Authors and Illustrators Database

Rose Alnora Hartwick Thorpe

Born: 07/18/1850  Mishawaka
Died: 07/19/1939
Parents: William Morris Hartwick, Louisa Hartwick
Spouse: Edmund C. (carriage maker)
Children: Lulo May, Lillie Maud
Address(es):
Last known
San Diego , CA

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Celebrating the One Hundredth Birthday of Litchfield, Michigan, 1834-1934 Non Fiction, Michigan History Adult Litchfield, MI : Centennial Committees 1934
Christmas Greeting
- Photographic Prints (La Jolla, CA) 		Poetry Children s.n. 1920
The Poetical Works of Rose Hartwick Thorpe Poetry Children New York : Neale Pub. Co 1912
The White Lady of La Jolla Non Fiction Adult San Diego, CA : Grandier & Company 1904
Complete Self Instruction in Physical Culture for Both Ladies and Gentlemen Non Fiction Children New York : F. B. Dickerson 1896
As Others See Us, or, the Rules and Customs of Refined Homes and Polite Society also Complete Self Instruction in Physical Culture for both Ladies and Gentlemen Non Fiction Children Detroit, MI : F. B. Dickerson 1896
Program of the Dedicatory Exercises of the Alpha Kappa Phi Monument : College Campus, June 20, 1895
- Dedication Song 		Michigan History, Poetry Adult Hillsdale, MI : Hillsdale College 1895
Michigan Day : Monday, March 12th, 1894
- Program, list of officers and words to the poem Michigan 		Michigan, Poetry Children California Midwinter International Exposition 1894
The Year's Best Days for Boys and Girls Children Boston, MA : Lee and Shepard 1889
Temperance Poems Poetry Adult s.l. : L. M. Hartwick 1887
The Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night
- Narrative poem written when she was 16. 		Poetry Adult New York : C. T. Dillingham 1883
The Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night
- Narrative Poem written when she was 16. 		Poetry Adult Boston, MA : Lee and Shepard 1882
Fred's Dark Days Fiction Children Grand Rapids, MI : Fleming H. Revell 1881
The Yule Log : A cluster of Christmas Selections from Holiday Times
- Shaped like a yule-log and tied with ribbons 		Poetry Children Chicago, IL : F. H. Revell 1880-1889
- Her most famous poem "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight" appeared in 1870 in Detroit newspaper, Commercial Advertiser. She traded it for a subscription to the paper. Poetry Adult 1870
- Also wrote the popular poem, "Remember the Alamo" Poetry Children
- Frequent contributor to Detroit Free Press Poetry Children
- Youth's Companion, St. Nicholas, Wide Awake, and Well-Spring Poetry Children

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Awards:

Name Date
A monument to the poem, topped by a cast-iron bell, was erected in 1934 in Litchfield, Michigan at the centennial of the town's founding.

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd edition 1993
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
American Authors and Books
Childhood in Poetry
- The Childhood in Poetry Collection is part of The John MacKay Shaw Collection housed at Florida State University Library and consists of books, works of art, manuscripts, catalogs and ephemera related to childhood. The collection includes bibliographies, biographies, literature, poetry, and criticism.
Dictionary of American Biography
Dictionary of North American Authors
Index to Women
Michigan Women Firsts and Founders
National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans
Who Was Who among North American Authors
Who Was Who in America
Woman's Who's Who of America

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Litchfield High School Litchfield, MI 1868

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
- Active in woman suffrage and Y.M.C.A.
- Verse for publication, editor and writer for such monthlies as Temperance Tales, Words of Life

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