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mnsss99 Baird Leonard Papers, 1909-1937 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by mnsss. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

2003

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Laura Cutter. 2003-06-12 Finding aid written in English 2005-09-23 mnsss99 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Baird Leonard Papers, 1909-1937 Finding Aid MS 93 Revised 2002 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Leonard, Baird, d. 1941 Baird Leonard Papers1909-1937 MS 93 2 boxes (1 linear ft.) Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Columnist; Social critic; Poet; and Humorist. Papers contain photographs, bookplates, drawings, scrapbook and correspondence with famous and lesser known writers and journalists. Includes original manuscripts and typescripts of columns, essays, articles, and verse; plus notebooks, reviews and clippings of her articles and columns. English. Biographical Note

Drawing of Baird Leonard by O. Cushing, undated

Leola Baird Leonard (known professionally as Baird Leonard), was born 16 May 1888. She graduated from Smith College in 1909 and was a columnist, critic, poet, and humorist for Life magazine (1922-32), The New Yorker (1925), Harpers (1927-29), Judge (1932), and the New York Morning Telegraph (1912-24). She also published a book of poems entitled Simple Confession (1930). Her work was chiefly light and satiric verse and parodies. Her column, "Mrs. Pepys' Diary," a parody on Samuel Pepys with a "jazzy" New York slant, was featured in Life. She married Harry St. Clair Zogbaum. Baird Leonard died in 1941.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Baird Leonard Papers contain correspondence, writings, photographs, bookplates, drawings, and a scrapbook. The papers also contain correspondence with other writers and journalists, including Frank Bacon, David Belasco, Louis Bromfield, Charles Dana Gibson, Oliver Herford, William Lyon Phelps, Robert E. Sherwood, Sara Teasdale, Hendrik Van Loon, Carl Van Vechten and Carolyn Wells. The writings series includes original manuscripts and typescripts of columns, essays, articles, and verse; plus notebooks, reviews and clippings of her articles and columns. There are also a few photographs,a scrapbook, and the original drawing by Charles Dana Gibson of "Mrs. Pepys" at her typewriter which headed her column.

Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

The copyright owner of this collection is unknown. 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.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Baird Leonard Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

History of the Collection

Baird Leonard's papers were donated to the Sophia Smith Collection by her sister, Kate Zogbaum Linzboth in 1954 and 1955.

The collection is unprocessed. Finding aid revised in 2002 by Gayla Spaulding, intern.

Search Terms Women--Humor--History--Sources American wit and humor--Women authors-19th century--Sources Humorous poetry, American--History--20th century--Sources Journalism--United States--History--20th century--Sources New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Sources Leonard, Baird, d. 1941 1 1 Contents Correspondence 1 2 Adams, Franklin Pierce, 1919, n.d. 1 3 Bacon, Frank, 1919 1 4 Belasco, David, n.d. 1 5 Broomfield, Louis, n.d. 1 6 Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dana, n.d. 1 7 Hamilton, Cosmo, n.d. 1 8 Herford, Oliver, n.d. 1 9 Hughes, Rupert, 1916-17 1 10 Hughes, Adelaide Maud (Mrs. Rupert), n.d. 1 11 Jordan, Kate, n.d. 1 12 Knox, Rose Markward (Mrs. Charles), 1924 1 13 Liverwright, Horace, 1924 1 14 Maxwell, W. B., 1925 1 15 Robinson, Theodore Douglas, 1928 1 16 Roche, Arthur Somers, 1918 1 17 Sears, Zelda, 1923 1 18 Sherwood, Robert E., 1918 1 19 Shipman, Louis Evan, n.d. 1 20 Teasdale, Sara, 1918-21 1 21 Van Loon, Henrick Wilhelm, 1882-1944 1 22 Van Vetchen, Carl, 1923 1 23 White, James Terry, n.d. 1 24 White, Mary Cornelius, 1926 1 25 Woollcott, Alexander, 1937 1 26-27 Notebooks: for Morning Telegraph and general, n.d. 1 28 Notes on lectures 1 29 Photographs and book plate Writings 2 1 The Book Market, 1914 2 2 "Mrs. Pep's Diary," 1928 2 3 Clippings and miscellaneous, 1929-31, n.d. 2 4 "Woman About Town," articles, n.d. 2 5 The Polo Grounder (Hits Pinched at the Polo Grounds), 1914 2 6 Manhattan Monotypes, 1926, n.d. 2 7 Verses, n.d. 2 8 Verses--Answers to Famous Questions, n.d. 2 9 Crazy Quilt, n.d. 2 Scrapbook: reviews and correspondence re: Simple Confessions, 1912-30, n.d. Flat File: Drawing by Charles Dana Gibson of "Mrs. Pepys" at her typewriter with "Life" (as cupid) looking on (inscribed by artist), n.d.