Helen Mundy Hudson is a retired public school teacher of AP English and German, part-time Wabashprofessor, director of Athenas, and erstwhile writer. She has served as president of the LWSPS board. She is fascinated by Icelandic studies. How long have you been on the LWSPS board? 6 or 7 years Tell […]
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The Angel of Grief by William Wetmore Story is one of the most evocative stone carvings of the late nineteenth century. It became so famous that the term has become synonymous with many grave stones erected in Story’s style. William Wetmore Story William Wetmore Story was born in 1819 in […]
Last week, I posted about how a museum exhibit is built. Associate Director Amanda McGuire took some time to talk with me about what goes into choosing an exhibit theme and content. Today, I’d like to tell you all a little more about the challenges we face when we’re preparing […]
“The destiny of the whole race is comprised of four things: Religion, education, morals, politics. Woman is a religious being; she is becoming educated; she has a high code of morals; she will yet purify politics.” – from “Women’s Ballot a Necessity for the Permanence of Free Institutions” by Zerelda […]
We are all getting excited about our upcoming museum exhibit. “Generations: The Descendants of Lew and Susan Wallace” opens to the public Tuesday, March 12. If you visited us today, you would find the Lynne D. Holhbein Education Room mostly empty, which just a handful of vinyl labels and an […]
“A victory so great, so unprecedentedly glorious, could not have been purchased without loss on our side. Among the 700 heroes who were slain and wounded on that bloody day we who knew him from infancy have to mourn the death of Captain Kinder. Poor Truss. The glory which shall […]
Today is Employee Appreciation Day! If you’re a manager, take a moment to say thank you to your staff. If you’re an employee who hasn’t received appreciation today…take heart. Even the great Lew Wallace didn’t always receive thanks for his brilliant job performance. As he wrote in his autobiography: There […]
On October 14, 1895, a local news item announced that a lecture bureau out East had arranged for a lecture speaking tour. Lew Wallace was named as one of the important people to be a part of this tour. The tour was unusual because of the diversity of the assembled […]
Gail Stephens has a Bachelor’s Degree in International Politics from George Washington University in Washington DC, and did graduate work at Johns Hopkins and Harvard Universities. She worked for the Department of Defense for 26 years, retiring in 1994 as a member of the Department’s Senior Executive Service. Upon retirement, […]
Among the extras who made early screen appearances in Ben-Hur were Gary Cooper and Clark Gable as uncredited Roman guards. Beyond these two men, the list of guards is noteworthy, but the list of uncredited slave girls is equally significant. The names of many of the girls who toiled, twirled […]