[Scrapbook of the New York Branch of the National League of American Pen Women]
- New York, NY , 1940
New York, NY, 1940. Very good. 13¼” x 10”. Commercial album, brad-bound and string-tied boards, filled about halfway with 68 clippings, 9 items of ephemera, 2 photographs and 4 pieces of original art adhered. Pp. [40, 51 blank, 2, 5 blank]. One photo 3¼” x 2½”, the other 9¾” x 7½” and captioned. Very good: album a bit scuffed and stained with dates handwritten on label to front and inside top board.
This is a great compilation of materials by and about the women of the New York City chapter of the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW). It holds a wealth of clippings and printed materials revealing the women's output and club endeavors, as well as published poems and works of original art.
NLAPW was founded in 1897 by poet and newspaper writer Marian Longfellow (niece of Henry) O'Donoghue, journalists Margaret Sullivan Burke and Anna Sanborn Hamilton to unify female writers excluded from male-only organizations. Quoting the group's first meeting minutes, the “Dauntless Three” brought together 17 female writers, poets and artists, hoping to provide “mutual aid, advice, and future development” for each other and their careers. NLAPW has grown to over 80 branches and 1,600 women – authors, journalists, artists, poets, composers, musicians and lecturers – with headquarters in Washington, D.C.
This scrapbook begins with a letterhead list of officers of the New York City branch, led by president Florence Hamilton, as well as an original brochure promoting Hamilton's lectures for “churches, clubs and colleges.” Hamilton had been manager and secretary to poet Edwin Markham, and after his death in 1936 lectured widely and published several volumes of her own. Dozens of clippings announce club meetings, lectures, dinners and teas, as well as the publication of works by, and honors bestowed upon its members. A clipping of the poem “Portrait” by Gertrude Ryder Bennett appears directly above her handwritten letter, thanking the league for a poetry prize as well as for the “many treasured friendships formed.” We read of Leonora Speyer, who won a Pulitzer for poetry, the worldtraveling Neill James (“Author of Book on Lapland Finds Jobs Everywhere”) and the “double life” of Dorothy Quick, whose “poetry appears in the intellectual weeklies” and “tales of terror are published in the pulp magazines.” There are beautifully illustrated articles by Kathryn Cravens for The Everyday Magazine (“At Home With Emily Post”) and on “Airlining for Headlines.” Cravens was a wildly popular radio star and early promoter of commercial air travel; she logged more than 100,000 miles traveling the country as the “Flying Reporter.”
The album also holds order forms, promotional pamphlets and exhibit catalogs for artists and authors such as pioneer radio broadcaster and noted lecturer Mrs. Owen Kildare, as well as an illustrated program for Wagner's “Ring” opera performed by contralto Elizabeth Wysor. One large photograph was captioned, “Our President reads a book,” and there are four pieces of original art by noted painters Carrie Dawson Scott, Anna G. Morse and Virginia Adolph, the last who served as “art chairman” of NLAPW and of “Gardens on Parade at the World's Fair.”
A fantastic collection of reviews, promotions and creations of the New York City chapter of a noted women's group. We found evidence of nothing similar in OCLC or online.
This is a great compilation of materials by and about the women of the New York City chapter of the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW). It holds a wealth of clippings and printed materials revealing the women's output and club endeavors, as well as published poems and works of original art.
NLAPW was founded in 1897 by poet and newspaper writer Marian Longfellow (niece of Henry) O'Donoghue, journalists Margaret Sullivan Burke and Anna Sanborn Hamilton to unify female writers excluded from male-only organizations. Quoting the group's first meeting minutes, the “Dauntless Three” brought together 17 female writers, poets and artists, hoping to provide “mutual aid, advice, and future development” for each other and their careers. NLAPW has grown to over 80 branches and 1,600 women – authors, journalists, artists, poets, composers, musicians and lecturers – with headquarters in Washington, D.C.
This scrapbook begins with a letterhead list of officers of the New York City branch, led by president Florence Hamilton, as well as an original brochure promoting Hamilton's lectures for “churches, clubs and colleges.” Hamilton had been manager and secretary to poet Edwin Markham, and after his death in 1936 lectured widely and published several volumes of her own. Dozens of clippings announce club meetings, lectures, dinners and teas, as well as the publication of works by, and honors bestowed upon its members. A clipping of the poem “Portrait” by Gertrude Ryder Bennett appears directly above her handwritten letter, thanking the league for a poetry prize as well as for the “many treasured friendships formed.” We read of Leonora Speyer, who won a Pulitzer for poetry, the worldtraveling Neill James (“Author of Book on Lapland Finds Jobs Everywhere”) and the “double life” of Dorothy Quick, whose “poetry appears in the intellectual weeklies” and “tales of terror are published in the pulp magazines.” There are beautifully illustrated articles by Kathryn Cravens for The Everyday Magazine (“At Home With Emily Post”) and on “Airlining for Headlines.” Cravens was a wildly popular radio star and early promoter of commercial air travel; she logged more than 100,000 miles traveling the country as the “Flying Reporter.”
The album also holds order forms, promotional pamphlets and exhibit catalogs for artists and authors such as pioneer radio broadcaster and noted lecturer Mrs. Owen Kildare, as well as an illustrated program for Wagner's “Ring” opera performed by contralto Elizabeth Wysor. One large photograph was captioned, “Our President reads a book,” and there are four pieces of original art by noted painters Carrie Dawson Scott, Anna G. Morse and Virginia Adolph, the last who served as “art chairman” of NLAPW and of “Gardens on Parade at the World's Fair.”
A fantastic collection of reviews, promotions and creations of the New York City chapter of a noted women's group. We found evidence of nothing similar in OCLC or online.
Details
Title
[Scrapbook of the New York Branch of the National League of American Pen Women]
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
New York, NY
Date
1940