Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1854/11/09 Julia Ward Howe, wife of Samuel Gridley Howe, gives birth to a daughter, Maud Howe at the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston. Born
1887/00/00 Maud Howe marries the English artist John Elliott. Bride
1890/08/04 After a visit, the Elliotts depart from The Rocks. Maud's entry in the guest book: These days passed at The Rocks (days as full of pleasure as the comb of honey) are strong upon our memory as pearls upon the rosary of Time. Visitor Rocks Estate Bethlehem
1890/08/07 Maud and Julia Howe attend a garden party at the Vanderbilt's home on the cliffs, with the wonderful lawn leading down to the cliffs which overhang the ocean. Guest Marble House Newport, RI
1890/11/10 The Elliotts arrive in Chicago and settle into the guestroom at the Glessners' Prairie Avenue home. Guest John J Glessner House Chicago
1890/11/19 MHE gives her first South Side reading: 'The Growth of Art' at the home of Mrs Charles Schwartz. "There were nearly a hundred ladies there it was very pleasant. I have given Mrs Elliott $710.00 for this course." Frances Glessner Speaker Marshall Field Jr House Chicago
1890/11/26 MHE gives a talk on 'Foreign Art in America' at the home of Mrs Charles Schwartz. "Mrs. Elliott said that I inspired her paper by some questions which I asked her at The Rocks." Frances Glessner Speaker Marshall Field Jr House Chicago
1890/12/03 MHE speaks on 'Our American Artists' at Mrs O R Keith's, 1808 Prairie Avenue (lost). Organized by Frances Glessner, admission is $6.00 for six talks. Speaker
1890/12/10 MHE lectures on 'Late American Literature' at Mrs O R Keith's, 1808 Prairie Avenue (lost). Organized by Frances Glessner, admission is $6.00 for six talks. Speaker
1890/12/17 MHE speaks on 'A Glance at Belles Letters in England' at Mrs Charles P Kellogg's, 1923 Prairie Ave. Arraigned by Frances Glessner, admission is $6.00 for six talks. Speaker Mrs Charles Kellogg Residence, Chicago Chicago
1890/12/24 MHE gives a talk on 'The Ethics of Art' at Mrs Charles P Kellogg's, 1923 Prairie Ave. Arraigned by Frances Glessner, admission is $6.00 for six talks. Speaker Mrs Charles Kellogg Residence, Chicago Chicago
1910/11/00 Maud Howe Elliott inherits the family's summer home, Oak Glen, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Home Oak Glen Portsmouth, RI
1916/00/00 "Julia Ward Howe" by Laura E Richards and Maud Howe Elliott is published. Author Julia Ward Howe (book)
1916/03/18 The Art Association moves into the Griswold House, the date the lease expired on their former quarters on Church Street. The Drury Gallery, the former dining room, becomes the Directors' Room and is set up with an office for Maud Howe Elliott. Vocation Newport Art Museum Newport, RI
1917/04/00 Laura E Richards and Maud Howe Elliott are awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Biography for "Julia Ward Howe". Author Julia Ward Howe (book)
1948/03/13 Maud Howe Elliott dies in Newport, Rhode Island. She is buried at Mt Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts alongside her husband and parents. Died Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge Cambridge, MA

1 Creative Work by Maud Howe Elliott »

Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Julia Ward Howe (book) Author Biography 1916/00/00
  • 1000 or so Notable Biographies, Histories and Verfabulas
  • Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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