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Lucille Baldwin Van Slyke
A young white woman with light hair piled on top of her head in a bouffant updo; she is wearing a high-collared dark dress or top
Lucille Baldwin Van Slyke, from a 1908 advertisement
Born
Harriet Lucille Baldwin

September 28, 1879
Mannsville, New York
DiedJanuary 20, 1966
Norwalk, Connecticut
OccupationWriter
Notable workEve's Other Children (1912), Little Miss By-the-day (1919), Nora Pays (1925)

Harriet Lucille Baldwin Van Slyke (September 28, 1879 – January 20, 1966) was an American writer.

Early life

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Lucille Baldwin was born in Mannsville, New York, the daughter of William Edward Baldwin and Hannah Jeanette Fish Baldwin. Her father was a newspaperman.[1] She graduated from Syracuse University in 1902.[2]

Career

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Books by Van Slyke include Eve's Other Children (1912),[3] Little Miss By-the-day (1919),[4][5][6] and Nora Pays (1925).[7][8] She also wrote novel-length stories for serialized publication in newspapers, including The Newlywed Lindsays (1921),[9] Brides Will Be Brides (1922)[10] The Match that Merry Made (1922), Just Like a Woman (1924), The Social Climber: Love Story of a Schoolma'am (1925),[11] and Playing with Fire (1926).[12] She wrote dozens of short stories, for magazines including McClure's,[13] Collier's,[14] and Pearson's.[15]

Van Slyke was known for her popular stories and books about Syrian immigrants in Brooklyn,[16][17] often centered on a child character named Nazileh and her family.[18][19] "No one can lay down this book without feeling that there are exquisite qualities lurking in the Syrian quarters, qualities that we as a people need," wrote Mary Bannister Willard in a review of Van Slyke's Eve's Other Children.[20] The Bookman columnist Ina Carrington Cabell said in 1912 that "it is borne upon us that such vital happenings, such real people, must be true and alive".[21]

The silent films The Stolen Kiss (1920) and Brides Will Be Brides (1926) were based on a stories by Van Slyke.[22][10] "The Haze of the Honeymoon" (1908) was adapted for radio performance in 1943.[23]

Selected stories by Lucille Baldwin Van Slyke

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  • "Peachy H.S." (1908, American Magazine)[24]
  • "His Famous Deed" (1908, American Magazine)[25]
  • "Second Fiddle" (1908, Hampton's Broadway Magazine)[26]
  • "The Haze of the Honeymoon" (1908, New Broadway Magazine)[27]
  • "Jack's First Concert" (1908, syndicated in newspapers)[28]
  • "Goldilocks" (1909, Hampton's Magazine)[29]
  • "Exclusive" (1909, Appleton's Magazine)[30]
  • "The King's Messenger and the Pink Soap" (1909, Red Book)[31]
  • "The Housetop" (1910, The Craftsman)[32]
  • "The Dinner Pail" (1910, The Craftsman)[33]
  • "The Dazzler" (1911, Red Book)[34]
  • "The Cat and the Crusader" (1911, Red Book)[35]
  • "Rug of Her Fathers" (1911, McClure's)
  • "Rodania the Magic Mare" (1911, McClure's)[13]
  • "Dreams in Lace" (1911, McClure's)[36]
  • "Ten Pieces of Silver" (1911, McClure's)[37]
  • "The Camel of Bethlehem" (1911, McClure's)[38]
  • "The Tooth of Antar" (1911, McClure's)[39]
  • "The Peddler" (1912, American Magazine)[40]
  • "The Gift of Tongues" (1912, McClure's)[41]
  • "The Thing Called Play" (1912, Current Literature)[42]
  • "The Fountain of Joy" (1912, The Craftsman)[43]
  • "The Castle of Comfort" (1914, Everybody's)[44]
  • "General Merry Sunshine" (1916, Collier's)[14]
  • "What Aunt Theodora Wanted" (1916, Pearson's)[15]

Personal life

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Lucille Baldwin married fellow Syracuse alumnus George Martin Van Slyke, a newspaper editor, in 1903. He died in 1961.[45] She died in 1966, aged 85 years, at a hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut.[46]

References

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  1. ^ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1914). Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis. p. 2409.
  2. ^ University, Syracuse (1904). Alumni Record and General Catalogue of Syracuse University. p. 110.
  3. ^ Slyke, Lucille Baldwin Van (1912). Eve's Other Children. Frederick A. Stocks Company.
  4. ^ Slyke, Lucille Van (2004-07-01). Little Miss By-The-Day.
  5. ^ "Scene of Book Laid on Heights; Written by Lucille Van Slyke, Former Brooklynite". Times Union. 1919-10-19. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-09-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lucille Van Slyke; 'Little Miss By the Day', by the Author of 'Eve's Other Children' (review)". Oakland Tribune. 1919-11-09. p. 64. Retrieved 2021-09-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Slyke, Lucille Baldwin Van (1925). Nora Pays. Frederick A. Stokes Company.
  8. ^ Saunders, Hortense (1925-02-16). "Two Mothers for Each Child". The Ottawa Citizen. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-09-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Slyke, Lucille Van (1921-12-13). "The Newlywed Lindsays". Buffalo Evening News. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-09-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ a b Van Slyke, Lucille (June 8, 1922). "Brides Will Be Brides". Syracuse Herald. p. 39. Retrieved September 9, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  11. ^ Slyke, Lucille Van (1925-02-12). "The Social Climber: Love Story of a Schoolma'am". The Evening Sun. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-09-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Slyke, Lucille Van (1926-03-05). "Playing with Fire: Forced Acquaintance". Times Union. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-09-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ a b Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (May 1911). "Rodania the Magic Mare". McClure's Magazine. 37: 88–97.
  14. ^ a b "General merry sunshine by Lucille Van Slyke". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  15. ^ a b Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (January 1916). "What Aunt Theodora Wanted". Pearson's Magazine. 35: 52–58.
  16. ^ Miller, Madeleine Sweeney (May 1914). "The Immigrant in Song and Story". The Methodist Review. 96: 428–429.
  17. ^ "Books and Authors". The Living Age. 275: 191–192. October 19, 1912.
  18. ^ Naff, Alixa (1993). Becoming American: The Early Arab Immigrant Experience. SIU Press. pp. 180–181. ISBN 978-0-8093-1896-4.
  19. ^ "Tales of Towered Cities". The Independent. 73: 903. October 17, 1912.
  20. ^ Willard, Mary Bannister (April 26, 1913). "Eve's Other Children (review)". The Survey. 30: 147–148.
  21. ^ Cabell, Ina Carrington (November 16, 1912). "The Bellman's Bookshelf". The Bellman. 13: 629.
  22. ^ "Movie Notes". The New York Times. 1926-08-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  23. ^ "GOP Policy Talk on WSOY". The Decatur Daily Review. 1943-09-04. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  24. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (March 1908). "Peachy H.S." The American Magazine. 65: 498–505.
  25. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (April 1908). "His Famous Deed". American Magazine. 65: 577–582.
  26. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (October 1908). "Second Fiddle". Hampton's Broadway Magazine. 21: 530–535 – via ProQuest.
  27. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (July 1, 1908). "The Haze of the Honeymoon". The New Broadway Magazine. 21: 126 – via ProQuest.
  28. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (1908-11-15). "Jack's First Concert". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 44. Retrieved 2021-09-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  29. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (November 1909). "Goldilocks". Hampton's Magazine. 23: 621–629.
  30. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (January 1909). "Exclusive". Appleton's Magazine. 13: 27–33.
  31. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (September 1909). "The King's Messenger and the Pink Soap". Red Book Magazine. 13: 769–779 – via ProQuest.
  32. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (October 1910). "The Housetop". The Craftsman. 19: 547 – via ProQuest.
  33. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (April 1910). "The Dinner Pail". The Craftsman. 18: 335 – via ProQuest.
  34. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (January 1911). "The Dazzler". Red Book Magazine. 16: 505–516 – via ProQuest.
  35. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (November 1911). "The Cat and the Crusader". Red Book Magazine. 18: 43–56 – via ProQuest.
  36. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (July 1911). "Dreams in Lace". McClure's Magazine. 37: 249–256.
  37. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (September 1911). "Ten Pieces of Silver". McClure's Magazine. 37: 484–492.
  38. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (December 1911). "The Camel of Bethlehem". McClure's Magazine. 38: 177–183.
  39. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (March 1911). "The Tooth of Antar". McClure's Magazine. 36: 578 – via ProQuest.
  40. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (August 1912). "The Peddler". American Magazine. 74: 405–414.
  41. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (March 1912). "The Gift of Tongues". McClure's Magazine. 38: 547–557.
  42. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (May 1912). "The Thing Called Play". Current Literature. 52: 602–605.
  43. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (October 1912). "The Fountain of Joy". The Craftsman. 23: 35 – via ProQuest.
  44. ^ Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin (April 1914). "The Castle of Comfort". Everybody's Magazine. 30: 476–482.
  45. ^ "George Martin Van Slyke Dies; Was Political Edltor of The Sun: Writer on Paper From '20 to '50 Had Been Old Herald's Correspondent in Capital". The New York Times. July 1, 1961. p. 17 – via ProQuest.
  46. ^ "Van Slyke (death notice)". The Bridgeport Post. 1966-01-22. p. 29. Retrieved 2021-09-10 – via Newspapers.com.
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