Item 5: Bookplate, Frances Louise Allen, 1898;1909
Item — Box: 20, Folder: 5
Dates
- Created: 1898;1909
Creator
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Bookplate
Title:
The Property of Frances Louise Allen of Hartford in New England
Description:
A bookplate featuring two pilgrims. Within the bookplate are the words, “The Property of Frances Louise Allen of Hartford in New England.” This bookplate was found in a book called The Story of Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrims, written by Katherine Lee Bates and Angus MacDonall.
Author, teacher, and bookplate collector Katherine Lee Bates was born on August 12, 1859 in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Her parents were William Bates and Cornelia Frances Lee. Her father died not long after she was born. She went to Wellesley High School and Newton High School. She went to Wellesley College and got her Bachelor of Arts. She earned an award for her book, Rose and Thorn by the Congressional Sunday School and Publishing Society, and she used the money to go to Oxford University for a year. The book was about lower-class women working for change. She was a poet and author known for writing “America the Beautiful.” She ended up becoming an English Literature major, making it mainstream in colleges, and writing one of the first books for the subject. She never got married due to the risk of losing tenure. She was roommates with her friend Katherine Corman while she worked at Wellesley College, leading people to speculate that they may have been in a relationship. While some other people think they may have just been friends in a ‘Boston Marriage.’ She taught at Natick High School for a year, then at Dana Hill School for four years. Her main teaching gig was at Oxford University. She is also known for making Mrs. Claus mainstream with the poem “Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride” with Mrs. Claus as the leader of Christmas Eve. Another thing she was known for was being an activist who helped women, workers, minorities, migrants, and the lower class. She founded the Denison House in 1892 with some friends, a college house for women. She was a big participant in the peace movement that came about after WWI and tried hard to get the League of Nations established. She was a lifelong Republican, but split with the party and endorsed Democrat John W. Davis for president because of Republicans being against taking place in the League of Nations. She died on March 28, 1929 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Angus Peter MacDonall was born on April 20, 1876 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was an artist whose pieces include “Wigwagging, It Has Ever Been, Must it Be?, and The New Commander in Chief.” His art included funny, home-spun themes. He worked notably for the humor magazine Life; also Harper’s, Scribner’s American Magazine, Ladies’ Home Journal, and created covers for Saturday Evening Post.” He gave to ad campaigns pretty often, and one of them was Jell-O. In 2001, a piece of art he made for Jell-O sold for $9,350. His kids were also involved in art as references for drawing. He was married to Catherine Walsh MacDonall and they had four children, Lucille Blair MacDonall Miller, Patricia M MacDonall Miller, Frances M Macdonall Clark, and Donald Angus Macdonell. He died on December 18, 1927 in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Theodore Brown Hapgood Jr. was born on August 28, 1871 in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Theodore Brown Hapgood Sr. and Sarah Frances Mason. He got married to Grace Eugenia Babeuf on June 20, 1921. He attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. During the 1890’s, he made posters for publishers such as The Century Magazine, The Inland Printer, Little, Brown & Company along with some others. His art was really well done and he eventually started working on book covers, clothing, vignettes and vestments. He is most well-known for designing bookplates and some of them were reintroduced into The Hapgood Brochure. They were also shown at Wellesley College’s art show. He died in 1938.
Author, teacher, and bookplate collector Katherine Lee Bates was born on August 12, 1859 in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Her parents were William Bates and Cornelia Frances Lee. Her father died not long after she was born. She went to Wellesley High School and Newton High School. She went to Wellesley College and got her Bachelor of Arts. She earned an award for her book, Rose and Thorn by the Congressional Sunday School and Publishing Society, and she used the money to go to Oxford University for a year. The book was about lower-class women working for change. She was a poet and author known for writing “America the Beautiful.” She ended up becoming an English Literature major, making it mainstream in colleges, and writing one of the first books for the subject. She never got married due to the risk of losing tenure. She was roommates with her friend Katherine Corman while she worked at Wellesley College, leading people to speculate that they may have been in a relationship. While some other people think they may have just been friends in a ‘Boston Marriage.’ She taught at Natick High School for a year, then at Dana Hill School for four years. Her main teaching gig was at Oxford University. She is also known for making Mrs. Claus mainstream with the poem “Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride” with Mrs. Claus as the leader of Christmas Eve. Another thing she was known for was being an activist who helped women, workers, minorities, migrants, and the lower class. She founded the Denison House in 1892 with some friends, a college house for women. She was a big participant in the peace movement that came about after WWI and tried hard to get the League of Nations established. She was a lifelong Republican, but split with the party and endorsed Democrat John W. Davis for president because of Republicans being against taking place in the League of Nations. She died on March 28, 1929 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Angus Peter MacDonall was born on April 20, 1876 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was an artist whose pieces include “Wigwagging, It Has Ever Been, Must it Be?, and The New Commander in Chief.” His art included funny, home-spun themes. He worked notably for the humor magazine Life; also Harper’s, Scribner’s American Magazine, Ladies’ Home Journal, and created covers for Saturday Evening Post.” He gave to ad campaigns pretty often, and one of them was Jell-O. In 2001, a piece of art he made for Jell-O sold for $9,350. His kids were also involved in art as references for drawing. He was married to Catherine Walsh MacDonall and they had four children, Lucille Blair MacDonall Miller, Patricia M MacDonall Miller, Frances M Macdonall Clark, and Donald Angus Macdonell. He died on December 18, 1927 in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Theodore Brown Hapgood Jr. was born on August 28, 1871 in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Theodore Brown Hapgood Sr. and Sarah Frances Mason. He got married to Grace Eugenia Babeuf on June 20, 1921. He attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. During the 1890’s, he made posters for publishers such as The Century Magazine, The Inland Printer, Little, Brown & Company along with some others. His art was really well done and he eventually started working on book covers, clothing, vignettes and vestments. He is most well-known for designing bookplates and some of them were reintroduced into The Hapgood Brochure. They were also shown at Wellesley College’s art show. He died in 1938.
Creator
- Hapgood, Theodore B. (Theodore Brown), 1871- 1938 (Person)
- Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929 (Person)
- Macdonall, Angus, 1876-1927 (Person)
Repository Details
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu