MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS TRAVELING EXHIBIT INQUIRY

Jupiter, FL:  The Loxahatchee River Historical Museum is pleased to
present the exhibit, “Marjory Stoneman Douglas: A Celebration Exhibit!” as
a traveling exhibit starting in August 2004.  The exhibit is in
collaboration with the Land Trust of Dade County - Marjory Stoneman
Douglas Home, University of Miami Archives & Special Collections – Otto G.
Richter Library, The Miami Herald Archives, and Wellesley College -
Margaret Clapp Library.

Articles from her personal life, including some of her famous floppy hats,
will be on public display, courtesy of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Home
in Coconut Grove.  Original manuscripts, letters, documents, drawings and
photographs will highlight the multifaceted talents and the important
causes of Florida’s first lady of conservation.

Born in 1890, Marjory Stoneman graduated from Wellesley College in 1912.
She became the first female reporter for The Miami Herald in 1915.  In
addition to the Herald, Douglas wrote for the Saturday Evening Post and
the Ladies Home Journal, among others.  Best known as the champion of the
Everglades, she fought to save the Everglades from destruction and to
create Everglades National Park.  Her book, The Everglades: River of
Grass, is recognized as a Florida classic and was the first to portray the
Everglades as a river.

The exhibit explores how Marjory Stoneman Douglas spent her long life
joining forces with her friends and other organizations to fight for
women’s rights, libraries, and sewer systems for the African American
community in Miami.  In 1993, at the age of 103, President Bill Clinton
awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for dedicating her life to
protecting the fragile ecosystem of the Everglades.  President Clinton
called her the ‘Grandmother of the Glades’ for safeguarding America’s
beauty and splendor for generations to come.

The exhibit includes 36 photographs mounted on foam board (various sizes,
mostly 30” x 40”), framed prints, three floppy hats, books written by
Marjory, various archival items, certificates and awards received, a
videotape, label copy for each item, introductory text panels, and
brochures to hand out.  For further information or to obtain exhibit
proposal, please contact: Michael Zaidman, Curator, Loxahatchee River
Historical Society, 805 North US Highway One, Jupiter, FL 33477, phone
561/747-6639, fax 561/575-3292 or e-mail [log in to unmask]

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