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 | 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 | Aug 10, 2013 | Curator's Notes
Seton Birthday Reception and Gallery Opening Join the Academy for the Love of Learning and Curator of the Seton collection, David L. Witt, for the opening of a new exhibit. Seton and the Quest to Save Nature In 1893, on the winter plains of...
by David L. Witt | Jul 17, 2013 | Curator's Notes
Members of the Saudi Arabian Scouts Association visited Seton Castle and the gallery at the Academy for the Love of Learning on June 27th. Twelve adult Scout leaders (one of whom took this picture), two interpreters, and local Santa Fe Scouter Grant Wright were in the...
by David L. Witt | Jun 24, 2013 | Curator's Notes
In his Forward to Ernest Thompson Seton, Founder of the Woodcraft Movement 1860-1946 (London: The Edwin Mellon Press, 2007), Seton biographer Brian Morris took on the puzzling issue of why Seton has been largely left out of 20thcentury history. “Perhaps Seton, by the...
