US-RPB-ms89.18 Guide to the Susanna Valentine Mitchell Gammell papers1896-1976 Finding aid prepared by Brown Staff. Brown University Library 2010 April 16
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Gammell, Susanna Valentine Mitchell Susanna Valentine Mitchell Gammell papers 1896-1976 Gammell (Susanna Valentine Mitchell) papers 6 linear feet The Susanna Gammell papers is primarily comprised of manuscript drafts, notes, and typescripts of Gammell's writings. The types of materials include essays, novels, short stories, plays, poems, diaries, journals, speech material, and some correspondence. The collection also includes manuscript plays written by her father, Langdon Mitchell. Ms. 89.18 Biographical note

Susanna Valentine Mitchell Gammell was born in 1896 to playwright, Langdon Elwyn, and actress, Marian Lea Mitchell. She went on to marry William Gammell with whom she had three children. William Gammell died in 1980.

 Collection information

There are some fifty-year restrictions on access to the collection, as stipulated by the donor. The collection can only be seen by prior appointment because some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

Susanna Valentine Mitchell Gammell Papers, Ms. 89.18, Brown University Library.

The Susanna Gammell papers is primarily comprised of manuscript drafts, notes, and typescripts of Gammell's writings. The types of materials include essays, novels, short stories, plays, poems, diaries, journals, speech material, and some correspondence. The collection also includes manuscript plays written by her father, Langdon Mitchell.

The Susanna Gammell papers are arranged in 23 boxes by type of material.

 Administrative information

The Susanna Valentine Mitchell Gammell papers were a gift to the Brown University Library from Gammell's daughter, Helena-Hope Gammell '48.

 Names

Mitchell, Susanna Valentine Mitchell, Langdon Elwyn, 1862-1935 Subjects

Mitchell, Susanna Valentine Mitchell, Langdon Elwyn, 1862-1935 Women writers Fiction--Authorship RIAMCO Browsing Terms Language and Literature Types of materials

Manuscripts (document genre) Letters (correspondence) Occupations

Authors Additional information

The papers of Gammell's father, Langdon Mitchell, are located at the New York Public Library: Langdon Elwyn Mitchell papers

The papers of Gammell's grandfather are located at the New York Public Library: S. Weir Mitchell papers

1 1-6 Correspondence 1 7-11 Social notebooks and related personal papers.

Includes material relating to the Georgetown Citizens' Association.

 2 1-5 Journal/diary 1933-1942 2 6-7 Journal/diary 1941-1943 3 1-4 Journal/diary 1945-1946 3 5 Journal/diary 1951 3 6-8 Travel/diary 1953 4 1-5 Journal/diary 1951-1960 4 6-7 Journal/diary 5 1 Essay, "For India" 5 2-5 French study notes and group presentation notes. 5 6 Speech material 5 7-9 Miscellaneous notes 5 10 Music 6 1-7 Bright April Weather (novel) 7 1 Bright April Weather continued 7 2-5 Something Human (novel) 8 1-5 Something Human (continued) 9 1-3 Something Human (continued) 9 4-5 There Isn't Any Moral to this Story 9 6 A Singlet -- The Time 1926 9 7 It takes many millions of years 9 8-14 Thirty Silver Pence 9 15-17 Where your Treasure Is 9 18-19 A Lobster in Every Pot 9 20 Notes 9 21 Lord Byron had been dead ... 9 22-23 Too well-remembered 10 1 Not Weighing our Merits 10 2-3 People Can be Wrong 10 4 Mrs. Smith Gives a Childrens' Party 10 5-6 I dreamed that Greece might still be free 10 7 Triumph 10 8 Failure 10 9 The Isosceles Triangle 10 10 Mrs. Smith does some more war-work 11 1 Make New Banners

Long, narrative poem relating to Columbus -- background for

 11 2-9 Make New Banners (continued) 12 1-10 Make New Banners (continued) 13 1-10 Make New Banners (continued) 14 1-9 Make New Banners (continued) 15 1-2 Journey Taken By a Woman 15 3-8 Titled and untitled poems from her collected poems 16 1-12 Titled and untitled poems from her collected poems 17 1-12 Ttiled and untitled poems from her collected poems 18 1-18 Ttiled and untitled poems from her collected poems 19 1-17 Ttiled and untitled poems from her collected poems 20 1-3 Prologue to a Puritan Epic 20 4 Great Deliverance 20 5-7 The Bridge 20 8 Aristocratic Principle 20 9 Creeps (by David Freeman) 20 10 Notes and miscellaneous 20 11 Notes on the Borgias 20 12 Dialogue between Cesare and the Pope 21 1-11 Ambition 22 1-4 Notes, etc., towards various writing projects 23 1 AMs poem, "Cantata" 1883 Apr-1889 Nov

Author unidentified.

 23 2-14 Writings of Langdon Mitchell 23 2-7 Becky Sharp (play) 23 3 Men Dream of Gold (play) 13 9-14 The Adventures of Francois (play) 24x Photostats of source material relating to writings about Columbus and Spain.