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=                          Neltje_Blanchan                           =
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                            Introduction
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Blanchan De Graff Doubleday (October 23, 1865 - February 21, 1918) was
a United States scientific historian and nature writer who published
several books on wildflowers and birds under the pen name Neltje
Blanchan. Her work is known for its synthesis of scientific interest
with poetic phrasing.


Early life and education
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Neltje Blanchan De Graff was born in Chicago to Liverius De Graff, a
proprietor of a men's clothing store, and his wife Alice Fair. She was
educated at St. John's Preparatory School in New York City and The
Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York.

Neltje married Frank Nelson Doubleday in Plainfield, New Jersey, on
June 9, 1886. They had two sons and one daughter: Felix Doty
(adopted), Nelson (1889-1949) and Dorothy. They had homes in both New
York City and Oyster Bay.


Writing career
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Neltje Doubleday published eleven books under her pen name of Neltje
Blanchan. Her works on wildflowers and birds were notable for their
combination of scientific facts with poetic expression.


Community service
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Neltje Doubleday entertained regularly and participated in
philanthropic work for the American Red Cross.

In 1917, she visited the Philippines and China on special assignment
as a commissioner for the Red Cross. She died suddenly in Canton,
China on February 21, 1918, at age 52.


                         Legacy and honors
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*Some of her papers (1914-1918) are held in the Frank N. Doubleday and
Nelson Doubleday Collection at the Princeton University Library.
*The Wyoming Arts Council established the Neltje Blanchan Literary
Award (now called the Blanchan/Doubleday Writing Award), which is
given annually to "a writer whose work, in any genre, is inspired by
nature." The award was funded in Blanchan's memory by her
granddaughter, Neltje Doubleday Kings, an abstract artist who served
on the board of the council from 1985 to 1988.  In 2010 Neltje Kings
made an estate gift to the University of Wyoming, including her land,
ranch and studio buildings, art collections, which is the largest in
the history of the university.  When realized, it will become the UW
Neltje Center for the Visual and Literary Arts.


                          Published works
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*'The Piegan Indians' (1892)
*'Bird Neighbors' (1897)
*'Nature's Garden' (1900), republished as 'Wild Flowers: An Aid to
Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors' (1901)
*"What the Basket Means to the Indian", a chapter in Mary White's 'How
To Make Baskets' (1901)
*'How to Attract the Birds' (1902)
*'Birds that Hunt and Are Hunted' (1905)
*'Birds Every Child Should Know' (1907)
*'The American Flower Garden' (1909)
*'Birds Worth Knowing' (1917)
*'Canadian Birds Worth Knowing' (1917)
*'Wild Flowers Worth Knowing' (adapted from 'Nature's Garden' by Asa
Don Dickenson, 1917, 1922)
*'Birds: Selected from the Writings of Neltje Blanchan' (posthumously,
1930)


                              See also
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* Passenger pigeon


                           External links
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*
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*[http://www.kellscraft.com/AmericanGardens/americangardencontent.html
The American Flower Garden (1909)]


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