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Eunice Blake Bohanon

Eunice Putnam Blake Bohanon (April 19, 1904 – February 16, 1997) was an American children's book editor and vice-president of J. B. Lippincott & Co. and president of the Children's Book Council.

Eunice Blake Bohanon
Yearbook photo of a young white woman with wavy blonde hair
Eunice Blake Bohanon, from the 1925 yearbook of Smith College
Born
Eunice Putnam Blake

(1904-04-19)April 19, 1904
New Haven, Connecticut
DiedFebruary 16, 1997(1997-02-16) (aged 92)
Occupation(s)Children's book editor, consultant
RelativesJames Luce Kingsley (great-grandfather)

Early life and education edit

Eunice Putnam Blake was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the daughter of James Kingsley Blake and Helen Langley Putnam Blake.[1] Her father, a lawyer,[2] died in 1911, when she and her sister were young. She was descended from prominent old New England families; two of her great-grandfathers were inventor Eli Whitney Blake and classical scholar James Luce Kingsley.[3] She graduated from Smith College in 1925.[4]

Career edit

Bohanon was an editor and vice-president at J. B. Lippincott & Co.[5] and president of the Children's Book Council.[6] She held a Fulbright Scholarship in 1964 for study in India.[5] In the 1960s, she was a representative of the Franklin Book Programs, a project of the USAID; with the Franklin program, she promoted children's literature and literacy in travels through India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Italy, Israel, and through several African countries in the 1960s.[7][8][9] She was a member of the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club selection board in 1969 and 1971,[10] and a judge for the Sarah Josepha Hale Awards in the 1970s.[11]

Bohanon co-wrote Portrait of Jesus: Paintings and Engravings from the National Gallery of Art (1956) with Marian King;[12] the book was published in separate Catholic and Protestant editions.[13] She also wrote an introduction to a 1980 edition of Azor and the Blue-Eyed Cow by Maude Crowley.[14]

Bohanon donated an easement on her land in New Hampshire to the Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust, to protect the public view of Lake Sunapee.[15] She also collected Indian art,[16] and donated art to the Currier Museum of Art.[17][18] She gave an oral history interview to New London History & Archives.[19]

Personal life edit

Eunice Blake married architect and children's book author Paul I. Bohanon in 1939.[20] He died in 1954.[21] She died in 1997, aged 92 years.[22] The University of Oregon Libraries hold a collection of her papers.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ Moffat, R. Burnham (1913). Pierrepont Genealogies from Norman Times to 1913. Priv. print. [L. Middleditch Company]. p. 113.
  2. ^ Tuttle, Roger W. (1911). Biographies of Graduates of the Yale Law School, 1824–1899. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company. pp. 690–691.
  3. ^ Day, Harry G. (1912). "Obituary Sketch of James Kingsley Blake". Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Errors of the State of Connecticut. 84: 723–724.
  4. ^ Smith College, Class of 1925 (1925 yearbook): 34. via Internet Archive
  5. ^ a b "Eunice Bohanon". Fulbright Scholar Program. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  6. ^ Franklin Book Programs (May 15, 1966). "A Book Development Program for Tanzania: Report and Recommendations" USAID.
  7. ^ De Oliveira, Laura (2019). "Franklin Book Programs: The Cold War and US Cultural Imperialism". Transatlantic Cultures. ISSN 0000-0000.
  8. ^ a b "Collection: Eunice Blake Bohanon papers". University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  9. ^ Bohanon, Eunice Blake (November 7, 1965). "Progress Across the Pacific". Chicago Tribune. pp. 292, 293. Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "These Experts Work for You!". Senior Weekly Reader. 10: 6. June 25, 1971 – via Internet Archive.
  11. ^ "Sarah Josepha Hale Award Winners". The Boston Globe. August 17, 1975. p. 229. Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ King, Marian (1956). Portrait of Jesus. Paintings and Engravings from the National Gallery of Art [Smithsonian Institution, Washington]. Descriptive Text by M. King. Bible Selections [from the Douay Version] by Eunice Bohanon. Lippincott.
  13. ^ Library of Congress Copyright Office (July–December 1956). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. p. 280.
  14. ^ Crowley, Maude; Sewell, Helen (1980). Azor and the blue-eyed cow. Boston: Gregg Press. ISBN 978-0-8398-2605-7. OCLC 5239711.
  15. ^ "New London Protected Properties: Bohanon/Harris". Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  16. ^ "Summer Online Auction: Jamini Roy". Saffronart. June 24–25, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  17. ^ Thayer, Abbott Handerson (1876). "Discipline with a Lump of Sugar". Currier Museum of Art. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  18. ^ Ropes, Joseph (1863–1864). "The Falls of Tivoli". Currier Museum of Art. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  19. ^ "Special Collections". New London History & Archives. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  20. ^ Oesterlin, Pauline Johnson (1991). New Hampshire marriage licenses and intentions, 1709–1961. Internet Archive. Bowie, MD : Heritage Books. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-55613-530-9 – via Internet Archive.
  21. ^ "Paul Bohanon Dead; Architect, Was 55". The New York Times. September 1, 1954. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  22. ^ "Deaths: Eunice Blake Bohanon". The New York Times. February 25, 1997. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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