Opal Whiteley papers 1911–1977

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Opal Whiteley papers 1911–1977

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Opal Stanley Whiteley was an amateur naturalist and an author. She gave nature lectures around Oregon, while attending the University of Oregon. She wrote a book called , based upon her nature lectures. While the book was not published, in March 1920, published a serialized version of Whiteley’s childhood diary and the book version was released in September of the same year. Controversy surrounded the publication, as people believed that Whiteley did not actually write the diary in her youth. After traveling the world for several years, Whiteley placed herself in Napsbury Hospital in England in 1948, where she died in 1992. The Opal Whiteley Papers consist of correspondence, class notes, personal and literary notes and writings, material relating to Whiteley’s writings. Her self-published diary, , is also part of this collection. The Fairyland Around Us The Atlantic Monthly The Fairyland Around Us

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Oregon Christian Endeavor Union

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Whiteley, Opal Stanley

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Opal Stanley Whiteley was born on December 11, 1897 in Colton, Washington and later moved with her family to Walden, Oregon, near the town of Cottage Grove. It was in Walden that Whiteley wrote a diary, later published in 1920 by the Atlantic Monthly, which was to become both celebrated and controversial. Whiteley was keenly interested in nature and botany; she became an amateur naturalist and utilized her interests in both nature and religion for her work in the Oregon Christian Endeavor Union....

Conklin, Edmund S., 1884-1942

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Whitley, Opal Stanley

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Moore, Carlisle

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