Clara Whitehill Hunt
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Clara Whitehill Hunt was an American
United States
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 librarian
Librarian
A librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...

 who wrote children's books.

Background

She was born in Utica, New York
Utica, New York
Utica is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 62,235 at the 2010 census, an increase of 2.6% from the 2000 census....

, graduated from the New York State Library School in 1898, and for several years taught in the public schools. She worked in the library in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

 and at the Newark Free Public Library.

In 1903 she became superintendent of the Children's Department in the Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn Public Library
The Brooklyn Public Library is the public library system of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It is the fifth largest public library system in the United States. Like the two other public library systems in New York City, it is an independent nonprofit organization that is funded by the...

. She lectured on library topics and wrote: What Shall We Read to the Children? (1915); About Harriet (1916); The Little House in the Woods (1918); and Peggy's Playhouses (1924).

See also

  • Lawrence Fraser Abbott
    Lawrence Fraser Abbott
    Lawrence Fraser Abbott was an American editor and writer, son of Lyman Abbott.-Biography:He was born in Brooklyn, New York to Lyman Abbott. He graduated from Amherst College in 1881. In 1891 he became president of the Outlook Company...

  • Michael Ableman
  • Adeline Pond Adams
    Adeline Pond Adams
    Adeline Valentine Pond Adams was an American writer and wife of Herbert Adams.The chief subject of her writings were American fine-artist's and art,at least seven published texts were written by her....

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