Sharlot Hall
Sharlot Hall | |
|---|---|
 Hall circa 1911 | |
| Born | October 27, 1870 |
| Died | April 9, 1943 (aged 72) |
| Resting place | Arizona Pioneers' Home Cemetery, Prescott |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, historian |
| Known for | First woman to hold office in Arizona |
Sharlot Mabridth Hall (October 27, 1870 – April 9, 1943) was an American journalist, poet and historian. She was the first woman to hold an office in the Arizona Territorial government and her personal collection of photographs and artifacts served as the starting collection for a history museum which bears her name.
Biography
Hall was born to James Polk Knox and Adeline Susannah Boblett Hall in
At the age of 20, Hall sold her first article to a children's magazine for
In 1905, when legislation to admit Arizona Territory and
Hall returned to the public view in 1923 with the release of an expanded version of Cactus and pine containing a selection of additional poems.
Following the death of her father, Hall acquired the cabin which had served as the "Governor's mansion" for Arizona Territory's first governors.[8] In addition to her living quarters, she used the building to house her collection of artifacts related to Arizona pioneers and pre-historic Yavapai county.[1] This move was followed, in 1928, with her founding of the Prescott Historical Society.[9] The same year she opened what she called the Old Governor's Mansion Museum, now known as the Sharlot Hall Museum.[10]
Over the following years, Hall oversaw the expansion of her museum through the acquisition of a variety of additional historical buildings.[11] She was also a popular speaker, giving talks on local history and folklore to schools and clubs throughout the state.[1] Hall died on April 9, 1943, and was buried in a family plot in Prescott's Pioneer Cemetery.[8]
Two years after her death, the Prescott Historical Society changed their name to the Sharlot Hall Historical Society.[12] Additionally, Hall was among the first to be inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame.[9] In 1984, the Sharlot Hall Award was established and is awarded annually to "an Arizona woman who has made a valuable contribution to the understanding and awareness of Arizona and its history."[13]
Bibliography
- Cactus and pine: Songs of the Southwest (1910, 1923)
- Poems of a Ranch Woman
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Death Claims Sharlot Hall: Poet, Historian of State Dies". Prescott Evening Courier. April 9, 1943. pp. 1, 3.
- ^ a b Brown p. 39
- ^ Brown p. 40
- ^ Brown p. 41
- ^ Seftel, Emily (December 27, 2007). "Prescott's Sharlot Hall Museum". Arizona Republic. p. 16A.
- ^ Brown pp. 42–43
- ^ Brown p. 44
- ^ a b "Sharlot Hall Era Recalled". Prescott Evening Courier. October 25, 1960. p. 1.
- ^ a b Simpson, Claudette (January 15, 1985). "Mollie Monroe and Sharlot Hall Came West in the 1800s". The Courier. p. 1C.
- ^ Brown p. 45
- ^ Hall, Sharlot M. (June 9, 1937). "Sharlot Hall Museum, With Old Mansion As Nucleus, Grows Gradually In Scope". Prescott Evening Courier. p. 2.
- ^ "Would Honor Sharlot Hall". Prescott Evening Courier. April 10, 1945. p. 1.
- ^ "6 Pioneers Inducted Into Hall Of Fame". The Courier. October 14, 1984. p. 7.
References
- Brown, Wynne L. (2003). More than Petticoats : Remarkable Arizona Women. Guilford, Connecticut: TwoDot. ISBN 0762723599.
Further reading
- Boardman, Mark, ed. (December 2022). "The Woman Who Saved the State of Arizona : Sharlot Hall: More Than a Museum". The Tombstone Epitaph. CXXXII (12). Tombstone, AZ: Tombstone Epitaph, Inc.: 1, 20. ISSN 1940-221X.
excerpt from Hellraisers & Trailblazers: The Real Women of the Old West by Jana Bommersbach and Bob Boze Bell
External links
- Who was Sharlot M. Hall? from Sharlot Hall Museum
- Sharlot Madbrith Hall, Arizona Women's Hall of Fame
- Works by Sharlot Hall at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Sharlot Hall at Internet Archive
- Works by Sharlot Hall at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
