Disciplines: Literature

C. Scoggins

Disciplines: Literature
Residencies: 1923

Charles Elbert Scoggins (1888-1955) was an American writer who specialized in adventure stories set in Central America.

Two of his stories were filmed by Hollywood; Untamed in 1929 and Tycoon, first serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in 1932 was filmed with John Wayne in 1947.

Studios

Cheney

C. Scoggins worked in the Cheney studio.

Support the 31 studios on MacDowell's campus by making a gift right now, during our Spring Appeal! CheneyStudio was given to MacDowell by Mrs. Benjamin P. Cheney and Mrs.Karl Kauffman. Like Barnard Studio, Cheney is a low, broadly massedbungalow. Sited on a steep westward slope, its porches are supportedon wooden posts…

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