April 16, 2026
"We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover": All the Rose Wilder Lane Research You Could Want

Have you ever looked at one of Laura Ingalls Wilder's manuscripts? Or dug into Rose Wilder Lane's journal entries? Or read the letters Rose exchanged with her beloved "Mama Bess"? The largest collection of Laura Ingalls Wilder/Rose Wilder Lane research materials is in West Branch, Iowa, at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. This week Land of Laura talks to Hoover archivist Spencer Howard as well as researcher Eddie Higgins. Tune in to hear all about how the Laura/Rose collection came to be, what's in it, and how you, too, can access this treasure trove of research materials — even if you can't get to Iowa.
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https://hoover.archives.gov/research/manuscript-collections/lane

