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Helen Muir (1911-2006) was an American reporter and author. Her full name was Helen Teresa Eucharia Flaherty Lennehan Muir.[1] She was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame in 1984.[2]
Family background[edit]
Muir was born in Bronx, New York, named for her mother, Helen Teresa Flaherty. She credited her grandfather, John Henry Augustine Flaherty with teaching her how to read at a very young age.[3] She was of Irish descent, and her maternal great-grandfather, Geoffrey O'Flaherty of Waterford, and great-grandmother Katherine Fitzgerald of County Clare, had left Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine. The family stopped using the "O" and was later known as "Flaherty."[4]
Professional history[edit]
She moved to Miami, Florida in 1934. She wrote about Florida as a columnist for the Universal Service syndicate from 1935 to 1938 and for the Miami News and the Miami Herald until 1965. She also wrote freelance articles and books.[2]
Library service[edit]
Muir chaired the State Library Advisory Council and helped lead the organization of the Miami-Dade Public Library System.[2] Her papers are collected at the University of Miami.[5]
Personal[edit]
She was married to William "Bill" Whalley Muir, a real estate attorney originally from Oregon, and had three children.[1] She died on February 14, 2006.
Works or publications[edit]
- Muir, Helen, 1911-; Owen, Alison (2004), Baby Grace Sees the Cow : a Memoir, S.l.: Prologue Society, OCLC 57312842
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Frost in Florida : a Memoir, Miami, FL: Valiant Press, 1995, OCLC 32274583
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- Miami, U.S.A, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001, OCLC 44550556
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- Miami, USA, Coconut Grove, Fla.: Hurricane House Publ., 1963, OCLC 633044489
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - The Biltmore : Beacon for Miami, Miami, FL: Pickering Press, 1987, OCLC 15629143
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See also[edit]
- Alison Owen
- Anonymous
- Benjamin Mrs Newbold
- Charles Mrs Peacock
- Mary Barr Munroe
- Miami Biltmore Hotel & Country Club
- Mildred Emerson Crawford
- Otto G. Richter Library
- Robert Frost
Further reading[edit]
- Mary Barr Munroe Photograph of Subject Sitting in Front of a Large Century Plant, S.l: The artist, 19//, OCLC 57238721
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|publication-date=(help); Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - Kirk Munroe, Coconut Grove Branch Library's First Librarian Photograph of Subject Sitting on Ground with Two Unidentified Boys Standing on His Left, S.l: The artist, 19//, OCLC 57239102
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|publication-date=(help); Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - Anonymous (19/?), Coconut Grove Library Interior Showing Glass-fronted Book Cabinet in Foreground, S.l: the artist, OCLC 60425464
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|publication-date=(help); Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - Anonymous (19uu), Coconut Grove Library Interior with 3 People Looking a Books on Shelves, S.l: the artist, OCLC 60425500
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|publication-date=(help); Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - Anonymous (19/?), Coconut Grove Library Interior Showing Stairway to Attic Opening on Right, S.l: the artist, OCLC 60425543
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|publication-date=(help); Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - Anonymous (19/?), Coconut Grove Library Exterior View from McFarlane Rd., Showing Library Entrance & Munroe Gravesite, S.l: the artist, OCLC 60425587
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|publication-date=(help); Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - Anonymous (19/?), Coconut Grove Library Interior Showing Rocking Chairs in Right Foreground & a Bookcase in Left Foreground, S.l: the artist, OCLC 60425451
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|publication-date=(help); Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - Anonymous (19uu), Coconut Grove Library Interior Showing Card Catalog on Left, S.l: the artist, OCLC 60425486
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|publication-date=(help); Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - Anonymous (19/?), Coconut Grove Library Interior View of the Workroom, Showing Natural Hammock Outside the Back Screen Door., S.l: the artist, OCLC 60425514
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|publication-date=(help); Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - Farkas, Klara (1953), [Untitled] Helen Muir (1911-) Photograph, S.l: the artist, OCLC 189707474
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|separator=ignored (help) - Information about related materials is available at http://merrick.library.miami.edu/specialCollections/asm0471/
- The Helen Muir Papers Digital Initiative
References[edit]
- ^ a b Muir, Helen (2004). Baby Grace Sees the Cow: A Memoir. Miami: The Prologue Society.
- ^ a b c "Helen Muir, 1911-". Florida Commission on the Status of Women Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ Muir, Helen. Baby Grace Sees the Cow. p. 123
- ^ Muir, Helen. Baby Grace Sees the Cow, p. 5
- ^ "Helen Muir Papers". Special Collections, University of Miami Libraries. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
Bibliography[edit]
- Miami, USA
- Biltmore, Beacon for Miami
- Frost in Florida (1995), a memoir of her friendship with Robert Frost from 1935 - 1963
- Baby Grace Sees the Cow: A Memoir (2004)
External links[edit]
- The Helen Muir Papers, 1934-1995 is/are available at the Special Collections Division, University of Miami Libraries.
- The Helen Muir Papers
- The Muir, Helen Papers
Category:Writers from New York (state)
Category:American reporters and correspondents
Category:Writers from Miami