Kathryn Irene Glascock

Kathryn Irene Glascock (1901 - February 23, 1923) was an American poet. The "Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest" is named after her.

Background

Glascock was born in 1901, the daughter of Hugh Grundy Glascock, an educator, and Etta (or Ella) Bodine Woods. Glascock graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1922.. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bodine/n1508.htm]

1923

Glascock died in 1923. In that same year, her parents established the annual "Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest" at Mount Holyoke College (it became an intercollegiate event in 1924).

In addition, Glascock's parents also published a collection of her poetry entitled, "Poems", and had one of her poems, "Daylight," published in "Poetry Magazine".

Poetry

*"Poems". Garden City, N.Y. : Country Life Press, 1923. [ [http://search.abaa.org/dbp2/detailindex.php?booknr=217505613&membernr=1554&ordernr=BOOKS027273I&source=froogle ABAA Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America ] at search.abaa.org]
*"Daylight," "Poetry Magazine", Volume 22, May 1923, Page 83. [ [http://www.poetrymagazine.org/magazine/historic.g.html Poetry magazine: Historical Index ] at www.poetrymagazine.org]

Notes

External links

* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bodine/n1508.htm Biography]
* [http://home.mtholyoke.edu/lits/library/arch/col/rg14/rg14rr.shtml Mount Holyoke College Archives: Glascock Contest]
* [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/english/glascock.html Glascock Poetry Contest]