Shindler, Mary Dana, 1810-1883

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Birth 1810-02-15
Death 1883

Biographical notes:

Author. Born Mary Stanley Bunce Palmer. Full name: Mary Stanley Bunce Palmer Dana Shindler.

From the description of Mary Dana Shindler signature, 1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980450

Author, poet, and composer of Charleston, S.C., and descendant of the Palmer familiy of Beaufort District, S.C.; Mary Stanley Bunce Palmer Dana wrote this letter years before her 1848 marriage to Episcopal minister Robert Doyne Shindler (1814-1874), under whose name she is known today; she published historical fiction, poetry, a book on spiritualism, and several volumes of songs and musical arrangements for voice, piano, harp, and guitar, set to popular tunes, traditional Scottish and Irish tunes, and operatic airs.

From the description of Letter, 1840 Dec. 28, Charleston, S.C., to the Rev. Artemus Bullard, St. Louis, Mo. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 55605772

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Subjects:

  • Arrangers (Musicians)
  • Women authors
  • Book industries and trade
  • Women poets

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  • Authors

Places:

  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)