Kate Chopin Exhibit Collection
Scope and Content
This collection consists of sixteen folders of material from the Kate Chopin Exhibit, including photographs (of family, houses, and other locations) and documents from Kate Chopin’s life and work. There are also folders containing photocopied documents (of both contemporary and more recent vintage) illustrating various aspects of women’s life in Louisiana during the lifetime of Kate Chopin. A chronology is included.
Inventory
Box 8-A-5 1Folder 1 Photographs of Kate Chopin and family.
Folder 2 Photographs of buildings and other locations of importance in Kate Chopin’s life.
Folder 3 Photographs, etc. of St. Louis
Folder 4 Photocopies, w/ backing, of business and personal papers.
Folder 5 Same as above.
Folder 6 Same as above.
Folder 7 Photographs of people other than Kate or her family.
Folder 8 Photocopies, w/ backing, of various documents illustrative of Southern life and the world in which Kate Chopin moved and worked.
Folder 9 Same as above.
Folder 10 Same as above
Folder 11 Photocopies, w/ backing, of pieces of Chopin’s work.
Folder 12 Same as above
Folder 13 Spratling sketches of New Orleans.
Folder 14 Photocopied Confederate maps (w/ backing)
Folder 15 Cloutierville area map and land plat (w/backing).
8-A-5 Box 2 Contains various labels (w/ backing) used in the collection.
