Sometimes the find are so unique that the internets provide no useful information whatsoever.
Like these two - I got them from a Bookstore in Amherst, MA. The listing suggested they were Beat or New York School. I somehow doubt that. There is no publisher information which suggests to me that they were self-published. The Printer was located in Connecticut. They were both published in 1955. Whoever the poet Jean Stair was remains a mystery. There is no information about the elusive author here. This a mystery I will be attempting to uncovering for a long time.
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This might be of interest if you are still looking and haven't found it
from the Patent Trader of Thursday May 16 1957, and obit of Professor Bird Stair, 77, professor emeritus of English at City College in New York,
"Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Grace Stair, a poet and painter under the name of Jean Stair"
Can't post a link, but if you google the text you will find it.
Grace Rawlings Richards is the daughter of Philip Richards and Emily Washburne. She was born in Wilkes Barre Pa Grace married College Professor Bird Williams Stair in 1909 In Manhattan NY. She can be found in some NYC news articles citing her skills in painting and poetry.
Husband Bird W. Stair (impressive bio) died in 1957 and is buried in the North Union Cemetery, Tippecanoe, Indiana, his area of birth.
Grace used the pseudonym of “Jean Stair” in her work. 1920 Census NYC her occupation is Journalist.
Grace died in 1970 and is buried under her pseudonym of “Jean Stair” in the Quaker Cemetery near Katonah, Westchester, NY
Her obit can be found in the Patent Trader, Westchester County, NY)
She was one of 5 children for Philip and Emily- Edith Mae Richards, Benjamin Franklin Richards, Grace Rawlings Richards, Victoria Rawlings Richards and Phyllis Van Horne Richards.
You can find her grave and some bio at Findagrave.com search for the Quaker Cemetery in Westchester County. NY
Signed Cousin Carl
Thank you for that
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