Mabel Cook Cole Explained
Mabel Cook Cole (April 18, 1880 – November 13, 1977) was an American writer and anthropologist. She specialized in the study of ancient humans, and in studying the people of the Philippines and Malaysia.
Early life and education
Mabel Elizabeth Cook was born in Plano, Illinois, the daughter of Amer Brewer Cook and Ella Augusta Webster Cook. She graduated from Plano High School, and in 1903 from Northwestern University.[1]
Career
Cole taught anthropology courses at Cornell University. She studied folk culture and stories in the Philippines and Malaysia,[2] [3] and made recordings of songs and spoken tales.[4] She also assisted her husband Fay-Cooper Cole in research, and in writing about their findings.[5] She was a member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood philanthropic organization,[6] the Society of Women Geographers,[7] and the National League of American Pen Women.[8] The Coles retired to California in 1948.[9]
Publications
Cole's Philippine Folk Tales (1916) were "literary retellings with the aim of making acceptable narratives", according to one review.[10]
- Philippine Folk Tales (1916)[11]
- "Homeless Husbands" (1924)[12]
- Savage Gentlemen (1929, memoir)[13] [14]
- "The Island of Nias, at the edge of the world" (1931)[15]
- The Story of Man (1938, with Fay-Cooper Cole)[16]
- The Story of Primitive Man (1940, with Fay-Cooper Cole)
Personal life
Cook married fellow anthropologist Fay-Cooper Cole. They had one child, Lamont. Her husband died in 1961,[17] and Cole died in 1977, at the age of 97, in Pomona, California.[18]
Notes and References
- News: 1977-11-27 . Obituary for Mabel C. Cole . 2024-05-05 . Progress Bulletin . 5 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Fitzgerald . Helen . 1930-08-10 . Is Member of Head Hunter Tribe . 2024-05-05 . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . 63 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1931-04-18 . Today's Women: Mabel Cole . 2024-05-05 . The Buffalo News . 31 . Newspapers.com.
- News: McNamara . Sue . 1930-02-22 . Woman's Way Among Savages Smoothed with Tunes on Wax . 2024-05-05 . Freeport Journal-Standard . 6 . Newspapers.com.
- Cruz, Ruby Ann B. Dela, Wayne Orchiston, Rose Ann B. Bautista, Princess B. Tucio, Jesus Rodrigo F. Torres, and Ryan Manuel D. Guido. "Mabel Cook Cole’s Philippine Folk Tales: An Ethnoastronomical Analysis" Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 25, no. 2 (2022): 237-271.
- News: 1930-04-20 . P. E. O. Sisterhood Honors Its Supreme President . 2024-05-05 . Evening star . 33 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1930-02-02 . Visitors to Lend Interest to Social Life; Prominent Folk Go to Riviera . 2024-05-05 . The Birmingham News . 32 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1930-04-22 . Washington Society . 2024-05-05 . Chicago Tribune . 33 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Holcombe . Chet . 1948-10-07 . Couple Back 'Home' After Years of Writing, Travels . 2024-05-05 . Santa Barbara News-Press . 14 . Newspapers.com.
- F. . D. S. . 1917 . Review of Mabel Cook Cole . The Journal of American Folklore . 30 . 116 . 280–281 . 10.2307/534352 . 534352 . 0021-8715.
- Book: Philippine Folk Tales . 1916 . A. C. McClurg & Company . 978-1-4142-3620-9 . en.
- News: 1924-08-10 . The Magazines . 2024-05-05 . The Fresno Morning Republican . 20 . Newspapers.com.
- Book: Cole, Mabel Cook . Savage Gentlemen . 1929 . D. Van Nostrand Company, Incorporated . en.
- News: 1929-10-19 . Jungle Honeymoon; An Anthropologist Takes His Bride to Wilds of Philippines . 2024-05-05 . Columbia Missourian . 12 . Newspapers.com.
- Cole, Mabel Cook. "The Island of Nias, at the Edge of the World" National Geographic 60(2)(1931): 201-224.
- News: 1937-10-29 . Readers Enriched by Wonder Series; Volumes Unfold New Worlds of Culture and Learning . 2024-05-05 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 3 . Newspapers.com.
- Eggan . Fred . June 1963 . Fay-Cooper Cole 1881–1961 . American Anthropologist . en . 65 . 3 . 641–648 . 10.1525/aa.1963.65.3.02a00090 . 0002-7294.
- News: 1977-11-25 . Mabel Cook Cole . 2024-05-05 . The Ithaca Journal . 4 . Newspapers.com.
