Celeste Comegys Peardon Explained

Celeste Comegys Peardon
Birth Name:Mary Celeste Comegys
Birth Date:March 25, 1898
Birth Place:Rock Island, Illinois
Death Date:December 29, 1988 (age 90 years)
Death Place:Bridgewater, Connecticut
Occupation:Writer
Relatives:Zelina Brunschwig (sister)

Mary Celeste Comegys Peardon (March 25, 1898 – December 29, 1988) was an American writer of books for children and classroom use.

Early life

Mary Celeste Comegys was born in Rock Island, Illinois, the daughter of Joseph Parsons Comegys (not the congressman of the same name) and Eliza (or Elsie) Virginia Thompson Comegys. Her father was a surgeon[1] and a college professor. She graduated from Rock Island High School,[2] [3] and graduated from Barnard College in 1926.[4] [5] Her older sister Zelina Comegys Brunschwig was prominent in the interior design industry.[6] [7]

Career

Peardon wrote books for children, especially The Work-Play Readers, for classroom use. She was also credited as a consultant on the short film Adventures of Bunny Rabbit (1937). She worked on another film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica, Navajo Children, with her colleagues Arthur I. Gates and Ernest Horn.[8] She was president of the Women's Faculty Club at Teachers College, Columbia University,[9] and spoke at educational meetings.[10]

Publications

Many of these titles were part of The Work-Play Readers, a set of primers for early readers, which she wrote in collaboration with Arthur I. Gates and other contributors.[11] [12]

Personal life

Comegys married Canadian-born professor and college administrator Thomas Preston Peardon in 1926.[34] They had a son, Thomas Jr.[35] She died in 1988, aged 90 years, in Bridgewater, Connecticut.

Notes and References

  1. News: 1935-01-21 . Dr. Joseph P. Comegys; Post Surgeon of Rock lsland, Ill., Arsenal During War . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-07-29 . 0362-4331.
  2. News: 1915-06-03 . Winding Up Year for High School . 8 . The Rock Island Argus . 2022-07-29 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1940-05-27 . In City for Class Reunion . 8 . The Rock Island Argus . 2022-07-29 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: 1926-06-05 . Celeste Comegys Weds T. P. Peardon; Father Henry F. Riley Performs Ceremony at Home of the Bride's Father . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-07-28 . 0362-4331.
  5. Barnard College, Mortarboard (1926 yearbook): 179.
  6. News: Bird . Maryann . 1981-09-12 . Zelina Comegys Brunschwig, Chairman of Fabric Company . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-07-29 . 0362-4331.
  7. News: Schrage . Lois . 1982-01-08 . Fluff n Stuff . 11 . The Rock Island Argus . 2022-07-29 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: 1959-07-21 . Museum Program Set . 8 . The Albuquerque Tribune . 2022-07-29 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: Mayer . Rachel . 1956-03-05 . Profs. Tell How Barnardites Do--as Housewives . 1 . Barnard Bulletin . 2022-07-29 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 1936-12-12 . Mrs. Reardon Speaks to Council of Teachers . 10 . The Tribune . 2022-07-29 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Gray . C. T. . 1940 . Review of The New Work-Play Books . The Elementary School Journal . 40 . 8 . 635–637 . 10.1086/457820 . 997854 . 0013-5984.
  12. MacLatchy . Josephine H. . 1944 . Variety in Preprimers . Educational Research Bulletin . 23 . 5 . 113–122 . 1473993 . 1555-4023.
  13. Gates . Arthur I. . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . Sartorius . Ina Craig . 1931 . Studies of Children's Interests in Reading . The Elementary School Journal . 31 . 9 . 656–670 . 10.1086/456638 . 996411 . 145710212 . 0013-5984.
  14. Moore . Clyde B. . 1938 . Review of Nick and Dick; Fun with Nick and Dick; The Story Book of Nick and Dick . The Elementary School Journal . 38 . 7 . 552 . 10.1086/462224 . 3203024 . 0013-5984.
  15. Book: Gates . Arthur I . Jim and Judy . Huber . Miriam Blanton . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . 1939 . English . 11180705.
  16. Book: Gates . Arthur I . Off we go . Huber . Miriam Blanton . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . 1939 . Macmillan . New York . English . 16413008.
  17. Book: Gates . Arthur I . Wide wings . Huber . Miriam Blanton . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . 1939 . Macmillan . New York . English . 3993735.
  18. Book: Gates . Arthur I . We grow up . Huber . Miriam Blanton . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . 1939 . Macmillan . New York . English . 4197276.
  19. Book: Gates . Arthur I . Down our street . Huber . Miriam Blanton . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . Baldridge . Cyrus Leroy . 1939 . Macmillan Co. . New York . English . 14876359.
  20. Book: Gates . Arthur I . Sing, canary, sing . Ingleright . Allegra . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . Baldridge . Cyrus Leroy . 1939 . Macmillan . English . 9655280.
  21. Book: Gates . Arthur I . The surprise box . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . Baldridge . Cyrus Leroy . Falls . C. B . 1939 . Macmillan Co. . New York . English . 1558363.
  22. Book: Gates . Arthur I . In came Pinky . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . Baldridge . Cyrus Leroy . Falls . C. B . Macmillan Company . 1939 . Macmillan . New York . English . 758269757.
  23. Book: Gates . Arthur I . Elsie elephant . Brindl . Helen M . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . Baldridge . Cyrus Leroy . Falls . C. B . 1939 . Macmillan Co. . New York . English . 1862538.
  24. Book: Gates . Arthur I . Pueblo Indian stories . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . 1940 . Macmillan Co. . New York . English . 1157058834.
  25. Book: Gates . Arthur I . Fifty winters ago . Neill . Elizabeth D . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . 1940 . The Macmillan Company . New York . English . 1862578.
  26. Allen . Thomas H. . 1945 . Review of The Pupils' Own Vocabulary Speller . The Elementary School Journal . 45 . 6 . 362–363 . 10.1086/458434 . 997918 . 0013-5984.
  27. Book: Arthur I. Gates, Miriam Blanton Huber . Tags and Twinkle . 1945 . The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited . University of Victoria Libraries.
  28. Book: Gates . Arthur I . Good times together . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . 1953 . Macmillan . New York . English . 5703654.
  29. Book: Gates . Arthur I . Robin fly south! . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . Payzant . Charles . 1953 . Macmillan . New York . English . 7595320.
  30. Book: Gates . Arthur I . Sandy in the Green Mountains . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . Payzant . Charles . Eliot . Duval . Keller . Janet . Knight . John . 1953 . English . 7595345.
  31. Book: Gates . Arthur Irving . The World I Know . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . 1957 . Macmillan . en.
  32. Book: Gates . Arthur I . The world I know . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . 1957 . Macmillan . New York . English . 757234878.
  33. Book: Gates . Arthur I . Good times tomorrow . Peardon . Celeste Comegys . 1957 . Macmillan . New York . English . 6225879.
  34. News: 1926-06-03 . Miss Celeste Comegys Will Become Bride of University Professor . 9 . The Rock Island Argus . 2022-07-29 . Newspapers.com.
  35. Web site: Thomas Preston Peardon . 2022-07-28 . Harvard Class of 1960 . en.

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