Two in Arcadia by Lucine Finch
(Her closing Poem)
Under the moon in the garden
The pale lilies sleep and sway.
And thou, dear white flower-woman
Sleep thou until the day!
****************************************
Lucine Finch was a poet, dramatist, graphic artist, and magazine story writer born in Alabama in 1875. Finch published a number of books, articles, and poems including "The Butterfly" and "A Sermon in Patchwork."
Her last known published writings date from 1917. This collection contains two short stories, The Darkey and the Deed and Mammy's Past Crust, the first written by Lucine Finch and the second written by her mother, Julia Neely Finch in the early twentieth century. Both stories illustrate stereotypes of African Americans common in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Birmingham Public Library
http://www.bplonline.org/resources/archives/collections.aspx?q=13
**********************************
History of Birmingham Poetry
A Craig Legg Blog
https://hybhampoe.wordpress.com/poetry-by-decade/1900-2/
From a prominent Birmingham family, Lucine Finch seems to have led a life similar to Zitella Cocke in that she was raised in a cultured environment, showed early promise as both artist and poet, then moved north, later return-ing south. (17) Her first book of poems, Two in Arcadia, was published by Brentano’s of New York in 1907 and is memorable in that it is Birmingham’s first poetry title illustrated by the poet him/herself. Its verses are forgettable, short and simplistic rhymes the province of any schoolgirl, but the artwork is competent, and we must give her an A for the effort. In both prose and musical efforts Lucine Finch would compose in the ‘dialect’ genre, but thankfully we are spared any of such in her poetry. She would publish one more title- Butterfly- renewed interest in Two in Arcadia, as it is available again via contemporary print-on-demand publishers, after being out-of-print over one hundred years. Also, it can be read and viewed online…clink the link. http://www.archive.org/stream/twoinarcadia00finc
******************************
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Lucine Finch (circa 1875-1947) was a dramatist, graphic artist, magazine story writer and poet born in Alabama. She attended the University of Chicago for five years, though she did not graduate.
Early in her dramatic career, she developed a program consisting of slave narratives and songs called her “Mammy Stories.” Finch traveled across the United States and performed in theaters and colleges. She also performed at the University of California, Berkeley Wheeler Hall to positive reviews: "The artist...has achieved a reputation for her work through the novel means she employs in giving a true portray of minstrel and vaudeville negro humor. With no stage settings or "make-up" she tells her stories of plantation superstitions and sings the songs of jubilees and revivals of a day gone by, from an arm-chair in the simple narrative fashion." In 1931, Finch hosted a 15-minute radio program called "Stories of the Old South."
The Bible Quilt
In 1914, Outlook Magazine published “A Sermon in Patchwork” by Finch. The article describes a unique covering stitched by Harriet Powers of Athens, Georgia. Powers, a former slave, created an appliqued quilt featuring Bible stories. The article included quotes, presumably, from Powers, who had died four years earlier as well as a photograph of the quilt, known as the Bible Quilt. The Finch article was one of the earliest known about The Bible Quilt, now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.
Later Career
In the 1930s, Finch taught drama at the Edgewood School in Greenwich, CT. Additionally, she and partner Clare Hamilton owned the Little Shop, an antiques and gift store, according to the Greenwich, CT city directories from the 1930s to 1941.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucine_Finch
************************************
Name: Finch, Miss Lucine
Interment Date: Apr 26, 1947
Lot Reference: 0322.5 (Block : 03 Lot : 22.5)
Gender: Female
Race: White
************************
United States Census, 1900
Name Lucine Finch
Event Type Census
Event Year 1900
Event Place Precinct 22 South Town Chicago city Ward 4, Cook, Illinois
Gender Female
Age 20
Marital Status Single
Race White
Race (Original) W
Relationship to Head of Household Boarder
Birth Date Mar 1880
Birthplace Alabama
Father's Birthplace Alabama
Mother's Birthplace Louisiana
**************************
United States Census, 1940
Name Lucine Finch
Event Type Census
Event Date 1940
Event Place Greenwich Town, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sex Female
Age 59
Marital Status Single
Race (Original) White
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1881
***************************
(Her closing Poem)
Under the moon in the garden
The pale lilies sleep and sway.
And thou, dear white flower-woman
Sleep thou until the day!
****************************************
Lucine Finch was a poet, dramatist, graphic artist, and magazine story writer born in Alabama in 1875. Finch published a number of books, articles, and poems including "The Butterfly" and "A Sermon in Patchwork."
Her last known published writings date from 1917. This collection contains two short stories, The Darkey and the Deed and Mammy's Past Crust, the first written by Lucine Finch and the second written by her mother, Julia Neely Finch in the early twentieth century. Both stories illustrate stereotypes of African Americans common in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Birmingham Public Library
http://www.bplonline.org/resources/archives/collections.aspx?q=13
**********************************
History of Birmingham Poetry
A Craig Legg Blog
https://hybhampoe.wordpress.com/poetry-by-decade/1900-2/
From a prominent Birmingham family, Lucine Finch seems to have led a life similar to Zitella Cocke in that she was raised in a cultured environment, showed early promise as both artist and poet, then moved north, later return-ing south. (17) Her first book of poems, Two in Arcadia, was published by Brentano’s of New York in 1907 and is memorable in that it is Birmingham’s first poetry title illustrated by the poet him/herself. Its verses are forgettable, short and simplistic rhymes the province of any schoolgirl, but the artwork is competent, and we must give her an A for the effort. In both prose and musical efforts Lucine Finch would compose in the ‘dialect’ genre, but thankfully we are spared any of such in her poetry. She would publish one more title- Butterfly- renewed interest in Two in Arcadia, as it is available again via contemporary print-on-demand publishers, after being out-of-print over one hundred years. Also, it can be read and viewed online…clink the link. http://www.archive.org/stream/twoinarcadia00finc
******************************
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Lucine Finch (circa 1875-1947) was a dramatist, graphic artist, magazine story writer and poet born in Alabama. She attended the University of Chicago for five years, though she did not graduate.
Early in her dramatic career, she developed a program consisting of slave narratives and songs called her “Mammy Stories.” Finch traveled across the United States and performed in theaters and colleges. She also performed at the University of California, Berkeley Wheeler Hall to positive reviews: "The artist...has achieved a reputation for her work through the novel means she employs in giving a true portray of minstrel and vaudeville negro humor. With no stage settings or "make-up" she tells her stories of plantation superstitions and sings the songs of jubilees and revivals of a day gone by, from an arm-chair in the simple narrative fashion." In 1931, Finch hosted a 15-minute radio program called "Stories of the Old South."
The Bible Quilt
In 1914, Outlook Magazine published “A Sermon in Patchwork” by Finch. The article describes a unique covering stitched by Harriet Powers of Athens, Georgia. Powers, a former slave, created an appliqued quilt featuring Bible stories. The article included quotes, presumably, from Powers, who had died four years earlier as well as a photograph of the quilt, known as the Bible Quilt. The Finch article was one of the earliest known about The Bible Quilt, now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.
Later Career
In the 1930s, Finch taught drama at the Edgewood School in Greenwich, CT. Additionally, she and partner Clare Hamilton owned the Little Shop, an antiques and gift store, according to the Greenwich, CT city directories from the 1930s to 1941.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucine_Finch
************************************
Name: Finch, Miss Lucine
Interment Date: Apr 26, 1947
Lot Reference: 0322.5 (Block : 03 Lot : 22.5)
Gender: Female
Race: White
************************
United States Census, 1900
Name Lucine Finch
Event Type Census
Event Year 1900
Event Place Precinct 22 South Town Chicago city Ward 4, Cook, Illinois
Gender Female
Age 20
Marital Status Single
Race White
Race (Original) W
Relationship to Head of Household Boarder
Birth Date Mar 1880
Birthplace Alabama
Father's Birthplace Alabama
Mother's Birthplace Louisiana
**************************
United States Census, 1940
Name Lucine Finch
Event Type Census
Event Date 1940
Event Place Greenwich Town, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sex Female
Age 59
Marital Status Single
Race (Original) White
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1881
***************************
Two in Arcadia by Lucine Finch
(Her closing Poem)
Under the moon in the garden
The pale lilies sleep and sway.
And thou, dear white flower-woman
Sleep thou until the day!
****************************************
Lucine Finch was a poet, dramatist, graphic artist, and magazine story writer born in Alabama in 1875. Finch published a number of books, articles, and poems including "The Butterfly" and "A Sermon in Patchwork."
Her last known published writings date from 1917. This collection contains two short stories, The Darkey and the Deed and Mammy's Past Crust, the first written by Lucine Finch and the second written by her mother, Julia Neely Finch in the early twentieth century. Both stories illustrate stereotypes of African Americans common in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Birmingham Public Library
http://www.bplonline.org/resources/archives/collections.aspx?q=13
**********************************
History of Birmingham Poetry
A Craig Legg Blog
https://hybhampoe.wordpress.com/poetry-by-decade/1900-2/
From a prominent Birmingham family, Lucine Finch seems to have led a life similar to Zitella Cocke in that she was raised in a cultured environment, showed early promise as both artist and poet, then moved north, later return-ing south. (17) Her first book of poems, Two in Arcadia, was published by Brentano’s of New York in 1907 and is memorable in that it is Birmingham’s first poetry title illustrated by the poet him/herself. Its verses are forgettable, short and simplistic rhymes the province of any schoolgirl, but the artwork is competent, and we must give her an A for the effort. In both prose and musical efforts Lucine Finch would compose in the ‘dialect’ genre, but thankfully we are spared any of such in her poetry. She would publish one more title- Butterfly- renewed interest in Two in Arcadia, as it is available again via contemporary print-on-demand publishers, after being out-of-print over one hundred years. Also, it can be read and viewed online…clink the link. http://www.archive.org/stream/twoinarcadia00finc
******************************
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Lucine Finch (circa 1875-1947) was a dramatist, graphic artist, magazine story writer and poet born in Alabama. She attended the University of Chicago for five years, though she did not graduate.
Early in her dramatic career, she developed a program consisting of slave narratives and songs called her “Mammy Stories.” Finch traveled across the United States and performed in theaters and colleges. She also performed at the University of California, Berkeley Wheeler Hall to positive reviews: "The artist...has achieved a reputation for her work through the novel means she employs in giving a true portray of minstrel and vaudeville negro humor. With no stage settings or "make-up" she tells her stories of plantation superstitions and sings the songs of jubilees and revivals of a day gone by, from an arm-chair in the simple narrative fashion." In 1931, Finch hosted a 15-minute radio program called "Stories of the Old South."
The Bible Quilt
In 1914, Outlook Magazine published “A Sermon in Patchwork” by Finch. The article describes a unique covering stitched by Harriet Powers of Athens, Georgia. Powers, a former slave, created an appliqued quilt featuring Bible stories. The article included quotes, presumably, from Powers, who had died four years earlier as well as a photograph of the quilt, known as the Bible Quilt. The Finch article was one of the earliest known about The Bible Quilt, now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.
Later Career
In the 1930s, Finch taught drama at the Edgewood School in Greenwich, CT. Additionally, she and partner Clare Hamilton owned the Little Shop, an antiques and gift store, according to the Greenwich, CT city directories from the 1930s to 1941.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucine_Finch
************************************
Name: Finch, Miss Lucine
Interment Date: Apr 26, 1947
Lot Reference: 0322.5 (Block : 03 Lot : 22.5)
Gender: Female
Race: White
************************
United States Census, 1900
Name Lucine Finch
Event Type Census
Event Year 1900
Event Place Precinct 22 South Town Chicago city Ward 4, Cook, Illinois
Gender Female
Age 20
Marital Status Single
Race White
Race (Original) W
Relationship to Head of Household Boarder
Birth Date Mar 1880
Birthplace Alabama
Father's Birthplace Alabama
Mother's Birthplace Louisiana
**************************
United States Census, 1940
Name Lucine Finch
Event Type Census
Event Date 1940
Event Place Greenwich Town, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sex Female
Age 59
Marital Status Single
Race (Original) White
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1881
***************************
(Her closing Poem)
Under the moon in the garden
The pale lilies sleep and sway.
And thou, dear white flower-woman
Sleep thou until the day!
****************************************
Lucine Finch was a poet, dramatist, graphic artist, and magazine story writer born in Alabama in 1875. Finch published a number of books, articles, and poems including "The Butterfly" and "A Sermon in Patchwork."
Her last known published writings date from 1917. This collection contains two short stories, The Darkey and the Deed and Mammy's Past Crust, the first written by Lucine Finch and the second written by her mother, Julia Neely Finch in the early twentieth century. Both stories illustrate stereotypes of African Americans common in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Birmingham Public Library
http://www.bplonline.org/resources/archives/collections.aspx?q=13
**********************************
History of Birmingham Poetry
A Craig Legg Blog
https://hybhampoe.wordpress.com/poetry-by-decade/1900-2/
From a prominent Birmingham family, Lucine Finch seems to have led a life similar to Zitella Cocke in that she was raised in a cultured environment, showed early promise as both artist and poet, then moved north, later return-ing south. (17) Her first book of poems, Two in Arcadia, was published by Brentano’s of New York in 1907 and is memorable in that it is Birmingham’s first poetry title illustrated by the poet him/herself. Its verses are forgettable, short and simplistic rhymes the province of any schoolgirl, but the artwork is competent, and we must give her an A for the effort. In both prose and musical efforts Lucine Finch would compose in the ‘dialect’ genre, but thankfully we are spared any of such in her poetry. She would publish one more title- Butterfly- renewed interest in Two in Arcadia, as it is available again via contemporary print-on-demand publishers, after being out-of-print over one hundred years. Also, it can be read and viewed online…clink the link. http://www.archive.org/stream/twoinarcadia00finc
******************************
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Lucine Finch (circa 1875-1947) was a dramatist, graphic artist, magazine story writer and poet born in Alabama. She attended the University of Chicago for five years, though she did not graduate.
Early in her dramatic career, she developed a program consisting of slave narratives and songs called her “Mammy Stories.” Finch traveled across the United States and performed in theaters and colleges. She also performed at the University of California, Berkeley Wheeler Hall to positive reviews: "The artist...has achieved a reputation for her work through the novel means she employs in giving a true portray of minstrel and vaudeville negro humor. With no stage settings or "make-up" she tells her stories of plantation superstitions and sings the songs of jubilees and revivals of a day gone by, from an arm-chair in the simple narrative fashion." In 1931, Finch hosted a 15-minute radio program called "Stories of the Old South."
The Bible Quilt
In 1914, Outlook Magazine published “A Sermon in Patchwork” by Finch. The article describes a unique covering stitched by Harriet Powers of Athens, Georgia. Powers, a former slave, created an appliqued quilt featuring Bible stories. The article included quotes, presumably, from Powers, who had died four years earlier as well as a photograph of the quilt, known as the Bible Quilt. The Finch article was one of the earliest known about The Bible Quilt, now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.
Later Career
In the 1930s, Finch taught drama at the Edgewood School in Greenwich, CT. Additionally, she and partner Clare Hamilton owned the Little Shop, an antiques and gift store, according to the Greenwich, CT city directories from the 1930s to 1941.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucine_Finch
************************************
Name: Finch, Miss Lucine
Interment Date: Apr 26, 1947
Lot Reference: 0322.5 (Block : 03 Lot : 22.5)
Gender: Female
Race: White
************************
United States Census, 1900
Name Lucine Finch
Event Type Census
Event Year 1900
Event Place Precinct 22 South Town Chicago city Ward 4, Cook, Illinois
Gender Female
Age 20
Marital Status Single
Race White
Race (Original) W
Relationship to Head of Household Boarder
Birth Date Mar 1880
Birthplace Alabama
Father's Birthplace Alabama
Mother's Birthplace Louisiana
**************************
United States Census, 1940
Name Lucine Finch
Event Type Census
Event Date 1940
Event Place Greenwich Town, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sex Female
Age 59
Marital Status Single
Race (Original) White
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1881
***************************
