Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1897 | Born, Almond, Wis. |
1913 | Graduated, Wisconsin State College, Stevens Point, Wis. |
1917 | Married Myron Turner Harshaw |
1920s | Taught school, Winnetka, Ill. |
1931 | Published The Council of the Gods. Chicago: Thomas S. Rockwell Co. |
1933-1949 | Promotion director, Children’s Bookshop, Carson Pirie Scott & Co., Chicago, Ill. |
1934 | Published My Viking Book. New York: Rand, McNally & Co. Published Reindeer of the Waves. New York: Rand, McNally & Co. |
1946-1949 | Wrote and conducted The Hobby Horse Presents radio program for Carson Pirie Scott & Co.; program renamed Carnival of Books in 1949 |
1948 | Published with Dilla W. MacBean What Book Is That? New York: Macmillan |
1948-1967 | Wrote and conducted Battle of Books radio program for the Chicago Board of Education, Chicago, Ill. |
1949-1966 | Wrote and conducted Carnival of Books radio program for the Public Affairs and Education Department, National Broadcasting Co. |
1968, Jan. 18 | Died, Glencoe, Ill. |
1970 | Published with Hope Harshaw Evans In What Book. New York: Macmillan |