| Collection Inventory
SERIES I: PUBLICATIONS
Note: unboxed publications and journals are numbered according to their shelf order.
Box 1:
Holy Bible. New York: American Bible Society, 1846. “Joseph R. Skidmore from his Father” stamped in gold on cover. Contains family record.
Unboxed:
1. Scribner’s Monthly Illustrated Magazine. August 1872. Volume 4, number 4.
2. Scribner’s Magazine. June 1930. Volume 87, number 6. Includes a photograph of Charles Scribner.
3. The Book of Common Prayer. Oxford: University Press, 1870. Free front endpaper inscribed “Presented to the Library of the Young Women’s Industrial Club by Mrs. J. Blair Scribner, 1909.”
4. The Order for Daily Evening Prayer. Oxford: University Press, n.d. Fly-leaf inscribed “Anna H. Skidmore, 32 East 38th St., New York.”
5. The Book of Common Worship. Philadelphia: The Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1906. Fly-leaf inscribed “Lucy S. Scribner.”
6. The Book of Common Worship. Philadelphia: The Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1906. Fly-leaf inscribed “Miss Anna C. Peterson with Mrs. Scribner’s love- Christmas 1907.”
7. New Testament. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, n.d. Fly-leaf inscribed “Miss Anna C. Peterson from Lucy S. Scribner.”
8. Holy Bible. New York: American and Foreign Bible Society, 1847. Free front endpaper inscribed “Mary Skidmore, Nov 6th 1868” and “Mary Leroy, Mch 17° 59.”
9. Holy Bible. London: Henry Frowde, printed at the Oxford University Press, n.d. Free front endpaper inscribed “Lucy S. Scribner.” Front cover detached and missing.
10. Prayers of a College Year. L. Clark Seelye. Northampton, Mass: The Hampshire Bookshop, 1925. Free front endpaper inscribed “To my dear Mrs. Scribner from Rosamond Kimball, July 4, 1925.”
11. Contemporary Essays. Odell Shepard, ed. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. Free front endpaper inscribed “Lucy S. Scribner.”
SERIES II: JOURNALS AND ACCOUNT BOOKS
Note: unboxed publications and journals are numbered according to their shelf order.
Unboxed:
12-27. Datebooks (16 volumes), 1916-1931. Maintained by Lucy S. Scribner.
28. Journal, 1903-1914 (containing handwritten biblical passages). Free front endpaper inscribed “Miss Anna C. Peterson with much affection from Mrs. Scribner.”
29. Journal, 1910. Maintained by Anna C. Peterson, documents her European travels with Lucy S. Scribner. Transcription of journal available in the Department of Special Collections.
Box 2:
Accountbook, “Jeremiah Skidmore Private Accounts,” ca. 1837-1864.
Box 3:
Accountbook, “Private Accounts, J. R. Skidmore,” ca. 1846-1869.
SERIES III: SCRAPBOOKS
Box 4:
Scrapbook, 1879. Newspaper clippings and correspondence regarding the death of John Blair Scribner, January 20, 1879. Presumably compiled by Mrs. Scribner.
Box 5:
Scrapbook. Compiled by Mary Elizabeth Larsen. Newspaper clippings about the death of Lucy Skidmore Scribner in 1931.
SERIES IV: DOCUMENTS
Box 6:
Folder:
1 Larsen, Mary Elizabeth (papers collected by M. E. Larsen), 1903-1981
2 Scribner Estate (Charles, Lucy, Arthur), 1930-1950
3 Scribner, Lucy S., Correspondence (to and from), 1902-1930, n.d.
4 Scribner, Lucy S., Correspondence (about), 1931-1957
5 Scribner, Lucy S., Estate, 1934-1947, n.d.
6 Scribner, Lucy S., Honorary degree from Mount Holyoke, 1916
7 Scribner, Lucy S., Writings and miscellaneous, 1924, n.d.
Box 7 (oversized):
Folder:
1 Scribner, Lucy S., Honorary degree from Mount Holyoke, 1916
2 Newspaper clippings, general, ca. 1916-1954
3 Newspaper clippings, Lucy S. Scribner’s death and memorials, 1931
4 Newspaper section, The Saratogian, Lucy S. Scribner’s death, May 4, 1931
5 Newspaper clippings, various, 1931-1967. Collected by M. E. Larsen.
SERIES V: PHOTOGRAPHS AND IMAGES
Box 8:
Photograph album. Undated portraits of the Skidmore and Scribner families, including Joseph R. Skidmore, Anna H. Skidmore, John Blair Scribner, Lucy Skidmore Scribner, and numerous unidentified individuals. Cabinet cards and cartes de visite. Blue binding, metal clasp.
Unboxed:
Lantern Plates (Kodak). Positive images of Mrs. Scribner, her home, President Keyes, President Moore, and various campus buildings. Developed before December 1949.
Daguerreotype. Lucy Skidmore as a young child (ca. 1856), in velvet-lined casing. Also includes a copy negative and print (created in 1999).
Copperplate print block of Lucy S. Scribner.
Copperplate print block of President Keyes.
Box 9:
Photograph album, "House and Garden Photographs." Interior photographs of Anna Skidmore and Lucy Scribner’s New York City Apartment; interior and exterior photographs of Lucy Scribner's home on North Broadway. Dark brown leather album. See Appendix D for an inventory of the photographs in this album.
Box 10:
Photograph album, "Portraits." Photographs of Lucy Skidmore Scribner, her family and friends. Typewritten index to the photographs pasted into the front pages by Lucy Scribner. Brown leather album.
Box 11:
Folder:
1 Chandler, Myrta K, 1914
2 Moore, Harriet and Betts, Mr. (wedding), 1911
3 Peterson, Anna C., n.d.
4 Schieffelin, Louise (Mrs. S.), n.d.
5 Scribner, Charles, n.d.
6 Scribner, John Blair, 1878, n.d.
7 Scribner, Lucy Skidmore - - Portraits, 1886-1924, n.d.
8 Scribner, Lucy Skidmore - - Travels, 1910
9 Scribner, Lucy Skidmore and Skidmore, Anna Holmes Krebbs in their New York City apartment, n.d.
10 Scudamore (Skidmore) coat of arms, n.d.
11 Skidmore, Anna Holmes Krebbs, n.d.
12 Skidmore armor
13 Skidmore, Joseph Russell, n.d.
14 Skidmore, Lucy Ann Hawley (Lucy Scribner’s mother), 1850
15 Skidmore, William Ludlow, n.d.
16 Unidentified persons
17 Miscellaneous
18 Empty mats
Box 12:
Oversized photographs. Portraits of Lucy Scribner and photographs of her house and gardens on North Broadway. Also includes a hand drawn portrait of Ms. Scribner by Lucille Bush, an art instructor at Skidmore.
SERIES VI: OBJECTS
Box 13:
Desk lamp
Glass desk clock (belonged to Mary Elizabeth Larsen)
Gold wax seal, engraved Joseph R. Skidmore
Box 14:
7 Pillowcases "LSS"
1 Hankerchief "LSS"
1 Linen Sheet "LH Skidmore, 12"
2 Linen Sheets "LSS"
1 Linen Sheet "AHS"
“Mrs. Scribner” bookmark, found in The Princess: A Medley by Alfred Tennyson (Special Collections PR 5571 A1 1847)
Unboxed:
Quilt. Handworked by Lucy Skidmore Scribner at age 12.
Bibliography of Works About Lucy Skidmore Scribner in the Scribner Library
Each entry is followed by its call number location in the Lucy Scribner Library.
Barrett, Gurnee Hinman. Lucy Skidmore Scribner: A Memoir. Saratoga Springs: Skidmore College, 1971. Special Collections General LB 875.S35 B3
Hawley, Emily C. A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Pioneer Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore) of the Massachusetts and Connecticut Colonies in New England and of Huntington, Long Island, and of His Descendants Through the Branches Herein Set Forth. S.l: Emily C. Hawley, 1911. Special Collections General CS 71 .H4 1911
Hoffman, Allan M. History of an Idea: Skidmore College 1903-1925. Washington, D.C: University Press of America, 1981. LD 4978 H63 1981
Lucy Skidmore Scribner subject files. Vertical files, Skidmore College Archives.
Contains descriptions of and memoirs about Ms. Scribner by Charlotte Kimball, and Grace Cockroft, and Patricia Ann Lee.
Richardson, Beatrice H. Skidmore College, 1922-1947. Saratoga Springs: Skidmore College, 1947. Special Collections Skidmoreana LD 4963 .R52 1947
Skidmore, Warren. Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore), 1605-1684, of Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and Fairfield, Connecticut: His Ancestors and His Descendants to the Ninth Generation. S.l: Warren Skidmore, 1980. Special Collections Skidmoreana CS 71.S624 S6
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