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About Anne Pardee Lyon, author, aviator, rare-book collector
- Anne's birth, biographical, and death information are available in her obituary in The New York Times, Tuesday, August 9, 1977, page 35, and at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199536847/anne-haight
- Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Lyon_Haight, which is provided below, as well:
- "Anne Lyon Haight (May 11, 1891 – August 8, 1977) was an American author, essayist, and collector of rare books and artifacts.
- "She was born Anne Pardee Lyon in St. Paul, Minnesota, on May 11, 1891, and was educated at the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York.
- "Haight is best remembered as an author and collector, and for her active memberships in many clubs and societies. She was a founding member of the Hroswitha Club and served at least one term as its president. She published a short biography of Hroswitha of Gandersheim under the club's auspices. Her personal collection included an early edition of Clement Clarke Moore's "A visit from St. Nicholas." Haight was credited with starting the Children's Book of the Month Club. Her other club memberships included the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, the Women's Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association, the Society of Woman Geographers, and the Women Fly Fishers Club.
- "In addition to studying book history and collecting rare volumes, she was also an aviation enthusiast, and studied Native American cultures. During World War I, she worked in the American Women's War Relief Hospital in Devonshire, England, and later worked with the Red Cross in Washington, DC. She flew with Charles Lindbergh on several of his notable flights: she was a passenger on the first trans-Atlantic flight on a Pan-American Clipper in June 1939, and also on the first Clipper flight to South America. She wrote about her experiences for several national magazines.
- "She participated in several American Museum of Natural History-organized research expeditions to the Isthmus of Panama to study Native American civilizations. She and her husband collected Native American artifacts, many of which were donated to the Hood Museum of Art. At one point, she travelled to Saudi Arabia (likely with her husband, who was an executive of the World Wildlife Fund), where she was a guest of King Saud, to advocate for the preservation of the Arabian oryx.
- "She was married to Sherman Post Haight, Sr. (1889-1980), with whom she had two sons and a daughter. She died at her home in Litchfield, Connecticut, on August 8, 1977."
- Anne's passport application form (dated 3 February 1920) contained her photograph and the following information: she was 28 years old; stood 5-feet, 4-inches tall; had a medium forehead, hazel eyes, a straight nose, a medium mouth, a round chin, brown hair, a fair complexion, and an oval face. See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-8WBS (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-8WBS)
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Anne Pardee Lyon, author, aviator, rare-book collector's Timeline
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May 11, 1891
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St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
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December 21, 1916
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Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
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April 2, 1919
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November 7, 1922
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New York City, New York, United States
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August 8, 1977
Age 86
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Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
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East Cemetery, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
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