Katharane Edson Mershon papers, 1895-1986.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Mershon, Katharane Edson

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California dancer and dance ethnographer. Born in 1892, Mershon was the daughter of a musician, Charles Farwell Edson, originally of Chicago, and a prominent political activist, Katherine Philips Edson. Her mother was an important figure in California's Progressive Party in the early twentieth century, influential on behalf of woman suffrage and industrial and social reforms for women. Katharane did not follow her mother's political and social path, but instead became a ...