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Jennie Harris Oliver (March 18, 1864 – June 3, 1942) was an American writer. Born in Lowell, Michigan, Oliver became a school teacher and moved to Oklahoma in 1892. She was the poet laureate of Oklahoma from 1940 to her death in 1942.
oliver, jennie harris (1864–1942). Nationally known author and Oklahoma's third poet laureate, Jennie Harris Oliver, the eldest child of Baptist evangelist George W. and Mary Ann Walton Harris, was born March 18, 1864, in Lowell, Michigan.
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JENNIE HARRIS OLIVER By Bess Truitt A popular writer-poet of her day, Jennie Harris Oliver was loved and honored by Oklahomans. She was respected throughout the Nation, and across the seas her stories and poems were received and read. Jennie Harris Oliver, the eldest child of the Reverend George
Mrs. Oliver was named Oklahoma’s Poet Laureate in 1939 and her book, Red Earth, was published by friends as a memorial to her life and work as one of Oklahoma’s finest early day authors and poets.
Feb 18, 2013 · Jennie Harris Oliver (1864-1942) was a beloved Oklahoma author and the state's Poet Laureate from 1940-1942. She sold Mokey to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), who made into a film in 1942 starring Donna Reed, Dan Daily, and Robert ''Bobby'' Blake.
