Alvira Hazzard

Alvira Hazzard
Born(1898-12-11)December 11, 1898
North Brookfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 10, 1953(1953-01-10) (aged 54)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Other namesElvira Hazzard
OccupationsWriter, playwright, poet

Alvira Hazzard (December 11, 1898 – January 10, 1953) was an American writer, poet, educator, and playwright, based in Boston but associated with the Harlem Renaissance.[1]

Biography

Hazzard was born in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Henry Hazzard and Rosella W. Curry Hazzard.[2] She graduated from Worcester Normal School.[3]

Hazzard taught school in Boston as a young woman, and was a clerk at Boston City Hospital.[3] She was a founding member of the Saturday Evening Quill club and published in the club's journal.[4][1] She wrote plays,[5] adapted plays,[6] acted in plays,[7] and wrote about Boston theatre.[8][9]

Hazzard attended the Opportunity Awards Dinner in New York in 1927.[10] She was publicity chair for the Boston branch of the NAACP, and president of the Health Guild of the Boston Tuberculosis Association.[11] She was also a competitive amateur golfer.[12] She died in 1953, at the age of 54, from leukemia.[11][13]

Publications

Plays

Poems

  • "The Penitent" (1928)[17]
  • "Predestination" (1929) [3]
  • "To My Grandmother" (1929)[3]
  • "Beyond" (1929)[3]

Articles and short stories

  • "Another Lochinvar" (1927, short story)[18]
  • "Jason Gets a Jolt" (1927, short story)[19]
  • "Rejection Slip" (1928, short story)[20]
  • "Oatmeal Cookies" (1928, short story)[21]
  • "Blind Alley" (1929, short story)[22]
  • "Boston Little Theater Movement in 4th Year" (1930, article)[8]
  • "Cavalcade of Colored Women Invade Boston" (1939, article)[23]

References

  1. ^ a b Bracks, Lean'tin L.; Smith, Jessie Carney (2014-10-16). Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 102. ISBN 979-8-216-25205-4.
  2. ^ "Alvira Hazzard (death notice)". The Boston Globe. 1953-01-12. p. 19. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e Honey, Maureen, ed. (2006). Shadowed dreams: women's poetry of the Harlem Renaissance. Multi-ethnic literatures of the Americas (2nd ed.). New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press. pp. 146–148. ISBN 978-0-8135-8620-5.
  4. ^ Johnson, Helene; West, Dorothy; Gordon, Edythe Mae; Schalk, Gertrude; McBrown, Gertrude P.; Ridley, Florida Ruffin (2025-04-15). The Saturday Evening Quill: Stories, Poems & Plays by Boston's Women of the Harlem Renaissance. Halesite Press. ISBN 978-1-967076-08-6.
  5. ^ a b "Along the Color Line". The Crisis: 55. February 1928.
  6. ^ "Presentation Draws Praise for Producer; Miss Alvira Hazzard Coaches Cast". The Chicago Defender. 1931-05-30. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Mitchell, Verner D.; Davis, Cynthia (2011-10-18). Literary Sisters: Dorothy West and Her Circle, A Biography of the Harlem Renaissance. Rutgers University Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-8135-5213-2.
  8. ^ a b Hazzard, Alvira (1930-03-15). "Boston Little Theater Movement in 4th Year". The Chicago Defender. p. 11. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  9. ^ Roses, Lorraine Elena (2017). Black Bostonians and the politics of culture, 1920-1940. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1-62534-242-3.
  10. ^ Gordon, Eugene (July 1927). "The Opportunity Dinner: An Impression". Opportunity: 208.
  11. ^ a b "Miss A. Hazzard Dies in Boston". The Afro-American. 1953-01-31. p. 10. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Brown, Lydia L. (1942-10-24). "Clark Victor in Bay State Golf Tourney". The Afro-American. p. 23. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Addenda". New Pittsburgh Courier. 1953-01-31. p. 9. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Hatch, James V.; Hamalian, Leo, eds. (1996). Lost plays of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940. African American life series. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-2580-3.
  15. ^ Zora Neale Hurston, Eulalie Spence, Marita Bonner, and others : the prize plays and other one-acts published in periodicals. Internet Archive. New York : G.K. Hall. 1996. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-7838-1436-0 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  16. ^ Roses, Lorraine Elena; Randolph, Ruth Elizabeth (1996). Harlem's Glory: Black Women Writing, 1900-1950. Harvard University Press. pp. 21–29. ISBN 978-0-674-37269-6.
  17. ^ "African American Poetry: Alvira Hazzard, "The Penitent" (1928)". African American Poetry: A Digital Anthology. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  18. ^ Hazzard, Alvira (1927-08-26). "The Daily Short Story: Another Lochinvar". The Rock Island Argus. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ Hazzard, Alvira (1927-04-07). "The Daily Short Story: Jason Gets a Jolt". The Rock Island Argus. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ Hazzard, Alvira (1928-02-08). "The Daily Short Story: Rejection Slip". The Rock Island Argus. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Hazzard, Alvira (1928-05-12). "The Daily Short Story: Oatmeal Cookies". The Rock Island Argus. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ Hazzard, Alvira (April 1929). "Blind Alley". The Saturday Evening Quill (2): 73–74 – via Internet Archive.
  23. ^ Hazzard, Alvira (1939-08-19). "Cavalcade of Colored Women Invade Boston". The Omaha Guide. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-02-19 – via Newspapers.com.
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