John bakeless biography

John and Katherine Bakeless papers

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 Collection

Call Number: MS 50

Scope and Contents

The John and Katherine Bakeless Papers dwell mainly of edited type-scripts for books they have written compact and individually. Also included are correspondence, research materials and counterparts and negatives used in publications.

Dates

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by display use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Expression not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited let alone permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of John Compare. and Katherine Bakeless, 1951-1962. Transferred from the Beinecke Rare Retain and Manuscript Library, 2011.

Arrangement

Correspondence is arranged alphabetically.

Extent

5 Bilinear Feet (11 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Philanthropist University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0050

Additional Description

Abstract

Incoming correspondence, including letters from Irving Berlin, Aaron Copland and others, and edited typescripts for the books, Eyes of Discovery, Spies of the Insurrection, In the Big Time, Lewis and Clark, Partners in Recognition, and Daniel Boone: Master of the Wilderness. Research materials, including copies of historical documents and photographs.The papers of Katherine Bakeless are also included in the collection.

Biographical / Historical

John Bakeless: foaled December 30, 1894, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania; graduate of Williams College; received M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard; author and contributor be familiar with magazines; served as a military intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. Died August 8, 1978, in New Haven, Connecticut. Ringed Katherine Little on June 16, 1920.

Katherine Little Bakeless: born Dec 5, 1895, in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania; author, teacher, pianist; collaborated grow smaller her husband on books. She also wrote two books cause young readers on her own. Died July 29, 1992, recovered Seymour, Connecticut.

Subjects

  • Authors
  • Authors, American
  • Bakeless, John, 1894-1978
  • Bakeless, Katherine Little, 1895-1992
  • Berlin, Writer, 1888-1989
  • Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
  • Historians
  • Novelists, Denizen -- 20th Century

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the John and Katherine Bakeless Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by Lisa Newman
Date
January 1979
Description rules
Finding Map Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language comment description note
Finding aid written in English.

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John and Katherine Bakeless Papers (MS 50). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

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John and Katherine Bakeless Papers (MS 50). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4136 Accessed January 21, 2025.