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The Legacy of Virginia Eifert
One of the finest Midwestern Writers of the 20th Century
Virginia Eifert
Who Was Virginia?
The Early Path to Success
Early Photos – 1920-30s
Virginia’s Early Field Guide Bird Book
1927 JOURNAL Virginia was 16
1929 JOURNAL – Virginia was 18
Two Camera Hunters’ Recent Captures, 1929
Personal Letter from Rachel Carson, March 4, 1944
Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, August 13, 1941
Virginia Eifert, Nature Writer Extraordinaire
Complete Bibliography
A Son’s Remembrance
Illinois State Museum Publications
Museum – INVITATION TO BIRDS – 1948
Museum – FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN THE SPRING – 1947
Canadian Audubon Society – NATIVE FERNS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA – 1946
Museum – 04 EXPLORING FOR MUSHROOMS – 1945
Museum – 05 BIRDS IN YOUR BACKYARD – 1941 –
OUTDOORS IN ILLINOIS MAGAZINE – SPRING AND SUMMER 1958
Museum – 07 ILLINOIS WILD FLOWERS BY JOHN VOSS AND VIRGINIA EIFERT
Museum – 08 THE STORY OF ILLINOIS SERIES #1, INDIAN AND PIONEER – 1941
At Home in Springfield
Who was Herman Eifert
The Living Museum – Illinois State Museum magazine
Living Museum December 1941
Living Museum August 1941
Living Museum – June 1945
Living Museum – August 1949
Living Museum – Living Museum December 1959
Living Museum – August 1962
Living Museum – August 1966 final edition under Virginia’s guidance
Living Museum – August 1981 memorial edition and publication of Essays on Nature
Living Museum Vol 1 1939
Virginia’s Art
Virginia’s Christmas Cards
Wisconsin – The Door County Clearing School and northern Wisconsin
Land of the Loon – 1948, 45-page trip journal
Journal of First Class at The Clearing in Door County, Wisconsin 1957
Northern Wild Flowers – 1948, 16-page portfolio
Virginia’s Poetry
Poetry – THE GIFT OF RAIN by Virginia S. Eifert, 1963
Poetry – BIRDS NOBODY LIKES by Virginia S. Eifert, date unknown
Anticipating Wilderness
River Travels
River World Field Trip, Alton, IL to Lake Charles, LA and back on a working towboat, 1956
Virginia Eifert on Kindle and Nook
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