Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon
A white woman with dark hair and eyes
Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon, from a 1959 magazine
BornSeptember 26, 1921
Buffalo, New York, US
DiedOctober 9, 1983
Provence, France
OccupationEditor
Known formanaging editor, Vogue (1962-1973); editor, Harper's Bazaar (1973-1978)

Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon (September 26, 1921 – October 9, 1983) was an American writer and magazine editor.

Early life

Rosemary Barnsdall was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Jay Thornton Barnsdall Jr. and Grace L. Devine Barnsdall.[1] Her father was a lawyer. She graduated from Hamburg High School in 1939, and from Barnard College[2] in 1943, where she majored in Latin and Greek, and was president of the Classical Club.[3][4][5]

Career

Blackmon worked in editorial and writing jobs after college.[6] Her Latin and Greek degree from Barnard helped her find a job with the American College Dictionary, and that work in turn introduced her to Wilfred J. Funk, with whom she worked on Word Origins and Their Romantic Stories (1950).[7] After her children were born, she returned to editing work, saying "I'm not really domestic and I have no talent for children."[3] She collaborated with photographer Irving Penn and publisher Alexander Liberman on Moments Preserved (1960).[8][9]

Blackmon was managing editor of Vogue from 1962 to 1973, and wrote regularly for the magazine for a longer period,[10][11] with titles like "I Went to the Fair" (1958), about the Expo 58 in Brussels,[12] "The Maugham Explosion at Sotheby's" (1962),[13] "New Japan" (1964),[14][15] and "What Can Hypnosis Do for You" (1969).[16] William Safire suggested Blackmon may have coined the phrase "beautiful people" at Vogue.[17] She was an editor at Harper's Bazaar from 1973 to 1978.[18]

Personal life and legacy

In 1945,[19] Rosemary Barnsdall married William A. Blackmon Jr.[3] They had children, Rosemary and William. She died in 1983, aged 62 years, in Provence.[18] A Claire McCardell wool dress and a linen shift dress by B. H. Wragge, both worn by Blackmon, are in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.[20][21]

References

  1. ↑ "Grace L. D. Barnsdall". The Sun and the Erie County Independent. 1991-09-19. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-03-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Recent Graduates List Guest Speaker". Poughkeepsie Journal. 1957-04-14. pp. 1B. Retrieved 2021-03-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mrs. Blackmon of Greenwich Village". Barnard Alumnae Magazine. 48: 11–12, 17. February 1959 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ Barnard College (1943). "Classical Club". Mortarboard (Yearbook): 85 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ "Award Latin Prize". Barnard Bulletin. May 12, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  6. ↑ "Class Notes, 1943". Barnard College Alumnae Magazine. 33: 28. October 1943 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ "Class Notes 1943". Barnard College Alumnae Magazine. 38: 14. September 1948 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ "Book Projects". Irving Penn Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  9. ↑ Penn, Irving (1960). Moments Preserved: Eight Essays in Photographs and Words. Simon and Schuster.
  10. ↑ Haslam, Nicholas (2009). Redeeming Features: A Memoir. Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 155–156. ISBN 978-0-307-27167-9.
  11. ↑ "Copy Editor Turns Author". Coronado Eagle and Journal. July 13, 1961. p. 6. Retrieved March 13, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  12. ↑ Blackmon, Rosemary (July 1958). "I Went to the Fair". Vogue | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  13. ↑ Blackmon, Rosemary (June 1962). "The Maugham Explosion". Vogue | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  14. ↑ Blackmon, Rosemary (August 15, 1964). "New Japan". Vogue | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  15. ↑ Editors of American Vogue (2019-10-29). Vogue on Location: People, Places, Portraits. Abrams. ISBN 978-1-68335-661-5. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  16. ↑ Blackmon, Rosemary (January 15, 1969). "What Can Hypnosis Do for You". Vogue | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  17. ↑ Safire, William (2012-01-04). Coming to Terms. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-80059-6.
  18. 1 2 "Rosemary B. Blackmon". The New York Times. 1983-10-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  19. ↑ "Class Notes, 1943". Barnard College Alumnae Magazine. 35: 24. October 1945 – via Internet Archive.
  20. ↑ "Dress comprising blouse and skirt in raw umber and black fine gauge herringbone worsted wool - Claire McCardell". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  21. ↑ "Dress in cocoa brown plain-weave linen with black mod stripe - B.H. Wragge". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
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