Jennie Harris Oliver
American pilot
Jennie Harris Oliver (March 18, 1864 – June 3, 1942) was an American writer.
Born in Lowell, Michigan, Oliver became a school teacher and moved to Oklahoma in 1892. She was the poet laureate of Oklahoma from 1940 to her death in 1942.[1] Her poems appeared in nationally circulated magazines such as Woman's World and Good Housekeeping, and her "Mokey Delano" stories were adapted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer into the 1942 film Mokey, starring Donna Reed, Robert Blake, and Billie Thomas.[2] Oliver was extremely popular among Oklahoma writers and attracted many fellow authors to visit her at her home.[3] She died in Oklahoma City on June 3, 1942.
See also
Poetry portal
References
- ^ The Oklahoma poets laureate : a sourcebook, history, and anthology. Holliday, Shawn, 1969-, Barnes, Jim., Brown, Nathan L. (Nathan Lee), 1965-, Davis, Delbert Hugh., Fry, Maggie Culver, 1900-1998., Hamilton, Carol. (First ed.). Norman, Oklahoma. 28 February 2015. ISBN 9780990320432. OCLC 905700998.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Holliday, Shawn (2015). The Oklahoma Poets Laureate. Norman, OK: Mongrel Empire Press. p. 52. ISBN 9780990320432.
- ^ Wilson, Linda (2018-10-26). "Jeannie Harris Oliver". Oklahoma Historical Society.
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- Violet McDougal (1923–1931)
- Paul Kroeger (1931–1940)
- Jennie Harris Oliver (1940–1942)
- Della Ione Young (1943–1944)
- Anne Semple (1944–1945)
- Bess Truitt (1945–1946)
- Delbert Davis (1963–1965)
- Rudolph N. Hill (1966–1970)
- Leslie A. McRill (1970–1977)
- Maggie Culver Fry (1977–1995)
- Carol Hamilton (1995–1997)
- Betty Lou Shipley (1997–1998)
- Joe Kreger (1998–2001, 2021-2022)
- Carl Sennhenn (2001–2003)
- Francine Ringold (2003–2007)
- N. Scott Momaday (2007–2008)
- James Weaver McDown Barnes (2009–2010)
- Eddie Wilcoxen (2011–2012)
- Nathan Brown (2013–2014)
- Benjamin Myers (2014–2015)
- Jeanetta Calhoun Mish (2017–2018)
- Jay Snider (2023-2024)
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