Laura Adams Armer | |
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 Armer at the California School of Design c. 1895 | |
| Born | Laura May Adams January 12, 1874 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 16, 1963 (aged 89) Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | American writer, novelist and photographer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | California School of Design in San Francisco |
| Notable awards | Newbery Medal for Waterless Mountain, Caldecott Honor for The Forest Pool, 1939. |
| Spouse | Sidney Armer |
Laura Adams Armer (January 12, 1874 – March 16, 1963)[1][2] was an American artist and writer. In 1932, her novel Waterless Mountain won the Newbery Medal.[3] She was also an early photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area.[4]
- ^ Morgan, Barbara. "Armer, Laura Adams (1874–1963)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale.
- ^ The Humboldt Arts Council in the Morris Graves Museum of Art Archived October 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bostrom, Kathleen Long (2003). Winning Authors: Profiles of the Newbery Medalists. Libraries Unlimited. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-1-56308-877-3. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ^ Edwards, Robert W. (2012). Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, Vol. 1. Oakland, Calif.: East Bay Heritage Project. pp. 92–93171, 206, 236 248, 311–315, 688. ISBN 9781467545679. An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website ("Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, vol. One, East Bay Heritage Project, Oakland, 2012; by Robert W. Edwards". Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.).