[LM_NET] OT: Seeking Laura Ingalls Wilder Letters and Photos

[Susan Uthoff <uthoff@INFIONLINE.NET>]

I just started a new project and I hope that some of you are willing to help. I'm 
trying to track down and get photocopies of letters written by Laura Ingalls 
Wilder. Please read the press release below and pass it on to anybody you think may 
be interested.
Thanks,
Sarah S. Uthoff
Reference Librarian
Kirkwood Community College
uthoff@infionline.net

Seeking Laura Ingalls Wilder Letters and Photographs of Sites  
During her lifetime as an author, Laura Ingalls Wilder responded to every fan 
letter she received, until the last 6 months of her life. She saved the fan letters 
she received and all are carefully preserved. Ironically, her responses were 
scattered to the four winds and while some of come safely to rest in museums, 
archives, and libraries across the country, others currently reside in scrapbooks, 
the backs of drawers, in musty files, and in old shoe boxes tied up with ribbon and 
carefully put away. As interest in Laura continues to grow, now is the time to 
bring those letters to light.

 

Please help me make sure those letters aren't lost forever. In conjunction with the 
Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Walnut Grove, Minnesota I'm seeking photocopies of 
Laura letters. These would be scholarly study copies only and will be deposited in 
the newly built archive room at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Walnut Grove, 
Minnesota. We are also seeking photos of any of the Wilder museum sites pre-1985 or 
photos of any special local Wilder events, such as gingerbread parties that you 
might have attended. Thank-you for your help and please help to spread the word.

 

Send photocopies to:

 

Sarah Uthoff

Trundlebed Tales

P.O. Box 111

Solon IA 52333

 

Questions? Contact me at:

info@trundlebedtales.com

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