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Lannie Haynes Martin

Lannie May Haynes Palmer Martin (January 9, 1874 – February 13, 1938) was an American writer, poet, and editor. She was editor of The Land of Sunshine and Out West magazines in the 1910s.

Lannie Haynes Martin
A white woman with dark hair, wearing a hat with a wide brim, in an oval frame
Lannie Haynes Martin, from a 1922 publication
Born
Lannie May Haynes

January 9, 1874
Blountville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedFebruary 13, 1938 (aged 64)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesLannie May Palmer
Occupation(s)Writer, editor

Early life and education

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Martin was born in Blountville, Tennessee,[1] the daughter of William D. Haynes and Margaret H. Haynes.[2] She attended Sullins College in Bristol, Virginia.[1]

Career

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Martin was an editor of The Land of Sunshine,[3] and co-edited Out West with Cruse Carriel.[4] She covered the murder of Virginia Rappe for the Hearst newspapers.[5] She was on the staff of the Los Angeles Examiner.[6]

Dozens of Martin's short stories,[7][8] poems,[9][10] and essays[11][12] appeared Out West and Overland Monthly[13] from the 1900s[14] into the 1930s,[15] especially in the issues that she edited in 1916.[16][17][18] She also had poetry published in magazines such as Sunset[19] and Munsey's,[20] and in newspapers.[21][22]

Martin was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution[2] and the United Daughters of the Confederacy,[6] and was active in women's clubs in Los Angeles.[23][24]

Personal life

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In Tennessee, Lannie Haynes married and divorced her first husband, William Henry Palmer, and had a son, Kyle Dulaney Palmer.[25][26] She married again in 1900, to Frank Grant Martin.[2] She lived in Altadena, California.[1] She died after a stroke in 1938, at the age of 64, in Los Angeles.[6] Her son was Washington correspondent for the Los Angeles Times from 1919 to 1934.[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b c James, George Wharton (1909). The California Birthday Book: Prose and Poetical Selections from the Writings of Living California Authors, with a Brief Biographical Sketch of Each. Arroyo Guild Press. pp. 410–411.
  2. ^ a b c Daughters of the American Revolution (1922). Lineage Book. The Society. p. 38.
  3. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (February 1912). "Some Poets of Today". The Land of Sunshine. 3 (2): 122–124.
  4. ^ "The Literary Market". The Editor: The Journal of Information for Literary Workers. 42: 560. December 4, 1915.
  5. ^ Yallop, David (2014-10-23). The Day the Laughter Stopped. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4721-1659-8.
  6. ^ a b c "Death Calls Lannie Martin; Former Magazine Editor and Newspaper Woman's Career End". The Los Angeles Times. 1938-02-14. p. 23. Retrieved 2024-05-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (April 1912). "The Reformation of John Lockwood". Out West. 3 (4): 235–238.
  8. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (May 1914). "In Need of Repairs". Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine. 63 (5): 462–464.
  9. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (April 1912). "April". Out West. 3 (4): 217.
  10. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (February 1927). "Hyde Hill, San Francisco". Overland Monthly and the Out West Magazine. 85 (2): 50.
  11. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (April 1912). "Whittier: The City of Opportunities". Out West. 3 (4): 257–260.
  12. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (October 1931). "San Diego's Heredity and Environment". Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine. 89 (10): 13 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (August 1917). "A Box in the Attic". The Overland Monthly. 70 (2): 166–167.
  14. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (June 1908). "Nirvana?". Overland Monthly. 51 (6): 536.
  15. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (April 1934). "Lake Arrowhead". Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine. 92 (4): 76 – via Internet Archive.
  16. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes. "The Black Spectre", Out West 43(2)(February 1916): 89-93.
  17. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes. "Soul Aphasia" Out West 43(3)(March 1916): 117.
  18. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes. "Dorothy's Easter Eggs" Out West 43(4)(April 1916): 168-170.
  19. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (April 1915). "Lent in California". Sunset. 34 (4): 699.
  20. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (November 1916). "Efficiency". Munsey's Magazine. 59 (11): 323.
  21. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (1915-01-06). "The Instrument of Torture". The Evening Times-Star and Alameda Daily Argus. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ Martin, Lannie Haynes (1915-02-17). "Panama". The Evening Times-Star and Alameda Daily Argus. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ Lyons, Louis S.; Wilson, Josephine (1922). Who's who Among the Women of California: An Annual Devoted to the Representative Women of California, with an Authoritative Review of Their Activities in Civic, Social, Athletic, Philanthropic, Art and Music, Literary and Dramatic Circles ... Security publishing Company. p. 160.
  24. ^ "Dinner Party at Maryland Hotel". The Pasadena Post. 1926-07-03. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-05-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ "Drama Section Studies Poetry". Eagle Rock Sentinel. 1926-02-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-05-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ "Mrs. Lannie Haynes Martin Prominent Visitor Here". Evening Herald Courier. 1931-05-14. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-05-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ^ "Kyle Dulaney Palmer". Chicago Tribune. 1962-04-04. p. 30. Retrieved 2024-05-18 – via Newspapers.com.
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