Alice Maynard Griggs
American writer, musician, and artist (1859 - 1939)
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Alice E. Maynard Woods Griggs (June 9, 1859[1] – April 9, 1939) was an American writer, artist, composer, clubwoman, and critic, based in Long Beach, California.
June 9, 1859
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Alice Maynard Griggs, from a 1908 publication | |
| Born | Alice E. Maynard June 9, 1859 Decorah, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | April 9, 1939 (age 79) Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Writer, journalist, poet, critic, artist, clubwoman, composer |
Early life and education
Alice E. Maynard was born in Decorah, Iowa, the daughter of Guy C. Maynard and Colena Emogene Moore Maynard. Her father was a carpenter from New Hampshire and a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War, and her mother was from Vermont. She attended the Dana Musical Institute in Ohio, and the Chicago Art Institute.[1]
Career
Before moving to California, Griggs was president of the Round-the-World Club of Denver, and a member of the Denver Women's Press Club. She was president of the Seattle Musical Arts Society and the Woman's Century Club of Seattle.[1]
Griggs was a correspondent,[2] columnist,[3] and arts critic[4] for Musical America, the Long Beach Press-Telegram, and Pacific Coast Musician, among other publications.[5][6] She was a founder and longtime press chair of the Long Beach Musical Arts Club.[7] Her compositions were part of a program at the Woman's Music Study Club in Long Beach in 1924.[8]
Griggs was treasurer of the Long Beach Art Association.[9][10] Her painting "Zinnias and Gourds" was part of the Association's 1933 show.[11] Two of her paintings, "Gourds" and a still life featuring "anemones and a brass basket", were part of the Association's show at the Ebell Club in 1935.[12] She won a state prize for her painting "California Dahlias" in 1937.[13] She exhibited her paintings in Palos Verdes in February 1939, shortly before her death.[14]
Publications
Journalism, fiction, and poetry
- "An Interrupted Cadence" (1908, poem)[15]
- "The Progress of Suffrage" (1908, article)[16]
- "The Litany" (1908, short story)[17]
- "Seattle to Have Permanent Symphony Organization" (1919, article)[2]
- "Free Concerts Stimulate Progress at Long Beach" (1921, article)[18]
- "Oil Wells Promise Long Beach a Hall" (1922, article)[19]
- "New Hall Delayed, but Long Beach is Optimistic" (1924, article)[20]
- "Long Beach Gets Municipal Auditorium" (1928, article)[21]
Music
- "Mi Querido" (1906, waltz, music by Frank Van R. Bunn)[22][23]
- "The Loop Waltz" (1906, musical composition)[23][24]
- "The Moffat Two-Step" (1906, musical composition for piano)[23]
- "Cotton Pickin' Time" (1908, lullaby "in the quaint negro dialect", music by Frank Van R. Bunn)[22]
- "Mah Lil' Coal Black Boy" (1908, song, music by Frank Van R. Bunn; also known as "Mah Lil' Baby Boy")[25][26]
- "Zolola, My Little Choctaw Maid" (1909, song, music by Arthur Bowes)[27]
- A Swift Elopement (1913, a one-act opera, music by Drusilla S. Percival)[28]
- "Danza Mexicana Recuerdo" (musical composition)[29]
- "The South Wind" and "Awake, 'Tis Spring" (1923, songs)[8][30]
- "Maple Leaves and Cherry Blossoms" (1923, song)[31]
- "Fedalma (The Spanish Gypsy)" (song)[32]
- "Black Widow Tarantelle" (musical composition)[33]