Elsie Hosking Straight

Background

Straight, Elsie Hosking was born in 1914 in Moresby, Cumberland, England. Arrived in the United States, 1923, naturalized, 1926. Daughter of Thomas E. and Anne (Molyneaux) Hosking.

Education

Associate of Arts, Art Institute Pittsburgh, 1940. Associate of Arts, New York School Applied Design, 1941. Bachelor, Roger Williams College, 1969.

Master of Library Science, University Rhode Island, 1974.

Career

Library. St. Raphael Academy, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1960—1968, Elmhurst Academy, Portsmouth, 1968—1974. Library director Ringling School Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida, 1974—1981. Retired; consultant University South Florida, Sarasota, since 1981.

Achievements

• Elsie Hosking Straight has been listed as a noteworthy librarian, sculptor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Manatee Writers Guild, Florida West Coast Writers, Ringling School Art Library. Association, Artcenter Manatee, Art Librarian's Society (director 1980).

Interests

• Writing.

Connections

1 child Elaine W. Sanders.

Father:

Thomas E. Hosking

Mother:

Anne (Molyneaux) Hosking

child:

Elaine W. Sanders Straight