November Club and Andover Author - Munro Leaf: Difference between pages

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Author and illustrator of children's books, Munro Leaf lived in Andover from 1955 to 1975. He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand (1936) and his "can be fun" series. He also wrote a long running monthly feature for Ladies Home Journal and was an instructor at Phillips Academy.

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Andover Townsman, November 5, 1964. p. 4,5.
Andover Street Lists, 1955-1975.
American National Biography, vol. 13, pages 325-326.
Lawrence Eagle Tribune, December 22, 1976. p. 1
From Every Walk of Life, Famous Have Called Andover Home. Andover Townsman October 7, 1999, p.23A (Andover 2000 section)
"Famous People Who Call Andover Home", Andover Townsman Centennial Issue, July 21, 1998, page 38A.
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-*The November Club was the first women's club in Andover.  It was formed in November 1889, after Miss Elizabeth Handy called a meeting of 15 "well-educated, enterprising, and socially elite women" in November 1888 to discuss her idea to start a women's club.
+Author and illustrator of children's books, Munro Leaf lived in Andover from 1955 to 1975.  He is best known for ''The Story of Ferdinand'' (1936) and his "can be fun" series.
+He also wrote a long running monthly feature for ''Ladies Home Journal'' and was an instructor at Phillips Academy.
-*The club first met at 126 Main St., but, after 20 more women joined, moved to Abbot Hall.
-*In February 1892 they dedicated a new clubhouse on Love Lane, now called Locke Street.
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-*The November Club raised money for local charities, the war efforts, and to build their Locke Street clubhouse. They give dance lessons to young people, and had guest speakers.
-*By 1985 membership had fallen and the clubhouse was sold to the Unitarian Universalist Church.  The money was given to Memorial Hall Library to furnish a November Club reading room.
+* ''Andover Townsman'', November 5, 1964. p. 4,5.
+* Andover Street Lists, 1955-1975.
+* American National Biography, vol. 13, pages 325-326.
+* ''Lawrence Eagle Tribune'', December 22, 1976. p. 1
+*From Every Walk of Life, Famous Have Called Andover Home. ''Andover Townsman'' October 7, 1999, p.23A (Andover 2000 section)
+*"Famous People Who Call Andover Home", Andover Townsman Centennial Issue, July 21, 1998, page 38A.
+*[http://www.librarypoint.org/author_munro_leaf Munro Leaf]
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-*Town Had First Clubhouse "for Ladies Wholly" by Karen Wakeling, Andover Historical Society. ''Andover Townsman'' January 19, 2012. p.8.
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-*"Andover's Innovators Lead the Way", ''The Townsman'', May 30, 2013, page 13.
+--[[User:Stephanie|Stephanie]] ([[User talk:Stephanie|talk]]) 15:51, 9 March 2021 (EST)
-* [https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-1985-12-05.pdf Church Buys a Bit of History] by Susan K. O'Neill  ''Andover Townsman'' December 5, 1985, p.55
-*November Club Yearbooks, 1907-1967, in Andover Room at Memorial Hall Library.Digital Copies of the November Club Yearbooks may be accessed online: https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:925486/one
+--[[User:Glenda|Glenda]] 14:27, January 19, 2007 (EST)<br>
-*[https://preservation.mhl.org/6-locke-street Six Locke Street], Andover Historic Preservation Comission Database
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+--[[User:Leslie|Leslie]] 16:25, September 20, 2012 (EDT)
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