Aline Murray Kilmer

Aline Murray Kilmer (1 August 1888 – 1 October 1941), was an American poet, children's book author, and essayist, and the wife and widow of poet and journalist Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918).

Biography

She was born as Aline Murray on 1 August, 1888 in Norfolk, Virginia. She was the daughter of Ada Foster Murray, a poet; and Kenton C. Murray, (d. 1895) editor of the "Norfolk Landmark" newspaper. Ada Foster Murray, remarried on 22 February, 1900, in Metuchen, New Jersey to Henry Mills Alden. Henry was the managing editor of "Harper's Magazine", and he became Aline's stepfather. [ [http://www.jhalpin.com/metuchen/history/mr022400.htm Metuchen Recorder, 24 February 1900] , accessed 19 August 2006.]

Aline was educated at the Rutgers College Grammar School (now Rutgers Preparatory School) in New Brunswick, New Jersey and the Vail-Deane School in Elizabeth, New Jersey the latter institution from which she was graduated in 1908. [ [http://www.bartleby.com/271/1001.html Biographical Notes] from Rittenhouse, Jessie B. "The Second Book of Modern Verse" (1922) at [http://www.bartleby.com] , accessed 19 August 2006.] Shortly after graduation, Aline married Alfred Joyce Kilmer on 9 June 1908, after he was graduated from Columbia University in New York City. The pair had five children: Kenton Sinclair Kilmer (1909-1995), Michael Barry Kilmer (1916-1927), Deborah Clanton Kilmer (1914-1999), Rose Kilburn Kilmer (1912-1917), and Christopher Kilmer (1917-1984). [ [http://www.risingdove.com/Kilmer/FAQ.asp Kilmer Genealogy - Descendancy Chart] ]

Aline Kilmer died at her home, "Whitehall", in Stillwater, New Jersey, on 1 October 1941 and was interred at the Catholic Cemetery in Newton, New Jersey. ["A Tribute to Aline Kilmer" by Francis X. Talbot in "America" 18 October 1941, 46.]

Works

* "Candles That Burn" (New York: George H. Doran, 1919). ("poetry")
* "Vigils" (New York: George H. Doran, 1921). ("poetry")
* "Hunting a Hair Shirt and Other Spiritual Adventures" (New York: George H. Doran, 1923). ("essays") ISBN 0-8369-2697-8
* "The Poor Kings Daughter and Other Verse" (New York: George H. Doran, 1925). ("poetry")
* "Emmy, Nicky and Greg" (New York: George H. Doran, 1927). ("children's book")
* "A Buttonwood Summer" (Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1929). ("children's book")
* "Selected Poems" (Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1929). ("poetry")

References

External links

* [http://www.risingdove.com/Kilmer/Trees.asp Tribute page] at "Rising Dove" (a site by his granddaughter)
* [http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/teasdale.htm Sara Teasdale's Letters to Joyce and Aline Kilmer] located in Special Collections of the University of Delaware Library.
* [http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poet/439.html Selected Poetry of Aline Murray Kilmer] at the University of Toronto

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