Mabel Cook Cole
Birth dateApril 18, 1880
Birth placePlano, Illinois, U.S.
Death dateNovember 23, 1977 (aged 97)
Death placePomona, California, U.S.
OccupationWriter, anthropologist
GenreChildren's literature; also Philippine anthropology topics
SpouseFay-Cooper Cole

Mabel Cook Cole (April 18, 1880 – November 23, 1977) was an American writer and anthropologist. She specialized in the study of ancient humans, and in studying the people of the Philippines and Malaysia.

Early life and education

Mabel Elizabeth Cook was born in Plano, Illinois, the daughter of Amer Brewer Cook and Ella Augusta Webster Cook. She graduated from Plano High School, and in 1903 from Northwestern University.[1]

Career

Cole taught anthropology courses at Cornell University.[2] She studied folk culture and stories in the Philippines and Malaysia,[3][4] and made recordings of songs and spoken tales.[5] She also assisted her husband Fay-Cooper Cole in research, and in writing about their findings.[6] She was a member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood philanthropic organization,[7] the Society of Women Geographers,[8] and the National League of American Pen Women.[9] The Coles retired to California in 1948.[10]

Publications

Cole's Philippine Folk Tales (1916) were "literary retellings with the aim of making acceptable narratives", according to one review.[11]

  • Philippine Folk Tales (1916)[12]
  • "Homeless Husbands" (1924)[13]
  • Savage Gentlemen (1929, memoir)[14][15]
  • "The Island of Nias, at the edge of the world" (1931)[16]
  • The Story of Man (1938, with Fay-Cooper Cole)[17]
  • The Story of Primitive Man (1940, with Fay-Cooper Cole)

Personal life

Cook married fellow anthropologist Fay-Cooper Cole.[15] They had one child, Lamont. Her husband died in 1961,[18] and Cole died in 1977, at the age of 97, in Pomona, California.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary for Mabel C. Cole". Progress Bulletin. 1977-11-27. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-05-05. – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Mabel Cook Cole". The Ithaca Journal. 1977-11-25. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-05. – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, Helen (1930-08-10). "Is Member of Head Hunter Tribe". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 63. Retrieved 2024-05-05. – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Today's Women: Mabel Cole". The Buffalo News. 1931-04-18. p. 31. Retrieved 2024-05-05. – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ McNamara, Sue (1930-02-22). "Woman's Way Among Savages Smoothed with Tunes on Wax". Freeport Journal-Standard. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-05-05. – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Cruz, Ruby Ann B. Dela, Wayne Orchiston, Rose Ann B. Bautista, Princess B. Tucio, Jesus Rodrigo F. Torres, and Ryan Manuel D. Guido. "Mabel Cook Cole’s Philippine Folk Tales: An Ethnoastronomical Analysis" Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 25, no. 2 (2022): 237-271.
  7. ^ "P. E. O. Sisterhood Honors Its Supreme President". Evening star. 1930-04-20. p. 33. Retrieved 2024-05-05. – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Visitors to Lend Interest to Social Life; Prominent Folk Go to Riviera". The Birmingham News. 1930-02-02. p. 32. Retrieved 2024-05-05. – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Washington Society". Chicago Tribune. 1930-04-22. p. 33. Retrieved 2024-05-05. – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Holcombe, Chet (1948-10-07). "Couple Back 'Home' After Years of Writing, Travels". Santa Barbara News-Press. p. 14. Retrieved 2024-05-05. – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ F., D. S. (1917). "Review of Mabel Cook Cole". The Journal of American Folklore. 30 (116): 280–281. doi:10.2307/534352. ISSN 0021-8715. JSTOR 534352
  12. ^ Philippine Folk Tales. A. C. McClurg & Company. 1916. ISBN 978-1-4142-3620-9.
  13. ^ "The Magazines". The Fresno Morning Republican. 1924-08-10. p. 20. Retrieved 2024-05-05. – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Cole, Mabel Cook (1929). Savage Gentlemen. D. Van Nostrand Company, Incorporated.
  15. ^ "Jungle Honeymoon; An Anthropologist Takes His Bride to Wilds of Philippines". Columbia Missourian. 1929-10-19. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-05-05. – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Cole, Mabel Cook. "The Island of Nias, at the Edge of the World" National Geographic 60(2)(1931): 201-224.
  17. ^ "Readers Enriched by Wonder Series; Volumes Unfold New Worlds of Culture and Learning". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1937-10-29. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-05. – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ Eggan, Fred (June 1963). "Fay-Cooper Cole 1881–1961". American Anthropologist. 65 (3): 641–648. doi:10.1525/aa.1963.65.3.02a00090. ISSN 0002-7294