Mabel was born in Silver Reef, Utah, on April 11, 1884, and later grew up in Cripple Creek, Colorado. She attended Colorado College before she started her career as a teacher. She married mining engineer Howard Shields Lee on June 15, 1908 in Denver, Colorado,[2] and followed him to mining areas across the continent. He died in 1918 during an influenza outbreak and she went on to become dean of women at Colorado College from 1922 to 1929. She then served as administrator at Bennington College, Radcliffe, Whitman, and the University of California, Berkeley. She then returned to Colorado and visited Cripple Creek in order to write Cripple Creek Days. She wrote a few more books before she died in Santa Barbara, California, on December 12, 1978. There is an archive of her manuscripts in the Western History and Genealogy Department at the Denver Public Library and another, with her correspondence with Lowell Thomas at the Colorado College Library.
In 1930, she wrote an article titled "Censoring the Conduct of College Women" that was published in Atlantic Monthly.[3]
In 1959, she appeared on This Is Your Life as a part of the life of Lowell Thomas, her former Victor High School English student.[4]
She is buried with her parents, Johnson R. Barbee and Katherine "Kitty" Appleby, in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Cripple Creek, Colorado.[5]
mabel, barbee, mabel, barbee, 1884, 1978, american, writer, teacher, victor, high, school, administrator, colorado, college, university, california, berkeley, other, institutions, contents, biography, published, works, awards, referencesbiography, editmabel, b. Mabel A Barbee Lee 1884 1978 was an American writer teacher at Victor High School and administrator of Colorado College the University of California in Berkeley and other institutions 1 Contents 1 Biography 2 Published works 3 Awards 4 ReferencesBiography editMabel was born in Silver Reef Utah on April 11 1884 and later grew up in Cripple Creek Colorado She attended Colorado College before she started her career as a teacher She married mining engineer Howard Shields Lee on June 15 1908 in Denver Colorado 2 and followed him to mining areas across the continent He died in 1918 during an influenza outbreak and she went on to become dean of women at Colorado College from 1922 to 1929 She then served as administrator at Bennington College Radcliffe Whitman and the University of California Berkeley She then returned to Colorado and visited Cripple Creek in order to write Cripple Creek Days She wrote a few more books before she died in Santa Barbara California on December 12 1978 There is an archive of her manuscripts in the Western History and Genealogy Department at the Denver Public Library and another with her correspondence with Lowell Thomas at the Colorado College Library In 1930 she wrote an article titled Censoring the Conduct of College Women that was published in Atlantic Monthly 3 In 1959 she appeared on This Is Your Life as a part of the life of Lowell Thomas her former Victor High School English student 4 She is buried with her parents Johnson R Barbee and Katherine Kitty Appleby in Mount Pisgah Cemetery Cripple Creek Colorado 5 Published works editCripple Creek Days 1958 Foreword by Lowell Thomas And Suddenly It s Evening A Fragment of Life 1963 The Rainbow Years 1966 Back in Cripple Creek 1968 The Gardens in My Life An Intimate Memoir 1970Awards edit1958 Spur Award for Best Nonfiction Cripple Creek DaysReferences edit Lee Mabel Barbee Cripple Creek Days page 262 Doubleday amp Company 1958 LOC 58 12050 Denver Public Library Colorado Marriages 1858 1939 CD ROM Denver Colorado Genealogical Society 2004 p 1013 https www theatlantic com doc 193004 college girls retrieved May 18 2008 1 https www imdb com name nm1635496 retrieved May 18 2008 US Represented Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mabel Barbee Lee amp oldid 1124088986, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
