Rose Wilder Lane
During her childhood rose moved with her family several times living with.
Rose wilder lane. For more information or to request scans of photos in the collection please contact the archival staff. When rose was not yet two years old laura and almanzo became very ill with diptheria. Laura tells of roses birth and early childhood in the first four years. Rose wilder lane 1886 1968 was a prolific fiction writer biographer and political theorist as well as the daughter of laura ingalls wilder author of the little house series of childrens books.
The rose wilder lane papers contain over 700 of lanes personal photographs. Rose wilder lane was the first child of laura ingalls wilder and almanzo wilder and their only child to survive into adulthood. Lanes skillful editing and publishing connections assisted her mother in making the transition from rural ozark journalist to world renowned. Rose had been flying high as one of the best paid journalists of.
It told the story of a homesteader during the great westward expansion from wisconsin across iowa missouri kansas minnesota the dakota territory and back again to missouri. Most of them depict events from her life people she knew or places where she traveled or lived. In 1931 44 year old rose wilder lane saw a manuscript of a book called pioneer girl. At this time only a selection of these photos are available in digital format.