Marion Barnes Meisel Papers
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topic: SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
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topic: Memorabilia1899-1901, n.d.
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topic: SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE
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topic: Burling, Marion1935-59
subject: Burling, Marion1935-59
topic: Miscellaneous1945-54, n.d.
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topic: SERIES III. WRITINGS
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topic: Poems
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topic: Catsn.d.
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topic: Life1938-46, n.d.
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topic: Love1938-43, n.d.
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topic: Time1940-44, n.d.
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topic: Age and memory1938-39, n.d.
subject: Age and memory1938-39, n.d.
topic: Death1937-43, n.d.
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topic: Nature1938-44, n.d.
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topic: Music and writing1938-41, n.d.
subject: Music and writing1938-41, n.d.
topic: Religion1939-43, n.d.
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topic: Political and historical1937-43, n.d.
subject: Political and historical1937-43, n.d.
topic: Miscellaneous1938-47, n.d.
subject: Miscellaneous1938-47, n.d.
topic: Handwritten drafts1935-42, n.d.
subject: Handwritten drafts1935-42, n.d.
topic: Miscellaneous writings1927, 1938, n.d.
subject: Miscellaneous writings1927, 1938, n.d.
topic: SERIES IV: PHOTOGRAPHS
subject: SERIES IV: PHOTOGRAPHS
topic: By Marion Meisel
subject: By Marion Meisel
topic: Cats
subject: Cats
topic: Artistic pieces
subject: Artistic pieces
topic: Landscapes
subject: Landscapes
topic: Portraits
subject: Portraits
topic: Men
subject: Men
topic: Women
subject: Women
topic: Guido Meisel1950, n.d.
subject: Guido Meisel1950, n.d.
topic: Children
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topic: Miscellaneous

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provides access to: Landscapes
provides access to: Portraits
provides access to: Men
provides access to: Women
provides access to: Guido Meisel1950, n.d.
provides access to: Children
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provides access to: Chapman, Arthur D.: cityscapes1914
provides access to: Treasure Chest Tavern: interiorn.d.
provides access to: Marion Meisel and miscellaneous
provides access to: Scrapbook pages
provides access to: Marion Meisel
provides access to: Marion Meisel and unidentified man

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Marion Barnes Meisel Papers
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Marion Barnes Meisel Papers
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date: 1895-1983
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extent: 2 boxes
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language: eng
origination: Meisel, Marion
has biographical history: Biographical History for: Marion Barnes Meisel Papers
acquisitions: Richard Hanau donated Marion Meisel's Papers to the Sophia Smith Collection 1989.
scopecontent: Scope and Contents of the Collection The Marion Barnes Meisel Papers consist of .75 linear ft. of material dating from 1895 to 1983 and are primarily related to her work as a poet and photographer. Types of materials include correspondence, drafts and published versions of poems, photographs, newspaper clippings, business information, and memorabilia. Correspondence dates primarily from 1896 to 1899 and consists of letters from Victor Lichtenstein. There are some later letters from Marion Burling dating from 1935 to 1959. The bulk of the papers date from 1917 to 1950 and consist of poems written by Meisel, as well as her photographic works. The photographs are primarily portraits, with some landscapes and artistic pieces. The bulk of the photographs are unidentified and undated. There are also scrapbook pages and photographs of Marion and her cats.
access restrictions: The Papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection without any additional restrictions.
use restrictions: Copyright ownership of Marion Meisel's writings is unknown. Copyright to materials authored by persons other than Meisel may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. Permission must be obtained to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
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Meisel, Marion
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Biographical History for: Marion Barnes Meisel Papers
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body: Biographical Note Marion Meisel, circa 1920 Marion Barnes Meisel was born Mary Hall Barnes in 1874 to James Jethro Barnes and Cornelia V. Hall Barnes in Atlanta, Georgia. She was the second oldest and only girl of four children. Her father was a prominent figure, serving as a City Councilman and Sheriff in Atlanta in the late nineteenth century. Little is known about Meisel's childhood. Marion Barnes studied piano intermittently between 1895 and 1901 at C.A. Klemm's Musikalen-Sortiment in Leipzig, Germany. During this time she was courted by a violinist from Missouri named Victor Lichtenstein. In 1902, at age 28, she married Guido Meisel, a German chemist. They resided primarily in New York City and Boston. Marion studied photography at the Clarence H. White school of photography and became part of a community of elite photographers, including Alfred Stieglitz and Arthur D. Chapman. She worked primarily as a portrait photographer during the World War I period. Guido was convicted of commercial espionage in 1928, having sold chemical information to the Germans. This resulted in their separation and his permanent residence in Germany. They had no children. After Guido's conviction, Marion moved to Poughkeepsie, New York, where she owned the Treasure Chest Tavern and Antique Shop which served the Vassar College community. She then moved to Weston, Vermont around 1935 to open the Hitching Post, a country inn. Marion also wrote poetry upon moving to Vermont, some of which was published in small magazines such as The Florida Magazine of Verse and Driftwinds. Her writing culminated in the publication of her only book, As The Pendulum Swings, published by Driftwinds Press in 1946. Cats were an important part of Marion's life and while living in Vermont she began working as a cat breeder. Around 1948, when she was 74, Marion moved to South Londonderry, Vermont and then to Acworth, New Hampshire in 1951. Around 1959, at age 85, Marion moved back to New York City where she rem…
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By Marion Meisel
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Artistic pieces
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Landscapes
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Marion Meisel and miscellaneous
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