FRIENDS OF THE LIMBERLOST
The Friends of the Limberlost address is P O Box 571, Geneva, Indiana 46740. Membership is amazingly inexpensive and confers benefits that far repay the nominal dues. Dues run from July 1 through June 30. The dues include a subscription to the newsletter.
| Senior Citizen on fixed income | $5.00 |
| Individual | $10.00 |
| Family | $20.00 |
| Corporate | $35.00 |
| Contributing | $50.00 |
| Patron | $100.00-500.00 |
| Guardian | $1000.00 |
Please make checks payable to Friends of the Limberlost and send to the address above.
There are many attendant benefits such as a 10% discount at all Indiana State Museum and Historic Site gift shops. All contributions are tax deductible.
Volunteers are as necessary as dues! <{> The Friends have many worthwhile projects that benefit the Cabin, the wetlands and forests, and the families and community.
The Friends of the Limberlost is a separate organization from Limberlost Swamp Remembered. I’ve been a bit vague on that, but the latest issue of the newsletter explains it.
Friends always needs volunteers in all sorts of capacities. Just speak to one of the officers, or phone the cabin at 260-368-7428 or write to P.O. Box 571, Geneva Indiana 46740. You can be a Friend no matter where you live, and I can attest to the friendliness of the group. You won’t feel like a stranger!!
You need not be a member of Friends of the Limberlost to volunteer, but you’d probably want to join anyway!
Ruth Brown is also Membership Chairperson for the Friends. Email Ruth at willisandruth@onlyinternet.net
One main project already begun is restoring the gardens at the site, using the flowers Mrs. Porter used and wrote of, as well as filling in with other plants to keep the yard in bloom throughout the growing year. You will work with Willis Brown and Gretchen Baumgartner on this project. It will take several years to get it just right. If your time is limited, perhaps you would like to buy plants for the project. Update: Willis broke his leg…. more garden help is needed!
GSP Postage Stamp
When you see Gene Stratton-Porter’s special home in Geneva, Indiana or even read this web page, or visit her other home in Wildflower Woods, or read any of her books, you’ll know why she deserves a postage stamp. You can help get this stamp produced!
There is a new drive on to get this stamp made. It is co-sponsored by the Limberlost Cabin/Swamp site and the Rome City State Historic Site for Gene Stratton-Porter. Congressman Mark Souder is helping us.
The best way to help is to sign a petition at either location, but since many of you can’t get there, you can write to this NEW ADDRESS, even if you wrote to the previous address:
Write out the following message on a postcard
(Write the date)
Friends of the Limberlost
Gene Stratton-Porter Stamp ProjectI am adding my support to the Friends of the Limberlost request
for consideration for a Gene Stratton-Porter stamp.(Add your name)
(Add your city and state)
and send the message on the postcard, with a 20 cent stamp, to
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
U.S. Postal Service
Room 4474 EB 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW
Washington DC 20260-2437
Susan Wittig Albert
Susan Wittig Albert spoke twice at the Limberlost. She writes about herbs and also does an herbal-grounded mystery series featuring the detective China Bayles. She owns an herbal business. Visit her beautiful website. See her photo on the Porter Pictures Page.
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Gene Stratton-Porter’s Books
Mrs. Porter’s most famous titles include A Girl of the Limberlost, Freckles, Laddie, Keeper of the Bees, Michael O’Halloran, The Harvester, and The Song of the Cardinal. A Girl of the Limberlost was the first American book to be translated into Arabic. Her first love was exploring nature, meticulously documenting all the flora and fauna of the Limberlost swamp where she lived, but her publisher required her to write one fiction book for every nature book he published.
Mrs. Porter was a pioneer nature photographer whose techniques made her sought after by film manufacturers. A grateful public adored her fiction. It is still selling today. One estimate is that 50 million people have read Gene Stratton-Porter in many translations including Braille.
Read about all the stunning books, pamphlets and other items you can buy throught the Limberlost’s Museum Shop. Pages on this site list all the books available, as well as how to order them.
Another helpful booklist listing Mrs. Porter’s collectible books, resulted from the work of Linda Janilla and David G. MacLean. David is a friendly expert on Gene Stratton-Porter’s books.
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PBS documentary: Gene Stratton-Porter: Voice of the Limberlost
Nancy Carlson from Ball State is the Co-Producer
Nancy Carlson co-produced this fine documentary. It is thorough and engrossing. I’m sorry but I don’t know when your PBS station will show it. It is available for sale right now though! You can order it:
Call Indiana University Press at 1-800-842-6796
Price is $19.95, with probably some shipping and handling involved. It is 56 minutes long.
You can also contact your local PBS station and urge them to show the video again.
Escape Hatch
It would be best if you would go to the main index for Gene Stratton-Porter pages here. Thank you.