Mary Gay Humphreys
Mary Gay Humphreys | |
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| Born | 1843 Ripley, Ohio |
| Died | 1915 (aged 71–72) |
| Other names | Henry Somerville Elinor Gray |
Mary Gay Humphreys (1843 - 1915) was an American journalist and author. She is best known for her writings in multiple news outlets, and her books including one on Catherine Schuyler, a socialite in Colonial America.
Life[edit]
She was born in Ripley, Ohio[1] in 1843 to William Smith Humphreys and Henrietta Somerville Write and died in 1915.[2] She served as a nurse in the Civil War and the Philippines.[1]
Writings[edit]
Humphreys wrote in multiple periodicals including The Art Amateur, Scribner's Sons,[3] Harper's Bazaar,[4] Harper's Weekly,[5] The Evening Sun,[6] and The Chicago Inter-Ocean.[7]In 1885, she co-authored, using the pen name Elinor Gray,[1] a book with American Christian author, William Boardman. The book was called Skilful Susy: A Book of Fairs and Bazars, and it reviewed ouvrages de dames, fancy work, and other craft-work required in an 18th century household. Her next book, Catherine Schuyler, was a biography of Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler who was born in colonial New York to a prominent Dutch family and provides insight into the daily toils of upper-class 18th century women.
Humphreys then used the nom-de-plume, Henry Somerville, for her next two books. When Jack Racer was first published, the news described the author Henry Somerville as a native of Ohio who worked in the newspaper business and who had been encouraged by his mother to write fiction.[8] Later it was revealed that Somerville was the nom-de-plume of Humphreys.[9][10] Humphreys went on to publish a sequel, Racer of Illinois, in 1902.
Her final book, Missionary Explorers Among the American Indians, was included as a volume in Scribner's in 1913. The article was devoted to the lives of six American missionaries: John Eliot, Samson Occum, David Brainerd, Marcus Whitman, Stephen Riggs and John Lewis Dyer.
Selected publications[edit]
- Humphreys, Mary Gay (1885). Skilful Susy. OCLC 1157217061. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
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- Humphreys, Mary Gay; Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) (1897). Catherine Schuyler. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. OCLC 1861828.[11]
- Humphreys, Mary Gay (1901). Jack Racer. Written as Henry Somerville. McClure, Phillips & Co. OCLC 25959199.[12]
- Humphreys, Mary Gay; McClure, Phillips & Co (1902). Racer of Illinois. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co. OCLC 669223104.[13]
- Humphreys, Mary Gay (1913). Missionary explorers among the American Indians. New York, N.Y.: C. Scribner's Sons. OCLC 1526495.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Coyle, William (1962). Ohio authors and their books: biographical data and selective bibliographies for Ohio authors, native and resident, 1796-1950. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Cleveland, New York, The World Pub. Co. p. 329.
- ^ "LIBRARY TALK – MARCH 14, 2022 – Union Township Public Library". 2022-05-25. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ "Clipped From The Owensboro Messenger". The Owensboro Messenger. 1896-07-29. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Clipped From The Valley Virginian". The Valley Virginian. 1890-05-08. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Clipped From The Hillsdale Standard". The Hillsdale Standard. 1898-07-26. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Clipped From The Times-Democrat". The Times-Democrat. 1894-07-12. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Clipped From The Inter Ocean". The Inter Ocean. 1889-03-17. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Clipped From The Brooklyn Citizen". The Brooklyn Citizen. 1901-09-08. p. 20. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ "The Literary Outlook". Savannah Morning News. 1902-02-09. pp. [1], [2]. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ "Clipped From The Brooklyn Citizen". The Brooklyn Citizen. 1902-01-19. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ Reviews for Catherine Schuyler
"Clipped From The Inter Ocean". The Inter Ocean. 1897-10-16. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- Sucato, Sabrina (2022-03-08). "Catherine Schuyler: A Force in the Hudson Valley During the Revolution". Hudson Valley Magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ Reviews of Jack Racer
- "Reviews of new books". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1901-09-21. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- "A Study of a Prairie Village.*". The New York Times. 1901-11-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ Review of Racer of Illinois
- "Fiction of the Hour". The Courier-Journal. 1902-10-04. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ Reviews for Missionary Explorers among the American Indians
- Smith, Charles W. (1913). "Review of Missionary Explorers among the American Indians". The Washington Historical Quarterly. 4 (4): 293. ISSN 0361-6223. JSTOR 40473688.
- B., D. H. (1915). "Review of Missionary Explorers among the American Indians". Bulletin of the American Geographical Society. 47 (7): 539. doi:10.2307/201441. hdl:2027/uc1.$b59323. ISSN 0190-5929. JSTOR 201441.