Marjorie Edgar | |
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Born | February 17, 1889 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Died | April 20, 1960 (age 71) Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Girl Scout leader, folklorist |
Marjorie Edgar (February 17, 1889 – April 20, 1960) was an American Girl Scout leader and folklorist, based in Minnesota. She made a significant collection of Finnish folk songs among the immigrant families of rural Minnesota.
Edgar was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of William Crowell Edgar and Anne Page Robinson Edgar. [1] Her businessman father published a literary weekly, The Bellman, and a trade journal, The Northwestern Miller. [2] She attended Rosemary Hall in Connecticut, [3] and studied folk music with Grace Hodsdon Boutelle, a student of Cecil Sharp's. [4]
As a young woman, she was a friend to Helen Taft and her future sister-in-law Martha Bowers, during their visit to Minneapolis in 1912. [5] Edgar was a bridesmaid when Bowers married Robert A. Taft in 1914. [6]
Edgar helped organize the first Girl Scout troop in Minnesota in 1915, [7] [8] and one of the first Girl Scout camps. She was regional director of the Girl Scout councils and troops in Minnesota. [9] She also trained Girl Scout leaders in a program at Carleton College in 1923. [10]
During the 1930s, Edgar worked as a writer, researcher, and transcriber for the Minnesota Writers' Project. She served on the board of directors of the Minnesota chapter of the National League of American Pen Women. [11] She presented on her work to women's groups, [12] [13] scout gatherings, [14] and other audiences, sometimes in costume. [15] In the 1940s she was on the music committee of the Folk Arts Foundation of Minnesota. [16]
In addition to two song books for Girl Scout use, Edgar published research in journals including Journal of American Folklore, [17] Minnesota History, [18] [19] [20] and Western Folklore. [21]
Edgar lived in Marine on St. Croix, with her mother from 1931 to 1949. [1] She died in 1960, at the age of 71, in Stillwater, Minnesota. The Minnesota Historical Society holds the papers of Edgar and her family.
Marjorie Edgar | |
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Born | February 17, 1889 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Died | April 20, 1960 (age 71) Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Girl Scout leader, folklorist |
Marjorie Edgar (February 17, 1889 – April 20, 1960) was an American Girl Scout leader and folklorist, based in Minnesota. She made a significant collection of Finnish folk songs among the immigrant families of rural Minnesota.
Edgar was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of William Crowell Edgar and Anne Page Robinson Edgar. [1] Her businessman father published a literary weekly, The Bellman, and a trade journal, The Northwestern Miller. [2] She attended Rosemary Hall in Connecticut, [3] and studied folk music with Grace Hodsdon Boutelle, a student of Cecil Sharp's. [4]
As a young woman, she was a friend to Helen Taft and her future sister-in-law Martha Bowers, during their visit to Minneapolis in 1912. [5] Edgar was a bridesmaid when Bowers married Robert A. Taft in 1914. [6]
Edgar helped organize the first Girl Scout troop in Minnesota in 1915, [7] [8] and one of the first Girl Scout camps. She was regional director of the Girl Scout councils and troops in Minnesota. [9] She also trained Girl Scout leaders in a program at Carleton College in 1923. [10]
During the 1930s, Edgar worked as a writer, researcher, and transcriber for the Minnesota Writers' Project. She served on the board of directors of the Minnesota chapter of the National League of American Pen Women. [11] She presented on her work to women's groups, [12] [13] scout gatherings, [14] and other audiences, sometimes in costume. [15] In the 1940s she was on the music committee of the Folk Arts Foundation of Minnesota. [16]
In addition to two song books for Girl Scout use, Edgar published research in journals including Journal of American Folklore, [17] Minnesota History, [18] [19] [20] and Western Folklore. [21]
Edgar lived in Marine on St. Croix, with her mother from 1931 to 1949. [1] She died in 1960, at the age of 71, in Stillwater, Minnesota. The Minnesota Historical Society holds the papers of Edgar and her family.