Box 5
Contains 39 Results:
English, Harriet T. - A Short Story: "Much Ado About Nothing", December 10, 1975
Story of a girl, born and raised in the slums, who studied in the library section G & H instead of going to high school, is raped and becomes a single mother hating men, criticizing former heroes, then succeeding as an advertising model and then as a beautician.
Stuebner, Frances Quinn - Whispering Hope. Thoughts about grandmother Martha and her influences on the author's life, April 7, 1976
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Nielsen, Patricia M. - A Winnetkan Talks: Confessions of a Middle-aged House-person as a Timorous Trustee. Experiences as a Winnetka Village Trustee, February 28, 1976
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Foote, Barbara A. - Rebecca Lawrence Lowrie (1891-1975), May 5, 1976
Full description: The biography of a woman a 1913 graduate of Vassar and called our "Fortnigtliest of us all") who worked for Harpers, The New Yorker, and The Saturday Review of Literature and was a member of the Fortnightly Club of Chicago.
Gardner, Gertrude S. - Women's Place - Second Class Citizen. The history of the status of women from ancient times to the present, January 14, 1976
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Remien, Marguerite Cleary - The Unedited Child or Nubbins and Buggers. Tales of children's amusing sayings, November 17, 1976
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Hickey, Ragnhild Tait - Tendopoli - A Subjective Saga, December 8, 1976
An account of 1931 summer at Geneva School for Advanced International Studies and a trip to an Italian government mountaineering camp on the Italian side of Mount Blanc.
Straub, Anne Wieboldt - Seven Vignettes. The author's experiences tutoring children in reading, October 13, 1976
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Green, Molly Leachman - "January 16, 1970", May 11, 1976
A plane ride from New York to Chicago when Molly sat next to John Kenneth Galbraith who gave the author his manuscript to read and critique, a novel based on Adlai Stevenson. The author fills the paper with remembered conversation with Galbraith. The paper is very revealing of his character.
Webster, Julia (Dupee) - Vachel Lindsay. Biographical material on Vachel Lindsay, poet, who was a family friend, November 14, 1979
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Hickey, Ragnhild Tait - Ophidiamyths and Verities, December 12, 1979
A treatise on snakes (genus Ophidia), describing physical traits, mythical history, importance in different cultures and why humans have a visceral reaction to them. Also an account of the author's father's research on them and his taking rattle snakes to Orkney (Scotland).
Green, Molly Leachman - May Walden, Illinois Socialist, October 10, 1979
Biographical material and a history of the American Socialist movement. Much of the paper uses quotes from letters by Walden to her daughter, letters which are in the Newberry collection.
Darrow, Anita S. - Circus. Father in law joins a circus as a boy - his story, February 2, 1980
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Knight, Frances B. - The Virgin and the Dynamo. Biography of Henry Adams (1838-1918), March 12, 1980
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Nielsen, Patricia McNew - The Making of a Paltry Politician, April 23, 1980
An autobiographical account of how the author became interested in politics at Madeira School (boarding school in Virginia) where Eleanor Roosevelt gave monthly lectures. Since that time she has almost always accepted a job, from poll-taking to Winnetka Village Council. She, her husband and also her father loved to have political debates since she is a Democrat and they are Republicans.
Remien, Marguerite Cleary - Darling, I Am Growing Older. Amusing paper on Senior Citizen Power, February 13, 1980
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Johnston, Eleanor C. - 4 2 3. Reminiscences of growing up at 432 Berkley Road in Haverford, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1977
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Webster, Julia (Dupee) - Mrs. Eagle Forgotten, April 27, 1977
The story of Illinois Governor (serving 1893-1897) John Peter Altgeld's wife and some other of the author's forebears.
Lloyd, Mary Norris - Bird Watcher, Tour Guides, Hi Jackers, Part I. (Copy of parts I and II are in Box 7, 11/13/1985), February 9, 1977
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Martin, Eleanor B. - Briya-Ja. An account of car travel in Mexico, folk medicine and a history of El Miguel de Allende, November 30, 1977
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Fischer, Sonja J. - Sadler's Wells. A history of ballet and the author's experience dancing with the Sadler's Wells company in London, December 14, 1977
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Bartholomay, Julia A. - These Island Citadels, January 25, 1978
The life of Isabella (Belle) Gardener (1840-1944): poetess, actress, American art collector, and wife (x4). Study of how Belle's childhood and adult experiences are reflected in her poems and how her art grew and matured.
Bryant, Evelyn Mac Farlane - Poems to a Vagrant Moon [see Newberry online catalog; no poems in folder], 1970-76
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Fulk, Marie R. - Vlad Who? A trip to Romania including its history and landscape, October 12, 1977
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Schroyer, Jane Smith - Branches, October 26, 1977
Story of a woman who sees Jesus, is visited by the ghost of grandfather and who is able to persuade classmates to donate money to her alma mater.