by David L. Witt | Oct 6, 2014 | Curator's Notes
The Seton Gallery at the Academy for the Love of Learning is officially open twice a month (second and fourth Wednesdays), but really is open any time I am there – a day or so every week and by appointment. Free admission. Late last month Japanese scholar of American...
by David L. Witt | Sep 16, 2014 | Guest Writers
In 1901, Ernest Thompson Seton, having achieved his goal of gaining widespread fame and growing wealth, turned his attention to researching his ancestry. Monsignor Robert Seton had published An Old Family, Or, The Setons of Scotland and America in 1899. ETS maintained...
by David L. Witt | Aug 19, 2014 | Curator's Notes
The following photographs were taken on August 14 (Ernest Thompson Seton’s 154th birthday) in and around the campus of the Academy for the Love of Learning. (David L. Witt)
by David L. Witt | Aug 7, 2014 | Curator's Notes
An article from a British Columbia newspaper, the Gulf Islands Driftwood, September 18, 1991, subtitled, “Sociologist’s report credits nature-based movement,” validates Seton’s original purpose in creating his movement. The first Woodcraft camp took place in March...
by David L. Witt | Jun 26, 2014 | Curator's Notes
This years display of Glandularia bipinnatifida – Dakota vervain – added wonderful color to the Castle. It is one of several plant species attracting insects and birds to the Academy for the Love of Learning campus this summer. Birds and bird lovers are...
