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O'Connor, Ellen F. (1874-1943)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1943

Biographical note

Ellen F. O’Connor was born in 1874 in Brookline, Massachusetts. She was an art teacher in Massachusetts public schools, teaching in Dedham, Chelsea, and Boston at the high school level. She also researched Irish art and archaeology and gave lectures in Boston, including at the Boston Public Library. She also participated in music events as a member of the Handel and Haydn Society and a vocal soloist at the Mission Church, Roxbury. Thanks to Boston Public Schools’ sabbatical policy, she was able to travel the world. O'Connor died in 1943.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

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Ellen F. O'Connor photographs of Dun Emer

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1993-034
Abstract

Photographs taken by Ellen F. O’Connor, an early-twentieth-century Boston public school art teacher, of Dun Emer, the residence of Evelyn Gleeson (1855-1944) and her family in Dundrum, Ireland, and former location of the Dun Emer Guild from 1902 to 1912.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1935 August - 1938 August