by David L. Witt | Mar 17, 2022 | Curator's Notes
Star badge, Boy Scouts of America, 1964 Short Misleading History of the Boy Scouts Here is the well known if incorrect short history of the Boy Scouts of America: The British general Robert Baden-Powell invented paramilitary Scouting out of whole cloth in 1908 with...
by David L. Witt | Feb 24, 2022 | Curator's Notes
“In days like these one can accept or assume no higher or better mission than that of peace messenger, a personal messenger of peace and understanding among the nations.” Ernest Thompson Seton, 1936, A Peace Mission to Europe Almost eighty-six years ago,...
by David L. Witt | Dec 11, 2020 | Curator's Notes
The novelist Anya Seton has received well deserved attention in a new biography by Lucinda H. MacKethan. My first encounter with a Seton came at a very young age. My mother’s extensive collection of novels included several by Anya. The daughter of two writers – Ernest...
by David L. Witt | Nov 19, 2020 | Curator's Notes
Wild Animals I Have Known, published by Gibbs Smith, 2020, copyrighted cover art by Seth Lucas How many copies of Wild Animals I Have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton are in print? Hundreds of thousands at least if not more in many editions. Seton’s best seller was...
by David L. Witt | Oct 23, 2020 | Curator's Notes
Patrociño Barela photo by Robert Beadles. Seton photo by unknown photographer. During my career, I have written biographies of two artists: Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) and Patrociño Barela (ca. 1900-1964). They likely never met (or at least no supporting record...
by David L. Witt | Aug 14, 2020 | Curator's Notes
This day marks the 160th anniversary of the birth of Ernest Thompson Seton. I also meant it to become the opening of our ENDANGERED exhibition. Selections of artwork from that show can be found in the Gallery section of this website. At the opening receptions for our...
