Annette Persis Ward

Annette Persis Ward
A white woman with dark hair in an updo, wearing a print blouse and a dark jacket with white lace lapels
Annette Persis Ward, from the 1927 yearbook of Alma College
Born(1873-10-16)October 16, 1873
Granville, Ohio
DiedDecember 6, 1953(1953-12-06) (aged 80)
Zanesville, Ohio
OccupationsWriter, college librarian

Annette Persis Ward (October 16, 1873 – December 6, 1953) was an American historian, writer, and college librarian. From 1919 to 1938, she was on the faculty at Alma College in Michigan, and the first woman to hold the rank of full professor there.

Early life and education

Ward was born in Granville, Ohio, the daughter of Hudson Champlin Ward and Jane Elizabeth (Jennie) Parker Ward. Her father was born in England. Her mother's great-grandparents were Connecticut settlers in the Wyoming Valley during the 1770s, when jurisdiction over that region was a matter of dispute between Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

Ward attended Putnam Female Seminary. She earned a bachelor of science degree from Ohio State University, and a master's degree from the University of Michigan. She also attended Granville Female College, the New England Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College, and Pratt Institute Library School.

Career

Ward was a librarian at the Woman's Institute of Yonkers and at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland in the 1900s, and at Alma College in Michigan from 1919 to 1938. She was the first woman to hold the rank of full professor at Alma College, where she taught library methods. She was active in the American Library Association and the American Association of University Women.

While living in Alma, she was president of the Alma Republican Women's Club, and assistant secretary of the Alma Chamber of Commerce.

In 1898, she witnessed the Good Friday rituals of the Penitentes in New Mexico.

Publications

Personal life

Ward died in 1953, at the age of 80, in Zanesville, Ohio.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Annette P. Ward Taken from Life". The Times Recorder. 1953-12-07. p. 25. Retrieved 2023-07-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Ward, Annette P. (1947). A memorial to Jane Elizabeth Parker Ward (Mrs. Hudson Champlin Ward) 1833-1914. Plates only; text never completed. Columbus, Ohio: Champlin printing company.
  3. 1 2 "American Revolution Diary of Elizabeth Dewey Follett". Sons of the Revolution in the State of California. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  4. 1 2 Imbarrato, Susan Clair (2006). Traveling Women: Narrative Visions of Early America. Ohio University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8214-1674-7.
  5. ↑ Schneider, Norris F. (1968-06-09). "Putnam Female Seminary Founded 133 Years Ago". The Times Recorder. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-07-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Putnam in the Old Days". The Zanesville Signal. 1944-08-31. p. 11. Retrieved 2025-01-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Ohio State University (1901). Annual Report. pp. 181, 237.
  8. 1 2 University of Michigan (1921). Catalogue of the University of Michigan. The University. p. 815.
  9. ↑ "Women's Voices: Annette P. Ward". Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  10. 1 2 "Literary Women Entertained". Yonkers Statesman. 1905-02-20. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-07-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Alma College, The Maroon and Cream (1927 yearbook).
  12. ↑ "New Library Stack Room". Alma Record. 1922-09-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Returns to Village". The Newark Advocate. 1949-09-03. p. 12. Archived from the original on 2025-01-23. Retrieved 2023-07-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Local News Items". Alma Record. 1920-01-08. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-07-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "A. A. U. W. at Alma Plans Year's First Meet Tuesday". Lansing State Journal. 1944-10-01. p. 15. Archived from the original on 2025-01-22. Retrieved 2023-07-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. 1 2 "Former Librarian at Alma Succumbs". Lansing State Journal. 1953-12-10. p. 20. Retrieved 2023-07-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "Local Woman Recalls Strange Rituals of the Penitentes". The Times Recorder. 1953-04-03. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-07-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ Ward, Annette P.; Church of the Ascension (New York, N.Y.). (1907). Annotated list of the works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. New York: Church of the ascension. Parish library.
  19. ↑ Ward, Annette P. (1912). "Lest we forget." Oliver Hazard Perry, the war of 1812, the battle of Lake Erie. The centennial celebration. Cleveland, Columbus, O.: The Champlin press].
  20. ↑ Bulletin of bibliography and magazine notes. Robarts - University of Toronto. Boston, F.W. Faxon. 1897. p. 7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  21. ↑ Ward, Annette P. (October 1928). "The Effect Upon a Student's College Work of His High School Instruction in Library Use, or the Lack of It". Michigan Library Bulletin. 19 (8): 225–227.
  22. ↑ Ward, Annette Persis (1947). A Memorial to Jane Elizabeth Parker Ward (Mrs. Hudson Champlin Ward) 1833-1914: Plates Only; Text Never Completed. Champlin printing Company.