Object Details
- Collection Creator
- McCoy, Esther
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- Esther McCoy papers
- Esther McCoy papers / Series 3: Personal Writings
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
- Date
- circa 1940s-1989
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.mccoesth, Subseries 3.3
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Esther McCoy papers, circa 1876-1990, bulk 1938-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement note
- Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- This subseries has been scanned in its entirety.
- Scope and Contents note
- This series contains autobiographical writings by Esther McCoy documenting various moments in her life. Many of these writings are in a short story format and were given a title by McCoy. Subjects covered in her memoirs, some of which were published, include her mother, childhood, and living in New York and Malibu. Also of note is the piece of writing titled "Geoff/Bo: Paris" describing her time in Paris in 1928 and her relationship with Geoffrey Eaton, and the story "Happy Birthday RMS" about working for architect R. M. Schindler. A folder of manuscripts about Theodore Dreiser contains drafts of three manuscripts relating to Helen and Theodore Dreiser and other literary figures McCoy knew in New York during the 1920s and 1930s. One titled manuscript about Dreiser, "Outward Journey" (1946-1947), can also be found in this subseries.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of audiovisual recordings without access copies requires advance notice.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510360064-1503510360145-2
