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In the News (Sat 19 Dec 09)

  
  Emperor's ex-tutor passes away at 97
Vining's relations with the Imperial family began when she was asked to serve as a window to the outside world for the Emperor, who as crown prince was separated from his parents, Emperor Showa and Empress Dowager, and raised in the company of adults.
Vining explained that although he was a prince, all students in the class had been given English names to show her resolve that no exception would be made for the Emperor.
Elizabeth Janet Gordon Gray was born on October 6, 1902, in the Germantown section of Philadelphia to John Gordon Gray and Anne Moore lszard Gray.
www2.gol.com /users/quakers/vining_obituary.htm   (2046 words)

  
 Resources on the Gray Back from academic institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Campus Map - Gray Court: Campus Map - Gray Court, Built as a memorial to Agnes Taylor Gray, Gray Court is a 65,000 square foot Westhampton College residence hall.
Gray bat: Its fur is gray, sometimes russet in summer.
Behavior of The Eastern Gray Squirrel: Behavior of The Eastern Gray Squirrel.
mongabay.org /conservation/Gray_Back.htm   (1114 words)

  
 USM de Grummond Collection - ELIZABETH GRAY VINING PAPERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Material was donated by Elizabeth Gray Vining in 1966.
Elizabeth Gray Vining was born on October 6, 1902 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
During her lifetime, Vining wrote over sixty books for children and adults, including biographies, contemporary fiction, and historical novels.
www.lib.usm.edu /~degrum/html/research/findaids/vining.htm   (327 words)

  
 Akihito Biography / Biography of Akihito Biography
In addition, a Philadelphia Quaker, Elizabeth Gray Vining, was hired to tutor the royal heir in Western customs and values.
Vining awakened the young man's interest in many things besides tropical fish and horseback riding.
The education of the young Akihito is described by his tutor Elizabeth Gray Vining in Windows for the Crown Prince (1952).
www.bookrags.com /biography-akihito   (804 words)

  
 Chuck Fager: An appreciation of Elizabeth Gray Vining
Born Elizabeth Janet Gray and raised in the Germantown area of Philadelphia, she married Morgan Vining in 1929.
Vining spent three years working intensively on a biography of Rufus Jones, the icon of Philadelphia Quaker culture (though himself an immigrant from New England).
Friends are fortunate that our contribution to the arts is much more real 60 years after she commented on the lack thereof; and Elizabeth Gray Vining's long life of creative labor is one major reason for the improvement.
www.quaker.org /fqa/types/t16-vining.html   (1186 words)

  
 PYM Faith and Practice 2001
Elizabeth spent many years in Japan, and has recently written a biography of Rufus Jones.
It was written at the request of Elizabeth Gray Vining, who knew that it was common practice to bring a letter of introduction when traveling among Friends.
If Elizabeth had been traveling under a particular concern, the Meeting might consider approving a travel minute .
www.quaker.org /pacific-ym/fp/pymfp2001pg153.html   (222 words)

  
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GRAY, ELIZABETH JANET [Elizabeth Gray Vining] (1902-) A1063 GRAY, ELIZABETH JANET.
Her editor discusses Gray's development as a writer during her "first twenty years." A1065 PEASE, HOWARD.
"In the field of the junior novel there are scarcely half a dozen authors" who reveal "deep knowledge of their craft." Uses Elizabeth Janet Gray's Beppy Marlowe as his primary example of excellent craftsmanship, with detailed analysis, and shows where other writers, notably E.C. Gaggin in Down Ryton Water, fail.
www.unm.edu /~lhendr/author/author3.74.html   (164 words)

  
 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Vining wrote the story during the height of the McCarthy era, when some Quakers were arrested for refusing to sign loyalty oaths.
Elizabeth Gray Vining was a thoroughly professional writer with a lively style.
For the sake of her story, she omits one exile (Owen Jones Jr.) and substitutes her hero, Caleb Middleton Jr., and his family.
www.pym.org /pm/more.php?id=782_0_11_10_M   (338 words)

  
 Haverford College Libraries - Special Collections - Jones-Cadbury Family Papers, ca. 1770-1994
Letters, 1984-1992, of Elizabeth Gray Vining to Mary Hoxie Jones.
"Elizabeth Gray Vining: the measure of a life" draft of chapter for book edited by Leonard Kenworthy ["Living in the Light: Some Quaker Pioneers of the 20th century" (1984)]; includes corresp.
Letters, 1838-1866, by Elizabeth B. Lowry [1865-1866 letters are to her daughter Anna and include some written with husband Benjamin Lowry]
www.haverford.edu /library/special/aids/jonescadbury/page3.html   (5700 words)

  
 eBay - elizabeth gray, Linens, Fabric Textiles, Women's Clothing items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Elizabeth Gray Lyla Lace Panel w Tieback 60" X 84" ECRU
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray Vining, Elizabeth...
The Second Battle Of Mag Tuired by Elizabeth A. Gray...
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 Elizabeth Gray Vining (Elizabeth Janet Gray) Teacher Resource File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Elizabeth Gray Vining (Elizabeth Janet Gray) Teacher Resource File
Internet School Library Media Center Elizabeth Gray Vining, nee Elizabeth Janet Gray page.
ISLMC's Elizabeth Gray Vining (Elizabeth Janet Gray) Bibliography
falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/vining.htm   (173 words)

  
 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Contract Renewed -- Sep. 22, 1947   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Last week, pleased with his son's progress, the Emperor of Japan rehired Crown Prince Akihito's U.S. tutor for another year, at a raise in salary.
Elizabeth Gray Vining, a Quaker lady from Philadelphia, had well earned her $2,000 and keep.Since January, the Empress herself had been studying English with Mrs.
Vining, and Akihito's three sisters and younger brother were all getting lessons, too.
www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,798167,00.html   (135 words)

  
 The Mast Farm Inn: Lodging: Rooms: Elizabeth Gray Vining   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
floor corner room on the front of the farmhouse, overlooking our side garden with gazebo and the vegetable garden and valley across the road, Elizabeth Gray Vining is a favorite of many guests, especially during the seasons for a fire.
The walls in Vining are the original pine paneling of the farmhouse and project a warm glow.
We recently gave this room a spruce-up with a white painted ceiling.
www.mastfarminn.com /accommodations/rooms/elizgrayvining.html   (119 words)

  
 Newbery Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1934: Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
1943: Elizabeth Gray Vining, Adam of the Road
1959: Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Newbery_Medal   (323 words)

  
 Philadelphia Reflections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Two Quaker ladies at the AFSC made a totally unique contribution when a request was received to provide a suitable tutor for the Crown Prince, now Emperor.
He didn't convert to Christianity, but he later married a Christian, and you can be sure he got a plenty good dose of Quaker style and belief from Elizabeth Gray Vining.
This tall, strikingly handsome Philadelphia woman had Bryn Mawr written all over her, and turned heads whenever she entered a room.
www.philadelphia-reflections.com /reflections.php?content=blogs_alpha/american_friends.html   (822 words)

  
 vining - OneLook Dictionary Search
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Vining : Columbia Gazetteer of North America [home, info]
Phrases that include vining: elizabeth gray vining, lee vining
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 GFS Welcomes Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka '63   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
She chose GFS because then-Crown Prince Akihito was tutuored from 1946-1950 by Elizabeth Gray Vining, a 1919 GFS graduate.
"Germantown Friends School is the best school in America" was a favorite quote of Vining while in Japan.
In 1994 she was appointed Direct or General of Japan's Science and Technology Agency.
www.gfsnet.org /Events/Makiko.html   (309 words)

  
 William Penn, Quaker Universalist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The light that seekers would experience as they turned inward was known by many names: the Word, the Truth, the Seed, the Holy Divine Principle.
Elizabeth Gray Vining describes the significance of this divine reality for Penn and the early Quakers:
The Eternal Christ visited the hearts of men before the historical Christ lived and died in Palestine.
www.qis.net /~daruma/QUF/quf-elc.html   (966 words)

  
 TITLEWAVE - Print List
Now that they live in different cities, thirteen-year-old Tara and Elizabeth use email to "talk" about everything that is occurring in their lives and to try to maintain their closeness as they face big changes.
In 1943 sixteen-year-old Erik experiences the horrors of war when he is drafted into the German army and sent to fight on the Russian front.
Twelve-year-old Hannalee Reed, forced to relocate to Indiana along with other Georgia millworkers during the Civil War, leaves her mother with a promise to return home as soon as the war ends.
www.davis.k12.ut.us /oakhills/reading6.htm   (10083 words)

  
 An Abstract of the life of William Penn with Quotations and Links
Note: This abstract draws on two main sources: "Penn", by Elizabeth Janet Gray (a.k.a.
Elizabeth Gray Vining), copyright 1938, reissued in 1986 by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and "The Life of William Penn with Selections from his Correspondence and Autobiography", by Samuel M. Janney, Sixth Edition 1882, Published by the Friends' Book Association.
They are well received by Princess Elizabeth Palatine of the Rhine, Charles II's first cousin.
www.gwyneddfriends.org /wmpenn.htm   (3912 words)

  
 Elizabeth Gray Vining ADAM OF THE ROAD [PUFFIN NEWBERRY LIBRARY]
Elizabeth Gray Vining ADAM OF THE ROAD [PUFFIN NEWBERRY LIBRARY]
Elizabeth H Rich - AIDS Funding: A Guide to Giving by Foundations & Charitable Organizations [5th Ed]
Elizabeth Hall - A Guide to Recruiting, Hiring and Training Managed Care Executives
www.searchbooktitle.com /72696_elizabeth-gray-vining.html   (104 words)

  
 Books for Kids - Newbery Award
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
Penn by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Elizabeth Gray Vining)
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
www.joneslibrary.org /juv/bklists/newb3.html   (632 words)

  
 East Greenwich New Jersey - HISTORIC PLACES
This list is not a complete one--there are additional historic places of note that will be added soon.
George Craft III House - built about 1885, it was the home of Quaker author, Elizabeth Gray Vining, in 1951 and 1952.
She wrote her book "Windows for the Crown Prince," while living here.
www.jwbrown-home.com /EG/histplaces.htm   (817 words)

  
 Adam of the Road
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Elizabeth Gray Vining, Elizabeth Janet Gray, Robert Lawson (Illustrator)
Set in 13th-century England, this is the story of 11-year-old Adam, the son of Roger the Minstrel.
www.allbookstores.com /book/014032464X   (124 words)

  
 Western College Memorial Archives - Awards and Honorary Degrees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Recommendation for Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining, Writer, for the Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters; Senior Day 1959 Citation for the Conferring of An Honorary Degree on Elizabeth Gray Vining, Doctor of Humane Letters
Photograph of Elizabeth Gray Vining; Recommendation for Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining for Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters;
Recommendation for Frances Elizabeth Willis for Degree of Doctor of Laws; Letter to President Young from Frances E. Willis, October 28, 1964; Letter to President Young from Frances E. Willis, September 9, 1963; Letter to Sirs from Frances E. Willis, September 10, 1962; Letter to President Young from Frances E. Willis, April 11, 1962
www.units.muohio.edu /westernarchives/awards.html   (4254 words)

  
 Return To Japan - Elizabeth Gray Vining HBDJ 1960 - BK-043
Return To Japan - Elizabeth Gray Vining HBDJ 1960 - BK-043
SALE Return To Japan - Elizabeth Gray Vining HBDJ 1960
This is a hardbound book club edition, 283 deckled edge pages.
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 Abebooks Search Results - VINING   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting - Library
COMET OVER NANTUCKET: MARIA MITCHELL AND HER ISLAND - Elizabeth Fraser Torjesen.
Includes stories of many famous Quakers framed as modern young people
Includes Mary Hughes, John Woolman, Elizabeth Fry, Mary Fisher, and James Nayler.
www.pym.org /pm/lib_comments.php?id=465_0_108_0_C   (467 words)

  
 Alibris - Click here to find books by this author!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
You'll find it at Alibris: Over 35 million used, new and hard-to-find titles!
Vining, Alex ~ Vining, Donald ~ Vining, Eileen P. Vining, Elizabeth ~ Vining, Elizabeth G. Vining, Elizabeth Gray ~ Vining, G. Geoffrey ~ Vining, James W. Vining, John K. Vining, Joseph
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