[Ads-l] Death Date of Etta Blaisdell McDonald

[Wilson Gray]

Spot.
See Spot.
See Spot run!
Run, Spot, run!


On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:

> While I don't have the answer, maybe this entry from the Biography and
> Genealogy Master Index will produce some useful leads.
>
> While McDonald does seem to have come up with "Run, Spot, run!  See Spot
> run," it's usually understood to be a quotation from the Dick and Jane
> books, which I believe either have the two sentences in the opposite order
> ("See Spot run.  Run, Spot, run!") or do not have them contiguous.
>
>
>
> Etta Austin Blaisdell McDonald
>
> (1872-)
>
> Number of sources cited: 5
>
> Sources cited:
>
> American Authors and Books. 1640 to the present day. Third revised
> edition. By W.J. Burke and Will D. Howe. Revised by Irving Weiss and Anne
> Weiss. New York: Crown Publishers, 1972. [AmAu&B]
>
> The American Literary Yearbook. A biographical and bibliographical
> dictionary of living North American authors. Volume 1, 1919. Edited by
> Hamilton Traub. Henning, MN: Paul Traub, 1919. 'Biographical and
> Bibliographical Dictionary of Living North American Authors' section begins
> on page 57. [AmLY]
>
> Who Was Who in America. Volume 5, 1969-1973. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who,
> 1973. [WhAm 5]
>
> Who Was Who among North American Authors, 1921-1939. Compiled from Who's
> Who among North American Authors, Volumes 1-7, 1921-1939. Two volumes.
> Detroit: Gale Research, 1976. [WhNAA]
>
> Woman's Who's Who of America. A biographical dictionary of contemporary
> women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. Edited by John William
> Leonard. New York: American Commonwealth Co., 1914. [WomWWA]
>
> Source Citation:
> "Etta Austin Blaisdell McDonald (1872-)." Biography and Genealogy Master
> Index. Ed. Jeffrey Muhr. Detroit: Gale, 2016. Biography and Genealogy
> Master Index. Gale. Mid-Continent Public Library. 7 Mar. 2018 <
> http://find.galegroup.com.proxy.mcpl.lib.mo.us/bgmi/start.do?prodId=BGMI>.
>
>
>
> John Baker
>
>
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Shapiro, Fred
> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 4:35 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Death Date of Etta Blaisdell McDonald
>
> Can anyone help me to determine the death year of Etta Blaisdell McDonald,
> who was born in 1872 and, under the name of Clara Murray, published The
> Wide Awake Primer and other books in the early 20th century? I believe she
> originated the quote "Run, Spot, run! See Spot run."
>
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
>
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