Irene D. Paden
Irene D. Paden | |
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| Born | Adelaide Irene Dakin October 30, 1888 Santa Cruz, California, U.S. |
| Died | August 5, 1974 (aged 85) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Spouse |
William Guy Paden
(m. 1908; died 1954) |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1955) |
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| Sub-discipline | Westward expansion trails |
Adelaide Irene Dakin Paden (October 30, 1888 – August 5, 1974) was an American historian who researched westward expansion trails. She wrote three books – The Wake of the Prairie Schooner (1943), Prairie Schooner Detours (1949), and The Big Oak Flat Road to Yosemite (1959) – and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1955.
Biography
[edit]Adelaide Irene Dakin was born on October 30, 1888 on Santa Cruz, California.[1][2] She was the daughter of Irene Ruby (née Hill) and Wilbur Jameson Dakin, a ranch manager in Pleasanton, California.[2] She married William Guy Paden in Pleasanton on June 15, 1908, and they later had one son;[2] her husband worked as superintendent of schools for Alameda, California.[3] She self-identified as a "housewife",[3] and they remained married until his death on April 6, 1954.[4]
In the 1920s, she and Herbert Eugene Bolton researched what became the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.[5] In 1932, with her husband needing work for his doctoral thesis, she began following the California Trail and Oregon Trail as part of an annual summer trip with her husband and son, continuing until 1940.[6] In 1943, she published The Wake of the Prairie Schooner,[3] based on field work involving these trips; it marked Paden's debut as a writer.[7][8] Paden also did illustrations for the book.[8] In 1949, she wrote another book on Overland Trail routes, Prairie Schooner Detours.[3] Through various methods such as horseback or vehicular transportation, she and her husband spent decades retracing the routes of the westward expansion trails all the way to Missouri.[9]
In 1948, she published an edited diary, The Journal of Madison Berryman Moorman, 1850-1851.[10] In 1955, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship[11] for "historical and bibliographical studies of the exploration and settlement of Oregon and California".[1] She and Margaret E. Schlichtmann co-authored The Big Oak Flat Road to Yosemite (1959), which focuses on the California State Route 120 section of the same name; Paden herself wrote the book based on Schlichtmann's notes.[12]
She was part of the Council of Friends of The Bancroft Library, from 1949 until 1953.[5]
Paden died on August 5, 1974, in Oakland, California.[13]
Bibliography
[edit]- Prairie Schooner Detours (1949)[15]
- (as editor) The Journal of Madison Berryman Moorman, 1850-1851 (1948)[10][16]
- The Big Oak Flat Road to Yosemite (1959)[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Reports of the Secretary and of the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 1955. p. 68. Archived from the original on May 22, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- ^ a b c Dakin, Albert Harlow (1948). Descendants of Thomas Dakin of Concord, Mass. p. 262.
- ^ a b c d "Register of the Paden (Irene Dakin) Papers, 1931-1953". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- ^ "PADEN". The San Francisco Examiner. April 7, 1954. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Irene Dakin Paden: 1888-1974". Bancroftiana. Friends of The Bancroft Library: 10-11.
- ^ "Family followed the tracks of westward-bound pioneers". The Kansas City Star. April 1, 1990. p. F5. Archived from the original on June 2, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nine Years' Research Charts Nation's Great Western Trek". Chicago Tribune. October 24, 1943. p. 11. Archived from the original on June 18, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ^ a b "Irene Paden, Authoress, Reviews Her New Book". Alameda Times Star. October 28, 1943. p. 4. Archived from the original on June 2, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Services for Irene Paden, Historian, 85". Oakland Tribune. August 8, 1974. p. E19. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Harlow, Neal (1948). "Review of The Journal of Madison Berryman Moorman, 1850-1851". Pacific Historical Review. 17 (4): 484–485. doi:10.2307/3634905. ISSN 0030-8684. JSTOR 3634905. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- ^ "Irene Dakin Paden". Guggenheim Fellowships. Archived from the original on February 21, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- ^ a b Lewis, Warren (December 29, 1975). "Book Reviews". Merced Sun-Star. p. 27. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "PADEN, Irene Dakin". Oakland Tribune. August 7, 1974. p. 18. Archived from the original on June 18, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Reviews of The Wake of the Prairie Schooner
- Caughey, John Walton (1944). "Review of The Wake of the Prairie Schooner". Pacific Historical Review. 13 (1): 82–82. doi:10.2307/3635746. ISSN 0030-8684. JSTOR 3635746. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- Clark, Dan E. (1944). "Review of The Wake of the Prairie Schooner". The Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 35 (1): 77–78. ISSN 0030-8803. JSTOR 41441229. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- Davis, William L. (1944). "Review of The Wake of the Prairie Schooner". The Catholic Historical Review. 30 (1): 78–80. ISSN 0008-8080. JSTOR 25014391. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- Hulett, J. E. (1944). "Review of The Wake of the Prairie Schooner". American Sociological Review. 9 (4): 441–442. doi:10.2307/2085993. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR 2085993.
- "Review of The Wake of the Prairie Schooner". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 45 (1): 78–80. 1944. ISSN 0030-4727. JSTOR 20611530.
- Schramm, Wilbur (1944). "Review of The Wake of the Prairie Schooner". The Journal of American Folklore. 57 (226): 291–291. doi:10.2307/535365. ISSN 0021-8715. JSTOR 535365. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- Winther, Oscar O. (1944). "Review of The Wake of the Prairie Schooner". Indiana Magazine of History. 40 (2): 185–186. ISSN 0019-6673. JSTOR 27787434. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- Wyman, Walker D. (1944). "Review of The Wake of the Prairie Schooner". The American Historical Review. 49 (3): 486–487. doi:10.2307/1841055. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1841055. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- ^ Reviews of Prairie Schooner Detours
- Crabb, Richard (1951). "Review of Prairie Schooner Detours". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 34 (3): 157–158. ISSN 0043-6534. JSTOR 4632261. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- Linford, Velma (1950). "Review of Prairie Schooner Detours". The Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 41 (1): 79–80. ISSN 0030-8803. JSTOR 40486885. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- Pollard, Lancaster (1950). "Review of Prairie Schooner Detours". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 51 (1): 54–54. ISSN 0030-4727. JSTOR 20611956. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- Pollard, Lancaster (1950). "Review of Prairie Schooner Detours". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 17 (3): 258–259. ISSN 0031-4528. JSTOR 27769144. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- Wyman, Walker D. (1950). "Review of Prairie Schooner Detours". Pacific Historical Review. 19 (2): 180–181. doi:10.2307/3635406. ISSN 0030-8684. JSTOR 3635406. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- ^ "The Moorman Journal". Oakland Tribune. May 2, 1948. p. 79. Archived from the original on June 18, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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