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'''Louise Hall Tharp''' (born 1898) was an American biographer.
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'''Louise Hall Tharp''' (1898–1992) was an American biographer.
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==Childhood and family==
==Childhood and family==


She was born in [[Oneonta, New York]], but when she was very young the family moved to [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], where her father was vicar of the [[North Congregational Church ]].<ref name="TribProfile">{{cite news |title=Louise Hall Tharp (profile) |url=https://search.proquest.com/news/docview/1336791429/E6B34A38A2934EF7PQ/1?accountid=10226 |accessdate=21 September 2018 |publisher=New York Herald Tribune |date=15 January 1950}}</ref> She trained as an artist for two years at the [[School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], then went with her father on a tour of Europe.<ref name="TribProfile"/> She married Carey Hunter Tharp of [[Huntsville, Texas]].<ref name="TribProfile"/> The couple had two sons, Carey Edwin, Jr., and Marshall. they lived in [[Darien, Connecticut]].<ref name="TrentProfile">{{cite news |last1=Trent |first1=Nan |title=Louise Hall Tharp Looks Ahead: Attentive To Detail (profile) |url=https://search.proquest.com/news/docview/510302273/E6B34A38A2934EF7PQ/2?accountid=10226 |accessdate=21 September 2018 |publisher=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |date=1 December 1961}}</ref>
She was born in [[Oneonta, New York]], but when she was very young the family moved to [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], where her father was vicar of the [[North Congregational Church]].<ref name="TribProfile">{{cite news |title=Louise Hall Tharp (profile) |publisher=New York Herald Tribune |date=15 January 1950|id={{ProQuest|1336791429}} }}</ref> She trained as an artist for two years at the [[School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], then went with her father on a tour of Europe.<ref name="TribProfile"/> She married Carey Hunter Tharp of [[Huntsville, Texas]].<ref name="TribProfile"/> The couple had two sons, Carey Edwin, Jr., and Marshall. they lived in [[Darien, Connecticut]].<ref name="TrentProfile">{{cite news |last1=Trent |first1=Nan |title=Louise Hall Tharp Looks Ahead: Attentive To Detail (profile) |publisher=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |date=1 December 1961|id={{ProQuest|510302273}} }}</ref>


==Writing==
==Writing==
Tharp published four books of historical fiction before she wrote her first biography, ''Champlain: Northwest Voyager''.''<ref name="TrentProfile"/><ref name="FisherBook">{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=Barbara E. Scott |title=Sympathetic Research Reveals Biography Patterns for Louise Hall Tharp: Author of 'Peabody Sisters of Salem' Describes Weaving Material Into Book |url=https://search.proquest.com/news/docview/508360250/E6B34A38A2934EF7PQ/18?accountid=10226 |accessdate=21 September 2018 |publisher=Christian Science Monitor |date=5 April 1951}}</ref>
Tharp published four books of historical fiction before she wrote her first biography, ''Champlain: Northwest Voyager''.<ref name="TrentProfile"/><ref name="FisherBook">{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=Barbara E. Scott |title=Sympathetic Research Reveals Biography Patterns for Louise Hall Tharp: Author of 'Peabody Sisters of Salem' Describes Weaving Material Into Book |publisher=Christian Science Monitor |date=5 April 1951|id={{ProQuest|508360250}} }}</ref>


==Books==
==Books==


===Biographies===
===Biographies===
* ''A Sounding Trumpet: Julia Ward Howe and the Battle Hymn of the Republic''
* ''Champlain : northwest voyager,'' Little Brown,, 1944.
* ''Company of adventurers; the story of the Hudson's bay company,'' Little, Brown and Co., 1946.
* ''Champlain: Northwest Voyager'', Little Brown, 1944.
* ''The Peabody Sisters of Salem'' (Little, Brown and Company: Boston 1950).
* ''Company of adventurers: The Story of the Hudson's Bay Company'', Little, Brown and Co., 1946.
* ''The Peabody Sisters of Salem'' (Little, Brown and Company: Boston, 1950). {{cite book|title=1968 pbk reprint|asin=B003UY3FFA}}
* ''Until Victory: Horace Mann and Mary Peabody'' (Boston: Little, Brown, 1953).<ref name=CramerBookReview>
* ''Until Victory: Horace Mann and Mary Peabody'' (Boston: Little, Brown, 1953).<ref name=CramerBookReview>
Cramer, C. H. “An Excellent Biography.” The Journal of Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 1954, pp. 107–107. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1977878.</ref>
Cramer, C. H. "An Excellent Biography". ''The Journal of Higher Education'', vol. 25, no. 2, 1954, pp. 107–107. {{JSTOR|1977878}}.</ref>
* '' Adventurous alliance; the story of the Agassiz family of Boston,''Little, Brown, 1959.
* ''Three Saints and a Sinner: Julia Ward Howe, Louisa, Annie and Sam'', Little Brown and Co. 1956<ref name=TaftBookRevew>Taft, Kendall B. ''American Literature'', vol. 30, no. 3, 1958, pp. 382–383. {{JSTOR|stable/2922201}}.</ref>
* '' Louis Agassiz, adventurous scientist,'' Little, Brown, 1961.
* ''The Baroness and the General'', Little, Brown and Company, Boston/Toronto, 1962.
* ''Adventurous alliance; the story of the Agassiz family of Boston'', Little, Brown, 1959.
* ''Mrs. Jack; a biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner,'' Boston, Little, Brown, 1965.
* ''Louis Agassiz, adventurous scientist'', Little, Brown, 1961.
* ''The Baroness and the General'', Little, Brown and Company, Boston/Toronto, 1962.<ref name=BrownBookReview>Brown, Marvin L. ''The William and Mary Quarterly''. vol. 20, no. 3, 1963, pp. 478–478. {{JSTOR|1918972}}.</ref><ref name=DabneyBookReview>Dabney, William M. ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'', vol. 71, no. 4, 1963, pp. 494–495. {{JSTOR|4246982}}.</ref>
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* ''Saint-Gaudens and the gilded era,'' Little, Brown, 1969.<ref name="StaffordReview">{{cite news |last1=Stafford |first1=Jean |title=The collector (book review) |url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1965/10/14/the-collector/ |accessdate=13 October 2018 |publisher=The New York Review of Books |date=14 October 1965}}</ref>
* [https://books.google.com/books/about/Mrs. Jack.html?id=WAnqAAAAMAAJ ''Mrs. Jack; a biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner''], Boston, Little, Brown, 1965. {{cite book|title=1984 pbk reprint|isbn=0926637002 |last1=Tharp |first1=Louise Hall |year=1965 |publisher=P. Weed Books }}
* ''The Appletons of Beacon Hill, Little, Brown and Company, 1973.
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* ''Saint-Gaudens and the gilded era'', Little, Brown, 1969.<ref name="StaffordReview">{{cite news |last1=Stafford |first1=Jean |title=The collector (book review) |url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1965/10/14/the-collector/ |accessdate=13 October 2018 |work=The New York Review of Books |date=14 October 1965}}</ref><ref name=CrookBookReview>Crook, David H. “The American Historical Review.” The American Historical Review, vol. 75, no. 5, 1970, pp. 1532–1532. {{JSTOR|1844615}}.</ref>
* ''The Appletons of Beacon Hill'', Little, Brown and Company, 1973.<ref name=PochmanBookReview>Pochmann, Henry A. “American Literature.” American Literature, vol. 22, no. 3, 1950, pp. 367–368. {{JSTOR|2921316}}.</ref>


===Books for children===
===Books for children===
* ''Down to the sea; a young people's life of Nathaniel Bowditch, the great American navigator,'' R.M. McBride and Company, 1942.
* ''Down to the sea; a young people's life of Nathaniel Bowditch, the great American navigator'', R.M. McBride and Company, 1942.
* ''Tory Hole; a young people's account of the Tory attack on Middlesex Parish, CT during the Revolutionary War'', Darien Community Assoc., Inc. 1940/1976.
* ''Sixpence for Luck; a young people's look at colonial life in New London, Ct'', Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1941
* ''Champlain: Northwest Voyager; the adventure story of a pioneer of The New World''. Peakirk Books, 1946


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
**The [http://www.library.neu.edu/archives/collect/findaids/m37find.htm Louise Hall Tharp papers, 1949–1953] are located in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA.
* The [http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20297128 Louise Hall Tharp papers, 1949–1953] are located in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA.

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Latest revision as of 14:29, 9 June 2024

Louise Hall Tharp (1898–1992) was an American biographer.


Childhood and family

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She was born in Oneonta, New York, but when she was very young the family moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, where her father was vicar of the North Congregational Church.[1] She trained as an artist for two years at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, then went with her father on a tour of Europe.[1] She married Carey Hunter Tharp of Huntsville, Texas.[1] The couple had two sons, Carey Edwin, Jr., and Marshall. they lived in Darien, Connecticut.[2]

Writing

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Tharp published four books of historical fiction before she wrote her first biography, Champlain: Northwest Voyager.[2][3]

Books

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Biographies

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  • A Sounding Trumpet: Julia Ward Howe and the Battle Hymn of the Republic
  • Champlain: Northwest Voyager, Little Brown, 1944.
  • Company of adventurers: The Story of the Hudson's Bay Company, Little, Brown and Co., 1946.
  • The Peabody Sisters of Salem (Little, Brown and Company: Boston, 1950). 1968 pbk reprint. ASIN B003UY3FFA.
  • Until Victory: Horace Mann and Mary Peabody (Boston: Little, Brown, 1953).[4]
  • Three Saints and a Sinner: Julia Ward Howe, Louisa, Annie and Sam, Little Brown and Co. 1956[5]
  • Adventurous alliance; the story of the Agassiz family of Boston, Little, Brown, 1959.
  • Louis Agassiz, adventurous scientist, Little, Brown, 1961.
  • The Baroness and the General, Little, Brown and Company, Boston/Toronto, 1962.[6][7]
  • Jack.html?id=WAnqAAAAMAAJ Mrs. Jack; a biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Boston, Little, Brown, 1965. Tharp, Louise Hall (1965). 1984 pbk reprint. P. Weed Books. ISBN 0926637002.
  • Saint-Gaudens and the gilded era, Little, Brown, 1969.[8][9]
  • The Appletons of Beacon Hill, Little, Brown and Company, 1973.[10]

Books for children

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  • Down to the sea; a young people's life of Nathaniel Bowditch, the great American navigator, R.M. McBride and Company, 1942.
  • Tory Hole; a young people's account of the Tory attack on Middlesex Parish, CT during the Revolutionary War, Darien Community Assoc., Inc. 1940/1976.
  • Sixpence for Luck; a young people's look at colonial life in New London, Ct, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1941
  • Champlain: Northwest Voyager; the adventure story of a pioneer of The New World. Peakirk Books, 1946

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Louise Hall Tharp (profile)". New York Herald Tribune. 15 January 1950. ProQuest 1336791429.
  2. ^ a b Trent, Nan (1 December 1961). "Louise Hall Tharp Looks Ahead: Attentive To Detail (profile)". Christian Science Monitor. ProQuest 510302273.
  3. ^ Fisher, Barbara E. Scott (5 April 1951). "Sympathetic Research Reveals Biography Patterns for Louise Hall Tharp: Author of 'Peabody Sisters of Salem' Describes Weaving Material Into Book". Christian Science Monitor. ProQuest 508360250.
  4. ^ Cramer, C. H. "An Excellent Biography". The Journal of Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 1954, pp. 107–107. JSTOR 1977878.
  5. ^ Taft, Kendall B. American Literature, vol. 30, no. 3, 1958, pp. 382–383. JSTOR stable/2922201.
  6. ^ Brown, Marvin L. The William and Mary Quarterly. vol. 20, no. 3, 1963, pp. 478–478. JSTOR 1918972.
  7. ^ Dabney, William M. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 71, no. 4, 1963, pp. 494–495. JSTOR 4246982.
  8. ^ Stafford, Jean (14 October 1965). "The collector (book review)". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  9. ^ Crook, David H. “The American Historical Review.” The American Historical Review, vol. 75, no. 5, 1970, pp. 1532–1532. JSTOR 1844615.
  10. ^ Pochmann, Henry A. “American Literature.” American Literature, vol. 22, no. 3, 1950, pp. 367–368. JSTOR 2921316.
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