Christine Terhune Herrick Explained

Christine Terhune Herrick
Birth Name:	Christine Terhune
Birth Date:	13 June 1859
Birth Place:	Newark, New Jersey
Death Place:	Washington, D.C.
Occupation:	Writer
Spouse:	James Frederick Herrick
Children:	Horace Terhune Herrick James Frederic Herrick

Christine Terhune Herrick (June 13, 1859 – December 2, 1944) was an American writer who wrote mostly about housekeeping.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} She published articles in Harper's Bazaar^[6] and was also a journalist.^[7]

Biography

Herrick was born in Newark, New Jersey on June 13, 1859. She was the eldest daughter of the writers Edward Payson Terhune and Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune.^[8]

She married James Frederick Herrick (1851–1893),^[9] an editor of the Springfield Republican, in 1884.^[1] They had three children; Horace Terhune Herrick (1887–1948),^[10] James Frederic Herrick, and a toddler daughter who died at age 3.^[1]

She published her first article in the first issue of Good Housekeeping in 1885.^[1] Her husband died in 1893 of typhoid fever,^[9] but she was able to support herself and her two young sons through her writing.^[1]

Around 1890, she built a home in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey she called The Outlook, where she resided for 13 years.^[11]

She died on December 2, 1944, in Washington, D.C.^{[12] [13]}

Legacy

She wrote over thirty books on housekeeping, childcare and cooking. Herrick also published magazine articles and wrote a book with her mother.^{[14] [15] [16]}

Publications

• Housekeeping Made Easy (Harpers, 1888)
• Cradle and Nursery (Harpers, 1889)
• Liberal Living Upon Narrow Means (Houghton, Mifflin, 1890)
• What to Eat, How to Serve It (Harpers, 1891)
• The Little Dinner (Scribners, 1892)
• Chafing – Dish Suppers (Scribners, 1894)
• The Cottage Kitchen (Scribners, 1895)
• The National Cook Book (Scribners, 1896)
• The Home Book for Mothers and Daughters (Christian Herald, 1897)
• The New Idea Home and Cook Book (Blanchard, 1900)
• First Aid to the Young Housekeeper (Scribners, 1900)
• In City Tents (Putnam, 1902)
• Hospitality at Small Expense (Clode, 1904)
• The Expert Maid – Servant (Harpers, 1904)^{[17] [18]}
• The Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking and Household Recipes (Bodmer, 1904)
• The Lewis Carroll Birthday Book (Wessels, 1905)
• Sunday Night Suppers (Estes, 1907)
• The Cooking School (Anderson & Stoner, 1908)
• Like Mother Used to Make (Estes, 1912)
• The Helping Hand Cook Book (Moffat, Yard, 1912)
• My Boy and I (Estes, 1913)^[19]
• Candy Making (Rand, McNally, 1913)
• Candy Making in the Home (Rand McNally, 1914)
• The ABC of Housekeeping (Harpers, 1915)
• The ABC of Cooking (Harpers, 1916)
• Lose Weight and Be Well (Harpers, 1917)
• Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J (Unwin, 1924)
• Feed The Brute (Stokes, 1926)
• The New Common Sense in the Household (Stokes, 1926)
• Smart Supper Recipes (Page, 1928)

Notes and References

1. James, Edward T., et al. Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Vol. II, p. 188-89 (1971)
2. http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/manuscripts/wpnjf.html Inventory to the Records of the Women's Project of New Jersey, 1984-2004By Carla B. ZimmermanApril 2008 from Rutgers University
3. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=umpress_fbc Notes on Contributors from the University of Massachusetts
4. https://www.jstor.org/pss/25105796 Concerning Race Suicide by Christine Terhune Herrick
5. http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/h/hearth/browse/articles/arts-hergesheimerjosephmrs.html#herrickchristineterhune hearth.library.cornell.edu Christine Terhune Herrick
6. http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=hearth;rgn=full%20text;idno=4732809_1441_048;view=image;seq=9 Harper's Bazaar sample article
7. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=umpress_fbc Marketplace
8. Burstyn, Joan N. Past and promise: lives of New Jersey women, p.150-51 (Syracuse University Press 1997)
9. News: Obituary Notes . ... . . February 4, 1893 . June 18, 2010.
10. News: Horace Herrick, 61, Agricultural Aide . . October 8, 1948 . June 18, 2010.
11. http://www.pomptonlakesgov.com/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=36&TPID=13680 Historic Preservation Property Description-The Outlook
12. News: Mrs. C. Herrick Dies. Wrote Cook Books, 85 . Mrs. Christine Terhune Herrick, author of several books on cooking and housekeeping, died today at the age of 85. She was the widow of the James Frederick ... . . December 3, 1944 . May 24, 2007 .
13. News: Christine Herrick Dies . https://archive.today/20120712144135/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/472966412.html?dids=472966412:472966412&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+03,+1944&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Obituary+8+--+No+Title&pqatl=google . dead . July 12, 2012 . . December 3, 1944 . June 18, 2010 .
14. http://web2.ohiohistory.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12768419NL052.72103&profile=allsoc&uri=search=PUBAU~!Herrick,%20Christine%20Terhune,%201859-1944.&menu=search&submenu=basic_search&source=~!horizon Ohio Historical Society
15. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/digital_books/ Digitized Rare Books from Virginia Tech Digital Library and Archives
16. https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/strasser-waste.html A Social History of Trash By Susan Strasser
17. News: The Servant Question.; The Expert Maid Servant. By Christine Terhune Herrick. 16mo. Pp. 135. New York: Harper & Brothers, $1 net. . . . . November 5, 1905 . June 18, 2010 .
18. Herrick, Christine Terhune. The Expert Maid – Servant (Harper and Brothers, 1904)
19. https://www.nytimes.com/1913/10/26/archives/the-boy-problem-my-boy-and-i-by-christine-terhune-herrick-dana.html The Boy Problem; My Boy And I. By Christine Terhune Herrick. Dana Estes & Co.