About Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Historic Photos
In 1950, Marjorie Rawlings gave her manuscripts and correspondence to the University of Florida. This gift was the foundation of a growing collection of Florida writers held by the University's Smathers Library. Over the years, the Rawlings collection has grown with the addition of more manuscripts, books, letters, photographs and other related materials. We thank the staff of the Special Collections Department at the Smathers Library for permission to use the following historic photographs related to the life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
Leonard Fiddia and Daniel Wells helped Marjorie Rawlings gather stories of life in the Big Scrub for her novels.
Marjorie Rawlings stayed with Piety Fiddia and her son Leonard in the Big Scrub while she was doing research for her first book, South Moon Under.
Cal Long and his family were early settlers in the Big Scrub. Marjorie Rawlings stayed with the Longs and used their remote homestead as the setting for The Yearling.
Norton Baskin was MKR's longtime friend and second husband. They married in 1941.
Martha Mickens on the back steps of the house.
MKR and Martha Mickens standing near the back steps.