JCHM Newsletter is here!

Here’s the Summer | August, 2023 edition of the Jonathan Clark House Museum newsletter. It’s filled with Clark House news, notices of upcoming events, and recaps and photos of a variety of summer happenings. Click the image below to view and/or download your own PDF copy of the complete newsletter.

Thanks to all involved in producing a summer full of Jonathan Clark House activities, especially museum director Nina J. Look and our wonderful crew of docents, volunteers and board members. And a tip of the hat to Nina (and our savvy graphic designer, Shayla Krantz) for this latest edition of the newsletter.

But wait—there’s more!

I’ve got a piece there, too

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We have a lot of interesting historical objects in the Clark House collection, and this portable writing desk is one of the more special among them. Museum director Nina J. Look asked me to do a little research and write a short piece about this for the newsletter, and the results are above, accompanied by Tom Gifford’s excellent photos.

Naturally, I did more research—and found more interesting information—on this handsome desk than I had space for in the newsletter. So I’ll write a full post (or two?) here on the blog with more info on this artifact, its original owner, and how an elegant little desk like this fit in the lives of our mid-19th century Mequon pioneers. Until that post appears, you might also want to take a look at our recent, related posts School supplies…and more, 1850 and the elegant image that illustrates At my desk, writing…

We appreciate your support

I’d be remiss if I passed up the opportunity to ask you to support the Jonathan Clark House Museum. As always, we appreciate the many gifts, large and small, from all of our supporters. Your contribution, of any size, supports the museum and its many educational and outreach activities. And now giving—and choosing which optional Jonathan Clark House items or programs you might like to sponsor—is as easy as pointing your phone at a QR code:

Prefer to donate without a QR code? Here’s the link: https://jonathanclarkhouse.com/support-our-cause

Next time

I hope you enjoyed catching up on the latest Jonathan Clark House Museum news. Wednesday’s post will include a round-up of news, miscellanea, and upcoming topics here on the CHH blog. I hope to see you then.

Now, back to work. At my stylish and practical writing desk…

Edridge, Henry, Portrait of a Man, Seated in Front of a Writing Desk, c. 1795-1800. Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor). Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1965. Public domain.