Box 5

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains copies of newspaper clippings, magazines and other works including a George Eastman house brochure with annotated notes. There are copies of The Whistling Swan, a publication by the Seattle Branch of the National League of American Pen Women which have drawings and poems by Wiggins as well as photocopies of the American Magazine Art which contains the article “Trials and Triumphs of an Amateur Photographer” by Wiggins. In addition, there is a copy of Die Kunst in der...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains a hand-made photograph album with poetry documenting life in Wiggins’ apartment in New York from 1891to 1892. The scrapbook has Wiggins’ nomination materials for an achievement award at the National League of American Pen Women biennial convention in Washington DC, 1948 as well as other items. There are three diaries which contain notes and journal entries; a published version of letters from the 1904 trip in a book entitled Letters from a Pilgrim and an album of typed...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series includes drawings, sketches, articles and poetry. Article topics include William Merritt Chase and a talk Wiggins gave about color. The majority of the poems are typed with handwritten annotations. There is one group of poems that are handwritten and there is an album with Wiggins’ poetry, poems by friends and a copy of The Whistling Swan magazine.