Talk:Waldo Peirce

Suggestions for article
I wanted to toss out a couple of suggestions for this article. I didn't want to jump right in, given my lack of knowledge vis-a-vis other editors of this article.


 * Since Mr Peirce is notable as a painter, more information on his artwork could be added to the article. There is a nice copy of a painting and a copy of a very appropriate Time cover, but not much else.  How many paintings did he paint?  ("thousands")  How did his output change, qualitively and quantitively, over his life?  What are considered his most notable paintings and where might they be seen?


 * This article is a bit on the breezy side, featuring the word "lusty" twice and ending one paragraph with "Some of this may actually be true....". Certainly encyclopedia articles don't need to be dry but . ..


 * It would be nice to have more biographical data (that is, in addition to the anecdotes). Maybe wives' names?  (there's one)  Where is he buried??  Did he always live in Maine, except for his sojourn in Paris??

Thanks for listening. Madman 21:03, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I increased the size of two of the images for better visibility. I also resisted changing the capitalization of the photo.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:32, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Waldo Peirce's Croix de Guerre 1914-1918
See : http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/File:Waldo_in_Uniform,_with_Medal_and_Red_Cross_Band.jpg & http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/File:Waldos_Red_Cross_Identity_Card_2.jpg (from mail by Hayford Peirce, added by Arapaima (talk) 09:15, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Name "Peirce, Waldo" now on the WP fr list of Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 recipients  (see http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cat%C3%A9gorie:Titulaire_de_la_Croix_de_guerre_1914-1918&from=P ). Thank you Waldo for your commitment. Arapaima (talk) 08:17, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Waldo Pierce [sic]
Searching for contemporary news stories about his wife Dorothy Rice (Peirce) (Sims) i noticed mentions of both spellings 'Pierce' and 'Peirce'. For example of the former:
 * New York Times 1916-11-28 p24 "FROM HER SICK BED PLANS NEW FLIGHTS: Mrs. Pierce, in a Plaster Cast ..."
 * She was quite possibly the first member of the Mile-High Club -- she and her copilot/pilot were pulled naked from the waters of Long Island Sound. Initial accounts said that the force of the impact was so great that it had torn their clothes away.... Hayford Peirce (talk) 22:27, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

I infer that it will be useful to search for her one-time husband, too, both as Pierce and as Peirce.
 * New York Tribune 1918-04-29 p12 "Mrs. Pierce Divorces Winner of War Cross: New York Aviatrix Says ..." (but she is Mrs. Peirce in NYTimes today )

Evidently he is "Waldo Pierce" in the U.S. Library of Congress catalog at least once, possibly twice. Search 'Pierce, Waldo' (2 hits, in effect). The second listing seems clearly him, illustrator born 1884. The first maybe, evidently a chum of the American painter Rockwell Kent (1882–1971).
 * LC credits that Waldo Pierce with dance set design. The work in the catalog, a satiric poem about Kent, fits a note at Citizendium:
 * * Peirce, who was also known for his bawdy doggerel, later mocked his pretentious mother-in-law by penning: "When Dorothy dropped from her mother's womb, Forty reporters were in the room."
 * One bookseller equates him with Waldo Peirce, painter born 1884.
 * --P64 (talk) 22:26, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

--P64 (talk) 22:05, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

COI
Much of the article was written by User:Hayford Peirce ie. Hayford Peirce who is Waldo Peirce's nephew. No question Waldo Peirce is notable, but much of it is unsourced that reads like colorful original research by family member(s). -- Green  C  02:47, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Last year, I edited several sections of the article, mainly for organization, readability, and clarity. The lack of sources in the lead paragraphs is of some concern. However, the unsourced material seems credible, and it's likely that at some point the sources will be found. I don't think it's a major issue. The one section I did not edit was "Personal life". I did, however, peruse the sources listed in the references and much of the personal life material was confirmed. To be sure, the section could be more encyclopedic in tone and better sourced. Hayford Peirce, who may have edited the personal life material -- I haven't checked -- has passed away. He was involved in a murder-suicide in November of 2020, evidently killing his wife before dying by his own hand. In coming months, I will attempt to source the article more completely. Perhaps the point of view tag is no longer relevant and can be removed.--TheGrayLion