Fanny Butcher
1888-1987
Chicago literary critic & author
- About the creator
Fanny Butcher Bokum was born Frances Amanda Butcher in Fredonia, Kansas, on September 13, 1888. She was the daughter of Oliver Butcher, a commercial artist, and Hattie Butcher. When Butcher was a child, her father moved the family to Chicago so he could attend classes at the Art Institute, but later fell ill and the family fell into poverty. Just before her sixth birthday, Butcher received a copy of Black Beauty, which she considered her first adult book and the beginning of her passion for literature....
- About the collection
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Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the life and work of Chicago literary critic and author, Fanny Butcher. The works series makes up the bulk of the collection. It contains clippings and manuscripts of articles, book reviews, and columns that Fanny wrote for the Chicago Tribune; drafts and proofs of her autobiography, Many Lives, One Love; various speeches and essays; and extensive files on authors and other literary subjects that Fanny kept for her work...
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