by David L. Witt | Dec 16, 2013 | Curator's Notes
The December 9, 2013 Time cover story – “America’s Pest Problem” – called for the mass extermination of wildlife. Apparently, wild animals are inconveniently in our way. This appallingly unconscious attitude suggests that, as pervasive as Seton’s influence is, that...
by David L. Witt | Nov 26, 2013 | Guest Writers
Here are excerpts from an article appearing in The Humane Review, an anti-animal cruelty journal, published in London, April 1903, pp. 11 – 20. A copy of the journal, from the Seton Castle Archives, is found in the Seton Gallery library at the Academy for the Love of...
by David L. Witt | Oct 26, 2013 | Curator's Notes
October 23, 2013, 67th Anniversary of Seton’s Death In his short mystical essay, The Buffalo Wind (1938), Seton considered his own passing: The swift years have gone – the urge becomes a lash. I am going now – I am going with all my strength. So have I sought a...
by David L. Witt | Oct 21, 2013 | Curator's Notes
Two Boy Scout troop leaders were in the news this week and last for vandalizing a geological formation in Utah. Destruction of our natural and national heritage is of course contrary to the most basic principles of Scouting and Woodcraft. This reckless and stupid...
by David L. Witt | Oct 7, 2013 | Seton Essays
Through an entry into his Totem Board newsletter, Ernest Thompson Seton found a way to express his ideas about hunting in a review of a book by Adolph Shane, perhaps published in the 1940s. The book: Archery Tackle, How to Make and How to Use It, Manual Arts Press,...
