Channing, Grace Ellery, 1862-1937

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Grace Ellery Channing (December 27, 1862 – April 3, 1937) was a writer and poet who published often in The Land of Sunshine.Grace Ellery Channing (December 27, 1862 – April 3, 1937) was a writer and poet who published often in The Land of Sunshine.Grace Ellery Channing (December 27, 1862 – April 3, 1937) was a writer and poet who published often in The Land of Sunshine.

She was born to William Francis Channing and Mary Jane (née Tarr) on December 27, 1862 in Providence, Rhode Island. Channing's father was an inventor who had worked with Alexander Graham Bell in developing the telephone and his father was William Ellery Channing, a noted early nineteenth-century Unitarian preacher and found of the American Unitarian Church. Also through her father, she was a great-great-granddaughter of William Ellery (1727–1820), a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Channing had two siblings: Mary Channing Wood (who married Clarence Wood and had two children, Dorothy and Ellery) and Harold Channing. Channing received a private school education, graduating from the Normal Class for Kindergarten in 1882. After graduation, she taught at the free kindergarten in Providence.

Channing moved from Providence, Rhode Island, to Southern California in 1885, as part of a successful bid to cure her lung troubles.

In October 1885, Charlotte Perkins Gilman spent the winter with Channing and her family in Southern California when Gilman was suffering acute postpartum depression. During the winter of 1887 to 1888, Gilman and Channing returned east and spent part of their summers together in Bristol, Rhode Island. Gilman and daughter Katharine moved with Grace from Providence to Pasadena, where the Channing family owned a home, in the fall of 1888. From 1890 to 1893, Channing visited Augusta Senter and traveled around Italy and Germany. In 1894, Soon after the divorce from Gilman, Channing married Charles Walter Stetson. Channing was good friends with Gilman, and the three continued to have good relations after the divorce and marriage. Stetson and Gilman's daughter, Katharine went to live with Channing and Stetson when she was 9. In 1897 and 1898, Channing along with Stetson traveled around England, Italy, and Germany. They returned to Boston afterward. In April 1902, they moved permanently to Rome. Their friends in Rome included Elihu Vedder, Diego Angeli, and Franklin Simmons. After the death of Stetson in 1911, Channing returned to the United States.

In 1916, Channing was a war correspondent on the French and Italian fronts. The stories and poetry she wrote at this time were very conservative and critical of exemption from military service, encouraging the war effort and often idealizing the sacrifice of the wives and mothers of enlisted men. She admired Mussolini and was disappointed in Woodrow Wilson's peace solution.

From 1918 to 1936, Channing lived in New York in poor health and poverty until her death. She died at her home in Manhattan on April 3, 1937.

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creatorOf Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924. Autographs collected and letters received by Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Channing-Stetson, Grace Ellery, 1862-1937. Autograph letters signed (13) and typewritten letter signed (1) : Rome and Florence, to Dr.and Mrs. Baldwin, 1910 Nov. 9 and [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Stetson, Katharine Beecher, 1885-1979 or 81,. [Oral history interview with Katharine Stetson Chamberlin] [sound recording]. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842. The duty of the free states : or, Remarks suggested by the case of the Creole : autograph manuscript of parts I and II, 1842. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935. Letters, 1884-1935 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Channing, Grace Ellery, 1862-1937. Papers of Grace Ellery Stetson [manuscript], n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk) Houghton Library
creatorOf Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842. Autograph letter signed : [Boston], to "Monsieur J le L de Sismondi," 1841 Sept. 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Vol. IX (ff. 435). 1911-1913.includes:f. 1v Gertrude Elizabeth Campbell, alias 'Vera Tsaritsyn'; author; wife of Lord Colin Campbell: Letter to G. B. Shaw of Gertrude Elizabeth Campbell: 1911.f. 3 Alfred Richard Orage, editor, 'The New Age': Let..., 1911-1913 British Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
creatorOf Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924. Autographs collected and letters received, O-Z, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Channing, Grace Ellery, 1862-1937. Letters, 1912. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842. Autograph letter signed : to D.H. Williams, 1841 Apr. 16. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933. Additional papers, 1841-1940 Houghton Library
referencedIn Grace Ellery Channing Stetson Collection University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Resse, Elizabeth Woodbridge Phelps Pearsall, ca. 1838-1924. Elizabeth Woodbridge Phelps Pearsall Resse papers 1880-1924. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842. Discourse on Christianity, a rational religion : autograph manuscript, 1831-ca. 1841. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Stetson, Katharine Beecher, 1885-1979 or 81. Papers of Katharine Beecher Stetson, 1827-1956 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of Katharine Beecher Stetson, 1827-1956 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842. Autograph letter signed : Newport, to Rev. Mr. Farley, 1837 Sept. 29. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842. Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to "Honor'd Sir" [his grandfather William Ellery], 1802 Nov. 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Stetson, Charles Walter, 1858-1911. Papers, 1881-1888 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1846-ca.1975 (inclusive), 1880-1940 (bulk) 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 Channing, Grace Ellery, 1862-1937. Additional papers of Grace Ellery Channing, 1884-1976 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Stetson, Charles Walter, 1858-1911. Charles Walter Stetson letters, 1888-1899. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Butler, Jessee H. Suffragists. California State University, Long Beach
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931. Houghton Library
referencedIn Elizabeth Woodbridge Phelps Pearsall Resse papers, 1880-1924 University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division. [mss]
creatorOf Channing, Grace Ellery, 1862-1937. Papers, 1806-1973 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Additional papers of Grace Ellery Channing, 1884-1976 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Papers, 1806-1973 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Richard Aldrich papers, 1842-1956 (inclusive), 1883-1938 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Channing, Grace Ellery, 1862-1937. Grace Ellery Channing Stetson Collection,1862-1937, (bulk date 1899-1935) [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center. The Autry Museum of the American West, Autry Library and Braun Research Library
creatorOf Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842. Collection of William Ellery Channing manuscripts and letters, 1802-1842. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Channing, Grace Ellery, 1862-1937. Letter, 1887 July 7, to Walt Whitman. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
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Birth 1862-12-27

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