Pocahontas Wight Edmunds (November 8, 1904-1999) was an author and civic leader in the United States. She wrote a two volume history of Halifax County, Virginia.[1][2] She wrote about E. H. Harriman and another on Rutherford B. Hayes with H. J. Eckenrode.[3][1]
She was born in Richmond. She graduated from St. Catherine’s School and Agnes Scott College. She also studied in Paris.[4]
She founded the Halifax County Garden Club and served as its president. She led home tours. In 2015, the Halifax County Historical Society republished two of her books.[5]
She was a descendant of Pocahontas.[6][7] She knew and wrote about John Powell.[6] She married Richard Cole Edmunds.[8][5] Richard Cole Edmunds Jr. was her son and she had two daughters.[9]
Writings
edit- Rutherford B. Hayes; Statesman of Reunion (1930), with H. J. Eckenrode[10]
- E. H. Harriman: The Little Giant on Wall Street, with H. J. Eckenrode (1933)[11][12]
- Land of sand; legends of the North Carolina coast Garrett and Massie Incorporated (1941)[3]
- Land of Sand - Tales of the Virginia Coast (1950)[13]
- The Pocahontas-John Smith Story (1956)[14][15][16]
- Tar Heels Track the Century (1966)[17]
- Virginians Out Front Richmond, Whittet & Shepperson (1972)[18]
- History of Halifax: Documentation (1977)[19]
References
edit- ^ a b Farrar, Emmie Ferguson (July 7, 1941). "Flower Arrangements in Virginia". Dietz Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Bracey, Susan L. (1979). "Reviewed work: History of Halifax, Pocahontas Wight Edmunds". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 87 (3): 365–367. JSTOR 4248324.
- ^ a b "Edmunds, Pocahontas Wight | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
- ^ Morton, Richard Lee (July 7, 1964). "Virginia Lives: The Old Dominion Who's who". Historical Record Association – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Halifax County Historical Society has republished two of Pocahontas Wight Edmunds’ books: “The Pocahontas — John Smith Story” and “Land of Sand — Legends of the North Carolina Coast.
- ^ a b Leidholdt, Alexander S. (May 1, 2002). Editor for Justice: The Life of Louis I. Jaffé. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-2751-3 – via Google Books.
- ^ Gregory, Angela; Penrose, Nancy L. (February 26, 2019). A Dream and a Chisel: Louisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925–1928. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-61117-978-1 – via Google Books.
- ^ Meriwether, Nelson Heath (July 7, 1991). "The Meriwethers and Their Connections". Meriwether Society – via Google Books.
- ^ Homes, Affinity Funeral. "Richard Coles Edmunds Jr". Affinity Funeral Service | Richmond VA Funeral Home.
- ^ Taylor, Welford Dunaway (July 7, 1972). "Virginia Authors, Past and Present". Virginia Association of Teachers of English – via Google Books.
- ^ E. H. Harriman, the Little Giant of Wall Street. Greenberg. 1933.
- ^ E. H. Harriman: The Little Giant on Wall Street. Literary Licensing, LLC. October 2013. ISBN 978-1-258-85584-0.
- ^ "Publications". Halifax County Historical Society.
- ^ Edmunds, Pocahontas Wight (January 1, 1956). The Pocahontas-John Smith Story. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 978-1-4655-0697-9 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Pocahontas-John Smith Story : Edmunds, Pocahontas Wight : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive".
- ^ Edmunds, Pocahontas Wight (July 7, 1956). "The Pocahontas-John Smith Story". Dietz Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (July 7, 1969). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1966: July-December". Copyright Office, Library of Congress – via Google Books.
- ^ "Item Details | Research Catalog | NYPL". Item Details | Research Catalog | NYPL.
- ^ History of Halifax: Documentation. Edmunds. 1977.