Rose Standish Nichols & Garner Ranney
When:
Saturday, Mar 01, 2025 10:30a -
11:30a
Saturday, Mar 01, 2025 10:30a -
11:30a
Where:
Online event
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
History, Virtual
Event website:
https://www.nicholshousemuseum.org/events/rose-standish-nichols-garner-ranney/
In 1942, 23-year-old Harvard student Garner Ranney was introduced to Rose Standish Nichols, a 70- year-old garden designer, writer, and pacifist. They began a correspondence that lasted the rest of Rose’s life. Their 3,300+ letters are now in the collection of the Schlesinger Library at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
At times they corresponded daily— sometimes even writing multiple times a day— sharing their thoughts on foreign policy, art, and writing, as well as gossip and updates about friends. Their letters document life in the United States as the Cold War was becoming a reality. Garner, a US State Department employee, shared extensive news of his life in D.C., delving into the diplomatic issues confronting the United States— topics the politically-engaged Rose relished. The letters also suggest how much of a kindred spirit they found in each other.
In this Nichols House Museum virtual program, scholar Anne-Laure François will discuss her on-going research into Rose and Garner’s letters, a with focus on the first three years of their correspondence. Anne-Laure François is an associate professor at Université Paris Nanterre in suburban Paris, where she teaches about American politics and American constitutional law.
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