Box 9
Contains 41 Results:
Egan, Martha - Intrepid is My Name, Adventure is My Game, It Says Somewhere, September 26, 1990
Phair, Nancy - The Great Lady of Luxor, October 10, 1990
The story of Lady Duff Gordon through her letters home to England from Egypt, where she arrived as a newcomer in 1862 in search of a cure for tuberculosis. Unlike other British she expresses appreciation of Muslim architecture and culture.
Johnson, Mrs. J. L. - A Day of Happiness, January 27, 1993
An ecological overview from the standpoint of Black Elk’s vision, in which he saw that “all must live together like one being.” There are indications at this time that we are moving, at least slightly, in that direction.
McCausland, Mrs. Woods (Claire L.) - One Woman’s View, January 12, 1993
Claire writes of her years living in Hyde Park, specifically of her association with the University of Chicago. Author’s view of those 20 years during Robert Maynard Hutchin’s presidency (who brought radical new ideas). She describes her experiences as a student (earned a PhD), a teacher of English, a tutor of foreign students, and a mother of Lab School children. She includes stories of meeting many interesting scholars
Darrow, Anita S. - Missing. True tales of three missing young men all of whom the Fortnightly members know, September 30, 1992
Fink, Mrs. E. Bradley (Eloise) - Life Should Be Sung, February 10, 1993
An old saying of the author’s prairie grandmother has become a sustaining refrain echoing through her life and writing. Try it?
Peck, Annette - Je Maintiendrai / Crying for Freedom, October 23, 1991
Reichelderfer, Catherine - Holy Toledo! It Must Be Sunday, October 9, 1991
Travels to Toledo, Spain, with special focus on the history of El Transito Synagogue (ordered and financed by Samuel Ha-Levi in 1366) inspired by the architecture and on the reign and eventual murder of Peter I.
Howe, Ellen V. (Tina) - Out of State Out of Mind, February 26, 1992
Memories of a lifetime of summers spent in coastal Maine. As a child staying with two sets of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, and now at the current family retreat on Deer Isle. Sailing, fishing, hiking in the woods, picnics, games. Wry observations and appreciation of the year round residents who can't be hired to do "work" but are prepared to "help out" on occasion.
Garvin, Susie - Shining Brow in the Wyoming Valley, March 18, 1992
The author was a docent at Taliesin in Spring Green, WI. She writes the history of Frank Lloyd Wright's family's - from their arrival in the U.S. from Wales until the present; the story of the wives who lived there; the fires and rebuilding; the architecture school founded there by Wright.
Harrison, Ellen - The Far Flung Tea Connection, April 8, 1992
A well-researched paper on the subject of tea: the plant and its varieties, as a drink in China and other countries, and how the service in silver and porcelain china evolved. The author also talks about the role of tea in the Boston Tea Party, the international merchant trade in tea and porcelain and the rise of Thomas Lipton.
Guenzel, Betsy - Grey Walls Remember, May 27, 1992
The author tells us tales of charming summers in the family's large, rambling, ever-growing beach cottage on the cliffs of Fish Lake, Wisconsin. A brilliant, clever, artistic, and somewhat dominating, but always fair and loving, grandmother is at the heart of these cherished memories of the writer.
Kelley, Katrina - How to Keep House Without Cooking & Cleaning: Domestic Servants - Where They Came From & Where They Went, April 22, 1992
A humorous piece describing domestic service over the years, highlighted by the author's housekeeper as a child, "Brucie". The reader is encouraged to stay out of the kitchen and avoid housecleaning.
Johnson, Rosemarie (Rhie) - Love to Learn, Love to Travel, May 13, 1992
The author writes a humorous paper about Elderhostel experiences with her husband, an originally skeptical participant. She relates wonderful experiences in Kingston, Canada, and Seabrook Island in the U.S, as well as a decidedly not-wonderful experience in Montreal at McGill University.
Hickey, Ragnhild Tait - Opened by Censor, January 22, 1992
The life of the author's name: mistaken for male and chastised in college for not showing up for military drills. She begins in the "Dark Ages" with a history of her Norse ancestors and how they came to Orkney (Scotland). By the 8th century Orkney was a Viking stronghold, raiding Britain for 400 years. The essay includes the history and archeology of the Orkneys and stories of visits with her father who was born there. World War II stories.
Buck, Joanne - How We Did Get There and Lessons Learned in Route, February 12, 1992
The author writes about her life as a teacher and administrator 1960s - 1980s); about learning to teach (her admirable mentors: Nathaniel Stovers French (headmaster of North Shore Country Day School), George Eldredge (head of lower and middle schools), and about creating a new school: Graland at the Elgin Academy.
Remien, Marguerite Cleary - Chance Favors the Prepared Mind, December 11, 1991
The subject of synchronicity as a springboard for humorous tales of coincidence. (re-read 5/10/2000)
Foote, Barbara A. - A Royal Marriage, January 8, 1992
The proposed affiliation in 1966-67 of Vassar College and Yale University which at first was secret and then caused a great stir. It is an account of the pros and cons of combining the two institutions and the eventual decision not to merge. The author was on the Board of Directors of Vassar and gives many insights into that tumultuous year.
Plochman, Barbara - East Side, West Side, All Around the Town, November 13, 1991
As the title suggests, the town is New York City. The story is written from the perspective of visiting with pre-teen children, one or two at a time over a number of years, from traveling graciously by rail via the 20th-Century Limited to arriving at La Guardia. Informative and well written, sites visited are all around the town and the high drama is the summer trip when the city went totally dark in the Big Blackout of 1977.
Fischer, Sonja J. - When Columbus Encountered America, October 14, 1992
Advances in archeological techniques and revisionist history (and anecdotal thoughts) of North American, pre-Columbian Indigenous Peoples.
Tukey, Mrs. John (Margot) - Culture Shock, October 28, 1992
An account of experiences while from the U.S. and living in England that constituted culture shock.
Trobaugh, Mrs. Frank R. Jr. (Marjorie) - Partners in Power, November 11, 1992
A study of the consorts of the eight rather obscure U.S. Presidents who served from 1836-1860. With the exception of the emotionally disturbed Jane Pierce, the ladies were involved in political strategy to a surprising extent and had the confidence and respect of their husbands regarding matters of state.
Fenninger, Mrs. Leonard D. (Jane) - Early Edsel?, December 9, 1992
The Ford peace trip; to Europe, December 1915 to January 1916, from the letters of a Princeton senior who traveled on it, the author’s father. She added some background information.
Mack, Mrs. John Parker (Nancy) - A Fool’s Rush, May 26, 1993
The author's musings as a mother-in-law and as a daughter in law (Re-read 1-8-2014-with new title: In-laws).
Davis, Mrs. Chester R. Jr. (Ann) - Opportunities, Opportunities, February 24, 1993
The author unexpectedly finds herself alone in Bangkok, Thailand, for a week. She discovered and took advantage of opportunities which took her to a unique drug detoxification Buddhist monastery and into the hill country to visit nomadic hill tribes on the back of a motorcycle.