Jean Bothwell

(1892-1977) born at Winside, Cuming County, lived in Omaha and Lincoln. Author, educator, missionary, published almost 60 books for children, began her writing career after she reached fifty years of age, received Children's Spring Book Festival Award and New York Herald Tribune award in 1946. Consult Current Biography (1946) 65-66 and Something about the Author, Vol 2 (Gale, 1971) 34-36 and Contemporary Authors-New Revision Series, Vol 3 (Gale, 1981) 85-86. Benjamin A. Botkin (1901-1975) lived in Lincoln. Educator, author, editor, folklorist, credited with revolutionizing definition of the field of folklore, edited or contributed to 30 books, and many journals and magazines, including first definitive work in the field titled A Treasury of American Folklore (Crown, 1944). Consult Twentieth Century Authors, Sup 1 (1955) 101-102 and obituaries in New York Times, July 31, 1975, p. 30 and Western Folklore, Vol 34 (October 1975) 335-338 and Something about the Author, Vol 40 (Gale, 1985) 39-40.

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