Edith Browning (Brand) Hannah (1875-1947) was an American illustrator who had a long and successful career designing and illustrating adult and children’s books. She married British academic Dr. Ian Campbell Hannah and illustrated several of her husband’s books. She was born in January 1875 to James Brand and Juliet Hughes (Tenney) Brand in Oberlin, Ohio and died on December 23, 1947 in Sussex, England. The Hannahs traveled extensively while enjoying productive careers. "Edith Brand Hannah Mrs. Ian C. Hannah (Edith Brand) died after an extended illness in a nursing home in Sussex, England, on Dec. 23, 1947. She was the daughter of Dr. James Brand and Juliet Tenney Brand, and she grew up and attended school in Oberlin [Ohio], where her father was minister of First Church. [She graduated from [Oberlin High School] in 1892.] After graduation from [Oberlin] College [in 1897], she studied art for a year at Cooper Union in New York City, after which she taught in the Oconto, Wis., high school and a private school in Great Barrington, Mass. The year 1901-02 was spent in studying art in Paris, following which she held a position in Boston as a book illustrator. In 1904 she married Ian C. Hannah of Chichester, England, and they lived in Windsor, Nova Scotia, where Mr. Hannah was president of King’s College. Returning to England in 1906, they resided in Sussex until 1915 when Dr. Hannah became professor of church history in the Oberlin Theological Seminary and they came to Oberlin to live. Her art career continued for the remainder of her life, and she gained international fame as a portrait painter and as illustrator of several of her husband’s books. Among these were “Sussex” (1912), “Berwick and the Lothians” (1913), “The Heart of East Anglis,” and “Capitals of the Northlands” (1914). Their cooperation on “The Story of Scotland in Stone” gained probably the most widespread recognition; the “London Times” said of her work in a review: “The book is richly illustrated, and a delightful feature is the series of drawings by the author’s wife, both charming and faithful.” In 1925 they went to Scotland to live on and care for Dr. Hannah’s ancestral estate near Edinburgh. Dr. Hannah followed his career as extension lecturer for Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and together Dr. and Mrs. Hannah continued their interest in architecture and archaeology. Mrs. Hannah’s artistic ability was further recognized when, on a number of different occasions, several of her portraits were selected for exhibitions at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. Dr. Hannah, a Unionist, was elected to the House of Commons in 1935, and he remained a member until his death in 1944. Mrs. Hannah, although bedridden for two years before her death occurred, sent greetings from Sussex last June to her class at its 50th reunion, and accompanied the greetings with a poem which she had composed for the occasion. Surviving her are her three sons: James, a professor at Durham University; W. Walton, who has a parish in Sussex; and John, who has a church in Selkirk, Scotland. Two brothers also survive: Judge James T. Brand, ’09, of Salem, Oreg., and Charles Brand, ’95, of Roseburg, Oreg.; as do three sisters: Mrs. Mary B. Ruggles (Mary Brand, p.e. ’99) and Helen Brand, ’11, of Oberlin; and Mrs. James J. Hayes (Margaret Brand, ’13) of Oklahoma City, Okla." - The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, May 1948, p. 28.
Description: Edith Browning (Brand) Hannah (1875-1947) was an American illustrator who had a long and successful career designing and illustrating adult and children’s books. She married British academic Dr. Ian Campbell Hannah and illustrated several of her husband’s books. She was born in January 1875 to James Brand and Juliet Hughes (Tenney) Brand in Oberlin, Ohio and died on December 23, 1947 in Sussex, England. The Hannahs traveled extensively while enjoying productive careers. "Edith Brand Hannah Mrs. Ian C. Hannah (Edith Brand) died after an extended illness in a nursing home in Sussex, England, on Dec. 23, 1947. She was the daughter of Dr. James Brand and Juliet Tenney Brand, and she grew up and attended school in Oberlin [Ohio], where her father was minister of First Church. [She graduated from [Oberlin High School] in 1892.] After graduation from [Oberlin] College [in 1897], she studied art for a year at Cooper Union in New York City, after which she taught in the Oconto, Wis., high school and a private school in Great Barrington, Mass. The year 1901-02 was spent in studying art in Paris, following which she held a position in Boston as a book illustrator. In 1904 she married Ian C. Hannah of Chichester, England, and they lived in Windsor, Nova Scotia, where Mr. Hannah was president of King’s College. Returning to England in 1906, they resided in Sussex until 1915 when Dr. Hannah became professor of church history in the Oberlin Theological Seminary and they came to Oberlin to live. Her art career continued for the remainder of her life, and she gained international fame as a portrait painter and as illustrator of several of her husband’s books. Among these were “Sussex” (1912), “Berwick and the Lothians” (1913), “The Heart of East Anglis,” and “Capitals of the Northlands” (1914). Their cooperation on “The Story of Scotland in Stone” gained probably the most widespread recognition; the “London Times” said of her work in a review: “The book is richly illustrated, and a delightful feature is the series of drawings by the author’s wife, both charming and faithful.” In 1925 they went to Scotland to live on and care for Dr. Hannah’s ancestral estate near Edinburgh. Dr. Hannah followed his career as extension lecturer for Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and together Dr. and Mrs. Hannah continued their interest in architecture and archaeology. Mrs. Hannah’s artistic ability was further recognized when, on a number of different occasions, several of her portraits were selected for exhibitions at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. Dr. Hannah, a Unionist, was elected to the House of Commons in 1935, and he remained a member until his death in 1944. Mrs. Hannah, although bedridden for two years before her death occurred, sent greetings from Sussex last June to her class at its 50th reunion, and accompanied the greetings with a poem which she had composed for the occasion. Surviving her are her three sons: James, a professor at Durham University; W. Walton, who has a parish in Sussex; and John, who has a church in Selkirk, Scotland. Two brothers also survive: Judge James T. Brand, ’09, of Salem, Oreg., and Charles Brand, ’95, of Roseburg, Oreg.; as do three sisters: Mrs. Mary B. Ruggles (Mary Brand, p.e. ’99) and Helen Brand, ’11, of Oberlin; and Mrs. James J. Hayes (Margaret Brand, ’13) of Oklahoma City, Okla." - The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, May 1948, p. 28. [show more]
Ralph Owen Brewster (1888-1961) was born on February 22, 1888 to William Edmund Brewster, a member of the Maine House of Representatives, and Carrie S. (Bridges) Brewster in Dexter, Maine. He preferred to simply be known as Owen Brewster. Owen graduated summa cum laude from Bowdoin College in 1909, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and Delta Kappa Epsilon. From 1909 to 1910, Brewster was the principal of Castine High School, and then attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1913. Owen married Dorothy Foss (1889-1971), daughter of Charles S. Foss and Cora (Macy) Foss on April 20, 1915. A direct lineal descendant of both Love Brewster, a passenger aboard the Mayflower and a founder of the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts; and of Elder William Brewster, the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony, and passenger aboard the Mayflower and one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact, Owen was a Republican, was solidly conservative and a close confidant of Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. From 1915 to 1923, he was a member of the Portland School Committee. From 1914 to 1925, Brewster was a lawyer for the Chapman and Brewster law firm in Portland. Owen Brewster was the 54th Governor of Maine, serving from January 7, 1925 to January 2, 1929, and a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 3rd district from January 3, 1935 to January 3, 1941. When he spoke at the awards ceremony for the Hinckley company he was a United States Senator from Maine, serving from January 3, 1941 to December 31, 1952. Ralph Owen Brewster died on December 25, 1961, at the age of 73, in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Description: Ralph Owen Brewster (1888-1961) was born on February 22, 1888 to William Edmund Brewster, a member of the Maine House of Representatives, and Carrie S. (Bridges) Brewster in Dexter, Maine. He preferred to simply be known as Owen Brewster. Owen graduated summa cum laude from Bowdoin College in 1909, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and Delta Kappa Epsilon. From 1909 to 1910, Brewster was the principal of Castine High School, and then attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1913. Owen married Dorothy Foss (1889-1971), daughter of Charles S. Foss and Cora (Macy) Foss on April 20, 1915. A direct lineal descendant of both Love Brewster, a passenger aboard the Mayflower and a founder of the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts; and of Elder William Brewster, the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony, and passenger aboard the Mayflower and one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact, Owen was a Republican, was solidly conservative and a close confidant of Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. From 1915 to 1923, he was a member of the Portland School Committee. From 1914 to 1925, Brewster was a lawyer for the Chapman and Brewster law firm in Portland. Owen Brewster was the 54th Governor of Maine, serving from January 7, 1925 to January 2, 1929, and a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 3rd district from January 3, 1935 to January 3, 1941. When he spoke at the awards ceremony for the Hinckley company he was a United States Senator from Maine, serving from January 3, 1941 to December 31, 1952. Ralph Owen Brewster died on December 25, 1961, at the age of 73, in Brookline, Massachusetts. [show more]
This 1921 map is one of the few that show Spring Road. The advent of automobiles on the island made those who protected the park label some of the roads "bridle paths" to emphasize using the park without motor vehicles.
Description: This 1921 map is one of the few that show Spring Road. The advent of automobiles on the island made those who protected the park label some of the roads "bridle paths" to emphasize using the park without motor vehicles.
This 1921 map is one of the few that show Spring Road. The advent of automobiles on the island made those who protected the park label some of the roads "bridle paths" to emphasize using the park without motor vehicles.
Description: This 1921 map is one of the few that show Spring Road. The advent of automobiles on the island made those who protected the park label some of the roads "bridle paths" to emphasize using the park without motor vehicles.