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Ruth Edna Kelley (April 8, 1893 – March 4, 1982) was an American librarian and writer. She is chiefly remembered for ''The Book of Hallowe'en'' (1919), the first book-length history of the holiday.
Biography
Kelley was born inLynn, Massachusetts
Lynn is the eighth-largest List of municipalities in Massachusetts, municipality in Massachusetts, United States, and the largest city in Essex County, Massachusetts, Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, north of the Boston city line ...
, on April 8, 1893, the only child of Charles F. Kelley, a carpenter, and his wife Mary. She grew up in Lynn, and received a master of arts degree in literature, magna cum laude, from Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College was a Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1879. In 1999, it was fully incorporated into Harvard Colle ...
.
''The Book of Hallowe'en'' was Kelly's first book. Her second book, ''A Life of Their Own'' (1947), dealt with immortality and spirituality.
Kelley died in Marblehead, Massachusetts
Marblehead is a coastal New England town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, along the North Shore (Massachusetts), North Shore. Its population was 20,441 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The town lies on a small peninsu ...
, at the age of 88.
References
Further reading
* * ''Who Was Who Among North American Authors, 1921-1939''. Detroit: Gale Research, 1976. * ''Who's Who in Library Service: A Biographical Directory of Professional Librarians of the United States and Canada''. Third edition. Edited by Dorothy Ethlyn Cole. New York: Grolier Society, 1955.External links
* * * 1893 births 1982 deaths American librarians American women librarians 20th-century American historians People from Marblehead, Massachusetts American women historians 20th-century American women writers Historians from Massachusetts Radcliffe College alumni {{Library-bio-stub