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Guide to the Donald Culross Peattie and Louise Redfield Peattie Papers
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Description
The bulk of the collection relates to the writings of Donald Culross Peattie, but there also is substantial material regarding
Louise Redfield Peattie's writings. In addition, there is some personal/family material.
Background
Donald Culross Peattie (DCP), naturalist, author, and editor, was born in Chicago on June 21, 1898, the son of Robert Burns
Peattie (1857-1930) and Elia Cahill Wilkinson (1862-1935). He grew up in Chicago and Omaha, where his father was a leading
newspaper editor and his mother (EWP) became a well-known literary critic for the Chicago Tribune. She also was a poet and novelist, her works including Pippins and Cheese (1897), Lotta Embury's Career (1915), Sarah Brewster's Relatives (1916), Newcomers (1917), and Painted Windows (1918). Several of her books were designed by Bruce Rogers.
Extent
50 linear feet
(40 boxes)
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Availability
None. Materials stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.