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Zephine Humphrey Fahnestock
A drawing of a young white woman in profile
Zephine Humphrey Fahnestock, from a 1919 newspaper
BornDecember 15, 1874
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died1956
Dorset, Vermont
OccupationWriter
RelativesHeman Humphrey (grandfather), Edward Porter Humphrey (uncle); James Humphrey (uncle); Edward William Cornelius Humphrey (cousin), Alexander Pope Humphrey (cousin)

Harriette Zephine Humphrey Fahnestock (December 15, 1874 – November 14, 1956), usually writing as Zephine Humphrey, was an American writer based in Vermont.

Early life and education[edit]

Harriette Zephine Humphrey was born in Philadelphia[1] in 1874, the daughter of Zephaniah Moore Humphrey and Harriet (Hattie) Lee Sykes Humphrey.[2] Her mother was a lecturer who influenced Jane Addams.[3] Her grandfather was Heman Humphrey, the second president of Amherst College.[4] Presbyterian leader Edward Porter Humphrey and politician James Humphrey were her uncles. Her first cousins included Presbyterian scholar Edward William Cornelius Humphrey and judge Alexander Pope Humphrey. She graduated from Smith College in 1896. She traveled in Europe for two years after college, with her widowed mother.[3]

Career[edit]

Humphrey was known as a prolific writer of fiction and essays with regional,[1] nature,[5] travel,[6] and religious themes.[7][8] The New York Times wrote in a 1938 review that "she writes the entire first chapter of her travel book about her husband's sciatica and makes it a thoroughly charming introduction".[9] She was often associated with fellow Vermont writers Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn.[10] She worked with them on political causes including the abolition of the death penalty, and traveled with both women to Rome.[11] Poet Robert Frost called the three women "Vermont's Three Verities".[12] She objected to the creation of the Green Mountain Parkway, noting that, "Alone among the New England States, Vermont still retains a measure of freedom from the opportune standards of the present day."[13] She was active with the Vermont Children's Aid Society.[14][15]

Publications[edit]

Books[edit]

  • The Calling of the Apostle (1900)[16]
  • Uncle Charley (1902)[17]
  • The Story of Mary Mecome (1906)[18]
  • Over Against Green Peak (1908, 1911)[19][20]
  • Recollections of my Mother (1912)[4]
  • The Edge of the Woods and other Papers (1913)[21]
  • Grail Fire (1917)[22]
  • The Homestead (1919)[23][24]
  • The Sword of the Spirit (1920)[25]
  • Mountain Verities (1923)[26]
  • The Story of Dorset (1924)[27]
  • Winterwise (1927)[28]
  • Chrysalis (1928)[29]
  • The Beloved Community (1930)[30][31]
  • Green Mountains to Sierras (1936)[32][33]
  • Cactus Forest (1938)[34]
  • 'Allo good-by (1940)[35][36]
  • A Book of New England (1947)[37]
  • God and Company (1953)[7][38]

Essays and stories[edit]

  • "Five Women on the Trail" (1909)[39]
  • "Nothing" (1913)[40]
  • "In the Wilderness" (1915)[41]
  • "The Passing of Indoors" (1916)[42]
  • "The Glory of the States: Vermont" (1917)[43]
  • "Corners" (1920)[44]
  • "The New Crop" (1923)[45]
  • "On Writing a Town History" (1925)[46]
  • "On Re-reading the Bible" (1925)[47]
  • "The Modern Woman's Home" (1926)[48]

Personal life[edit]

In 1914, Zephine Humphrey married artist Wallace Weir Fahnestock and moved to Dorset, Vermont.[49][50] She died there in 1956, aged 81 years.[2] A box of her papers is in the collection of the University of Vermont Libraries.[51] The Dorset Historical Society also has materials related to Zephine Humphrey Fahnestock.[52]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b EAH (1928-10-02). "Weekend Trips to Nearby Towns of Nationally Famous Vermonters: Zephine Humphrey". Rutland Daily Herald. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Mrs. Fahnestock Dead at 81". The Bennington Evening Banner. 1956-11-15. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Addams, Jane (2019-02-15). The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Vol. 3: Creating Hull-House and an International Presence, 1889-1900. University of Illinois Press. pp. note 31. ISBN 978-0-252-09952-6.
  4. ^ a b Humphrey, Zephine (1912). Recollections of my mother. New York, Chicago etc.: Fleming H. Revell company.
  5. ^ Thorpe, Dorothy Ann (1938-08-07). "Zephine Humphrey Writes of Deserts and Artists". The Times Dispatch. p. 63. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Lackey, Kris (1999-02-01). RoadFrames: The American Highway Narrative. U of Nebraska Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8032-7981-0.
  7. ^ a b "Zephine Humphrey Book Out Wednesday". The Bennington Evening Banner. 1953-09-12. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "The Brattleboro Book Fair (advertisement)". The Brattleboro Reformer. 1939-10-11. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "They Left Vermont for Arizona; CACTUS FOREST. By Zephine Humphrey. 245 pp. New York: E.. P. Dutton & Co. $2.50". The New York Times. 1938-07-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  10. ^ Phelps, William Lyons (October 1927). "As I Like It". Scribner's Magazine. 82: 503.
  11. ^ Schroeter, Joan G. (September 1995). "Sarah Cleghorn and the Religious Left". Colby Quarterly. 31: 214–227.
  12. ^ Vermont: Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project (1937). Vermont: A Guide to the Green Mountain State. US History Publishers. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-60354-044-5.
  13. ^ "Zephine Humphrey Fahnestock Objects to Green Mountain Parkway". The Burlington Free Press. 1933-10-21. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1921). Pride in Posterity: A Sketch by Zephine Humphrey. The Society.
  15. ^ "Zephine Humphrey Fahnestock Asks Aid for Children". The Burlington Free Press. 1932-03-23. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1900). The calling of the apostle. New York, London: Bonnell, Silver & Co.
  17. ^ Humphrey, Zephine; Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass); Houghton Mifflin Company (1902). Uncle Charley. Boston ; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
  18. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1906). The story of Mary Mecome. New York: Dodge Pub. Co. OCLC 613041459.
  19. ^ Humphrey, Zephine; Henry Holt and Company (1908). Over against Green Peak. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
  20. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1911). Over against Green Peak. New York: H. Holt and Company.
  21. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1913). The edge of the woods, and other papers. New York, Chicago etc.: Fleming H. Revell company.
  22. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1917). Grail fire. New York: E.P. Dutton & co.
  23. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1919). The homestead. New York: E.P. Dutton & company.
  24. ^ Shinn, Charles H. (1919-10-12). "Weekly Comments". The Fresno Morning Republican. p. 25. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ Humphrey, Zephine; E.P. Dutton (Firm) (1920). The sword of the spirit. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company.
  26. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1923). Mountain verities. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company. OCLC 3592896.
  27. ^ Humphrey, Zephine; Lee, Elizabeth Sykes (1924). The story of Dorset. Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle company.
  28. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1927). Winterwise. New York: E. P. Dutton & company.
  29. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1929). Chrysalis. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. OCLC 5116649.
  30. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1930). The beloved community. New York: E. P. Dutton & co., inc.
  31. ^ "Zephine Humphrey's New Book is Success". The Burlington Free Press. 1930-06-03. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1936). Green mountains to Sierras. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. OCLC 2562129.
  33. ^ "Western Trip Depicted in Story". The Manchester Journal. 1936-06-25. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  34. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1938). Cactus forest. New York: E.P. Dutton & co., inc.
  35. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1940). 'Allo good-by. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. OCLC 935907.
  36. ^ "Travelog of Mexico". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1940-07-07. p. 36. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  37. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1947). A book of New England. New York: Howell, Soskin.
  38. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1953). God and company. New York: Harper. OCLC 2944424.
  39. ^ Skidmore, Colleen (2017-03-24). Searching for Mary Schäffer: Women Wilderness Photography. University of Alberta. pp. 126–128. ISBN 978-1-77212-298-5.
  40. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1913). "Nothing". In Thomas, Charles Swain (ed.). Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories. Atlantic Monthly Press. pp. 167–179.
  41. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (May 1915). "In the Wilderness". The Forum. 53: 567–574.
  42. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (1916). "The Passing of Indoors". Atlantic Classics. Atlantic Monthly Company. pp. 252–264.
  43. ^ Zephine Humphrey, "The Glory of the States: Vermont," American Magazine, September, 1917. Two pages.
  44. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (November 1920). "Corners". The World Tomorrow. 3: 337–338.
  45. ^ Harrison, Blake A. (2006). The View from Vermont: Tourism and the Making of an American Rural Landscape. UPNE. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-1-58465-591-6.
  46. ^ Humphrey, Zephine. "On Writing a Town History" in Odell Shepard, ed., Essays of 1925 (E. V. Mitchell 1925): 273-281.
  47. ^ Zephine Humphrey, "On Re-reading the Bible," in Saturday Review of Literature, July 4, 1925, pp. 869 - 870.
  48. ^ Humphrey, Zephine (June 1926). "The Modern Woman's Home: Recording Some Doubts and Questions". The Woman Citizen. 10: 22, 37.
  49. ^ Duffy, John J.; Hand, Samuel B.; Orth, Ralph H. (2003). The Vermont Encyclopedia. UPNE. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-58465-086-7.
  50. ^ Smith, Mary Gilbert (1934-10-05). "Home of the Fahnestocks (Wallace and Zephine Humphrey) in Dorset Hollow". Rutland Daily Herald. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  51. ^ The Zephine Humphrey Papers, University of Vermont Libraries, Special Collections Repository.
  52. ^ Zephine Humphrey Fahnestock materials, Dorset Historical Society.

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