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Anna Chapin Ray

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Anna Chapin Ray
Born(1865-01-03)January 3, 1865
Westfield, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 13, 1945(1945-12-13) (aged 80)
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A., M.A.
Alma materSmith College
OccupationWriter

Anna Chapin Ray (January 3, 1865 – December 13, 1945) was an American writer.

Biography

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Born in Westfield, Massachusetts,[1] she was the daughter of Edward Addison Ray and Helen M. (Chapin).[2] In 1881 she was one of the first three women to take the Yale University entrance exam.[2] She studied at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts[3] where she received a B.A. in 1885 and an M.A. in modern European history in 1888.[2][4]

Beginning in 1889,[2] Anna became a prolific author; her works included many children's books, but she also published adult novels. She wrote during the summer in New Haven, Connecticut, then spent the winter in Quebec.[5] Most of her works were written using the pseudonym Sidney Howard.[3] From 1916 until 1920 she served at the Military Hospitals Commission in Ottawa. She was supervisor of the stenographic bureau in the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment.[6] Her older brother Nathaniel (1858–1917) was a mining engineer and a California state legislator. The two frequently corresponded.[7]

In October 1945 she had a hip fracture and was admitted to the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Connecticut. After being moved to a convalescent hospital, she died December 13, 1945.[8]

Bibliography

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  • In Blue Creek cañon[9] (1892)
  • Margaret Davis, tutor[9] (1893)
  • Dick: a story for boys and girls[9] (1896)
  • Half a dozen girls (1897)
  • Half a dozen boys: an every-day story (1889)
  • How Polly and Ned found Santa Claus (1898)
  • Teddy: her book: a story of sweet sixteen[9] (1898)
  • Each life unfulfilled[9] (1899)
  • Phebe, her profession: a sequel to Teddy: her book[9] (1900)
  • The dominant strain[9] (1903)
  • Sheba[9] (1903)
  • Ursula's freshman[9] (1903)
  • Bumper and baby John (1904)
  • By the good Sainte Anne: a story of modern Quebec[10] (1904)
  • On the firing line" a romance of South Africa[9][10] (1905) with Hamilton Brock Fuller
  • Hearts and creeds[9][10] (1906)
  • Janet : her winter in Quebec[9] (1906)
  • Ackroyd of the faculty (1907)
  • Teddy, her daughter; a sequel to Teddy, her book[9] (1907)[note 1]
  • Quickened[9] (1908)
  • The bridge builders[10] (1909)
  • Janet at odds[9] (1909)
  • Nathalie's chum (1909)
  • Nathalie's sister: the last of the McAlister records (1909)
  • Sidney at college (1909)
  • Over the quicksands[9][10] (1910)
  • A woman with a purpose[10] (1911)
  • The Brentons (1912)
  • Sidney: her summer on the St. Lawrence (1912)
  • On board the Beatic[9][10] (1913)
  • The responsibilities of Buddie (1913)
  • Letters of a Canadian stretcher bearer (1918) editor

Notes

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  1. ^ Reissued by Henry Frowde, London, in 1911 with colour illustrations by N. Tenison.[11]

References

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  1. ^ The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer, vol. 36, new york: Excelsior Publishing House, January 1, 1912, p. 115.
  2. ^ a b c d Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, New York: L.R. Hamersly, 1909, p. 44.
  3. ^ a b Oldenziel, Ruth (1999), Making Technology Masculine: Men, Women and Modern Machines in America, 1870-1945, Amsterdam University Press, p. 138, ISBN 9053563814.
  4. ^ Kramer, John E. (1981), The American college novel: an annotated bibliography, Garland Publishing, p. 44, ISBN 0824093658.
  5. ^ "Summer Plans of Authors", Lewistin Journal, p. 12, June 22–25, 1910.
  6. ^ Tennyson, Brian Douglas (2013), The Canadian Experience of the Great War: A Guide to Memoirs, Scarecrow Press, Incorporated, p. 439, ISBN 9780810886797.
  7. ^ "Nathaniel Chapin Ray Papers, 1878-1916", Manuscript Collections, New Haven Museum, archived from the original on December 18, 2010, retrieved 2012-02-24.
  8. ^ "Children's Author; Writer of 40 Volumes for the Young Dies in New Haven-- First Book Out in 1890", The New York Times, December 14, 1945, retrieved 2024-07-11.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Browsing Authors With Titles", The Online Books Page, University of Pennsylvania, retrieved 2013-02-24.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g Smith, Geoffrey D. (1997), American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography, Cambridge University Press, p. 554, ISBN 0521434696.
  11. ^ "Search Results for the Keyword "N. Tenison"". Library Hub Discover. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
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