Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
Poet, editor, critic. Born in Mount Morris, NY. She wrote “The Door of Dreams” (1918) and “The Lifted Cup” (1921). She also was a founder of the Poetry Society of America.
Type: NY State
Sloan Wilson
(1920-2003) Writer, novelist. Sloan Wilson was born in Westport, Connecticut, was a SUNY Buffalo English professor and public information director from 1952 to 1955. He lived on High Ridge Road, Pound Ridge, New York, in the late 1950s and in Ticonderoga, New York both at the Rogers Rock Club and at 207 Champlain Avenue, during … Continued
Adelaide Crapsey
(1878-1914) Poet. Adelaide Crapsey was born in Brooklyn, New York; raised in Rochester, New York; graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1901; was treated for tuberculosis in Saranac Lake, New York, and died in Rochester, New York.
Louis Untermeyer
(1885-1977) Poet, anthologist. Louis Untermeyer was born in Manhattan, New York. Untermeyer worked with Max Eastman, John Reed, and Floyd Dell on the leftist publication “The Masses.” Untermeyer was blacklisted along with many others during McCarthyism. He was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1961 to 1963. He was married to the … Continued
Robert Louis Stevenson
(1850-1894) Poet, writer. “Treasure Island” (1883), stayed at the Stevens Hotel on E. 11th Street in Manhattan in 1888. In the winter of 1887-88, Stevenson came to Saranac Lake seeking treatment for tuberculosis. During the winter he worked on “The Master of Ballantrae” (1889).He collaborated with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne to write “The Wrong Box” … Continued
Robert William Chambers
(1865-1933) Novelist, short story writer. Robert W. Chambers was born in Brooklyn, New York and worked on his books in Broadalbin, New York as well as in New York City. He moved his family into the family estate there after his novel “In The Quarter” (1894) was published. He lived in Broadalbin for much of … Continued
Hiawatha Hiawatha
Visionary. He is said to have lived in what is now Franklin County. The subject of countless books, articles, studies and stories, Hiawatha was a Mohawk (some say Onondaga) who lived during the 1500s. His vision, along with that of Dekanawida, is the foundation for the “Great Law or the Six Nations” a governing philosophy … Continued
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Reformer, writer, leader of the women’s suffrage movement, diarist, editor. Eighty Years and More. She was born on Main and North Market Streets in Johnstown, N.Y. By special arrangement she was allowed to study at Johnstown Academy, open only to boys, where she studied Greek, Latin, and mathematics. She went on to attend Emma Willard’s … Continued
Edward Noyes Westcott
(1846-1898) Writer, novelist. Edward Noyes Westcott was born in Syracuse, New York, and died at his home at 990 James Street, Syracuse, New York. He worked on “David Harum, A Story of American Life” while in Meacham Lake, New York for tuberculosis treatment.
Margaret Widdemer
(1884-1978) Poet and novelist. Margaret Widdemer lived the last years of her life, and died, in Gloversville, New York, in 1978; she is buried in Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.