Discipline: Literature

C. Scoggins

Discipline: Literature
MacDowell Fellowships: 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.

Cheney Studio was given to MacDowell by Mrs. Benjamin P. Cheney and Mrs. Karl Kauffman. Like Barnard Studio, Cheney is a low, broadly massed bungalow. Sited on a steep westward slope, its porches are supported on wooden posts and fieldstone with lattices. Although it still retains its appealing character, the original design of the shingled building…

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