August 05, 2021
In 1954, Jane returned to the Oglebay Institute where she was formerly employed to put on an event c...
August 04, 2021
My work table is piles of controlled chaos as the piles get bigger and then smaller and then bigger ...
August 03, 2021
Another gem from the Rural Recreation Service era of Jane Farwell's career.
This is affixed to a b...
August 02, 2021
Ralph Page single-handedly published the Northern Junket from 1949 to 1984. It documents many moment...
August 02, 2021
When Jane Farwell moved to Germany in 1955, the legacy of the Christmas Festival continued without h...
August 01, 2021
Look at this Rural Recreation Service pamphlet!
This document is like a time capsule into Jane Farw...
July 31, 2021
A mysterious envelope tucked between dance instructions. I recognize the handwriting of the donor, b...
July 30, 2021
Rural Recreation Service was established in 1948. Jane established Dodgeville, Wisconsin as a home b...
July 29, 2021
This is an early newspaper clipping about Jane Farwell teaching in Sweetwater, Texas.
Jane says, "P...
July 28, 2021
I have been trying to build a timeline of Jane Farwell's life one document at a time. The staff at F...
July 27, 2021
Now that the inventory is done, I have a better idea of how to group things together and to understa...
July 26, 2021
The 25th Annual Folklore Village Christmas Festival scrapbook is filled with drawings, letters, and ...
July 26, 2021
The Folklore Village Christmas Festival is a multiday event with craft workshops, music, dancing, cu...
July 25, 2021
In the materials collected, donated, and stored, I found this J. C. Penney's bag.
What wonder would...
July 24, 2021
Jane Farwell started attending these Recreation Labs in the late 1940s. Finding Recreation Lab bookl...