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Librarian’s Probe into Photographer Leads to Discovery of 1925 Painting of MacDowell Grounds

A question about an early 20th-century photographer and a 12-year curiosity about a map have led to a thrilling discovery at MacDowell. Back in October of 2009, Colette Lucas, librarian for MacDowell’s James Baldwin Library, came across a curious black-and-white image in MacDowell’s photo archive of what appeared to be an…
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Campaign to Sustain: John Sieswerda on the Next 100 Years for the MacDowell Forest

For #GivingTuesday this year, we are spotlighting MacDowell’s commitment to environmental sustainability and some of the folks who have guided this work, like MacDowell Maintenance Foreman John Sieswerda.Utilizing What We HaveSieswerda started advocating for the forestry program at MacDowell in 1988. Though this work had been done in Marian MacDowell’s…
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