Request Material





Katherine Cowen de Baillou papers

Katherine Cowen de Baillou papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Katherine Cowen de Baillou papers
Creator: Baillou, Katherine Cowen de
Inclusive Dates: 1922-1947
Bulk Dates: 1922-1938
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 Linear Feet (5 document boxes)
Collection Number: ms906
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of Katherine Cowen de Baillou from 1922-1947. Includes correspondence, post cards, printed material, sheet music of Paul Bowles, photographs, and de Baillou's passport. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence from de Baillou to her parents during her travels in France, Germany, Malaga (Spain), Mexico, New York, North Africa, and Sweden. Baillou's letters include comments on the geography, social life, and political condition of the areas. Other correspondents include Paul Bowles, Richard Curle, Lilia Kidder and Wolfgang Schoenborn.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged by record type.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Katherine Cowen de Baillou papers, ms906, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Africa, North -- Description and travel.
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999
Curle, Richard, 1883-1968
France -- Description and travel.
Germany -- Description and travel.
Kidder, Lilia
MaÌ malaga (Spain) -- Description and travel.
Mexico -- Description and travel.
New York (State) -- Description and travel.
Passports.
Postcards.
Schoenborn, Wolfgang
Sheet music.
Sweden -- Description and travel.
Women travelers -- United States.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11Letters, Paris, 1922
 
12Letters, Paris, 1923
 
13Letters, France, 1925
 
14Letters, Sweden, 1927-1928
 
15Letters, Paris, 1928
 
16Letters, Paris, 1929
 
boxfolder
21Letters, Malaga, 1929
 
22Letters, North Africa, 1929
 
23Letters, Paris, 1930
 
24Letters, Germany, 1930
 
25Letters, New York, 1930-1931
 
26Letters, Paris, 1932
 
27Letters, Germany, 1932
 
28Letters, Mexico, 1934
 
boxfolder
31Letters, New York, 1935
 
32Letters, Mexico, 1935
 
33Letters, Germany, 1937
 
34Letters, France, 1937
 
35Letters, France, 1938
 
36Miscellaneous, 1938
 
boxfolder
41Katherine Muir Cowen passport, 1938
 
42Photographs
 
43Paul Bowles cards, August 1934-February 1941
 
44Paul Bowles letters, November 6, 1930-December 12, 1947
 
45Paul Bowles printed material
 
46Paul Bowles sheet music
 
47Richard Curle letters, April 12, 1937-May 4, 1941
 
48Lilia Kidder letters, August-December 1937, undated
 
49Wolfgang Schoenborn letters, September 24, 1934-July 2, 1935
 
410Postcards
 
boxitem
51The Atmosphere of Places by Richard Curle
 
52Caravansary by Richard Curle
 
53Conrad to a Friend by Richard Curle
 
54Into the East by Richard Curle
 
55The Last Twelve Years of Joseph Conrad by Richard Curle
 
56Oriental Trail by Richard Curle
 
57The One and the Other by Richard Curle