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Belle R. Harrison (1856-1940) was a poet and short story author of the American South, [1] as well as an educator. [2]
Biography
Lucy Belle Richardson was born October 20, 1856, at Camden, Alabama. She was the daughter of Professor Warfield Creath Richardson [3] (1823-1914) and Catherine Cole (Jones) Richardson (1833-1911). [1] Her siblings were Clement (b. 1859) and Ida (b. 1861). [4] She was educated at Stafford school and the Tuscaloosa female college. [1]
Harrison was the author of, Poems, 1898, [1] as well as a collection of negro short stories. [5] She was a Methodist and a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. [1] Harrison served as president of the Kettledrum Club of Tuscaloosa. [6]
On July 21, 1881, she married John Calhoun Harrison, of Tuscaloosa. They resided in that city. [1] Their children were Katie (b. 1882) and Adeline (b. 1888). [4] Belle R. Harrison died in Tuscaloosa, December 4, 1940. [5]
The Belle R. Harrison Literary Society was named in her honor. [7]
Selected works
Poems
Poetry collections
- Poems, 1898 ( text)
Short story collections
- Pomp's People, 1929
References
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f Owen, Thomas McAdory (1921). "Harrison, Belle (Richardson)".
History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Vol. 3. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 760. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
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Herringshaw's American Statesman and Public Official Year-book. American Publishers' Association. 1914. p. 477. Retrieved 4 December 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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^ Bose, Joel Campbell Du (1915).
Alabama History. B. F. Johnson Publishing Company. p. 428. Retrieved 4 December 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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- ^ a b "Lucy Belle Richardson Female 20 October 1856 – 4 December 1940". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Mrs. Belle Harrison Dies At Tuscaloosa After Long Illness". The Selma Times-Journal. 5 December 1940. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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^ Robbins, Mary La Fayette (1895). "She served as president of the Kettledrum of Tuscaloosa, by Mrs. J. T. Searcy.".
Alabama Women in Literature. Selma printing Company. pp. 18–31. Retrieved 4 December 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
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"Honored By Students. Mrs. Belle R. Harrison". The Tuscaloosa News. 10 February 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
- ^ "Item - Pomp's Defense - The Dime Novel Bibliography". dimenovels.org. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Item - How Many Cats Have We - The Dime Novel Bibliography". dimenovels.org. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
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