The  Preservation Company and Kathleen Sorbello Di Scenna would like to thank the following people, groups and organizations for their help in her research.
They are:
- Onondaga Historical Association & Research Center
http://www.cnyhistory.org
Phil McCray
- Onondaga County Court House
- Syracuse University-Bird Library-Special Collections
http://libwww.syr.edu/information/spcollections
Christian Dupont and Carolyn Davis, Onondaga County Public Libraries
- Robert Kinchen Reference Library in the Galleries, Syracuse, New York
http://www.onlib.org/ (Select "Library Locations", then "Select a Library")
Janet Park and Jean Palmer
- Betts Library
- Fayetteville Free Library
- Liverpool Library
- Paine Library
- Salina Free Library
- White Branch Library
- Madison County Court House
Mid-York Library Systems
- Canastota Library
- Cazenovia Library
- Chittenango Library
- Manlius Historical
http://www.manliushistory.org
- Fayetteville Historical
- Chittenango Historical
- Betty Bartoo-Historian
Richburg, New York
- Library of Congress
Frank Evina
- University of Buffalo
- Buffalo Historical Association
- Historians from Montgomery and Herkimer Counties
- Scott Hart
- Patricia Hart
- Dorothy Storne
- Johannah Adams
- Marylou Guindon
- David Hart
- Jeanette Maynes
- Lisa Mercer
- Cheryl Spuches
- Suzanne Vail
- Robert E. Zoller
- Yale University-Bienecke Library
- Columbia University
Visit these incredible institutions. They are some our Country's greatest resources. Explore and discover our history. Wonder awaits you. It like finding buried treasure.
Special thanks to:
- John Wilson at ACS, Inc.
- Denise Stowe for her incredible expertise on this web-site.
Thanks to those Oz experts:
- Michael Patrick Hearn
- David Moyer
- Willard Carroll
- Fred Meyer
Thanks to:
- Sally Roesch Wagner
Continued thanks to those for their kindness, help and encouragement in my efforts over the years.
In warmest respect and admiration for:
- My dear friend-Cynthia Baum Tassini (niece of L. Frank Baum)
- Ozma Baum Mantele (Grand daughter of L. Frank Baum- deceased 2000)
- Gita Morena
- Robert and Clare Baum
- John Fricke
- Barbara Evans
- Carol Satterlee
- Donna Adamo
WTVH 5, Syracuse, New York
- Professor Robert Levy
- George Branca
Most of all, thanks to my family: mother-Josephine (now deceased) who was the first to believe in my dream, Peter, Sue, Anthony and Missy, the Sorbello's, my in laws-the Toni and Amleto Di Scenna's. To John Satterlee- whom without the help of his lending of Oz books this web-site and all other Oz projects could not be possible. Deepest thanks to dear friends Dolores J. Terranova, and to Judithann A. Gloska who have given their all in endless love and support. To Frank and Maud Baum, God rest their souls, for choosing me to carry out their wishes of truth and putting some imagination into the mix. To my husband- Armand for all his support and belief in me, and to God who gave me the gifts to make this all real.
Additional resources and quotes on this site:
To Please A Child- by Frank Joslyn Baum and Russell P. Macfall
Other books you can read about L. Frank Baum and Oz:
The Annotated Wizard of Oz- Michael Patrick Hearn
100 Years of Oz (From the Willard Carroll Collection)– John Fricke
The Oz Scrapbook- David L. Green and Dick Martin
L. Frank Baum-Royal Historian of Oz- Angelica Shirley Carpenter and Jean Shirley
The World of Oz- Allen Eyles
Oz and Beyond- Michael O. Riley
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*****Please note: If there is anyone who I forgot to thank for their help or input with my research on Baum and Oz Projects, please, please e-mail me at discenna@dreamscape.com |
