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| Crete Pauline Sprague was born in ], on October 31, 1884. Her parents were Norman Clark and Sarah (Samms) Sprague.<ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926" /> | Crete Pauline Sprague was born in ], on October 31, 1884. Her parents were Norman Clark and Sarah (Samms) Sprague.<ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926" /> | ||
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Crete Hutchinson (née, Sprague; 1884–1970) was an American writer. She served as Director of Publicity with the American Library Association's Library War Service during World War I. In January 1936, she became the first Director of the New York Historical Records Survey. During World War II, Hutchinson was the assistant director, division of films, Committee on Public Information, and director, of its division of pictures.
Biography
Crete Pauline Sprague was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 31, 1884. Her parents were Norman Clark and Sarah (Samms) Sprague.
She was educated at Westtown Boarding School, University of Pennsylvania, and University of California, Berkeley. She earned a B.A. degree.
With her husband, Raymond Wilson Hutchinson, a mining engineer, she lived in the mountains of El Salvador, 45 miles (72 km) from the Pacific Coast by muleback. The couple had one daughter, Ruth.
She served as Director of Publicity with the American Library Association's Library War Service during World War I. During the inter-war period, she managed the Bachrach Studios.
During World War II, Hutchinson was the assistant director, division of films, Committee on Public Information, and director, of its division of pictures.
She wrote travel stories, as well as Your Job Back Home and In Cloudland.
She was a member of the Washington Advertising Club, National League of American Pen Women (Auditor), Women's National Press Club, and and Westtown Old Scholars' Association.
In religion, she was a Christian Scientist.
Hutchinson was a resident of Washington, D.C. intermittently since 1893.
Selected works
Books
- Your Job Back Home
- In Cloudland, 1920
Articles
- "The Leviathan's Machine Shop", American Machinist (New York, April 16, 1925), vol. 62, no. 16, pp. 614-15 (text)
- "Books for the Navy", Sea Power: Warships, Merchant Marine, Naval Bases (July 1919), Volumes 7-8, no. 1 pp. 30-32 (text)
- "North Carolina's Contribution to the Winning of the War", American Forestry (November 1918), vol. 24, no. 299, pp. 675-78 (text)
References
- ^ "HUTCHINSON, Crete Pauline (Mrs.)". Who's who in the Nation's Capital. Consolidated Publishing Company. 1926. p. 304. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Inventory of the County and Borough Archives of New York City. Historical Records Survey. 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- Historical Records Society New York (City); Historical Records Survey (New York N.Y.) (1940). Transcriptions of Early Town Records of New York. Historical Records Survey. p. 3. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ The Friend: A Religious and Literary Journal. The Friend. 1917. p. 598. Retrieved 12 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Address on Journalism". Evening Star. 17 May 1921. p. 27. Retrieved 12 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- American Library Association Conference (1917). Papers and Proceedings. p. 420. Retrieved 12 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "The League of Pen Women". The Washington Herald. 20 November 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 12 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Advertising Club Opens Membership to Women". Times Herald. 7 February 1920. p. 9. Retrieved 12 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "40 'Cleopatra' Aspirants Chosen". Times Herald. 19 May 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 12 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- J. Berg Esenwein, ed. (October 1922). "The Bulletin Board". The Writer's Monthly. XX (4): 350. Retrieved 12 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Library of Congress Copyright Office (1920). Catalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1730. Retrieved 12 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.