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The clue in the old album
At a doll collector's request for help, a young sleuth searches for an old album, a lost doll, and a missing gypsy violinist.
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C. W. BEEHLER'S COLLECTION OF VERTEBRATE FOSSILS: A LOST LEGACY
The Kimmswick 'bone bed', a late Wisconsin paleontological locality in Jefferson County, Missouri, south of St. Louis, has been known since the early nineteenth century. The site gained international recognition in 1843 when a German immigrant and enterprising entrepreneur, Albert Koch, sold a composite skeleton of an American mastodon to the British Museum, parts of which came from Kimmswick. A half-century later a mechanic, inventor, and fossil hunter named Charles W. Beehler spent several months each year between 1897-1904 exhuming a massive collection of vertebrate fossils, representing several taxa, but one dominated by American mastodon (Mammut americanum). In addition, Beehler discovered human artifacts that he deemed were associated with the extinct fauna, thus adding Beehler to a growing number of proponents of what was termed the 'American Paleolithic'. In retrospect he may have indeed uncovered evidence for an association between humans and extinct fauna, but the relationship went unrecognized by leading scientists of the time. Beehler constructed a wooden frame building on the site to house his collection, which he referred to as a museum. This was in preparation for visitors who would flock to the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, known officially as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Featuring his active excavation and mastodon-dominated bone collection, Beehler created an attraction that enticed fair goers--as well as the curious--to schedule trips to Kimmswick. Following the World's Fair Beehler returned to St. Louis, but the disposition of his collection remained a mystery. There is no evidence that any significant number of specimens made their way into institutional hands where they were preserved. Beehler attracted national and international attention through his work at Kimmswick, but his reluctance to share or donate his collection to a reputable institution left him with a legacy of notoriety, and led to the loss of this important collection of vertebrate fossils.
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A Visit by Mattie Kay and Cecil Sharp to the Somerset Village of Enmore in 1907
Ridgewell talks about the visit of Cecil Sharp and Mattie Kay to the Somerset village of Enmore to support the local schoolchildren in a demonstration of folk songs and morris dances. The display attracted large crowds and took place on the lawn of Enmore Rectory on Friday, Aug 9, 1907 and was chronicled at great length in the Bridgwater Mercury of Aug 14, 1907. The Rector of Enmore, the Rev. John Archibald Sorby, MA, was a contemporary of Cecil Sharp's at Cambridge, both men having entered Clare College in 1879. Sorby was rector of Enmore from 1904 to 1911, and died aged sixty on May 23, 1922. The occasion was a sale of work in support of parochial funds, and the newsworthy part of the event was the program of folk songs and dances performed by Mattie Kay and by the local children.
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Hoarding by Elderly People
Although hoarding has been studied in adults, little is known about problems of hoarding by elderly people. This study used a structured telephone interview with elder services providers to investigate hoarding behaviors in relation to functional impairment, cognitive deficits, and physical and psychological conditions in 62 elderly clients. Most elderly hoarders were female, unmarried, and lived alone. Extensive clutter was associated with significant impairment, interfering with basic hygiene, and posing a serious physical threat for many elderly clients. Clients were rarely insightful about their collecting and often resisted change, rendering interventions generally ineffective. Never-married status was associated with more severe hoarding and greater impairment and possibly with worse outcomes of intervention efforts. Health and mental health implications of hoarding by elderly people and implications for treatment are discussed.
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