Marjorie Edgar

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Marjorie Edgar
A young white woman wearing a dark brimmed hat and a dark suit with a necktie (may be a Girl Scout uniform, from context)
Marjorie Edgar, from a 1924 publication
BornFebruary 17, 1889
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedApril 20, 1960 (age 71)
Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S.
OccupationsGirl Scout leader, folklorist

Marjorie Edgar (February 17, 1889 – April 20, 1960) was an American Girl Scout leader and folklorist, based in Minnesota. She made a significant collection of Finnish folk songs among the immigrant families of rural Minnesota.

Early life and education

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Edgar was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of William Crowell Edgar and Anne Page Robinson Edgar.[1] Her businessman father published a literary weekly, The Bellman, and a trade journal, The Northwestern Miller.[2] She attended Rosemary Hall in Connecticut,[3] and studied folk music with Grace Hodsdon Boutelle, a student of Cecil Sharp's.[4]

As a young woman, she was a friend to Helen Taft and her future sister-in-law Martha Bowers, during their visit to Minneapolis in 1912.[5] Edgar was a bridesmaid when Bowers married Robert A. Taft in 1914.[6]

Career

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Edgar helped organize the first Girl Scout troop in Minnesota in 1915,[7] [8] and one of the first Girl Scout camps. She was regional director of the Girl Scout councils and troops in Minnesota.[9] She also trained Girl Scout leaders in a program at Carleton College in 1923.[10]

During the 1930s, Edgar worked as a writer, researcher, and transcriber for the Minnesota Writers' Project. She served on the board of directors of the Minnesota chapter of the National League of American Pen Women.[11] She presented on her work to women's groups,[12][13] scout gatherings,[14] and other audiences, sometimes in costume.[15] In the 1940s she was on the music committee of the Folk Arts Foundation of Minnesota.[16]

Publications

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In addition to two song books for Girl Scout use, Edgar published research in journals including Journal of American Folklore,[17] Minnesota History,[18][19][20] and Western Folklore.[21]

  • Songs of Camp Minnesota for Girl Scout Leaders (1925)
  • Old Songs and Balladry for Girl Scouts (1930)
  • "Finnish Charms from Minnesota" (1934)[17]
  • "Finnish Folk Songs in Minnesota" (1935)[18]
  • "Finnish Charms and Folk Songs in Minnesota" (1936)[19]
  • "Imaginary Animals of Northern Minnesota" (1940)[22]
  • "Finnish Proverbs in Minnesota" (1943)[20]
  • "Ballads of the Knife-Men" (1949)[21]

Personal life

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Edgar lived in Marine on St. Croix, with her mother from 1931 to 1949.[1] She died in 1960, at the age of 71, in Stillwater, Minnesota. The Minnesota Historical Society holds the papers of Edgar and her family.

References

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  4. ^ Joyce E. Hakala, The Rowan Tree: The Life Work of Marjorie Edgar, Girl Scout Pioneer and Folklorist, with her Finnish Folk Song Collection "Songs from Metsola" (2007): 9-10.
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  9. ^ Foster, M. D., "The Girl Scouts of Minneapolis" in Who's Who Among Minnesota Women (1924): 121.
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