Mary Elting Folsom

Welcome

Mary helped start Downtown Community School in Greenwich Village. She wrote over a hundred books for kids and grownups. She used the same typewriter for 70 years. Can you help fill out the picture? Click on the "Comments" link in any of the areas below, to add your recollections.

Help a non-web user to share a story

If you know someone who (like Mary) isn't big on using computers or the Internet, who has something they'd like to share, and you're willing/able to help, please offer to put his/her story into this compendium.

I will make it available offline, in keeping with Mary's penchant for personal publishing, for anyone who wants it.

Stories about Mary

Got a story about Mary to share? If it doesn't fit in one of the other areas, put it in here.

Places Mary Went

Did you go with Mary on one of her trips across the Grand Canyon? Europe? The Middle East? Tell.

People Mary Knew

Mary lived in Creede, New York, Roosevelt, Ward, Boulder. Do you know her from one of those times? Another? Who are you, and what do you recall?

Books Mary Wrote

Did you work with Mary on a book? Which one? How were you connected with the project?

Articles about Mary

Can you point to articles about Mary, or quote or reference them here? Click the "Comments" link to add one.

Letters to Mary

Write a note to Mary by clicking on the "Comments" link below.

Letters from Mary

Did you get a letter from Mary of which you'd like to share part, or all? Here's the place. Click on the "Comments" link.