Josephine Pollard Explained

Josephine Pollard
Birth Date:October 10, 1834
Birth Place:New York City, New York
Death Date:August 15, 1892 (aged 57)
Death Place:New York City, New York
Known For:Christian hymns
Occupation:Writer and poet

Josephine Pollard (J. P. Pollard) (17 October 1834  - 15 August 1892) was an American hymn writer,[1] author and poet.

Pollard published over a hundred hymns,[2] and wrote numerous popular children's books mostly on religious and historical topics. She worked as an editor for the Sunday School Times and worked for the Methodist Book Concern, where she edited a magazine intended for African Americans.[3] [4] Pollard also wrote for other children's magazines such as The Little Corporal.[5] Her poetry was published in a number of magazines including Harper's Magazine[6] and Scribner's Magazine,[7] as well as the New York Ledger.[8] Some of her children's poetry was collected in the book Elfin land published in 1882.[9]

In her children's books she neither talked over the child's head nor down to it in tones of condescension.[10] Her works have seen a recent resurgence as early readers, spurred by the home-school movement.[11]

Pollard was born in New York City one of seven children of architect Calvin Pollard and his wife Electra.[12] She attended the Spingler Institute, an exclusive girls' school.[13] Pollard was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church, and attended the North Presbyterian Church on Ninth Avenue. She was a founding member of the professional women's club Sorosis.[14] She never married. Josephine Pollard died in New York City after a long illness on 15 August 1892.

Selected works

Children's books

Her children's books included:

Hymns

Among the most popular of her hymns were:

Poetry

Pollard's poems include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sanjek, Russell. 1988. American Popular Music and Its Business: From 1790 to 1909. New York. Oxford University Press. 209. 978-0-19-504310-5.
  2. Web site: Josephine Pollard. The Hymnary. https://web.archive.org/web/20130124163756/http://www.hymnary.org/person/Pollard_J. 24 January 2013. live.
  3. News: Staff . Obituary: Josephine Pollard . 16 August 1892 . The New York Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313041720/http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=950DE3DC1238E233A25755C1A96E9C94639ED7CF . 13 March 2016 . live .
  4. Book: Brown, John Howard. 1903. Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Volume 6, Newton-Sears. Boston, Massachusetts. Federal Book Company. 293. 2379256.
  5. Book: Mott, Frank L.. 1938. A History of American Magazines: 1865-1885. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University Press. 175, note 57. 791933312., reprinted in 1970,
  6. Web site: Josephine Pollard: Harper's Magazine. Harper's.
  7. Book: Thompson, Slason. 1892. The humbler poets: a collection of newspaper and periodical verse, 1870 to 1885. Chicago. A.C. McClurg. 175. 10737172., reprinted from the 1885 edition
  8. Book: Willard, Frances Elizabeth . Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice . 1897. American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits, Volume 2. New York. Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick. 578. 22177971.
  9. Book: Pollard, Josephine. Satterlee, Walter (designer). 1882. Elfin Land. New York. George W. Harlan & Co.. 6638304.
  10. Web site: Hamrick, David Russell. 14 February 2011. Beyond the Sunset's Radiant Glow. https://web.archive.org/web/20110815064442/http://drhamrick.blogspot.com/2011/02/beyond-sunsets-radiant-glow.html. 15 August 2011. live.
  11. Pfitzer, Gregory M. "'History repeating itself': the republication phenomenon and Josephine Pollard's monosyllabic histories for children." 125th annual meeting of the American Historical Society (Boston, 6-9 Jan 2011). Abstract
  12. 1850 and 1860 United States Census for New York City; note that Electra L. Pollard's name is variously misspelled in the census data as "Elector" and "Electa".
  13. The Spingler Institute was located off Union Square in New York City, run by Gorham Dummer Abbott, and was a continuation of the Abbott Institute formerly of East Houston Street, Greenwich Village.
  14. Book: Croly, Jane Cunningham. 1898. The history of the woman's club movement in America, Volume 1. New York. General Federation of Women's Clubs by H. G. Allen & Co.. 18. 7178478.
  15. Web site: Bible stories for children (1899). 1899 .
  16. Web site: History of the Old Testament in words of one syllable (1899). 1899 .
  17. Web site: History of The New Testament in Words of One Syllable (1899). 1899 .
  18. Book: Hull, Asa. 1869. The Pilgrim's Harp: A Choice Collection of Sacred Music Adapted to All Occasions of Social and Family Worship and a Convenient Handbook for Church Choirs. Oliver Ditson. Boston, Massachusetts. 122.
  19. Encyclopedia: Pollard, Josephine . Let the Savoir In . Rodeheaver, Homer A. . Gabriel, Charles H. . 1917 . Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services . Rodeheaver Co. . Chicago . 198 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140614173516/http://www.hymnary.org/hymn/ASCS1917/198 . 14 June 2014 . live .
  20. Book: Pollard, Josephine. 2011. The Brave Little Tailor. Applewood Books. 978-1-4290-8088-0., reprint of McLoughlin Brothers 1883 edition
  21. Book: Rice, John R.. 1982. 742 Heart Warming Poems. Sword of the Lord Publishers. 177. 978-0-87398-758-5., reprint of 1964 edition
  22. Book: Turner, Michael R.. 1992. Victorian Parlour Poetry: An Annotated Anthology. New York. Courier Dover Publications. 201 - 202. 978-0-486-27044-9., a reprint of Book: Turner, Michael R.. 1969. Parlour Poetry: A casquet of gems. New York. Viking Press. 46498.

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