Olive Sanxay Explained
Olive Sanxay (June 1, 1873 – October 11, 1965), also seen as Olive Sanxey, was an American poet and short story writer.
Early life
Sanxay was born in Ravenswood in Jefferson County, Indiana, the tenth and final child of Henry Campbell Sanxay and Sarah (Sally) Parker Stringfellow Sanxay. She began to lose her hearing as a girl.[1] She graduated from Madison High School in 1890.[2] [3] In 1895 she was admitted to the Indiana School for the Deaf.
Career
Sanxay taught at the Indiana State School for the Deaf,[4] [5] and wrote stories and poems as a young woman.[6] Two of her poems, "Genius" and "Sabbath Chimes", were included in Poets and Poetry of Indiana (1900).[7] "A Summer Girl" appeared in Indiana Writers of Poems and Prose (1902).[8] She wrote poem, "The Dream and the Deed", for a 1907 ceremony at the school,[9] and it was included in the Indiana State School's annual report in 1908. In 1918 one of her poems was included in the poem-a-day collection The Hoosier Year of 366 Indiana Writers and Speakers.[10] Other poems by Sanxay appeared in newspapers,[11] including the Indianapolis Star,[12] the Indianapolis Journal[13] [14] [15] and The Inter Ocean.[16] She also published at least one story, "Jim's Baby" (1899).[17]
Personal life
Sanxay was institutionalized at the Southeastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane (later Madison State Hospital) in Madison, Indiana,[18] for many years. She died there in 1965, aged 92 years.
External links
- Olive Sanxay, "Genius" (1900), reprinted in Francis M. Hutt, ed., Directions and Prospects for Educational Linguistics (Springer Science & Business Media 2010): 113.
Notes and References
- Book: Sanxay, Theodore F. (Theodore Frederic). The Sanxay family, and descendants of Rev. Jacques Sanxay, Huguenot refugee to England in sixteen hundred and eighty-five. 1907. New York, Printed for private use. The Library of Congress. 113.
- Web site: Madison High School Graduates 1862-95. 2021-09-13. Jefferson County history. en-US.
- News: May 28, 1890. High School Commencement. 4. Madison Daily Herald. September 13, 2021. NewspaperArchive.com.
- Book: Indiana State School for the Deaf. Annual Report of the Trustees and the Superintendent for the Fiscal Year Ending ... to the Governor. 1908. The School. 6, 37. en.
- 1907. MISCELLANEOUS. American Annals of the Deaf. 52. 5. 491. 44464138. 0002-726X. E. A. F.
- News: February 2, 1916. Local Poets of Madison. 4. Madison Daily Herald. September 13, 2021. NewspaperArchive.com.
- Book: Heiney, Enos Boyd. Poets and Poetry of Indiana: A Representative Collection of the Poetry of Indiana During the First Hundred Years of Its History as Territory and State, 1800 to 1900. 1900. Silver, Burdett. 978-0-7222-0809-0. 134–135, 228–229, 454. en.
- Book: Hamilton, Edward Joseph. Indiana Writers of Poems and Prose. 1902. Western Press Association. en.
- News: 1907-05-31. Governor Presides at Cornerstone Laying. 16. The Indianapolis News. 2021-09-13. Newspapers.com.
- Book: Dunn. Catherine T.. The Hoosier Year of 366 Indiana Writers and Speakers. Parmenter. Carey, Angeline. 1916. M. R. Hyman. 134. en.
- News: Sanxay. Olive. June 10, 1899. To My Mother. 26. Atlanta Sunny South. September 13, 2021. NewspaperArchive.com.
- News: Sanxay. Olive. 1907-08-20. The Strikers. 8. The Indianapolis Star. 2021-09-13. Newspapers.com.
- News: Sanxay. Olive. 1900-03-25. The Rhyme. 13. The Indianapolis Journal. 2021-09-13. Newspapers.com.
- News: Sanxay. Olive. 1899-09-10. A Toast. 16. The Indianapolis Journal. 2021-09-13. Newspapers.com.
- News: Sanxay. Olive. 1903-03-29. March Morning. 32. The Indianapolis Journal. 2021-09-13. Newspapers.com.
- News: Sanxay. Olive. 1896-04-05. November Morning. 37. The Inter Ocean. 2021-09-13. Newspapers.com.
- Sanxay, Olive, "Jim's Baby" Indianapolis News (October 17, 1899): 10.
- Web site: Madison State Hospital - Asylum Projects. 2021-09-13. www.asylumprojects.org.
