List of AUWC Residents or Members

  • Allen, Mary: American. Resident in 1925.
  • Barnes, Ellen: American. Resident in 1925.
  • Basch, Edith: 1895-1980, Hungarian. Resident in 1930, but having lived in Paris since 1928. Painter; possibly died in 1980. She exhibited 4 paintings in 1930 Salon des Tuileries: 207, 208, 209, 210 (painting titles?)
  • Berguignon, Mlle: French. Resident in 1925.
  • Bronwell, Jane L. and Harriet: residents in 1924; left the Club to do an extensive trip around the Mediterranean. with a month stay in Egypt, Constantinople, Athens, etc.  NY Herald Paris, 20 November 1924, p. 2
  • Crawford, Mary: 1926 resident. Le Matin, April 15, 1926, p.5
  • Dodd, Martha: lunch at the Club, Sunday, Nov. 25, 1928. Journalist with Chicago Tribune.
  • Gordon, Louise: resident in 1936; her father, Leon Gordon, mentored her on portrait painting. Seems to have attended the Beaux Arts.
  • Henry, Mlle: Became a member of the Association française des femmes médecins, 1934 (bulletin, July 1, 1934, p. 6).
  • Heyman, Hilda: 1872-1955, Swedish, born in Vargarda), died in Stockholm in 1955. Resident in 1938 and 1939. Exhibited a painting entitled "Trois générations (Pologne) at the 1938 Salon d'Automne. In 1939, she showed several works at Salon des Tuileries: 819, Prieres pour les morts; 820, Villages arabes (Palestine); 821, Discussion (Jerusalem); 822, Nature morte.
  • Hooker, Helen: 1931 resident Le Petit Parisien, December 5, 1931, p. 5
  • Jamison, Mildred: Resident circa 1922-1924; pianist studying under Isidore Philipp; married Myron Russell Dassett in St. Luke's Chapel (Los Angeles Evening Express, June 14, 1924, p. 7, Newspapers.com)
  • Jamison, Irene: American. Resident in 1925.
  • Kemp, Margaret S.: American. Resident in 1922; High-School teacher. An article in the Jamestown Weekly Alert, December 21, 1922 (New York Tribune Archives), details her trips throughout France, Germany, and Italy.
  • Learnec, Mlle: French. Resident in 1925.
  • Leather, Kathleen: British. Resident in 1925. Preparing a doctorate at the Sorbonne.
  • Levault, Mlle: French. Resident in 1925.
  • Leonard, Norma: Resident in 1935, when she showed at Salon des Tuileries: 1180, Portrait d’une negresse; 1181, Portrait d’une jeune fille.
  • Leavitt, Martha: Syracuse. Scholarship student (definitely in 1925).
  • Luquel, Mlle: French. Resident in 1925.
  • Mahoney, Mary L.: American. Resident in 1925.
  • Lucy Mather, Miss: Resident in 1924. Leaving for an extended trip to Allepo to conduct missionary work. NY Herald Paris, 20 November 1924, p. 2.
  • Maxwell, Miss [Constantia]: professor at the University of Dublin, resident in 1930 and member of the Société d'histoire moderne since 1927.
  • Mead, Betty: Resident (date unknown) mentioned in a letter written by Martha Dodd's mother, Nov. 1928.
  • Noble, Mlle: French. Resident in 1925.
  • Otway-Ruthven, Miss: British, 1936.  Working on: "The King's Secretary and the Signet Office 1377-1485."
  • Parde Mlle: Visiting professor. Resident in 1925.
  • Parsons, Mary P.: Parsons was Winchell's contact and fellow resident at the Club, already working at the American Library in Paris. She is best known for having founded the Paris Library School, an opportunity for cross-cultural exchange between French and American librarians that was financed and supported by the American Library Association. It was a particularly wonderful program for women, who were increasingly joining the workforce in the aftermath of WWI.
  • Robinson, Mary Turlay: 1888-after 1954, American, Massachusetts. Resident in 1925. Painter and lecturer
  • Robinson, Margaret: 1922, spending the winter at the Club, Le Figaro, September 28, 1922
  • Rolf, Ida Pauline: May 19, 1896 – March 19, 1979. BA in Chemistry at Barnard College, 1916; PhD in biochemistry, Columbia University, 1920. Associate member of the Board of Scientific Directors, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 1922. She was definitely a resident in 1926 when she was at the Institut Pasteur. Best known for her massage method, commonly known as "rolfing."
  • Sanderson, Miss: American. Resident in 1925.
  • Schupbach, Marly: 1912-1978, Swiss (born in Kirschberg). Resident in 1938; she exhibited a painting entitled  "Nu" at the 1938 Salon d'Automne.
  • Shaw, Margaret: British. Resident in 1925. Preparing a doctorate at the Sorbonne.
  • Miss Elsa Sittell: Resident for the month of November in 1934 working in the law offices of the Compte René de Chambrun. Originally from the Lorraine region in France, she had selected French nationality then US nationality while her parents opted for German nationality. She left the Club on December 23 to visit her family whom she hadn't seen in 10 years and was arrested by German officials for having insulted Hitler. She had been sent to the Waldmohr concentration camp from which she was released after 10 days imprisonment. NY Herald Paris, December 30, 1934, pp. 1, 3; January 3, 1935, p. 1; January 4, 1935, p.1; photo in Time magazine, January 7, 1935, p.22.
  • Stair, Ninabelle (married as van Sickle): American. Resident from 1928-1929.
  • Starbuck, Margaret: American. Resident in 1925.
  • Stewart, Jean: British. Resident in 1925. Preparing a doctorate at the Sorbonne.
  • Torrance-Newton, Lilas, born in Lachine: Quebec, Canada, student of M. William Brymner, exhibited the painting entitled Denise at the 1923 Salon des Artistes français  (Explication des ouvrages, 1923).
  • Trevor, Daphne: British, 1936, graduate of the Witwatersrand University of South Africa, and a PhD of
  • London University, studying Colonial Administration.
  • Winter, Catherine, nee Burnett: 1930 resident. Paris Soir, February 26, 1930, p.3

Americans in France: A Directory (1926)

  • Billiods, Mathilde: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Bond, —: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Brownell, G.M.: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Chase, Elizabeth: Sculptress, AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Chase, J.B. (Mrs.): AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Coons, Paulina: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • de Golier, M. (Mabel) Barbara (Mrs.): AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse – Radcliffe and U of Cal
  • Dorset, Helen: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Fox, Hulda M.: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Gidney, Lucy May: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse – B.A. U of Cal, Phi Beta Kappa
  • Jamison, Irene: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Leavitt, Martha: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Leslie, Agnes J.: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse – B.A.
  • Mahoney, Marie-Louise: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Perry, Frances: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse – B.A. Radcliffe
  • Riley, Mary: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Robinson, Mary T.: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Rulison, L. Constance: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Sawyer, Helen: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Snow, Florence: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  • Wise, Jean G.: Teacher, American University Women’s Club, 4 rue de Chevreuse; business address at American School for Boys, 37 rue Boileau – B.A., AWC and AUWC, 1927–1928
  • Wyatt, Mary Lyttleton: AUWC, 4 rue de Chevreuse – Business address: N.Y. School of Fine and Applied Art, 9 Place des Vosges

Listed in the 1926 Directory or at Butler Library print collection for 1927-1928 as members of AUWC but with different addresses: 

  • Averill, Esther: AUWC, 61 rue Boissière
  • Blaisdell, S. Lillian: AUWC, Art Talks and Travel, 5 rue Bonaparte, 1927–1928
  • Callahan, Caroline R.: AUWC, Hotel Cecilia, 11 Avenue Mac-Mahon
  • de Forest, Mary: AUWC, 51 rue Claude-Bernard
  • de Golier, M. (Mabel) Barbara: AUWC, 46 Blvd de Rochechouart, Business address – New York Times, 16 rue de la Paix, Radcliffe and University of California, 1927–1928
  • Deck er, A. Mabel: AUWC, 58 rue Jacob and ℅ Bankers Trust, 3 Place Vendôme – B.A. Wellesley and M.A. Columbia, 1927–1928
  • Dempsey, Florence and Frank E. (Mr. and Mrs.): Writer on architecture, ℅ National City Bank of NY, 41 Blvd Haussmann – AUWC, Players Club, NY, 1927–1928
  • Dickinson, Dorothea: AUWC, ℅ Lloyds Nat’l & Provincial Bank, 43 Blvd des Capucines
  • Dulles, Eleanor: AUWC, ℅ Morgan Harjes & Co, 14 Place Vendôme
  • Foster, May S.: AUWC, 17 rue Paul-Albert – B.S. Columbia, 1927–1928
  • Foulche-Delbose, Isabel Jones (Mrs.): AUWC, 235 Blvd St. Germain (husband too)
  • Goodyear, Nelson (Mrs.): AUWC, ℅ Morgan Harjes & Co, 14 Place Vendôme
  • Harris, Charles (Mrs.): AUWC, 99 rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs
  • Heywood, Florence: Writer, AUWC, 44 rue de Fleurus – B.A. Leland Stanford University, AWC, Société de l’histoire d’art (Paris), Authors Society (London), 1927–1928
  • Jamieson, Irene: Miss Jamieson’s School for Girls, 6 Avenue de Villars, AUWC – B.A. Barnard 1921, Public Schools’ Alpine Sports Club, 1927–1928
  • Kretzinger, Clara J.: AUWC, Victoria Palace Hotel, 6 rue Blaise-des-Goffes, artist. In 1927–1928 artist, ℅ American Express Co., 11 rue Scribe, studio at 11 rue Schoelcher – B.A. University of Chicago, honorary member of Salon des Artistes Français, AUWC, AWC, Fortnightly Club, Wednesday Fortnightly, Arts Club, Chicago Society of Artists, American Federation of Artists, English Speaking Union
  • Lathrop, Helen: AUWC, 10 rue de l’Elysée – Librarian, B.A. Stanford, 1927–1928
  • Lucas, François (Louise Jackson Norcross) (Mrs.): Château d’Oisilly, Côte d’Or, AUWC – Bryn Mawr alum and art history professor, 1927–1928
  • Mendenhall, C.E.: AUWC, ℅ Morgan Harjes & Co, 14 Place Vendôme
  • Murphy-Smith, Hazel (Mrs.): AUWC, 51 rue Claude-Bernard
  • Parsons, Mary Prescott: AUWC, Resident Director of Paris Library School at 10 rue de l’Elysée – B.A. Smith College, B.L.S. N.Y. State Library School, 1927–1928
  • Perkins, Alice: AUWC, 2 rue des Petits-Pères
  • Prochazka, Ottilie: AUWC, Hotel Cecilia, 11 Avenue Mac-Mahon
  • Ranlett, Helen A.: AUWC, ℅ Bankers Trust Co., 3 Place Vendôme
  • Ripley, Eleanor: AUWC, 17 rue Demours
  • Thompson, Louise: Teacher, American School for Boys, 37 rue Boileau, AUWC, 1927–1928
  • Transeau, E.N. (Gertrude Hastings) and Elizabeth H.: AUWC, 117 rue Saint-Dominique – M.D. Cornell and Kappa Kappa Gamma Society
  • Trubee, John H. and Janet F. Harlan (Mr. and Mrs.): Artist, Villa Felipa, Villefranche-sur-Mer (A.M.) – AUWC, Nice Tennis Club – Smith Graduate, 1927–1928
  • Urner, Catherine: AUWC, 4 Square Rapp, 1927–1928
  • Wallis, Frank E. (Mrs.): AUWC, ℅ National City Bank of NY, 41 Blvd Haussmann

Note: Check on Mary Graham Bonner, printmaker, who lived at 41 rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs (cf. Mary Bonner, impressions of a printmaker by George, Mary Carolyn Hollers)