Looking for Betty MacDonald: The Egg, the Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I
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Betty’s tuberculosis and
birth of
chicken farm and
childhood
Darsie’s relationship with
family at Vashon Island
fifth birthday
gypsum mine income and
income from
mentioned
photographs of
playing piano at family gatherings
at Roosevelt District house, Seattle
schooling
Seattle, return to
at WPA
Bard, “Gammy” (Anne Elizabeth) (grandmother): in 1930 census
about
Alison and
arrival in Butte
in Betty’s books
in Butte
on childhood as hazardous
death and interment of
descriptions of
divorce of
The Egg and I and
homemade jam of
at Laurelhurst house
Laurelhurst property
on lax discipline
matriarchy and
mentioned
move to Boulder
renting in Jefferson County
Bard, James (or “Barde”) (grandfather)
Bard, Mary Ten Eyck (later Jensen) (sister): about
advertising career
Alison and
Anybody Can Do Anything and
Best Friends
Betty’s cancer and
Betty’s death and
Betty’s divorce from Bob Haskett and
Betty’s frustrations vented to
Betty’s tuberculosis and
birth and baptism of
Bob Heskett and
Butte environment and
carefully presented in Betty’s books
character inspired by
charitable work
childhood
Chimacum farm and
courtship and marriage to Jens Clyde Jensen
death of
doctors and
as doctor’s wife
The Doctor Wears Three Faces
Don and
as driver
The Egg and I and
family of
finances taken over by
Forty Odd
German baron and
gypsum mine income and
in Hollywood
homes of
Just Be Yourself
at Laurelhurst home
on literary stage
Madrona house and Vashon Island beach house
matriarchy and
mentioned
mortgages and
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and
personality of
photographs of
role of, in Betty’s life
at Roosevelt District house, Seattle
schooling
in Seattle
Seattle and
snobbery and
sued by Pacific Coast Coal Company
as support for family
Sydney, attempted book on
Sydney moving in with Jens and
Vida Pixley and
working at Mandarin tea shop
as writer
Bard, Sydney (Elsie Thalimer Sanderson; also “Margar”) (mother): at 15th Ave NE house, Seattle
in 1930 census
about
after Betty’s divorce
Anne and Joan in care of
in Anybody Can Do Anything
arrival in Seattle
background
Betty feeling underappreciated by
in Betty’s books
Betty’s tuberculosis and
on book tour
Darsie’s death and
death of
descriptions of
Egg and I film and
engagement and elopement
finances and
as grandmother
grief over Allison’s stillborn daughter
home births and
as indulgent mother
at Laurelhurst house, Seattle
Lippincott and
living with Betty
Mandarin tea shop
married life
Mary’s attempt to write book on
matriarchy and
mentioned
mining camp travels and
mortgages and
moving in with Mary and Jens
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and
name change
as painter
penury, response to
personality of
photographs of
pregnancies
renting in Jefferson County
room of, in Anybody house
at Roosevelt District house, Seattle
Schuyler Square radio serial
script writing efforts
Seattle, return to
smoking and ill health of
suite for, at Vashon Island house
Sylvia, loss of
traveling with Darsie
trip to Auburn, NY
on Vashon Island
“Why I Like Old Gold” cigarette ad contest win
You Can’t Take It with You, comparison to
Bard, Sylvia Remsen (sister)
bardisms
Bard & Johnson
Baumgarten, Bernice
Anybody Can Do Anything and
author dinner hosted by
Betty’s death and
Betty’s literary estate and
Betty’s relationship with
on cookbooks and gardening books
correspondence with
Don to
The Egg and I and
Jackson and
life of
as literary guide
Mary and
mentioned
Monica Sone and
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books and
Nancy and Plum and
Onions in the Stew and
periodical articles and
publishing process with Betty
“The Red Satin Raincoat” and
retirement of
Too Old to Ride and
Who, Me? and
Beck, Dave
Beck, John
“being Bard”
Bell and Diamond mines
Bennett, Joan
Bennett, Richard
Benny, Jack
Bergman, Ingrid
Best Friends (Mary Bard)
Bests Department Store, Seattle
best-seller lists: all Betty’s books on
The Egg and I and
The Egg and I trailer and
Lippincott and
Plague, Anybody, and Onions on
Betty (Betsy). See MacDonald, Betty
Betty MacDonald (Rhode Island Red hen)
Betty MacDonald Day: at Vashon Library
Beverly Hills
Big Butte
births. See under individual persons by name
Bishop, Albert
Bishop, Aldena
Bishop, Arthur
Bishop, Bud (Edward Leroy)
Bishop, Charles
Bishop, Edward and Ilah
Bishop, Eugene
Bishop, Herbert
Bishop, Janet
Bishop, Madeline Ammeter
Bishop, Susanna
Bishop, Walter
Bishop, Wilbur
Bishop, William
Bishop family photo
Bishop/Kettle et al. libel suits: Betty and Don in court
descriptions of people and places in Egg and I
filing of
jury decision
jury instructions
new trial denied
significance of Kettle characters
trial and testimony
Black Ball Ferry Lines
Blackiston, Rev. Slator Clay
Blake, Eunice
Blake, Thelma
Blake, Thomas
Bl
essed Sacrament Church, Seattle
Blonde, H. K.
Boeing, William
Boiger, Alexandra
Boise Basin gold rush
Bombeck, Erma
Bon Marché department store
Bonney-Watson funeral parlor, Seattle
Book of the Month Club
book tours
Boston: Darsie and Sydney’s marriage in
Sydney in
Boulder, CO: author in
Betty’s birth in
Gammy’s death in
Gammy’s return to
house in
Mapleton Hill neighborhood
years in
bovine tuberculosis
Bracken, Peg
Bradford, Robert
Brand, Christianna
Brandt & Brandt
collaboration forbade by
The Egg and I and
letters, archived
Manhattan offices
sequel to Egg wanted by. See also Baumgarten, Bernice
breadwinner role
Bredlau, Cathy
Breen, Joseph
Bridger Canyon, Utah
Brownies
Bruccuoli, Matthew
Brute Force (film)
Bundy, Edward
Bunyan, Paul
burials. See funerals and burials
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific railroad
Butte, MT: air pollution in
author’s visit to
children playing in mines of
copper mining and
Darsie’s death in
diversity of
eccentricity in
explosion and fire, Granite Mountain Mine
as home base for travels
houses in
labor violence and stoppages in
McKinley School
mines and mining in
Montana School of Mines
move to
plans to move from
as “richest hill on earth”
Sydney and Darsie’s married life in
weather in
Westside neighborhood
Butte Electric Railway
Butte & Ely Company
Butte Masonic Lodge
Butte Miners’ Union
Butte Miners’ Union Hall
Butte Mine Workers’ Union
Butte–Silver Bow Public Archives
C
Cahoon, Grace
Calkins, Raymond
Callahan, Margaret Bundy: “Around Town” column (Town Crier)
Betty’s death and
Chimacum farm and
as family friend
on Laurelhurst home
on Lincoln High
on Mary
memoir of
mentioned
photographs of
on snobbery
on Vida Pixley
Callahan, Tobey
Canada
cancer
Canham, Anne. See MacDonald, Anne
Capitol Hill, Seattle
Carmel Valley, CA: Corral de Tierra Ranch
home in
Los Laureles Grade
move to
roundups
in Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven
Vashon Island contrasted with
Carmel Valley Horsemen’s Association
Carnation Co.
Carthage, MO
cascara
Cedar Falls, IA
cemeteries: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Butte. See also funerals and burials
Center, WA: chicken ranch in
population of
chain of title
Chandler, Raymond
charitable work during WWI
Chautauqua Assembly, Boulder
Chicago Daily Tribune
chicken feather hat
chickens: Bard family and
Bishop family and
Center, WA, chicken ranch
divorce and
Don’s chicken project on Vashon Island
in The Egg and I
hatred of. See also eggs
Chimacum, WA: Bishop family in
Bishop family photo
dairy farm in
farmhouse, Egg and I Rd.
libel lawsuit and
population of. See also Bishop/Kettle et al. libel suits; The Egg and I
Chimacum High School
Church of the Epiphany, Seattle
cigarettes
Clamface
Clark, Katherine
Clark, William
“Cleve.” See Bard, Cleve
Cloud, Dudley
Coie, J. Paul
Colbert, Claudette
photographs of
collaboration
Columbia Pictures
contracts
cookbooks
Cooper, Gary
copper mining
Cornish, Nellie
Coronet magazine
Corral de Tierra Ranch, Carmel Valley, CA
Cosmopolitan magazine
Cozzens, James Gould
Crandell, George
creative writing seminars at University of Washington
Crosley appliance company
Crowbar (character)
Croxford, Gwen Smith
Cumming, William
Cundiff, William
cures in Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
D
Dallas, TX
dance marathons
dances in Chimacum
Darsie. See Bard, Darsie Cleveland
Dartmouth College
death, fear of
deaths. See under individual persons by name
debt. See also mortgages
debt collectors
“Dede.” See Bard, Dede
Del Monte Country Club
demolition of the Anybody house
department stores: Bests, Seattle
Bon Marché
Frederick & Nelson, Seattle
Rhodes
destiny
Didrikson, Mildred “Babe”
divorce: Betty and Bob
Gammy
grounds for
statistics on, in Washington
stigma of
doctors (physicians): Edward Trudeau
male and female
Robert Stith
Thomas Moore
wives of. See also Jensen, Dr. Clyde
The Doctor Wears Three Faces (Mary Bard)
“Don’t be a saddo” (Bard motto)
Doubleday, Doran and Co.
driving test
Duncan, Isadora
Dutch Treat Club, New York
E
eccentricity: Bard household and
Butte and
The Egg and I and
family and
Gammy and
house carrying sense of
letters and
Edison Technical School
education. See schools
The Egg and I (book; Macdonald): Anybody Can Do Anything compared to
Athletic Club luncheon
available on Olympic Peninsula
on best-seller lists
book tour
Brandt & Brandt and drafts of
changes to avoid liability
chapter in Anybody Can Do Anything about
Chimacum farm and
cover art
creation and writing of
culture shock described in
dedication
divorce and second marriage obscured in
Doubleday, Doran & Co. and
draft of
Edward and Ilah Bishop libel case
fan mail for
fictionalized aspects of
land described in
Life magazine story and media attention
mentioned
millionth copy and presentation copies
Native Americans in
New York Times Book Review advertisement
Olympic Peninsula described in
Onions in the Stew compared to
place names in
Pocket Books edition of
publication and success of
in Reader’s Digest
royalty income from
screening at Firland Sanatorium;
“second edition” of
serialization of
sold to Lippincott
success of
title of
tone of
versions of
wartime themes of
Who, Me? title from chapter of
World War II and. See also Bishop/Kettle et al. libel suits
The Egg and I (film): about
Academy Award nomination (Marjorie Main)
anachronistic references
Betty’s presence in
Bob Heskett’s release deal
cartoon trailer
casting
critical reaction and earnings
filming and wardrobe
film rights and contract
Hollywood tours and interviews
Ma and Pa Kettle sequels to
opening scene
photo op with Betty and Claudette Colbert
prepublicity
product endorsements
promotional trailer
publicity gimmicks with eggs
regulatory matters and Hays Code
set and promotional photos
shooting locations
teaser in Brute Force film
Egg and I Road (aka Road No. 16, Swansonville Road, or Winding Road), Center, WA
egg ranching: Betty and Bob in Center, WA
Betty and Don on Vashon Island
popularity of
eggs: autographing
in film’s opening scene
Hollywood tour and
in Life magazine story
Loft Candy’s chocolate eggs
publicity stunts and photos with
Elko County, NV
Eloise (Thompson)
Ely, NV
employment (Betty)
Eric Pape School of Art, Boston
Erskine, Chester
estate, literary (Betty)
Evans, Betsy (granddaughter)
Evans, Darsie (grandson)
Evans, Johnny (grandson)
Evans, Robert (son-in-law)
exaggeration
Exchange Building, Seattle
F
family gatherings
fan mail: after Betty’s death
Anybody Can Do Anything and
from aspiring authors and collaboration seekers
during cancer
The Egg and I and
from Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle fans
at ranch
responses and templates
storage and archives of
from tuberculosis patients
Fargo, ND
ferry
fibrosis (scar tissue)
fiction: desire to write
nonfiction vs.
Fields, William
Fink, Leonid
Finn, Janet L.
Firland Sanatorium
First Hill neighborhood, Seattle
Fish, Helen Dean
Fisher, George
Flannery, Norah
foreclosures
foreign-language editions
Forever Amber (Winsor)
Forty Odd (Mary Bard)
Franklin Touring automobile
Frederick & Nelson, Seattle
Friday Musical Club, Boulder