret Series, although she also published books of poetry and biographies. She and her sister Maud Howe Elliot received a Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1917 for Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The December 1961<\/a> issue of the Colby Library Quarterly<\/em> contains articles on Richards’ life and work, including a personal recollection by her friend and neighbor Philo Calhoun. Richards’ autobiography is titled Stepping Westward<\/em> (1931). She was a personal friend and correspondent of the poet Edwin Arlington Robinson.<\/p>\n

The Laura E Richards Collection includes letters, manuscripts, and photographs, in addition to published works.<\/p>\n

LAURA E RICHARDS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In 1942, Laura E Richards gave selected books, inscribed by herself, and unpublished materials related to Edwin Arlington Robinson and Sarah Orne Jewett. These gifts are detailed in “Some Recent Acquisitions”<\/a> in the January 1943 issue of the Colby Library Quarterly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Additonal work consulted:<\/p>\n

Richards, Laura E. E.A.R.<\/em> Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936. Print.<\/p>\n

HIGHLIGHTED DONORS FOR THIS COLLECTION<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Philo C Calhoun<\/a> – primary donor<\/p>\n

Susan Nichols Pulsifer<\/a> – primary donor<\/p>\n

Colby Library Associates<\/a><\/p>\n

Ruth Robinson Nivison\/Robinson Birthplace, Inc<\/a><\/p>\n

Margaret Perry<\/a><\/p>\n

Clara (Mrs Carl Jefferson<\/a>) Weber<\/p>\n

Florence (Mrs Ben Ames<\/a>) Williams<\/p>\n

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