The Society of the Painted Window

Cline, with a copy of The Painted Window, 1913

Leonard Cline studied at the University of Michigan as an undergraduate from the fall of 1910 through the spring of 1913.  The Society of the Painted Window started publishing a literary magazine in March 1912, and The Painted Window lasted ten issues.  Cline began contributing in the third issue (June 1912), and he published stories and poems all the remaining issues. By the sixth issue (November 1912), Cline's name was added to the Members List, and soon after this he became editor of the magazine. 

The below page from the 1913 Michiganensian (the University of Michigan yearbook, published in May 1913) gives the names of the members of the Society of the Painted Window.  

A good number of the people involved in the Society of the Painted Window went on to have distinguished careers.  These will be covered in future posts.