Died with no heirs the execute for of her estate saw the folder upon folder of material dealing with Herbert Hoover and contacted the library. Of course, the archivists were interested and the collection was donated. Little did they know that it also contained important correspondence between lane and her famous mother as well as drafts of her mothers writings including a version of her own published autobiography. For decades fans have trucked to west branch like pilgrims seeking the holy grail. Theyve asked to see the big chief tablets that contain wilders drafts and our copy of the autobiography. Were indeed fortunate to have with us today Pamela Smith Hill who has recently published the autobiography. Laura ingalls wilder, pioneer girl the annotated auto autobiography, came out last fall and immediately sold out the first printing of 15,000 copies. Its now on the ninth printing and still selling strong. It took years of research, examining the various drafts of pioneer girl in diff
Visits museums and historic places. Founded in 1923, the museum of the city of new yorks collection contains nearly 750,000 objects. We visited to learn about the exhibit, gilded new york. I am one of the cocurators of gilded new york, being shown at the museum of the city of new york. The show opened in november of 2013 and closes in october of 2014. In this beautiful jewel box of a gallery, we have assembled a variety of objects that help the public to appreciate what life was like for the 1 in the original gilded age that followed the civil war from the 1880s through about 1910. That period was characterized by great wealth. Kind of like the dot com people of our era. In those days, the money came from various industries, mining, railroads, smelting iron, and also the rise of the modern corporation. All of those businesses yielded enormous wealth at the same time there was mass immigration, a time when new york was unified by all of its boroughs and the total population was over 3.
Of gilded new york, being shown at the museum of the city of new york. The show opened in november of 2013 and closes in october of 2014. In this beautiful jewel box of a gallery, we have assembled a variety of objects that help the public to appreciate what life was like for the 1 in the original gilded age that followed the civil war from the 1880s through about 1910. That period was characterized by great wealth. Kind of like the. Com people of our own era. Dot com people of our era. In those days, the money came from various industries, mining, railroads, smelting iron, and also the rise of the modern corporation. All of those businesses yielded enormous wealth at the same time there was mass immigration, a time when new york was unified by all of its boroughs and the total population was over 3. 5 million people. With that mixture of people, the lower classes, the rising upper class, there was this desire to set oneself apart from the teeming masses. And so, this. 1 of people deci
Come visit us and we can tell you the story of texas. We can tell you about Texas History and be able to share our wonderful Texas Capital with you. Find out where cspans local content vehicles are going next, online at cspan. Org local content. You are watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Each week american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Founded in 1923, the museum of the city of new yorks collection contains nearly 750,000 objects. We visited to learn about the exhibit, gilded new york. I am one of the cocurators of gilded new york, being shown at the museum of the city of new york. The show opened in november of 2013 and closes in october of 2014. In this beautiful jewel box of a gallery, we have assembled a variety of objects that help the public to appreciate what life was like for the 1 in the original gilded age that followed the civil war from the 1880s through about 1910. That period was characterized by great wealth. Kind of like
Howard county schools are on a two hour delay. Prince georg charld Maryland County all closed for scheduled teacher workdays thought because of the weather. In West Virginia weather is closing schools in mineral, hampshire, grant, berkeley and Jefferson County schools today. Watch news 4 all morning download the nbc washington ach as well for a list of all the closings a and delays. Tom kierein begins our Team Coverage with what you can expect during your morning commute. A combination of rain and snow. Right now in the viewing area, right around washington we have a sharp dividing line of where the rain meets the snow. All this in green is rain. Its right along washington, inside the beltway, and inside the district and then into fairfax and loudoun cou and points south. North in Montgomery County northern prince georges county, Howard County, southern frederick, all this gray and white, this is some wet snow that is coming down. Its beginning to cover some of the grassy area. But it