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Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

Happy December 1.  May your month be full of good things, including December 29th's premiere of PBS Television's American Masters documentary on Laura Ingalls Wilder! This production is the result of years of planning and production.  Mark your calendar... READ HERE

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

"Coffee – Wilder Home Blend"
Description: Wilder Home Blend
Bold flavor with notes of chocolate and caramel. Full-bodied with low acidity and smooth finish.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

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Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

"Pa’s Fiddle Sampler Counted Cross Stitch Kit"
Description: Pa’s Fiddle Sampler Counted Cross Stitch Kit
“When father played on his violin in the twilight…love welled up in my heart.” Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

Happy December 1.  May your month be full of good things, including December 29th's premiere of PBS Television's American Masters documentary on Laura Ingalls Wilder! This production is the result of years of planning and production.  Mark your calendar... READ HERE

This documentary is on right now....

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

February was the birth month of two of the most significant characters in the Little House books: Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder. Almanzo was born February 13, 1857, near Malone, New York. Laura was born February 7, 1867, near Pepin, Wisconsin. When they married they celebrated their birthdays on the nearest weekend to their birthdates. As late as 1940 Laura held a birthday party for Almanzo in the parlor at Rocky Ridge Farm to celebrate his 83rd. There are so many happy stories to hear about the Wilders' happy home. Come visit this season and learn more about them.

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American Masters
Did you know? Laura Ingalls Wilder didn't publish her first book until she was 65.

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"American Masters: Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page DVD"
Description: American Masters: Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page presents an unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling “Little House” series.
The documentary delves into the legacy of the iconic pioneer as well as the way she transformed her early life into enduring legend, a process that involved a little-known collaboration with her daughter Rose. Featuring never-before-published letters, photographs and family artifacts, the film explores the context in which Wilder lived and wrote, as well as the true nature of her personality. Directed and produced by Emmy-Award winner Mary McDonagh Murphy (Harper Lee: American Masters). This year marks the 85th anniversary of the publication of Little House on the Prairie (1935).
Producer: Atticus Brady, Julie Sacks, Junko Tsunashima, Mary McDonagh Murphy
Executive Producer: Michael Rosenfeld, Michael Kantor
Production Company: Twin Cities PBS; American Masters Pictures; Mary Murphy & Company, LLC
Copyright Year: 2020
Rating: TV-PG
Director: Mary McDonagh Murphy
Writers: Mary McDona
Number of Discs: 1
Length: 83 minutes
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

LAURA INGALLS WILDER HISTORIC HOME & MUSEUM
2021 SEASON OPENS MARCH 1
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Home & Museum will be opening MARCH 1, 2021.  Hours will be Monday thru Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Sunday 12:30 to 5:00 p.m. Adult Ticket - $15.00: Children 6 to 17- $7.00. Children 5 and under free.
GUIDED TOURS begin Monday thru Saturday: Farm House 9:30 a.m. - Rock House 10:00 a.m.  Sundays 1:00 p.m.
MASKS REQUIRED IN MUSEUM, FARMHOUSE, ROCK HOUSE!!
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

Winter is on the wane, and it has been an unusually hard one. For many of Laura Ingalls Wilder's readers, it is the season to re-read the Little House book in sequence. Each of them includes stories of the Ingalls-Wilders weathering challenging winters, some with lack of food, fuel, school attendance, and other hardships. This is especially true in THE LONG WINTER, published 81 years ago.  Laura's first draft of the book was written in pencil on 50/50 tablets, as was her custom. Here is the opening page of THE LONG WINTER. It is preserved in the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

More progress on Laura's sleeping couch by Fallon & Wilkinson, LLC.

Preparing the velvet show cover from the fainting couch for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum in Mansfield MO for scanning and reproduction. The fabric was carefully removed from the frame, mounted to a flat substrate, and vacuumed with a Nilfisk vacuum for the cleanest scan possible. Stay tuned for a post of the actual scanning.

The Cherry Blossom Festival is held every year in my town!!! Some day I'll get to it!!! They've had many from the LHOTP show host this event...including "Zalmondo". One year, "Thelma Lou" was there!  *sigh* Some day soon...

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

The show cover from the sleeping couch has now made its way to Billerica, MA where it is being scanned. It will then be digitally edited so that the fabric on the couch will have the same vibrancy that it did when Mrs. Wilder was using it. It wasn't out of the ordinary for Laura to sleep on this couch after staying up late working on her books.
If you would like to donate specifically to this project, it would be greatly appreciated. Donations of any amount can be made here: DONATE HERE

Fallon & Wilkinson, LLC is in Billerica, Massachusetts

Scanning the velvet show cover from the fainting couch of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum in Mansfield, MO for reproduction with a Cruse Synchron camera scanner. The fabric was carefully removed from the frame, mounted to a flat substrate, and vacuumed with a Nilfisk vacuum for the cleanest scan possible. Thank you to John Lorusso at the Big Scan in Billerica, MA for supplying us with this high quality scan.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

In May 1957 500 visitors toured the home of Laura and Almanzo Wilder, establishing a tradition of Little Book readers visiting the site. At that time, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home Association was being established to preserve the house. Supporters, many of them Mansfield citizens, pledged $100 each to begin the work. Rose Wilder Lane's generosity was significant in making the project possible. You can help continue the Association's development by becoming a member of the non-profit organization.