Holly WitcheyWhen did the Wades move to Cleveland?I know the answer now: 1856. But today I want to talk about how important it has been for me to triangulate sources, to check and…3 min read·Jul 21, 2021----
Holly WitcheyIn August 1894, J.H.Wade was a young man in the 1890s. He and his wife, his mother and his mother-in-law traveled the world, enthusiastically collecting. The…2 min read·Mar 11, 2021----
Holly WitcheyIn search of Lord Chancellors and BursesI am currently on an extended trip to the UK and Italy following the travel journals of Jeptha H. Wade I (1889), Randall Wade (1870–71)…5 min read·May 8, 2019--1--1
Holly WitcheyOpen Access CMA: Welcome to Wade’s WorldI’ve spent years attempting to communicate the volume and grandeur of Jeptha “Homer”Wade II’s gifts to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Topics…2 min read·Feb 9, 2019----
Holly WitcheyWithout a doubt writing this book about the Wade family in Cleveland has led me down some…I’d run across Sandra’s Scipio History blog (http://scipiocenterny.blogspot.com/) just a week earlier, which included mentions of a James…2 min read·Jun 22, 2018----
Holly WitcheyMr. Wade Buys (and then builds) His Dream House in Cleveland 1856–1866In this excerpt from a letter to his fiancee, 21-year old Randall Wade (1835–1876) writes updating her on the search for a home. Randall’s…3 min read·Mar 8, 2018----
Holly WitcheyFinding the right fit: how to pick a school in the 1850sProbably in or around 1852 the Jeptha Homer Wade (1811–1890) and his family settled in Columbus. His son Randall (1835–1876) , 17, entered…2 min read·Feb 22, 2018----
Holly WitcheyGrandma Garretson: Ellen Howe Abbot Garretson (1836–1922)Been thinking about Ellen Howe Abbott Garretson recently. She is mostly remembered today — when she is remembered at all — as the mother of…3 min read·Jan 23, 2018----
Holly WitcheyIn religious matters my aim has been to do right….In religious matters my aim has been to do right, and to learn the truth, and as far as possible reach correct conclusions, and act…4 min read·Jan 3, 2018----
Holly WitcheyThanksgiving at Boarding School 1872/73Boarding school on the Hudson River in November, especially during the holidays, must have been cold and a little lonely at times, even if…2 min read·Nov 16, 2017----