MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS 
SERIES 3A: MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS

 Arrangement:       The first five items, except for MP 5(2) are bound. The remaining items, as well as MP 5(2) are filed in manuscript boxes. When requesting these items, please indicate whether they are bound or boxed.  Most of these documents are on Reel 12 of the Rawlings microfilm.

Rawlings Christmas greetings (MP1 andMP1A):

MP 1. "Blow, Boys, Blow," printed Christmas greeting with music, from Charles and Marjorie Rawlings [192-?] 1 leaf. Shelved on folio shelf.

MP1A: Block print Christmas greeting:

 Ye Crist dide come,
 So preestes seye,
 To save ye worlds from folye.
 But Charles and Marjorie
 Rawlings preye,
 May the goode Lorde on his
 Birthe day,
 Save ye from melancolye.

 MP 2A. Application for Membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. Printed form filled in by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. 3 copies with variant information 2 pages of appended material.

MP 2B.  Application for Membership to the Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy. Printed form filled out by Grace Isabell Kinnan.

MP 2C.  "Pierce Family," by Francis M. Smith. Typed ms. 3 ll.

MP 3.  Genealogy of Dominie Evergardus Bogardus and Annake Jans Bogardus. Collected and Compiled by Grace Isabell Kinnan. Typed ms. With this are several items, described in the Short Writings (SW)

MP 4 Traphagen family correspondence and papers, 1844 - 1872:

 Mary Traphagen to Wessel Traphahagen; Detroit, 25 June 1844.
 Maiders[?] Margaret A. to [Mary Traphagen?] Bedford, MI. 29 April 1866.
 Traphagen, Mary to Helen; 17 March 1864.
 McCabe, John, to Wessel and Mary Traphagen; Vergennes [VT?] 14 May 1857.
 [McCabe?] John and Elizabeth to [Wessel and Mary Traphagen?] Vergennes [VT?] 21
  July 1858.
[Kinnan, Ida Traphagen?] AN (fragment from letter?)
Traphagen, Abram and Fanny to "Dear Mother"; Holly [MI] 23 Jan. 1870.
Traphagen, Abram to "Dear Mother"; Holly [MI] 10 August 1872.
Traphagen, Abram and Fanny to "Dear Mother"; Holly [MI] 13 March 1870.
Traphagen, Abram and Fanny to "Dear Mother"; Holly [MI] 20 Feb. 1870.
Bills of sales, receipts, etc. of Mary and Abram Traphagen, 185?-1867.

MP 5(1).  May, Philip S. "One of the Most Fit and Discreet Men in the Territory." A paper delivered to the Annual Meeting of the Florida Historical Society. Daytona Beach, Jan. 24, 1939. Typed ms. (carbon) 12 ll.

MP 5(2). [Kingsley, Zephaniah] A Treatise on the Patriarchal, or Co-operative System of Society . . . under the Name of Slavery. By an Inhabitant of Florida, 2d ed. [n.p.] 1829. Photostat of copy from the Free Public Library of Jacksonville. Not bound; filed in Manuscript Box 5.

 MP 5(3).  Typed notes from public records regarding legal transactions of Rebecca Pengree,  Zephaniah Kingsley, and others, 1803-1815. Mostly concerning parcels of land, ownership, etc. 15 pp. Copied from Duval County Records(?).

MP 5(4).  Johnson, James. "History of Zephaniah Kingsley and Family." Federal Editors' Project, Jan 4. 1937. Typed ms., 14 ll. References are bound in the back of Ms5(3).

MP 5(5).  ALS (photostat) Zephh. Kingsley  to Gen. Jos. M. Hernandez; San Jose, St. Johns River, August 12, 1843.

MP 5(6).   "Zephaniah Kingsley--Bibliography," and "The Family Background of Zephaniah Kingsley." Typed mss., [1], 2 ll.

BOX 1: Miscellaneous Papers. Family and Personal Documents, Professional papers, Awards and Honors, Presentation copies, Papers of Associates, and Miscellaneous. Several items, marked "Oversize" are filed in the Manuscript Map and Oversize Drawer in the Processing Area.

Folder 1	Notebook of Abram Traphagen, ca. 1864.
Folder 2	Personal Documents of MKR and family: Passport, birth certificate, report card, death certificate, Bogardus and Kinnan family crests, checkbook, Will, 1949-51, and others.
Folder 3	Certificate of Pedigree. Printed form made out for a Siamese cat, March 10, 1943. Name of "Smokey" written on verso.
Folder 4	"To the Author." Information sheet from Charles Scribner's Sons. New York [193-?]
Folder 5	"Reading Hour Featuring the Works of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings." Mimeographed program with autograph note [n. p.] 3 October 1940.
Oversize	"Yearling Country Map."  U.S.D.A. Forest Service Map of the Ocala National Forest, 1938. Annotated by MKR to show where scenes in The Yearling occurred. Copies given to MGM crew. Acquired by the Smathers Libraries after 1990. Filed in Manuscript Map and Oversize Drawer in Processing Area.
Folder 6A	Yearling Movie Set, March 7, 1939 - Two photographs of Piety and Leonard Fiddia at cabin, and copies of other photos (Original prints are in  the Photograph file.)
Folder 6B	Yearling (movie, 1945) - Photograph of Gregory Peck and Claude Jarman, Jr., and copy of "Filming 'The Yearling' in Florida, by Wylly St. John, Atlanta Journal Magazine, June 24, 1945.
Folder 7	"Sun in the Morning" [Sun Comes Up] Trailer, 1948. May be from Brandt & Brandt Papers.
Folder 8	Program for the Fisk Festival of Music and Art, Nashville, 1949. MKR, a speaker.
Folder 9	Sojourner Publicity, 1952.   "Publicity for Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings," memo from P. English to [J. H.] Wheelock, 19 Nov. 1952, and "Schedule of Appointments," 29 Dec. 1952.
Folder 10	National Institute of Arts and Letters. Constitution and List of Members, 1938, and Certificate of election to membership, MKR, 1939.
Folder 11	Woman of the Year in Service to Florida Rural Women, 1940, from The Progressive Farmer.
Oversize	Diplomas awarded Arthur Frank Kinnan: State Agricultural College, Michigan, B.S., 1893; Columbia University, B.A., 1895; Columbia University, Master of Patent Law, 1899.
Oversize	Western High School of the District of Columbia. Graduation Diploma, Marjorie Kinnan, June 17, 1914.
Oversize	University of Wisconsin. Diploma awarded Marjorie Kinnan, B.A., June 19, 1918.
Oversize	Rollins College. Diploma awarded Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Doctor of Literature, February 28, 1939.
Folder 12	University of Florida Doctor of Humane Letters diploma and citation, June 2, 1941. 2 portfolios.
Folder 13	University of Tampa. 1942 Commencement Program. Doctor of Literature degree awarded to MKR. With copy of citation.
Folder 14	St. Lawrence University. 1953 Commencement Program. Doctor of Letters degree awarded to MKR.
Folder 15	Baro, Gene. Lonesome in the Evening, for Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Rome, Botteghe Oscure XIV, 1954.  Author's inscribed presentation copy to Ants Oras. Gift to the Library of Dr. Oras.
Folder 16	"Intolerance," an address delivered by Hamilton Holt, Winger Park, FL, 14 March 1937. Presentation inscription to MKR.
Folder 17	The Lion and the Archer, poems by Robert Hayden and Myron O'Higgins. Counterpose series, 1948. Presentation inscription from Robert Hayden to MKR.
Folder 18	"Scandinavian Literature," by Sigrid Undset. Reprint from the Quarterly Bulletin of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, July, 1943. Inscribed to MKR.
Folder 19	Bulletin -- St. Ansgar's Scandinavian Catholic League of New York, no. 41: Feb. 1943. Presentation inscription from Sigrid Undset to MKR. Contains articles by Undset.
Folder 20	Yale University Library Gazette, v. 23:1 (July 1948). Presentation inscription from Carl Van Vechten, 26 June 1948, to MKR. Article by Van Vechten on J. B. Cabell.
Folder 21	Diary of Bernice Gilkyson, June 1 - August 1, 1948, trip to England.
Folder 22	Tarrant, Ida (aunt of Charles A. Rawlings).  "My Trip to Florida," a.ms., April 1936, [10] pp.
Folder 23	Compass, published by the Shipley School, v. 2:1 (Feb. 1, 1948) with letters from Jane T. Sagendorph, exchange editor, to MKR; Bryn Mawr, PA, 26 Feb. 1948.
Folder 24	Recent Books for Hospital Use in Veteran's Administration Facilities. No. 63, July, 1942. Includes Cross Creek in list.
Folder 25	Photograph of Evangeline Booth, signed by the photographer "Mishkin, NY," and  inscribed  by Booth "to one of my treasured and faithful officers in the great war, June 27 1920."
Folder 26	Photograph of Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing, Washington.
Folder 27	Invitation to the installation of Dwight David Eisenhower as president of Columbia University, 12 October 1948.
Folder 28	Two Worlds Monthly, 1:4 [1925]
Folder 29	Margaret Mitchell and Her Novel "Gone with the Wind." New York, 1936.
Folder 29A	Talk by MKR to the Twentieth Century Book Reviewers, Gainesville, March 2, 1942: Announcement of and comments [by Gladys or Cliff Lyons] Announcements of lecture at UF, and  lecture note. All Xerox copies. Believed to have been received from Clifford and Gladys Lyons. [Added 7/30/99]
	Tape of Dedication of new University of Florida Library Wing. Includes remarks by MKR. Filed with Tapes in Addenda, Box 4.

Mickens Family Papers; Idella Parker letters:

        These letters in the following two folder were the gift of Mrs. Straty, Boulder Colorado, 1975. Whether the two Idella Parker letters actually have the same provenance as the others is uncertain.
 

Folder 30	[Mickens, Martha and Will, ca. 1930-1960] Correspondence to Martha and Will Mickens, mostly from their children, especially Fred and Adrenna. Included are two letters from Idella [Parker] including one to her husband Bernard, written at about the time she left  MKR's employment  in 1950.
Folder 31	Mickens, Martha & Will. Documents including insurance policies, driver's license, health benefit documents, etc.

BOX 2:        The Badger, University of Wisconsin Yearbooks, 1917 and 1918. 2 vols.

BOX  3:        The Badger, University of Wisconsin Yearbooks, 1919 and 1941. 2 vols., and other UW documents:

               University of Wisconsin Documents relating to MKR:
               MKR's Grade Report 1914-15
               Commencement Booklet, 1918
               Certificate of election, Phi Beta Kapa, Alpha Chapter of Wisconsin, 1918
               Drama Programs, 1916-1917
               Wisconsin Alumnus (Cover) June 1949.
                University of Wisconsin. Diploma awarded Marjorie Kinnan, B.A., June 19, 1918. (Shelved in the Manuscript Map and Oversize Drawer in the Processing Area.)

BOX  4: Cooking and Food.

1)    The Boston Cooking School Cook Book. MKR's copy. Lacking title page. Includes ms. annotations in the covers.

2)    Folder of clippings that were removed from between the leaves of the book. Some have been photocopied.

3)    Recipe for Shrimp Remoulade, Weidmann's Restaurant, Meridian, MS. "For Mrs. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings."

4)    Cross Creek Cookery (Scribner's) dust jacket.

5)    Jellies, Preserves and Marmalades. [USDA] Bulletin 42, June, 1922 .

MP 5(2). [Kingsley, Zephaniah] A Treatise on the Patriarchal, or Co-operative System of Society . . . under the Name of Slavery. By an Inhabitant of Florida, 2d ed. [n.p.] 1829. Photostat of copy from the Free Public Library of Jacksonville.

A.  Charles Rawlings Papers. The following were among the Charles Rawlings - MKR correspondence opened for use in April, 1998:

Rawlings, Charles, Military Papers, 20 August 1917 - 4 December 1918. Includes order of induction and discharge.

Rawlings, Charles. Business papers, 4 September 1918 - 7 May 1919.

Rawlings, Charles. Group photograph, including Charles Rawlings (?) [ca. 1918]

B.  Norton Baskin Papers. The following records, primarily relating to Norton Baskin, were given by him to his great-niece Judith P. Oliver in 1988. They, along with several hundred of letters, were acquired by the University of Florida in May, 1998. Some items relating to MKR are included.

Certificate of NB as Godparent to Sandra Elizabeth Harris, born 23 May 1942. St. Augustine, 21 August 1954.

American Indian; Bulletin of the American Field Service in India.
January, February 1944. Contain contributions by Norton Baskin.

Roster of American Field Service Volunteers, 1939-1945. New York.

American Field Service memorabilia. Includes insignia, a metal tag (possibly from an ambulance) and some cards with written notes.

Discharge slip, discharging Baskin from hospital; 15 August 1944.

American Field Service (India)
Pass book in account of NB. 1944

Baskin, Norton
AFS Certificate of identity with photo, 22 June 1943.

Baskin, Norton
Notice of classification, 7 Nov. 1944.

Thompson-Ryman Realty Co., St. Augustine.
Invoice for insurance to NB; 29 March 1945.

Weeks, John Wesley.
In account with estate of Norton F. Sanford, 1952-1953.

Address book, probably Norton's.

"Safari to Oblivion, or Drunks Take a Holiday" typed ms.1 p.
Fantasy scenario featuring Norton Baskin.

 "The Four Prominent Citizens," a.ms. 4 p.
Political satire. Author unknown.

[Baskin, Norton]
A.Ms. (fragmentary) or fragment from letter, describing an actual or fictional AFS episode in India,
5 p.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings documents:

[Rawlings. Marjorie Kinnan].
Typed document, purporting to be written by MKR's cats, Marco Polo, etc., and signed with a paw print, renouncing communism. [195?] 1 p.

Aetna Insurnce.
Automobile Identification card issued to MKR; 4 Sept. 1952.

Map of Southwest England. Probably used by the Baskins on their trip to England and Ireland in 1952.

Unidentified list with verse "Have you ever felt Svelte?" on verso.

C. Photographs, acquired with Oliver Accession, lettered "a" - "u."

a. Negative (nitrate?), 1x2." Tenant house(?) cf. #.
b. Negative (nitrate?), 1x2." Tenant house(?), woman holding a bucket (out of focus).
c. Negative (nitrate?), 1x2." Tenant house(?), woman holding a baby(?) (out of focus).

Prints:

d. Small black dog (2x2")
e. Norton Baskin (2 1/2x2 ½") - 2 copies.
f. Tenant house(?) 2 - 2x3." Cf. negative #1.
g. India scenes(?) 6 - 2x3 ½"
h. Man and woman among trees, Dec. 18, 1930. 2 ½ x 3 ½"
i. MKR and hunting dog. 4x5."
j. Unidentified people at waterfront, 2 ½ x 3 ½."
k. Norton's "compound headquarters, Imphal, May, 1944." 3 ½ x 4."
l. Unidentified man operating outboard motor. 3 ½ x 4."
m. Older man behind car, 3 ½ x 4."
n. Unidentified man at waterfront. 3x5."
o. "Murray and Monty Beebe (Ethel Fairmont) Cheshire, Conn., May, 1932." 3x4."
p. Unidentified family, "taken Xmas for the grandmothers." 4 x 4 ½."
q. Unidentified people on boat, 3 x 5."
r. Cooking outdoors with a Dutch oven, 2 - 3x4 ½," and Cooking/camping prints, 2 - 2x3 One photo appears to include MKR. (These may be photos from MKR's trip on the St. John's River with Dessie Vinson. One of the small photos was found in the accompanying envelope, mailed from Tampa, where Dessie sometimes lived.)
s. MKR and other women. 2 - 4x6."
t. Unidentified people on boat, Includes MKR(?) 4x6."
u. Four photographs of NB in AFS uniform, including one working under a vehicle hood, 5 x 7".

May 7, 1999
updated 2/10/04(fo)