PGRule6/VirginiaFarfaxNotes

Nell Virginia Fairfax

• US Birth (Nelsonville, OH) as "Nell Randolph" [1, 3]; Married Henry Fairfax [3]

• US (Brookhaven, Mississippi) Resident while writing these books [1, 2, 3]
• First published in U.S. (by A.L.Burt or Saalfield) [2]

• Life 1884-1956[1, 3]
• Aliases: Virginia Fairfax, Helen Randolph (with co-author Helen Allan Ripley[4]) [1, 2, 3]

Helen Ripley (co-author)

• U.S. Citizen: Born Springfield, KS[4]
• U.S. Resident: Brookhaven, MS[2, 4]

Notes

[1]de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi, http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/degrum/public_html/html/collectionhl/MSauthors/MSauthors/fairfaxn.htm

[2]Murder with Southern Hospitality, an Exhibition of Mississippi Mysteries at University of Mississippi Special Collections, http://hermes.lib.olemiss.edu/mystery/exhibit.asp?display=9&section=5

[3]Women of History, http://www.abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/body_files/f_body.htm :

Nell Randolph was born (Oct 3, 1884) in Nelsonville, Ohio, the daughter of Marion Orlando Randolph, and attended schools and colleges in that state. She was later married (1907) to a physician, Henry Fairfax. For over three decades after her marriage, Nell Fairfax resided in Brookhaven, Mississippi, where she was prominent figure in civic activities. She published half a dozen successful suspense novels, such as, The Camp’s Strange Visitors (1936), Ke Sooni (1947), and, Su Won and Her Wonderful Tree (1949). Using the pseudonym ‘Helen Randolph’ she co-authored three mystery novels with Helen Ripley, such as Crossed Trails in Mexico (1936), The Mystery of Carlitos (1936), and, The Secret of Casa Grande (1936). Nell Fairfax died (Dec 6, 1956) aged seventy-two.

[4]Interview with Helen A. Ripley, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library, Oral History Project, Brookhaven and Vicinity, http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/vault/projects/OHtranscripts/AU495_101268_1.pdf

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