Alvira Hazzard
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American writer
Born(1898-12-11)December 11, 1898
North Brookfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 10, 1953(1953-01-10) (aged 54)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
OthernamesElvira Hazzard
OccupationsWriter, playwright, poet
Alvira Hazzard | |
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| Born | (1898-12-11)December 11, 1898 North Brookfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 10, 1953(1953-01-10) (aged 54) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Other names | Elvira Hazzard |
| Occupations | Writer, playwright, poet |
Alvira Hazzard (December 11, 1898 – January 10, 1953) was an American writer, poet, educator, and playwright, based in Boston but associated with the Harlem Renaissance.[1]
Hazzard was born in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Henry Hazzard and Rosella W. Curry Hazzard.[2] She graduated from Worcester Normal School.[3]
Hazzard taught school in Boston as a young woman, and was a clerk at Boston City Hospital.[3] She was a founding member of the Saturday Evening Quill club and published in the club's journal.[4][1] She wrote plays,[5] adapted plays,[6] acted in plays,[7] and wrote about Boston theatre.[8][9]
Hazzard attended the Opportunity Awards Dinner in New York in 1927.[10] She was publicity chair for the Boston branch of the NAACP, and president of the Health Guild of the Boston Tuberculosis Association.[11] She was also a competitive amateur golfer.[12] She died in 1953, at the age of 54, from leukemia.[11][13]
Publications
Plays
- Polly Wakes Up (produced by Maud Cuney Hare in 1928)[5]
- Mother Liked It (1928)[14][15]
- Little Heads (1929)[16]
Poems
- "The Penitent" (1928)[17]
- "Predestination" (1929) [3]
- "To My Grandmother" (1929)[3]
- "Beyond" (1929)[3]
Articles and short stories
- "Another Lochinvar" (1927, short story)[18]
- "Jason Gets a Jolt" (1927, short story)[19]
- "Rejection Slip" (1928, short story)[20]
- "Oatmeal Cookies" (1928, short story)[21]
- "Blind Alley" (1929, short story)[22]
- "Boston Little Theater Movement in 4th Year" (1930, article)[8]
- "Cavalcade of Colored Women Invade Boston" (1939, article)[23]
References
- 1 2 Bracks, Lean'tin L.; Smith, Jessie Carney (2014-10-16). Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 102. ISBN 979-8-216-25205-4.
- ↑ "Alvira Hazzard (death notice)". The Boston Globe. 1953-01-12. p. 19. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Honey, Maureen, ed. (2006). Shadowed dreams: women's poetry of the Harlem Renaissance. Multi-ethnic literatures of the Americas (2nd ed.). New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press. pp. 146–148. ISBN 978-0-8135-8620-5.
- ↑ Johnson, Helene; West, Dorothy; Gordon, Edythe Mae; Schalk, Gertrude; McBrown, Gertrude P.; Ridley, Florida Ruffin (2025-04-15). The Saturday Evening Quill: Stories, Poems & Plays by Boston's Women of the Harlem Renaissance. Halesite Press. ISBN 978-1-967076-08-6.
- 1 2 "Along the Color Line". The Crisis: 55. February 1928.
- ↑ "Presentation Draws Praise for Producer; Miss Alvira Hazzard Coaches Cast". The Chicago Defender. 1931-05-30. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Mitchell, Verner D.; Davis, Cynthia (2011-10-18). Literary Sisters: Dorothy West and Her Circle, A Biography of the Harlem Renaissance. Rutgers University Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-8135-5213-2.
- 1 2 Hazzard, Alvira (1930-03-15). "Boston Little Theater Movement in 4th Year". The Chicago Defender. p. 11. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
- ↑ Roses, Lorraine Elena (2017). Black Bostonians and the politics of culture, 1920-1940. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1-62534-242-3.
- ↑ Gordon, Eugene (July 1927). "The Opportunity Dinner: An Impression". Opportunity: 208.
- 1 2 "Miss A. Hazzard Dies in Boston". The Afro-American. 1953-01-31. p. 10. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Brown, Lydia L. (1942-10-24). "Clark Victor in Bay State Golf Tourney". The Afro-American. p. 23. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Addenda". New Pittsburgh Courier. 1953-01-31. p. 9. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Hatch, James V.; Hamalian, Leo, eds. (1996). Lost plays of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940. African American life series. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-2580-3.
- ↑ Zora Neale Hurston, Eulalie Spence, Marita Bonner, and others : the prize plays and other one-acts published in periodicals. Internet Archive. New York : G.K. Hall. 1996. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-7838-1436-0 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Roses, Lorraine Elena; Randolph, Ruth Elizabeth (1996). Harlem's Glory: Black Women Writing, 1900-1950. Harvard University Press. pp. 21–29. ISBN 978-0-674-37269-6.
- ↑ "African American Poetry: Alvira Hazzard, "The Penitent" (1928)". African American Poetry: A Digital Anthology. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
- ↑ Hazzard, Alvira (1927-08-26). "The Daily Short Story: Another Lochinvar". The Rock Island Argus. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Hazzard, Alvira (1927-04-07). "The Daily Short Story: Jason Gets a Jolt". The Rock Island Argus. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Hazzard, Alvira (1928-02-08). "The Daily Short Story: Rejection Slip". The Rock Island Argus. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Hazzard, Alvira (1928-05-12). "The Daily Short Story: Oatmeal Cookies". The Rock Island Argus. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Hazzard, Alvira (April 1929). "Blind Alley". The Saturday Evening Quill (2): 73–74 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Hazzard, Alvira (1939-08-19). "Cavalcade of Colored Women Invade Boston". The Omaha Guide. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
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