Overview This collection contains materials related to (Katherine) Gordon Brinley (1878-1966) who went by the stage name Gordon Brinley. Brinley performed Chaucerian poetry in period dress beginning in 1921 and running until 1957. She also published guidebooks for travel, acting as the National League of American Pen Women’s Connecticut Branch President in 1934. Brinley married artist Daniel (Putnam) Brinley (1879-1963) in 1904, living in New Canaan, Connecticut for most of her life. This collection...