About Clara Louisa Penney
Lived 1888 – 1970 (aged 81–82). Clara Louisa Penney was an American curator, writer and librarian.
Clara Louisa Penney (September 23, 1888 – October 18, 1970) was a curator of manuscripts and rare books for the Hispanic Society of America in New York City.
Early life Penney was the third child of four, born in Clifton, Maine. She attended Cambridge Latin School at the request of an aunt before enrolling and graduating from Simmons College in 1912.
Penney would return to Clifton in the summertime at her childhood home, gardening, landscaping, and tending for birds. She died in 1970 after a fall left her unable to return to work, and her heart failed after a Celestine: The book called Celestina (1954) Album of Selected Bookbindings (1967)
Awards and membership
Mitre Medal (1937) Medal of Arts and Literature (1953) Member of The Hispanic Society of America (corresponding, 1924; full, 1939)
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American curator of manuscripts and rare books
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