{"id":1959,"date":"2020-01-24T11:30:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T19:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2020-01-24T11:30:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T19:30:46","slug":"norman-douglas-bassett-book-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/norman-douglas-bassett-book-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman Douglas Bassett book donation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norman Douglas Bassett descends from #4 William Bassett of Connecticut as follows:<\/p>\n

William Bassett and wife Sarah Burt
\nWilliam Bassett (b. 1647) and wife Sarah Hood
\nJohn Bassett (b. 1682) and wife Abigail Berry
\nDaniel Bassett and wife Lydia Hood
\nJohn Bassett (b. 1739) and wife Ruth Newhall
\nDaniel Bassett (b. 1773) and wife Abigail Bean
\nJoel Bean Bassett (b. 1817) and wife Aurelia Bernard Carpenter
\nWilliam Lincoln Bassett (b. 1885)
\nNorman Douglas Bassett<\/p>\n

To read the original article on Norman Douglas Bassett, click on the link below.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsletters\/2011\/12\/201112.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n

Milwaukee Journal, Wisconsin, Thursday, September 29, 1938
\nScholarship Fund Will Be Aided by \u201cFirst Edition\u2019 Sale<\/p>\n

What is believed will be the first public auction there of \u201cfirst edition books\u201d will be held under the auspices of the Wisconsin Library association Oct. 7 at the Schroeder hotel.<\/p>\n

Fifty-three books, valued at more than $500, have been donated by their authors or friends of the authors, according to E.E. Seebach of the Milwaukee public library, who is treasurer of the association. Many of the books are accompanied by letters written by the authors.<\/p>\n

Norman Bassett, Madison, who collected the books, will be auctioneer. He will be assisted by Gilbert Doan, librarian at the University of Wisconsin, and Seebach.<\/p>\n

Proceeds of the sale will go toward a scholarship fund for a Wisconsin boy or girl who is studying library technique. The books are on display at the library. Included in the collection is a copy of Hamlin Garland\u2019s \u201cDaughter of the Middle Border.\u201d Other authors represented are John Steinbeck, Kathleen Norris, James Hilton, John Galsworthy, Eugene O\u2019Neill, Booth Tarkington, Thornton Wilder, Noel Coward and Ellen Glasgow.<\/p>\n

The auction is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. Bids will be received by mail, Seebach said.<\/p>\n

The New York Times, January 14, 2020\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>This book, once owned by Norman Douglas Bassett of Wisconsin, has found its way home to the library of Mount. Edith Wharton was the first female author to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1921.<\/p>\n

To read the complete article, click on the link below.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/14\/arts\/edith-wharton-the-age-of-innocence.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Norman Douglas Bassett descends from #4 William Bassett of Connecticut as follows: William Bassett and wife Sarah Burt William Bassett (b. 1647) and wife Sarah Hood John Bassett (b. 1682) and wife Abigail Berry Daniel Bassett and wife Lydia Hood … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1962,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions\/1962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}