Mary Tarver Carroll

Mary Tarver Carroll
Mary Tarver Carroll, from a 1916 newspaper
BornFebruary 16, 1885
Bullock County, Alabama, U.S.
DiedJanuary 12, 1955 (age 69)
Ozark, Alabama, U.S.
OccupationsWriter, poet, clubwoman

Mary Tarver Carroll (February 16, 1885 – January 12, 1955) was an American writer and clubwoman based in Ozark, Alabama. She wrote novels and biographies for young readers, poetry, essays, and several ghost stories.

Personal life

Mary Tarver was born in Bullock County, Alabama, the daughter of Milton Wesley Tarver and Sarah Bass Tarver.[1] Tarver married Major Oscar Carroll in 1902. Her husband died in 1936, and she died in 1955, at the age of 69.[2] There is a small collection of her papers at the University of Alabama.[3]

Career

Carroll was a charter member of the PEN Women of Alabama,[4] and vice president of the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs (AFWC).[5] She was also statewide chair of the AFWC's writing department, organizing writing contests for members.[6] She was a founding member of the Ozark Study Club (OSC). She was poet laureate of the Alabama Methodist Women's Conference. She read her poems and shared her stories at AFWC and OSC events.[7][8]

Publications

Carroll's poems, articles, and stories appeared in anthologies,[9][10][11] and in national periodicals including Christian Advocate,[12] The Editor,[13] The Writer,[14] Ghost Stories,[15] Story Parade, and Love Story Magazine.[16]

  • The Renewal (1905, novel based on the life of James Edward Oglethorpe)[17]
  • "Extension is the Keyword for 1916 for the State Federation" (1916, article)[5]
  • "More Tender" and "A Glowing Cross of Red" (1917, poems)[12][18]
  • "Violets" (1921, poem)[9]
  • "Chaperoned by Molly" (1921, story)[16]
  • "Thad Turns the Tables" (1922, story)[19]
  • "The Curse on the House of de Jarnie" (1923, reprinted 1929, story)[20]
  • "On Trudging On" (1923, short essay)[13]
  • "How Do You Feel?" (1926, essay)[14]
  • "Wanderlure" and "Green" (1928, poems)[10]
  • "The Tree with a Human Shadow" (1929, story)[15]
  • "The Mystery of the Jealous Queen" (1930, story)[20]
  • "Florida Adventure" (1941, story)[21]
  • The Man Who Would Not Wait (1941, children's biography of Aaron Burr)[22]
  • The Man Who Dared to Care (1942, children's biography of James Edward Oglethorpe, illustrated by Fay Turpin)[23]
  • Keep My Flag Flying: Daniel Webster (1945, children's biography of Daniel Webster)[24][25][26]

References

  1. ^ "Funeral Services Held Tuesday at Midway for Milton W. Tarver". Southern Star. 1937-07-22. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Last Rites Set for Mrs. Carroll Former Prominent Midway Resident Dies in Ozark". Union Springs Herald. 1955-06-23. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Collection: Mary Tarver Carroll papers". ArchivesSpace Public Interface, University of Alabama Libraries. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
  4. ^ "Pen Women in Session". The Birmingham News. 1942-11-15. p. 48. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b Carroll, Mary Tarver (1916-06-04). "Extension is the Keyword for 1916 for the State Federation". The Birmingham News. p. 46. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Mrs. Mary Tarver Carroll Lists Prize Awards for Writers of Alabama's F. W. C." The Birmingham News. 1931-02-08. p. 15. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Report of Section Meeting of Writers' Department" Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs Year Book (1921): 110-111.
  8. ^ "Ozark Study Club Meets at Home of Mrs. John W. Carroll". Southern Star. 1942-01-08. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b Anthology of Newspaper Verse. Frank P. Davis. 1921. p. 73.
  10. ^ a b Alabama Writers' Conclave (1928). The Anthology of Alabama Poetry, 1928. E. Hartsock, The Bozart Press. p. 21, 22.
  11. ^ A wreath for Edwin Markham; tributes from the poets of America on his seventieth birthday, April 23, 1922. Chicago, The Order of Bookfellows. 1922 – via archive.org.
  12. ^ a b Carroll, Mary Tarver. "More Tender" Christian Advocate (December 21, 1917): 10.
  13. ^ a b Carroll, Mary Tarver. "On Trudging On", The Editor (October 13, 1923): 10.
  14. ^ a b Carroll, Mary Tarver. "How Do You Feel?" The Writer 38(9)(September 1926): 431-433.
  15. ^ a b Carroll, Mary Tarver. "The Tree With a Human Shadow" Ghost Stories 7(4)(October 1929): 48-55. via Internet Archive.
  16. ^ a b "'Chaperoned by Molly' Will Appear in August Issue". The Andalusia Star-News. 1921-08-09. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Carroll, Mary Tarver; Broadway Publishing Co. (1905). The renewal. New York: Broadway Publishing Company. Archived from the original on 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
  18. ^ Carroll, Mary Tarver. "A Glowing Cross of Red" Christian Advocate (July 20, 1917): 9.
  19. ^ "Mary Tarver Carroll's Story Appears". The Montgomery Advertiser. 1922-07-29. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ a b "Mary Tarver Carroll Has Stories in Current Magazines". The Montgomery Advertiser. 1930-05-16. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Carroll, Mary Tarver (July 1941). "Florida Adventure". Story Parade. 6 (7): 19–27 – via Internet Archive.
  22. ^ "Mrs. Mary Tarver Carroll". Alabama Digest. 1941-08-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ Carroll, Mary Tarver (1942). The man who dared to care; the story of James Edward Oglethorpe, 1696-1785. Internet Archive. New York, Toronto, Longmans, Green and co.
  24. ^ Carroll, Mary Tarver (1945). Keep My Flag Flying, Daniel Webster. Longmans, Green and Company, Incorporated.
  25. ^ "Mrs. Mary Tarver Carroll's New Book Portrays a 'New Deal' of Another Day". Southern Star. 1942-10-22. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ Mayo, Natalie (1945-11-11). "They Were the Men of History". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 42. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
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