http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/biographies/hilda-conkling-biography A blog about poetry and literature Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:40:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/biographies/hilda-conkling-biography/comment-page-1#comment-28964 Jenni Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:35:17 +0000 http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/?p=902#comment-28964 Por que se iso famosa? Por que se iso famosa?

]]> http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/biographies/hilda-conkling-biography/comment-page-1#comment-23358 Jim Fri, 14 May 2010 09:48:10 +0000 http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/?p=902#comment-23358 Hilda Conkling was my mother's cousin. I think she was born in Catskill, NY. Her father, Roscoe P. Conkling (not the U.S. Senator), did not die until 1971 (born 1877)...but I believe that Hilda's mother and father were divorced, which was a stigma in those days (1914). My mother had Hilda's books of poetry and would often mention Hilda's work quite proudly. I don't know if Hilda as an adult saw her father, and I think they only corresponded a few times, but I know Hilda's sister Elsa visited their father in CA in the late 1950s when Elsa was there on business (Elsa translated books from Swedish and other foreign languages). I have a picture of Hilda with another woman taken at the Roscoe Conkling statue (the Senator) in Madison Square Park in NYC and she wrote something disparaging on the back of the picture! Hilda's mother Grace Hazard Conkling has a Poetry Chair at Smith College...and I believe her papers are kept there. The Conklings were an interesting and talented bunch... especially Roscoe! He was a great story...he was involved in a famous romance scandal which ended in murder/suicide in (I believe) the 1920s, he discovered a cave in NM, and he was a published author, writing about an early American trail in the U.S. Southwest. He and Grace had a wonderful time early in their marriage; supposedly, she was inspired to write some of her best poetry while in Mexico. Roscoe's father (my great-grandfather) Benjamin Franklin Conkling was the chief engineer on the General Slocum, which burned in the East River in NY in 1904; over 1000 people died, and it was the worst disaster in NY until 9/11. If anyone has any information on Hilda and/or Elsa (Kruuse) that you think I'd be interested in, please let me know at boxstersjim@aol.com. Thanks. Hilda Conkling was my mother’s cousin. I think she was born in Catskill, NY. Her father, Roscoe P. Conkling (not the U.S. Senator), did not die until 1971 (born 1877)…but I believe that Hilda’s mother and father were divorced, which was a stigma in those days (1914). My mother had Hilda’s books of poetry and would often mention Hilda’s work quite proudly. I don’t know if Hilda as an adult saw her father, and I think they only corresponded a few times, but I know Hilda’s sister Elsa visited their father in CA in the late 1950s when Elsa was there on business (Elsa translated books from Swedish and other foreign languages). I have a picture of Hilda with another woman taken at the Roscoe Conkling statue (the Senator) in Madison Square Park in NYC and she wrote something disparaging on the back of the picture! Hilda’s mother Grace Hazard Conkling has a Poetry Chair at Smith College…and I believe her papers are kept there. The Conklings were an interesting and talented bunch… especially Roscoe! He was a great story…he was involved in a famous romance scandal which ended in murder/suicide in (I believe) the 1920s, he discovered a cave in NM, and he was a published author, writing about an early American trail in the U.S. Southwest. He and Grace had a wonderful time early in their marriage; supposedly, she was inspired to write some of her best poetry while in Mexico. Roscoe’s father (my great-grandfather) Benjamin Franklin Conkling was the chief engineer on the General Slocum, which burned in the East River in NY in 1904; over 1000 people died, and it was the worst disaster in NY until 9/11. If anyone has any information on Hilda and/or Elsa (Kruuse) that you think I’d be interested in, please let me know at boxstersjim@aol.com. Thanks.

]]> http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/biographies/hilda-conkling-biography/comment-page-1#comment-20740 Jim Miller Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:58:56 +0000 http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/?p=902#comment-20740 J. D. Frizzell has put some of this poetry to music and performances of "The White Cloud", "Water", and "A Child's Voice" are on the web. J. D. Frizzell has put some of this poetry to music and performances of “The White Cloud”, “Water”, and “A Child’s Voice” are on the web.

]]> http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/biographies/hilda-conkling-biography/comment-page-1#comment-20346 Cheryll Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:52:26 +0000 http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/?p=902#comment-20346 What a wonderful gift she gave to us in those short years...enough to last a lifetime. What a wonderful gift she gave to us in those short years…enough to last a lifetime.

]]> http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/biographies/hilda-conkling-biography/comment-page-1#comment-19233 kayla ramirez Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:11:05 +0000 http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/?p=902#comment-19233 wow yhis is an istonashing story!!!!!! i wonder why she started then stopped????? wow yhis is an istonashing story!!!!!! i wonder why she started then stopped?????

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