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Monday, May 17, 2010

Looking for the Artist

One of the “black holes” in trying to relate to Holling, the person, lies in discovering what he looked like. I found no images. Unusual for a published author--then or now--not to show up in a Web search! Joan Hoffman, of the Leslie Museum, sent me some answers last week, as seen at the left and below.

Her photos included Houghton Mifflin publicity portraits of Holling and Lucille Webster Holling in the 1950s and a May 2, 1937 newspaper picture of them looking over drawings to be presented in the “World Museum,” a new Examiner feature.

Meanwhile, Joan and the museum workers are under pressure preparing exhibits in time for a Leslie Chamber of Commerce luncheon and program from about noon to 2:00. “Then,” she writes, “a group of 6th graders will have their annual history scavenger hunt around town. They have local history questions to answer. Some of the answers will be found in the museum as well as from the town's businesses.” A Holling niece, Linda Raymond and her husband from Flint, Mich., will also visit this month.”

All of this shows that the memory of Holling and Lucille lives on among children of all ages.

2 comments:

  1. Thank you Walt!!! You have satisfied a lifelong wish of mine to learn about this couple and to see a photo of them. I'm so glad that you have used your time and talent to find out and share what you have learned with us.

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  2. Walt: FYI, I posted about HCH on my blog: http://elirosswriter.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/author-profile-holling-clancy-holling/
    and included a link to your blog. So happy to see all the information here.

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