Mary Berri Chapman Hansbrough (1872 – 5 June 1951) was an American poet and painter.[2]
Mary Berri Chapman Hansbrough | |
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| Born | 1872 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | June 5, 1951 (aged 78–79)[1] |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Spouse | Henry C. Hansbrough |
Biography edit
She was born Mary Berri Chapman in Washington, D.C. to parents Charles Chapman of New Haven and Etta S. Chapman, a patent examiner.[3] She was a member of the Art Students League of Washington.[3] She wrote and illustrated her book Lyrics of Love and Nature, published in 1895.[4][5][6] In 1897 she married the U.S. senator Henry C. Hansbrough.[7] The same year, she published the work of fiction A Fashionable Hero in Harper's Magazine.[8] In 1906 she published a 153 page volume titled Poems by MBCH.[9]
She spent the last 42 years of her life, from 1909 to 1951, as a resident of St. Elizabeths Hospital, a mental health institution in Washington D.C.[10] She was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC.[11]
Collections edit
Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum[12] and the Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.[13]
References edit
- ^ "Deaths" (PDF). chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. The Evening Star, Washington D.C.
- ^ "Mery Berri Chapman Hansbrough | DC Writers' Homes". DC Writers’ Homes. 24 November 2018.
- ^ a b The Midland Monthly Magazine. J. Birgham. 1898.
- ^ Current Literature. Current Literature Publishing Company. 1896.
- ^ Congress, Library of; Subcommittee, American Library Association Committee on Resources of American Libraries National Union Catalog (1972). The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints: A Cumulative Author List Representing Library of Congress Printed Cards and Titles Reported by Other American Libraries. Mansell. ISBN 978-0-7201-0003-7.
- ^ Stedman, Edmund Clarence (1900). An American Anthology, 1787-1899: Selections Illustrating the Editor's Critical Review of American Poetry in the Nineteenth Century. Houghton, Mifflin.
- ^ Schlup, Leonard C.; Blochowiak, Mary Ann (2007). Henry C. Hansbrough: Political Maverick of the Northern Plains. Midwest Press Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-9646524-7-7.
- ^ "[Fiction] A fashionable hero, By Mary Berri Chapman". Harper's Magazine. 1 August 1897.
- ^ Hansbrough, Mary Berri Chapman (1906). "Poems". [New York, Knickerbocker Press.
- ^ Roberts, Kim (6 October 2020). By Broad Potomac's Shore: Great Poems from the Early Days of Our Nation's Capital. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0-8139-4476-0.
- ^ "Mery Berri Chapman Hansbrough | DC Writers' Homes". DC Writers’ Homes. 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ^ "Mary Berri Chapman Hansbrough | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
- ^ "Landscape". collection.readingpublicmuseum.org.