Ray, Louise Crenshaw
Scrapbook, 1925-1935
Biography/Background:
Louise
Crenshaw Ray was born near Greenville, Alabama, on May 17, 1890, to
Crenshaw's
Thaddeus Henry and Anne Hadden (Calvin) Crenshaw. She was privately educated
until entering Huntingdon
College in Montgomery, from which she graduated in 1908 with a B.S. degree. In
1918 she married Benjamin
Franklin Ray; the couple lived at 920 31st Street South in
Birmingham.
Ray's poetry
was published in many magazines, including Commonweal and the Sewanee
Review. She
was a member of several national organizations, a founder, president
(1932-1934), and treasurer (1944-1945)
of the Poetry Society of America, a member of the Birmingham Branch of the
National League of American Pen
Women, and a member of the Birmingham Writers Club (correspondence secretary
1928-1929). Among her
published collections of poetry are Color of Steel (1932), Secret
Shoes (1939), Strangers on the Stairs
(1944), and Autumn Token (posthumously, 1957). Ray died on October
23, 1956, in Birmingham.
Scope and Content:
"A
Scrapbook of Clippings By and About Louise Crenshaw Ray" was compiled by
staff of the
Birmingham Public Library. In addition to newspaper and magazine clippings, the
scrapbook includes several of
Ray's poems, copies of photographs published in the newspaper, and a
biographical sketch of the poet.
Guide to Collection:
Not
available.
Subject Areas:
Authors --
Alabama -- Birmingham.
Poetry --
Collections.
Poets --
Alabama -- Birmingham.
Ray, Louise
Crenshaw, 1890-1956.
Women --
Alabama -- Birmingham.
Women poets.
Collection Number: 579
Size: ˝ linear foot (1 box)
Restrictions: Standard preservation and copyright restrictions.
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