Box 3
Contains 31 Results:
Monroe, Ethel Webster - People are Nicer than Anybody, November 8, 1967
A visitor from India stayed in the author's home for the summer of 1953. The expansion of their cultural knowledge through this visit led them to invite more than 50 other foreign guests from all over the world. She describes a few.
Webster, Julia (Dupee) - On the Square, February 8, 1967
The author's great grandfather and grandmother had ties to the Lincoln family in Springfield, IL, at the time of the "House Divided" Speech. Her family owned a store fronting the square where the Sangamon County Courthouse was built and they knew the Lincolns.
Hall, Marjorie Kimball - Capo di Monte and Lady Hamilton, February 22, 1967
A trip to Taormina, Italy, and a shop containing a dinner service of Capo di Monte china given to Lady Hamilton by King Ferdinand of Naples leads to research on the Capo di Monte china and on the lady and the king. The author describes the troubles of getting the china out of Mussolini's Italy.
Kirby, Adelaide B. - Names and Places. Biographical material on Catherine di Medici, May 10, 1967
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Darrow, Anita S. - L'Orpheline du Temple, October 25, 1967
The last days of Marie Antoinette and her husband Louis XVI and of their son, the dauphine, and the survival of Mme. Royal, Therese Charlotte, imprisoned for three years and then exiled to Vienna.
Straub, Anne Wieboldt - Strictly Personal, January 25, 1967
Her to an explanation of how philanthropy works and is policed in England. She touches on the ads for City Solicitors and a meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers. She describes Penshurst Place, an ancient home open to the public, which was mentioned in an ad.
Schroyer, Jane Smith - Spectator Farming, February 9, 1966
The economic problems of the professional farmer as understood by a neophyte and how their problems led to farm subsidies.
Guenzel, Elizabeth Skinner - A Pail With No Bottom. Biographical material on Amos Bronson Alcott, Louisa May's father, March 9, 1966
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Manierre, Rachel Foster - And Leave the Driving to Us. A trip by Greyhound Bus to Espanola, Ontario, Canada, to a childhood camp, November 9, 1966
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
McCausland, Claire L. - The Walloping Window Blind, January 26, 1966
Messing around in boats: The Norther, owned by Henry and Mandy Ricketts, cruises to the North Channel; the Keenora and the Chickama took them from Winnepeg to Selkirk; the Eostra sailed the Aegean.
McNamara, Helen Kingsley - A Franco-American Relation, January 10, 1962
A WWI friendship leads to helping an unwed mother-to-be, Colette Thienot, who later becomes involved in a custody suit for the child who had been given up for adoption.
Van Duesen, Alice Rood - Taxi! Encounters with taxi drivers in the U.S. and Europe, March 14, 1962
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Straub, Anne Wieboldt - Behind the Shutter. History of early photography, April 12, 1961
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Mark, Miriam Omsby - Countdown: 270 to 80. The trials of moving from the large family home to a small house, October 11, 1961
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Young, Isabel Chandler - A Chain of Praise Throughout the Ages, December 14, 1960
History of Psalms, Hymns, and other religious poetry and music
Boyd, Elizabeth B. A. - Thy People, Trip to Africa, April 25, 1962
A trip to England and to Africa - including a letter from her to her daughter Peg from London
McCausland, Claire L. - The Eagle Screaming Horse, April 11, 1962
Early days in a new school in Allentown, PA, of which Clare served as co-principal.
Nielsen, Patricia McNew - With Milk & Honey Blessed by Heresies Oppressed, March 24, 1964
A diplomatic trip to Lebanon in 1959 after having been secretly in "Dixie", i.e. Israel, which, if known, would have barred their ability to enter. Author's descriptions of experiences in Israel were overheard by a Lebanese whose attitude toward her changed to hate.
McNamara, Helen Kingsley - Help! Help!. Troubles in finding reliable domestic help, October 21, 1964
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Beman, Marion T. - A Fantasy in Five Reels. A story about an antique key from Taormina, Sicily, its loss and its recovery, November 7, 1962
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Ritchie, Constance T. - Ancient History. Kashmir's history and shawl making, February 13, 1963
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Guenzel, Elizabeth Skinner - Nile in the Sky (2 copies). Hatshepsut, the first great woman in history, April 10, 1963
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Manierre, Rachel Foster - Peggy's Puppies. The Foster and Manierre pets and other animals, May 22, 1963
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Wiseman, Barbara Birge - A Melancholy of Mine Own. Author's grandparents: Grandmother and Grandfather Brig, Grandfather and Grandmother Riddle, January 22, 1964
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Wiseman, Barbara Birge - Parade in Size 16, May 9, 1962
The domestic help: Mint, the maid from the Ozarks, Ella from Missouri, Easter Belle from Tennessee, Gloria the nursing student, Bessie and Jessie from Mississippi, "Dawthy" the Holy Roller, Alice, Beulah, Hanna and Jane