Background
Singmaster, Elsie was born on August 29, 1879 in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Review John Alden and Caroline (Hoopes) Singmaster.
Singmaster, Elsie was born on August 29, 1879 in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Review John Alden and Caroline (Hoopes) Singmaster.
Bachelor of Arts, Radcliffe College, 1907. Doctor of Letters, Pennsylvania College, 1916, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1929, Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1934.
Member Delta Gamma, Phi Beta Kappa. Author: When Sarah Saved the Day, 1909. When Sarah Went to School, 1910.
Gettysburg—Stories of the Red Harvest and the Aftermath, 1913.
Katy Gaumer, 1914; Emmeline, 1916. The Long Journey, 1917.
Life of Martin Luther, 1917. History of Lutheran Missions, 1917.
Basil Everman, 1920; John Baring’s House, 1920.
Ellen Levis, 1921. Bennett Malin, 1922. The Hidden Road, 1923. A Boy at Gettysburg, 1924.
Bred in the Bone, 1925.
Book of the United States, 1925. Keller’s Anna Ruth, 1926.
Book of the Constitution. 1926; Sewing Susie, 1927.
Book of the Colonies.
1927. What Everybody Wanted, 1928. Virginia’s Bandit, 1929.
You Make Your Own Luck, 1929.
A Little Money Ahead, 1930. The Young Ravenele, 1932. Swords of Steel, 1933.
The Magic Mirror, 1934.
Stories of Pennsylvania, 4 volumes, 1937, 1938, 1940. The Loving Heart, 1937.
Rifles for Washington, 1938. Stories to Read at Christmas, 1940.
A High Wind Rising, 1942.
I Speak for Thaddeus Stevens, 1947. The Isle of Quebec, 1948. I Heard of A River, 1948.
Also many short stories in magazines
Home: Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Member Delta Gamma, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Harold Lewars, 1912 (died 1915).