Katherine Hopkins Chapman of Selma, Ala., and Daughter Spending Summer at Camp Brevard, July 7, 1922

Camp Brevard

One of the distinguished visitors to Brevard this summer is Katherine Hopkins Chapman of Selma, Ala. Mrs. Chapman is a fiction writer of note, with two novels, many short-stories and novelettes to her credit. She is a member of the Authors’ League of America and the League of American Penwomen. She recently attended the convention of this latter organization in Washington, where they were entertained at tea by Mrs. Harding, who is a member of the Penwomen by virtue of the writing she has done on her husband’s paper, and where they were addressed by Lady Astor.

Mrs. Chapman also lectures on Creative writing to many colleges and Women’s Clubs that are interested in this phase of literature. Last winter when Mrs. Chapman lectured at the College for Women at Montevallo, where Mrs. Joiner, the owner of Camp Brevard has charge of the Voice Department, the two became acquainted. The happy sequence of this chance meeting is that Mrs. Chapman and her young daughter are spending the summer at Camp Brevard, where they are enjoying the sports and recreations indulged in by the fine bunch of girls at that growing camp. Both mother and daughter are so pleased with the beautiful scenery and exhilarating climate of this place that they plan to return for many summers to Camp Brevard.

From the editorial page of The Brevard News, Transylvania County, N.C., July 13, 1922. You can read her book, “Love’s Way in Dixie,” online at the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/loveswayindixies00chap/mode/2up

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Mrs. Katherine Chapman. . . Author and Historian of Pen Women’s League, Dies in Selma, Ala.

Selma, Ala., May 21 (AP)—Mrs. Katherine Hopkins Chapman, author and historian of the National League of American Pen Women, died here today of a cerebral hemorrhage after an illness of a few hours. She was 58 years old.

Mrs. Chapman was a native of Selma, a daughter of Thomas H Hopkins. She was educated at Shorter College and at Lake Chautauqua, N.Y. She married Dr. John T. Chapman of McKinley, Ala., in 1891. Besides the books, “Love’s Way in Dixie” and “the Fusing Force” she wrote short stories for magazines.

From The New York Times, May 22, 1930