Laura May Adams (1874-01-12)January 12, 1874 Sacramento, California, U.S.
Died
March 16, 1963(1963-03-16) (aged 89) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Occupation
American writer, novelist and photographer
Language
English
Nationality
American
Education
California School of Design in San Francisco
Notable awards
Newbery Medal for Waterless Mountain, Caldecott Honor for The Forest Pool, 1939.
Spouse
Sidney Armer
Laura Adams Armer (January 12, 1874 – March 16, 1963)[1][2] was an American artist and writer. In 1932, her novel Waterless Mountain won the Newbery Medal.[3] She was also an early photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area.[4]
^Morgan, Barbara. "Armer, Laura Adams (1874–1963)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale.
^The Humboldt Arts Council in the Morris Graves Museum of Art Archived October 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^Bostrom, Kathleen Long (2003). Winning Authors: Profiles of the Newbery Medalists. Libraries Unlimited. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-1-56308-877-3. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
^Edwards, Robert W. (2012). Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, Vol. 1. Oakland, Calif.: East Bay Heritage Project. pp. 92–93171, 206, 236 248, 311–315, 688. ISBN 9781467545679. An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website ("Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, vol. One, East Bay Heritage Project, Oakland, 2012; by Robert W. Edwards". Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.).
American pianist, music educator and composer LauraAdamsArmer (1874–1963), American artist and writer Ruth Armer (1896–1977), American painter, teacher, art...
The Forest Pool is a 1938 picture book by LauraAdamsArmer. The book was a recipient of a 1939 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations. "Caldecott Medal...
ceases publication. Una Dillon founds Dillons Booksellers in London. LauraAdamsArmer – Waterless Mountain Henry Bellamann – The Richest Woman in Town E...
Waterless Mountain is an American novel by LauraAdamsArmer published in 1931, recommended for teens between the ages of 13 to 19. Awarded the Newbery...
Adelaide Hanscom Leeson in the early 20th century and shared one with LauraAdamsArmer in Berkeley, California, as of 1902. As of 1906, she had her own studio...
Retrieved 11 December 2018. "Finding Aid to the LauraAdamsArmer Photograph Collection PC-RM-Armer". Online Archive of California. Retrieved 13 December...
supported local modern artists. In 1926, Dixon was co-curator with LauraAdamsArmer for an exhibit of “Pueblo and Navajo Arts & Crafts” at the Paul Elder...
ensured that the work of important regional art photographers, such as LauraAdamsArmer and Anne Brigman, was displayed with his own prints. By the spring...
Women Writers and the Vision of Goodness: Mary Austin, Willa Cather, LauraAdamsArmer, Peggy Pond Church and Alice Marriott, McFarland, 2016 ISBN 978-1476666471...
Daugherty Andy and the Lion Honor Clare Turlay Newberry Barkis Honor LauraAdamsArmer The Forest Pool Honor Wanda Gág Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Honor...
politician (d. 1958) 1873 – Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (d. 1940) 1874 – LauraAdamsArmer, American author and photographer (d. 1963) 1876 – Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish...
Women Writers and the Vision of Goodness: Mary Austin, Willa Cather, LauraAdamsArmer, Peggy Pond Church and Alice Marriott. McFarland & Company. p. 120-134...
1961 – Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (b. 1883) 1963 – LauraAdamsArmer, American author and photographer (b. 1874) 1965 – Alice Herz, German...
prominent local photographers habitually in attendance were Oscar Maurer, LauraAdamsArmer, Emily H. Pitchford, Adelaide Hanscom Leeson, and Oscar V. Lange....
(1923–1971), black and white photographs of deviant and marginal people LauraAdamsArmer (1874–1963), portraiture in San Francisco, images of the Navajo Eve...
Honor, while a larger number of authors have won multiple Honors, with Laura Ingalls Wilder having won five Honors without ever winning the Medal. The...
photography in private with her former classmates Emily Pitchford and LauraAdamsArmer, who had recently established their own photographic studio. She also...
Women Writers and the Vision of Goodness: Mary Austin, Willa Cather, LauraAdamsArmer, Peggy Pond Church and Alice Marriott, McFarland, 2016 ISBN 978-1-4766-6647-1...
Julie Adams (born Betty May Adams; October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019) was an American actress, billed as Julia Adams in her early career, primarily known...
Mother's Day Premiere (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved April 14, 2018. "Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson bring Gillian Flynn's 'Sharp Objects' to life in first...
Chowdbury as Pavi Thomas Dekker as Jeffrey Boyle Melissa Marty as Kayla Freya Adams as Tracy Urtega Helena Mattsson as Ashley McGrady Rose Portillo as Emilia...
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