Lucy Sprague Mitchell papers, 1878-1967
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0884
- Bib ID:
- 4079116 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Mitchell, Lucy Sprague, 1878-1967
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 34 boxes (33 boxes and one oversized item in a flat box)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 2-32. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. Boxes 1, 33, and flat box 336 are located onsite.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
Mitchell's corrected manuscripts and correspondence and notes pertaining to them. Personal correspondence, including some with her husband, Wesley Clair Mitchell, forms only a small part of the collection. Also, notes and letters related to various projects in which she was involved and two boxes of photographs and drawings.
Arrangement
Cataloged and arranged.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 2-32. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. Boxes 1, 33, and flat box 336 are located onsite.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lucy Sprague Mitchell papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Selected Related Material-- at Columbia
Reminiscences of Lucy Sprague Mitchell : oral history, 1960, Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Bank Street College of Education. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1970. Accession number--M-70.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.
Glass negatives removed from box 11 and placed in new box 33. kws 2022-12-13
Revision Description
2020-03-18 EAD container listed added to finding aid. CCR.
Biographical / Historical
Educator, author. Mitchell was a prominent advocate of experimental education, founder of the Bank Street College of Education, and author of numerous books for children.
Subject Headings
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