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Ruth Edna Kelley (8 April 1893 – 4 March 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 inMassachusetts
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, the only child of Charles F. Kelley, a carpenter, and his wife Mary. She grew up in Lynn, Massachusetts
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, and received a master of arts degree.
''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, along the North Shore. Its population was 20,441 at the 2020 census. The town lies on a small peninsula that extends into the northern part of Massachusetts Bay. Attache ...
at the age of 88.
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.References
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* * * 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 {{Library-bio-stub