Hannah Elizabeth Gough Stannard papers, 1913 -- 2006
Collection context
- Creator:
- Stannard, Hannah Elizabeth Gough, 1913-2006
- Abstract:
- Hannah (Betty) Elizabeth Gough Stannard was secretary to Harry Emerson Fosdick when he worked at Riverside Church. The collection contains information on activities that Betty Gough Stannard was involved with as one of Fosdick's secretaries, as well as information on other secretaries that Fosdick employed, correspondence, and books given to Betty by Fosdick.
- Extent:
- 1.25 linear feet 1.25 linear feet; 3 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains information on activities that Betty Gough Stannard was involved with as one of Fosdick's secretaries, as well as information on other secretaries that Fosdick employed, correspondence, and books given to Betty by Fosdick. In the correspondence, Eugene ("EE") Exman was Fosdick's contact at his publisher, Harper's, and Fosdick often wrote or signed his name as HEF.
- Biographical / historical:
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Hannah (known as Betty) Elizabeth Gough Stannard (Mrs. Forrest Stannard) was secretary to Harry Emerson Fosdick, a Union Theological Seminary Professor of Homiletics and Practical Theology, Baptist Pastor and first pastor of Riverside Church in New York City. Betty was born March 7, 1913 in Greencastle, Indiana. She was responsible for listening to Fosdick and reading the typing and punctuation of galley proofs. Printers often made errors, and Fosdick was particular about having things exactly right. Betty eventually became the one to sign Fosdick's form letters for him using Fosdick's signature purple ink. This was especially useful in September, as there was always a great deal of mail during that time frame as Fosdick's sermons began in September. Fosdick thanked Betty in the introduction to A Great Time to Be Alive. She helped prepare the manuscript, checked references and saw the volume through to the press throughout the summer of 1944, when she was pregnant and living in Madison, Connecticut. Other secretaries who worked with Fosdick were Alice Neuberger, a typist in the Riverside office who typed Fosdick's sermons; and Dorothy Noyes, who typed correspondence, went through Fosdick's mail and sorted it for Fosdick's attention, typing his answers from a Dictaphone. Mrs. Margaret Rendon was Fosdick's head secretary.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research.
The following boxes are located offsite: Box 1-3. Please note that requests for use of boxes held in offsite storage must be made three business days in advance.
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- Preferred citation:
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Item description, UTS1: Hannah Elizabeth Gough Stannard papers, 1913-2006, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
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