Community Calendar
Harlan- Lincoln House Brown Bag Lecture Series- "Dear Bob"
Name:
Harlan- Lincoln House Brown Bag Lecture Series- "Dear Bob"
Date:
March 11, 2014
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
Event Description:
Friends of the Harlan-Lincoln House will host their annual Brown Bag Lecture series the first three Tuesdays in March. All presentations are held at noon in the International Room at Chadwick Library, Iowa Wesleyan College. There is no charge. Guests are invited to bring a lunch.
March 11 “Dear Bob”: Mary Harlan Lincoln and Her Daughter’s Heartbreak
Paul Juhl, Harlan-Lincoln volunteer and Iowa history enthusiast, Iowa City, will discuss a letter written by Mary Harlan Lincoln to her husband, Robert Todd Lincoln, in 1906. The letter is a recent addition to the Harlan-Lincoln collection. Mrs. Lincoln writes of her concerns over their daughter Jessie’s dissension with her estranged husband, Warren Beckwith, Jr.
March 11 “Dear Bob”: Mary Harlan Lincoln and Her Daughter’s Heartbreak
Paul Juhl, Harlan-Lincoln volunteer and Iowa history enthusiast, Iowa City, will discuss a letter written by Mary Harlan Lincoln to her husband, Robert Todd Lincoln, in 1906. The letter is a recent addition to the Harlan-Lincoln collection. Mrs. Lincoln writes of her concerns over their daughter Jessie’s dissension with her estranged husband, Warren Beckwith, Jr.
