Abigail Fithian Halsey |
Abigail Fithian
Halsey
2 Oct 1873 - 14 Oct 1946
“Miss Halsey, previous to her coming to Ithaca, had served
some time in Red Cross work, and had taught in public and private schools [in
MN, OH] of the [NY] state. She had also had experience both in Camp Fire and
Girl Scout work.”
Founding member of Southampton Colony Chapter of Daughters
of the American Revolution.
April 1, 1921-July 1, 1922 | founding secretary of the
Community Building in Ithaca, NY
July 1, 1922 | Ithaca, NY, “Miss Halsey Resigns Post As
Secretary: Executive of Committee Building Leaves July 1 to Study in New York
City—Record of Work Accomplished at Local Home is Highly Commendable”
1922 | Study in New York City of “the work in which she is
particularly interested”
1927 | “Miss Halsey Has Had Wide Drama Experience”
“Miss Halsey, who has been engaged by the Farm and Home
Bureau to put on the Historical Drama for the Sesquicentennial Celebration
which takes place at the Drama [Club] for the Sesquicentennial [on September] 10,
was selected by the State Historian, with the enthusiastic endorsement of the
State College, as a drama director of state-wide reputation and experience. She
has, for a number of years past been connected with the Hecksher Foundation of
New York City, in its Educational Drama department.
Miss Halsey wrote and staged the great Pageant in 1924 at
East Hampton, L.I., and also the one given at Ithaca under the auspices of the
State College of Agriculture in 1922. She is the author of the booklet issued
from the press of the State College of Agriculture “The Historical Pageant in
the Rural Community.” Her efficiency as well as her personal charm and tact,
have already won her friends on every side in Kingston and throughout the
county, and are brining in recruits daily for the wonderful scenes in the
making of our state government that will be depicted in the stirring drama.”
September 3, 1921 | Ithaca, “49,000 Attended Tompkins Fair
President Says,”
Saturday, September 3, 1921 | Editorial: A Successful Fair
“If public interest and support are proper criterions the
Tompkins County Fair this year was a great success. Attendance records seem to
have been broken all the way down the line.
That the pageant played no small part in attracting the
public to the fair grounds is beyond question. Indeed it was the pageant that
made this fair distinctive from all other similar enterprises. The pageant
certainly made good. It was well worth while not alone as an educational
entertainment, but as an agency for stimulating community pride and solidarity.
Considering the relatively short time available for
preparation and rehearsal, the pageant was a most creditable success and Miss
Halsey and all associated with her in the enterprise well deserve the applause
and appreciation one hears expressed on every hand. And had it been possible to
provide better lighting facilities the pageant would have been even more
effective. It is to be hoped that if something of the sort is attempted again
the lighting problem will be adequately met.”
1932 | Chairman of Southampton’s George Washington
Bicentennial Celebration
1932-1946 | Historian, Town of Southampton
1940 | Author, In Old Southampton, Columbia University Press
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