Searching for the real Laura Ingalls Wilder

by Spencer Howard One of the hidden gems at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum are the papers of Rose Wilder Lane, which document the extraordinary lives of Rose and her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder.  Laura’s Little House books are a fictionalized account of her childhood, but they contain many charming and vivid descriptions of pioneer … Continue reading Searching for the real Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Papers of Rose Wilder Lane

by Spencer Howard Presidential Libraries are not libraries in the usual sense. They are archives and museums, bringing together in one place the documents and artifacts of a President and his administration and presenting them to the public for study and discussion.  Like all Presidential Libraries, the Hoover Library has collected documents and artifacts from … Continue reading The Papers of Rose Wilder Lane