Portor, Laura Spencer, 1872-1957

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Laura Spencer Portor Pope (4 February 1872 – 1957) was an American journalist and author of short stories and several books. She is known as the co-author with Dorothy Giles of two science fiction novels, The valley of creeping men (1930) and Chattering gods (1931), both of which appeared under the pseudonym "Rayburn Crawley."

Laura Spencer Portor married Francis Pope, but she continued to use the name "Laura Spencer Portor" for all her professional publications except the two science novels which she co-authored. She published articles and short stories in Woman's Home Companion, Harper's Magazine, The Outlook, The Dial and several other magazines.

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referencedIn Trigant Burrow papers, 1875-1984 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Burrow, Trigant, 1875-1950. Trigant Burrow papers, 1875-1984 (inclusive), 1903-1950 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930 Houghton Library
referencedIn Cooke, Helen Temple, 1865-1955. Papers, 1858-1951 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Review of Reviews (New York, N. Y.), Golden Book Magazine, editorial correspondence, 1921-1935. Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers, 1858-1951 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Portor, Laura Spencer, 1872-1957. Rain, n.y. May 17. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Williamson, M. B. (Martha Burton). M. B. Williamson papers, 1887-1927. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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correspondedWith Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962 person
associatedWith Burrow, Trigant, 1875-1950. person
correspondedWith Century Company corporateBody
associatedWith Cooke, Helen Temple, 1865-1955. person
correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
associatedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Review of Reviews (New York, N. Y.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 person
associatedWith Williamson, M. B. (Martha Burton) person
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Kentucky KY US
Garrison NY US
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Novelists
Women writers
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Novelists
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Birth 1872-02-04

Death 1957-07-17

Female

Americans

English

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