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==Early life and education== |
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Emma Camp was born near [[Indian Lake, New York]], the daughter of Elijah Camp and Elizabeth Kennedy Camp. Her father was Abenaki and her mother was Oneida. Her parents ran a hunting lodge, and her father worked as a wilderness guide.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1883-08-31 |title=What Spoiled an Adirondack Romance |pages=3 |work=Little Falls Transcript |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/little-falls-transcript-what-spoiled-an/130492565/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She was a great-granddaughter of [[Polly Cooper]]. Actress [[Beulah Dark Cloud]] was her cousin.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Kandice |title=Gold, Silver and an Annulment – Oneida Indian Nation |url=https://www.oneidaindiannation.com/gold-silver-and-an-annulment/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Oneida Indian Nation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> |
Emma Camp was born near [[Indian Lake, New York]], the daughter of Elijah Camp and Elizabeth Kennedy Camp. Her father was Abenaki and her mother was Oneida. Her parents ran a hunting lodge, and her father worked as a wilderness guide.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1883-08-31 |title=What Spoiled an Adirondack Romance |pages=3 |work=Little Falls Transcript |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/little-falls-transcript-what-spoiled-an/130492565/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She was a great-granddaughter of [[Polly Cooper]]. Actress [[Beulah Dark Cloud]] was her cousin.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Kandice |title=Gold, Silver and an Annulment – Oneida Indian Nation |url=https://www.oneidaindiannation.com/gold-silver-and-an-annulment/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Oneida Indian Nation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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With a large settlement from her former husband's family, Mead opened a [[dry goods]] store in Indian Lake, and later opened Adirondack House near Indian Lake, renting rooms and cabins to hunting and fishing vacationers in the area.<ref>{{Cite book |last=DeMarsh |first=Arnold W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0nsSaywzDFgC |
With a large settlement from her former husband's family, Mead opened a [[dry goods]] store in Indian Lake, and later opened Adirondack House near Indian Lake, renting rooms and cabins to hunting and fishing vacationers in the area.<ref>{{Cite book |last=DeMarsh |first=Arnold W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0nsSaywzDFgC&dq=Emma+Camp+Mead&pg=PA60 |title=Indian Lake, Hamilton County |date=2007 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-5526-3 |pages=60 |language=en}}</ref> She also maintained a farm, and sold her own herbal remedies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005 |title=Emma Mead · Remarkable Women of the Adirondacks |url=https://ahmexhibits.omeka.net/exhibits/show/remarkable-women-of-the-adiron/emma-mead |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Adirondack History Museum Exhibition Archives}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=April–June 1916 |title=Emma P. Mead, Proprietor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T9YxAQAAMAAJ&q=Camp%20Mead&pg=PA177 |journal=American Indian Magazine |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=177–178, photo between 190 and 191}}</ref> She also interpreted news reports for locals who were not literate in English, especially in the events leading up to the Indian Citizenship Law of 1924.<ref name=":2" /> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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In 1882, Camp married Gabriel Mead, a white man. His family, opposing the marriage, paid her ten thousand dollars to agree to an annulment of the marriage.<ref>{{Cite book | |
In 1882, Camp married Gabriel Mead, a white man. His family, opposing the marriage, paid her ten thousand dollars to agree to an annulment of the marriage.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Aber |first1=Ted |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vApAQAAMAAJ&q=Emma+Camp+Mead |title=The History of Hamilton County |last2=King |first2=Stella Brooks |date=1965 |publisher=Great Wilderness Books |pages=23 |language=en}}</ref> This arrangement was reported in newspapers across the United States in August 1883.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=1887-07-23 |title=A Twice Deserted Indian Bride |pages=3 |work=The Post-Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-star-a-twice-deserted-indian-br/130493086/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The couple remarried in 1885, and had a daughter, Bessie, born in 1886. Gabriel soon left the marriage again,<ref name=":3" /> and Bessie died in a fall when she was three years old. Emma Mead died in 1934, at the age of 68.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1934-12-08 |title=Funeral of Mrs. Mead |pages=11 |work=The Post-Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-star-funeral-of-mrs-mead/130493197/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> There is a collection of her papers held by the Indian Lake Historical Society.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Bruchac |first1=Margaret M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbtJDwAAQBAJ&dq=Emma+Camp+Mead&pg=PA201 |title=Savage Kin: Indigenous Informants and American Anthropologists |last2=Zobel |first2=Melissa Fawcett Tantaquidgeon |date=2018-04-10 |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-3706-8 |pages=48–54; 201, note 4 |language=en}}</ref> |
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* A recipe described as being similar to [https://books.google.com/books?id=ivydAgAAQBAJ |
* A recipe described as being similar to [https://books.google.com/books?id=ivydAgAAQBAJ&dq=Emma+Camp+Mead&pg=PT154 Mead's crabapple relish], in ''The Adirondack Cookbook'' (2014) |
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Latest revision as of 23:32, 1 November 2024
Emma Camp Mead | |
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 Emma Camp Mead, from a 1916 publication | |
| Born | Emma Jane Camp 1866 Indian Lake, New York |
| Died | December 4, 1934 Indian Lake, New York |
| Occupation(s) | Hotelkeeper, herbalist |
| Relatives | Polly Cooper (great-grandmother) Beulah Dark Cloud (cousin) |
Emma Jane Camp Mead (1866 – December 4, 1934) was a hotelkeeper and herbalist in the Adirondacks; she was a member of the Oneida people, like her mother; her father's family was Abenaki.
Early life and education
[edit]Emma Camp was born near Indian Lake, New York, the daughter of Elijah Camp and Elizabeth Kennedy Camp. Her father was Abenaki and her mother was Oneida. Her parents ran a hunting lodge, and her father worked as a wilderness guide.[1] She was a great-granddaughter of Polly Cooper. Actress Beulah Dark Cloud was her cousin.[2][3]
Career
[edit]With a large settlement from her former husband's family, Mead opened a dry goods store in Indian Lake, and later opened Adirondack House near Indian Lake, renting rooms and cabins to hunting and fishing vacationers in the area.[4] She also maintained a farm, and sold her own herbal remedies.[5][6] She also interpreted news reports for locals who were not literate in English, especially in the events leading up to the Indian Citizenship Law of 1924.[3]
Personal life
[edit]In 1882, Camp married Gabriel Mead, a white man. His family, opposing the marriage, paid her ten thousand dollars to agree to an annulment of the marriage.[7] This arrangement was reported in newspapers across the United States in August 1883.[1][8] The couple remarried in 1885, and had a daughter, Bessie, born in 1886. Gabriel soon left the marriage again,[8] and Bessie died in a fall when she was three years old. Emma Mead died in 1934, at the age of 68.[2][9] There is a collection of her papers held by the Indian Lake Historical Society.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "What Spoiled an Adirondack Romance". Little Falls Transcript. 1883-08-31. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-08-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Watson, Kandice. "Gold, Silver and an Annulment – Oneida Indian Nation". Oneida Indian Nation. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ^ a b c Bruchac, Margaret M.; Zobel, Melissa Fawcett Tantaquidgeon (2018-04-10). Savage Kin: Indigenous Informants and American Anthropologists. University of Arizona Press. pp. 48–54, 201, note 4. ISBN 978-0-8165-3706-8.
- ^ DeMarsh, Arnold W. (2007). Indian Lake, Hamilton County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-7385-5526-3.
- ^ "Emma Mead · Remarkable Women of the Adirondacks". Adirondack History Museum Exhibition Archives. 2005. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ^ "Emma P. Mead, Proprietor". American Indian Magazine. 4 (2): 177–178, photo between 190 and 191. April–June 1916.
- ^ Aber, Ted; King, Stella Brooks (1965). The History of Hamilton County. Great Wilderness Books. p. 23.
- ^ a b "A Twice Deserted Indian Bride". The Post-Star. 1887-07-23. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-08-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Funeral of Mrs. Mead". The Post-Star. 1934-12-08. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-08-23 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- A recipe described as being similar to Mead's crabapple relish, in The Adirondack Cookbook (2014)