Cambridge High and Latin School

May Sarton “Tig”

May Sarton (Novelist, poet, and memoirist) is in the 1929 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates and what the book says.

Class of 1929

Before they were famous

May Sarton Novelist, poet, and memoirist

May Sarton was an American and Belgian author of novels, poetry, and memoirs. She produced 53 books, including nonfiction and children's literature. Her writing often focused on themes like solitude, aging, and lesbianism. She was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Born: May 3, 1912, Wondelgem
Died: 1995
Age in this yearbook: about 17
In the yearbook as: May Sarton, Cambridge High and Latin School, class of 1929

How we know this is the same person: Wikidata: educated at Cambridge High and Latin, born 1912; the yearbook lists her as literary editor of the Review. (Her book is held; not published.) Summary written from the Wikipedia article (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

421 in the class of 1929 · 1 more named Sarton

Full name: May Sarton
Known as: Tig
Lived at: 103 Raymond Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Shady Hill School
Headed for: Vassar College or The Student Group of the Repertory Theatre, N. Y

Also searched as: Tig Sarton; Sarton, May.

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Group photos 21
Clubs & teams 10
Neighbours 11
Classmates 420
Same schools 2

In context

Of the 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 that have pages here, May is 357th in surname order. The entry is on page 115 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 25 to page 132. Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1929, and Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14) in the class of 1930. A college or university was the plan of 174 of 308 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1929 (56%), compared with 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930. The yearbook calls itself “The Cambridge Review”.

On the same scan page	Lucy Sanderson, Joseph Seidman, Joseph Henry Senders
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 103 Raymond Street

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Sarton at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

George A Sarton, L (E Mabel) prof H U householderpage

The Sarton household is listed here in 1927 and 1928 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against May's senior portrait.

In the same photographs:

What May did at school

Literary Editor, Review, 1928-'29 13

Fellow members from May's own class:

What the yearbook said

Her prose and her poetry have delighted our ears and our minds.

Also grew up on Raymond Street

The class of 1929

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Also came from Shady Hill School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 115. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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