Anna clapp harris smith biography

  • Anna Clapp Harris Smith () founded the Animal Rescue League of Boston.
  • Anna's occupation was journalist in the US Census.
  • Anna Clapp Harris Smith () was born at 65 Pleasant Street, at the foot of Jones Hill, the house she lived in her entire life.

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    Dorchester’s Anna Clapp Harris Smith subject of New Musical Composition

    22 Jan Dorchester’s Anna Clapp Harris Smith subject of New Musical Composition

    Posted at h in Blog by Historic Boston Inc

    Francine Trester, a Professor of Composition at Berklee College of Music, and Mary Smoyer, a founding member of the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail, recently alerted HBI to a new musical composition by Francine about five Dorchester women, including the early 20th century animal rights advocate Anna Clapp Harris Smith. Ms. Smith, who founded the Animal Rescue League. Smith was a life-long resident at 65 Pleasant Street in Dorchester, a house that dates to the and was the subject of a rehabilitation project by HBI between and HBI’s partnership with North Bennet Street School saved the house from demolition and restored it for sale to a first-time homebuyer in

    Mary and Francine prepared this summary of how the composition “A Walk in Her Shoes” came to be.

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    On Tuesday, we celebrated our th anniversary and told you about the Anna (Clapp) Harris Smith home restoration project. Today, let&#;s take a closer look at the history of the property.

    Historic Boston Incorporated and the North Bennet Street School, located in the North End and specializing in 17th to 19th century buildings, have partnered to restore the Anna Harris Smith house.  After receiving a grant from the Foundation, the organizations were able to acquire the historic Clapp residence. The restoration will reflect the home&#;s appearance circa  when Anna&#;s family resided there. Over the years, the house was somewhat modernized bygd past owners, but this only pertained to the exterior. However, the interior fell into decay and was in great need of repair.

    The North Bennet students were entrusted bygd Historic Boston to restore the house to be as &#;period&#; as possible. Rich Friberg, the preservation carpentry faculty leader of the project, said that the group did not kno

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    Dorchester Illustration no. Anna Clapp Harris Smith

    Dorchester Illustration no.     Anna Harris Smith

    Founder of the djur Rescue League

    Nearly everyone in Dorchester has heard of or used the services of The djur Rescue League.  But few of us realize that it was founded by a Dorchester woman.

    Anna Harris Smith () was born at 65 Pleasant Street, at the foot of Jones Hill, the house she lived in until   A large section of Jones Hill had been owned by the Clapp family almost since the founding of Dorchester in   Anna Harris was the grand-daughter of Samuel Clapp, who had a modest cooperage business. Her mother Anna Larkin Clapp married William Harris, a Boston printer.  Anna, the subject of this piece, married Huntington Smith, a publisher.  Anna&#;s occupation was journalist in the US Census.  A founder of the League in , she served as president of the Animal Rescue League from until her death in , and the League flourished under her leadership

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