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Miss Emma Patten Beard was born in Syracuse, New York to the Reverend Augustus Field Beard and his wife Annie Demming Beard. The Field family later moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, where Reverend Beard served as pastor for the First Congregational Church on the Green. Miss Beard attended local schools and later graduated from Bradford Junior College before working in the New York City Library system. Miss Beard also authored columns for the New York Herald and the Christian Science Monitor under the name of Patten Beard. One series of newspaper columns that appeared in 1909 and 1910 was titled "Homes of Many Lands" and featured cut outs of various dwellings such as a tent or a tepee for paper dolls. Creativity was tremendously important to Miss Beard and she authored many children's craft books that became a series known as "The Jolly Book of..." and covered such topics as Playcraft, Funcraft, and Boxcraft among others. She illustrated a number of her books herself and later had photographs by G. S. North, a local photographer, included in her books. Her numerous children's books include such titles as "The Good Crow's Happy Shop", "Marjorie's Literary Dolls", "Billy Cory, Adventurer",and "The Children's Story Garden", along with several books on gardening and a local history of Norwalk, Connecticut. She was known to greet visitors in her authentic Oriental outfit and had a pet crow. Miss Beard died in Norwalk following an illness of a week's duration. At the time of her death, she was a nationally known author with over 20 books to her name.
Miss Emma Patten Beard was born in Syracuse, New York to the Reverend Augustus Field Beard and his wife Annie Demming Beard. The Field family later moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, where Reverend Beard served as pastor for the First Congregational Church on the Green. Miss Beard attended local schools and later graduated from Bradford Junior College before working in the New York City Library system. Miss Beard also authored columns for the New York Herald and the Christian Science Monitor under the name of Patten Beard. One series of newspaper columns that appeared in 1909 and 1910 was titled "Homes of Many Lands" and featured cut outs of various dwellings such as a tent or a tepee for paper dolls. Creativity was tremendously important to Miss Beard and she authored many children's craft books that became a series known as "The Jolly Book of..." and covered such topics as Playcraft, Funcraft, and Boxcraft among others. She illustrated a number of her books herself and later had photographs by G. S. North, a local photographer, included in her books. Her numerous children's books include such titles as "The Good Crow's Happy Shop", "Marjorie's Literary Dolls", "Billy Cory, Adventurer",and "The Children's Story Garden", along with several books on gardening and a local history of Norwalk, Connecticut. She was known to greet visitors in her authentic Oriental outfit and had a pet crow. Miss Beard died in Norwalk following an illness of a week's duration. At the time of her death, she was a nationally known author with over 20 books to her name.
Author
Miss Emma Patten Beard was born in Syracuse, New York to the Reverend Augustus Field Beard and his wife Annie Demming Beard. The Field family later moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, where Reverend Beard served as pastor for the First Congregational Church on the Green. Miss Beard attended local schools and later graduated from Bradford Junior College before working in the New York City Library system. Miss Beard also authored columns for the New York Herald and the Christian Science Monitor under the name of Patten Beard. One series of newspaper columns that appeared in 1909 and 1910 was titled "Homes of Many Lands" and featured cut outs of various dwellings such as a tent or a tepee for paper dolls. Creativity was tremendously important to Miss Beard and she authored many children's craft books that became a series known as "The Jolly Book of..." and covered such topics as Playcraft, Funcraft, and Boxcraft among others. She illustrated a number of her books herself and later had photographs by G. S. North, a local photographer, included in her books. Her numerous children's books include such titles as "The Good Crow's Happy Shop", "Marjorie's Literary Dolls", "Billy Cory, Adventurer",and "The Children's Story Garden", along with several books on gardening and a local history of Norwalk, Connecticut. She was known to greet visitors in her authentic Oriental outfit and had a pet crow. Miss Beard died in Norwalk following an illness of a week's duration. At the time of her death, she was a nationally known author with over 20 books to her name.
Miss Emma Patten Beard was born in Syracuse, New York to the Reverend Augustus Field Beard and his wife Annie Demming Beard. The Field family later moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, where Reverend Beard served as pastor for the First Congregational Church on the Green. Miss Beard attended local schools and later graduated from Bradford Junior College before working in the New York City Library system. Miss Beard also authored columns for the New York Herald and the Christian Science Monitor under the name of Patten Beard. One series of newspaper columns that appeared in 1909 and 1910 was titled "Homes of Many Lands" and featured cut outs of various dwellings such as a tent or a tepee for paper dolls. Creativity was tremendously important to Miss Beard and she authored many children's craft books that became a series known as "The Jolly Book of..." and covered such topics as Playcraft, Funcraft, and Boxcraft among others. She illustrated a number of her books herself and later had photographs by G. S. North, a local photographer, included in her books. Her numerous children's books include such titles as "The Good Crow's Happy Shop", "Marjorie's Literary Dolls", "Billy Cory, Adventurer",and "The Children's Story Garden", along with several books on gardening and a local history of Norwalk, Connecticut. She was known to greet visitors in her authentic Oriental outfit and had a pet crow. Miss Beard died in Norwalk following an illness of a week's duration. At the time of her death, she was a nationally known author with over 20 books to her name.
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