Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Foote, Mary Hallock |
Othernames |
"Mary Ann Haviland Hallock", "Mary Ann Hallock", "Mary Haviland Hallock" |
Born |
1847 |
Birthplace |
Milton, NY |
Places of residence |
East - NY, CT, ME, and Washington, D.C. West - IL, ID, CO, CA South - Mexico North - British Columbia |
Titles & honors |
As both a successful novelist and accomplished illustrator, Mary illuminated life in the west to her readers. Her books remained especially popular to her audience between the post-Civil War years up until World War I. |
Father |
Nathaniel Hallock (1802-1887) |
Mother |
Ana Burling (1815-1890) |
Nationality |
American |
Education |
The School of Design for women at the Cooper Institute [Cooper Union - New York City] - Mary began her studies during the fall of 1864 (16 years of age) |
Notes |
For more about her remarkable life, please read "A Victorian Gentlewoman in the Far West; The Reminiscences of Mary Hallock Foote", as edited by Rodman W. Paul. Published by Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Copyright 1972. ISBN: 0-87328-057-1. Her reminiscences and personal letters were the inspirational source for Wallace Stegner's "Angle of Repose" (Pulitzer Prize, 1972). Penguin Books. Copyright 1971. ISBN 0 14 01.6930 X Her original reminisences and some of her personal letters are located in Palo Alto, California in the collections of Stanford University. Additional personal letters are located at the Huntington Library in Pasadena, California. |
Occupation |
Mary lived her life as an accomplished illustrator, wife, author, mother; but also regarded by those who knew her as an "exquisite" seamstress, skilled baker, butter-maker, ice skater, dancer and an equestrian of tremendous proficiency! |
Publications |
Illustrated and wrote articles for the Atlantic Monthly, Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine and the following 15 works: The Borrowed Shift The Chosen Valley The Cup of Trembling The Desert and the Sown The Fate of a Voice Friend Barton's Concern The Ground Swell The Harshaw Bride How the Pump Stopped at the Morning Watch In Exile John Bodewin's Testimony The Lamb That Counldn't Keep Up, The Last Assembly Ball The Led-Horse Claim The Rapture of Hetty |
Relationships |
Philadelphia Hallock - (1843-1920) Bessie Hallock Sherman - b. 1841 Thomas Burling Hallock - b. 1837 |
Role |
Writer |
Spouse |
Arthur De Wint Foote - m. 1876 |
Children |
Arthur Burling Foote - b. 1877 Elizabeth "Betty" Townsend Foote - b. 1882 Agnes Foote - b. 1886, d. 1904 |
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2014.8.050 - Photograph
Day tunnel. Upper center is a white house which possibly belonged to Mary Hallock Foote. This area was called "Gabble Town."
Record Type: Photo
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