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Guide To The May Sarton Collection, 1965-1997, Orson Kingsley
Guide To The May Sarton Collection, 1965-1997, Orson Kingsley
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The poet, novelist and nonfiction writer May Sarton was born in Belgium in 1912, but relocated with her parents to Cambridge, MA at an early age. Her literary career began with the publication of a collection of poetry in 1937; The Single Hound, her first novel, appeared the following year. Sarton published nearly 20 collections of poetry, 20 novels, 13 works of nonfiction, and two children’s books during her career.
Sarton received awards and grants from the Poetry Society of America, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation. In addition, she …
Guide To The Shuji Isawa Collection, 1875 – 2010 (Bulk 1870s), Orson Kingsley
Guide To The Shuji Isawa Collection, 1875 – 2010 (Bulk 1870s), Orson Kingsley
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Shuji Isawa (1850-1917) was sent to the United States by the Japanese Ministry of Education during the early portion of the Meiji Restoration. In 1875 Isawa enrolled at the Bridgewater State Normal School to learn about the United States educational system and Normal School movement, and to bring this information back to Japan. He graduated from Bridgewater State Normal School in 1877 after finishing the two year program. He would go onto study at Harvard for a short time before returning to Japan.
Isawa quickly began reforming the Japanese educational system upon his return to Japan. Some of the new …
Guide To The Edward Kirby Collection, 1954-2004, Orson Kingsley
Guide To The Edward Kirby Collection, 1954-2004, Orson Kingsley
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Edward P. "Ned" Kirby, a native of Whitman, Massachusetts, was a longtime Republican politician in the state. After graduating from the College of the Holy Cross and Boston College Law School, he joined the Army during the Korean War and served as a Lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps from 1952-1955. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives three consecutive terms from 1961-1966, representing the 5th Plymouth District. Kirby was the youngest Republican in the House when he was first elected. From 1968-1976 he served as Plymouth County Commissioner. In 1981 he was elected to the Massachusetts …