Jottings News

You can only imagine our pleasure at the initial response to Pete Petersen’s suggestion in the May Jottings, as reported by Sandra Wigdahl, that if 52 donors gave $150 each, The Archive would have enough funds to hire a part-time assistant.

AND IT IS SPRING! The crocus and bloodroot have already bloomed in our woodland garden as have the daffodils and tulips. Their places have been taken by Virginia bluebells and Siberian squills, by violets and bleeding hearts and delicate pasque flowers. The cherry and apricot have yielded to redbud and flowering crab and almond.

The spring volunteer week will be April 21-25. We look forward to seeing many of you even though we know it entails considerable expense on your part in terms of travel, lodging and meals. Already we have an invitation to Julie and Charlie Rohlfing’s.

The last Jottings alerted you to the fact that changes are afoot. Since then we have changed our name from The Danish Immigrant Archive to The Danish American Archive and Library. This new name more accurately reflects our mission and holdings.