Articles About Sarah S. Uthoff

Photo Courtesy of the Historical Society of Marshalltown, Iowa

This is a collection of links to articles about me that are currently online and full text. If you experience any problems with the links, please let me know at: info@trundlebedtales.com

• Whipple, Annette. “Home Is The Nicest Word There Is.” The Laura Ingalls Wilder Companion: A Chapter-by-Chapter Guide. 3 April 2023. https://www.wildercompanion.com/2023/04/home-is-nicest-word-there-is.html. Accessed 5 April 2023.
  
• “An Interview with Historian Sarah Uthoff from Trundlebed Tales.”
  The Little House on the Prairie Podcast: Walnut GroveCast. 17 Nov. 2020. https://vurbl.com/listen/2SuOMVusEiK. Accessed 15 May 2021.
  
• Blancard, Melissa. “YouTube Favorite Video Series: “Laura’s Prairie Summer” July, 2020 Recorded Live from Walnut Grove, Minnesota,” Melissa Blanchard Book Corner, 26 July 2020. https://melissablanchard62.com/tag/lauras-prairie-summer Accessed 5 April 2023.
  
•  “An Interview with Historian Sarah Uthoff from Trundlebed Tales.”
  The Little House on the Prairie Podcast: Walnut GroveCast. 17 Nov. 2020. https://vurbl.com/listen/2SuOMVusEiK. Accessed 15 May 2021.
  
• Sjoberg, Ryan. “Little House on the Prairie comes to Walnut Grove.” KEYC. 8 July 2020. https://www.keyc.com/2020/07/08/little-house-prairie-comes-walnut-grove Accessed 13 July 2020.
  
• Buntjer, Julie. “Wilder Pageant goes virtual in six-part miniseries, Laura’s Prairie Summer.” Worthington Globe. 8 July 2020. https://www.dglobe.com/entertainment/6562674-Wilder-Pageant-goes-virtual-in-six-part-miniseries-Lauras-Prairie-Summer. Accessed 9 July 2020.
• Votruba, Cindy. “Telling Laura’s story in a different way: ‘Laura’s Prairie Summer’ goes online starting Friday.” Marshall Independent. 6 July 2020. https://www.marshallindependent.com/news/local-news/2020/07/telling-lauras-story-in-a-different-way. Accessed 9 July 2020.
  NOTE: I’m in it, but they mis-spelled my name as Utoff.
  
• Smith, Paul. “Trundlebed Tales – Featured Blogger of the Week June 12, 2020.” Ups and Downs of Family History V2.0, https://upsdownsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/2020/06/12/kaitlin-h-powell-featured-blogger-of-the-week-june-5-2020 Accessed June 13, 2020.
  
• Small, John, host. “Sarah Uthoff – Getting to Know the Real Laura Ingalls Wilder.” John and Heidi Show. Sunny Radio. 2 Apr. 2019. www.spreaker.com/user/bigjohnsmall/805-sarahuthoff-gettingtoknowthereallaur. Accessed 7 May 2019.
  
• Terry. “Laura Ingalls Wilders Comes To Lake Mills Public Library.” Lake Mills Graphic, 27 March 2019. lmgraphic.com/news/laura-ingalls-wilders-comes-lake-mills-public-library?fbclid=IwAR1-IkroBfgYUUFu0YMkrwBdj-MmRy6KwTh1SJ0Ot0ZxJxLAKhh-sktoMAQ. Accessed 30 March 2019.
• Elzenga, Nicole. “The Dying Art of Letter Writing.” Redwood Gazette. January 3, 2019. p. 4.
• I’m quoted in: Grace, Erin. “Laura Ingalls Wilder’s ‘Little House’ books create big responsibilities for parents, teachers” Omaha World-Herald. 2018, July 17.
  https://www.omaha.com/columnists/grace/grace-laura-ingalls-wilder-s-little-house-books-create-big/article_88c69fa2-c6c1-563a-a3a5-567b7b069df0.html. Accessed 2 October 2018.
• Rundio, Steve. “Recalling Laura Ingalls Wilder: Sarah Uthoff brings show to Tomah Saturday.” La Crosse Tribune.  17 May 2017. http://lacrossetribune.com/tomahjournal/news/local/recalling-laura-ingalls-wilder-sarah-uthoff-brings-show-to-tomah/article_881cf00d-193a-5e68-95df-a12e65f90639.html Accessed 25 May 2017.
• Jordan-Heintz, Sarah. “Cooking on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder Topic of Presentation.” Times-Republican [Marshalltown, Iowa], 24 Mar. 2017, http://www.timesrepublican.com/news/todays-news/2017/03/cooking-on-the-prairie Accessed 29 Mar. 2017.
• Miller, Thea. Pageant Time: Laura’s Still on the Prairie. Road Trips for Readers. June 1, 2015
  http://www.roadtripsforreaders.com/2015/06/pageant-time-lauras-still-on-the-prairie
• “Laura Ingalls Wilder presentation features recipes, stories.” Daily Gate City. April 29, 2015.
  http://www.dailygate.com/news/article_ca481a6c-ee82-11e4-8239-bb3ef06fc962.html
• Noble, Jr. Michael. “‘Little House’ Themed Show Offers a Pinch of History.” Cedar Rapids Gazette. March 28, 2015. p. 7A
• Countryman, Nathan. “Online exclusive: Sarah Uthoff presents on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life.” Algona Upper Des Moines. October 23, 2014
  http://www.algona.com/articles/2014/10/29/news/algona_news/doc54491e78c5dd1977760205.txt
• Countryman, Nathan. “Two opportunities to see Wilder programs.” Algona Upper Des Moines. Oct. 16, 2014
  http://www.algona.com/articles/2014/10/16/news/top_news/doc543fdb763574b324273488.txt
• The press release from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library on “In the Kitchen With Laura.”
  http://www.hoover.archives.gov/pressreleases/Labor%20Day%20LIW%20PR.pdf
• “Signs declare IBSSS as Mary Ingalls site.” Cedar Valley Times. July 25, 2014. I’m pictured with the Mary Ingalls Society board.
  http://www.communitynewspapergroup.com/vinton_newspapers/article_a517020a-137f-11e4-b5b8-001a4bcf887a.html
• Pepin Laura Days has launched a new website. They have included a PDF of me.
  Sarah Uthoff
• "High Tea 2014: Tea Time and Tales of Laura Ingalls Wilder." Johnson County (IA) Historical Society Newsletter. May 2014. Reproduced with permission.
  https://trundlebedtales.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/jchs-may-2014.jpg
• "Memories of a One-Room School." Ottumwa Courier. April 30, 2014. Presenting "A Day in a One-Room School."
  http://www.ottumwacourier.com/local/x2117362997/Memories-of-the-one-room-schoolhouse?zc_p=0
• This month I did a two-part interview with the Cottonwood Tree blog:
  https://thecottonwoodtree.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/coffee-with-sarah-uthoff-of-trundlebed-tales-part-1-of-2 (Part 1)
  https://thecottonwoodtree.wordpress.com/2014/04/21/coffee-with-sarah-uthoff-of-trundlebed-tales-part-2-of-2 (Part 2)
  
  
• I was featured as one of the authors who work at Kirkwood Community College in the student newspaper, The Kirkwood Communique.
  http://www.kirkwoodstudentmedia.com/news/chapter-thirteen-1.3130931#.UvLOe7RxJZI
• I’m cited as a see further reference in the footnotes of Looking for Anne of Green Gables By Irene Gammel (2008). Click here to see – which is actually pretty funny because I’ve had the physical book for awhile, but just turned up the reference in Google books.
• I’m also in the Acknowledgements of Midwest Farmer’s Daughter: In Search of an Icon by Zachary Michael Zachs (2012).Click here to see.
• My activities for Banned Books Week.  Kirkwood’s Banned Books Week display and blog posts made it into School Library Journal‘s website, including a photo of my display. “Sarah Uthoff, a reference librarian, has also created an impressive display of banned books for all ages at the Kirkwood (IA) Community College Library, and has been blogging about censorship.”
  http://www.slj.com/2013/09/censorship/banned-books-week-celebrating-the-right-to-read/
• A great blog post about a visit to Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum in Burr Oak, Iowa by author and librarian Sharron McElmeel. “William Anderson is a noted Wilder expert; but Iowa has its own expert in Sarah S. Uthoff who frequently writes about Wilder on her Trundlebed Tales site.” Be sure to read it and enjoy the photos.
  http://iowahistory.blogspot.com/2013/09/laura-ingalls-wilder-at-home-in-iowa.html
• The Chicago Tribune included a lovely report by Sam Weller about his Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom.
  The article includes a shout out: “There is a popular podcast, “Trundlebed Tales,” hosted and produced by Laura Ingalls Wilder scholar Sarah S. Uthoff.”
  http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-08-09/features/ct-prj-0811-little-house-big-city-20130809_1_ingalls-family-caroline-ingalls-little-house
• Check out this interview by the blog 1000th Voice about Laura Ingalls Wilder:
  http://1000thvoice.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/an-interview-with-sarah-uthoff
• Look for a quote almost at the bottom of this article from Motorhome about one family’s Laura trip last year. It’s worth a read, even without my mention.
  http://www.motorhome.com/uncategorized/little-rv-on-the-prairie/


• National Archives Blog about Hoover event
  http://usnatarchives.tumblr.com/post/30399112409/if-you-love-laura-ingalls-wilder-dont-miss
• The return of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Day Remembered Labor Day event at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library made the newspaper.
  http://thegazette.com/2012/08/23/homegrown-prairie-walks-and-laura-ingalls-wilder
• Joanne Cleaver wrote an article on the LauraPalooza conference for the Chicago Tribune and included a paragraph on me. August 3, 2012 (Link to Cleaver's website, but PDF of actual newspaper clipping)
  http://jycleaver.com/portfolio/essays
• Cleaver's article inspired an article on the WGN national morning news program. Although it doesn't mention me by name, the photo montage at the end of the clip includes a photo of me speaking at LauraPalooza. August 6, 2012
  http://www.wgntv.com/news/morningnews/wgntv-whats-happening-20120805,0,3647145.story
• "Pioneer History Will Come Alive at Prairie Days." Montgomery County Chronicle. June
• "Country Schools and Talk Radio" March 8, 2011
  http://csaa.typepad.com/country_school_associatio/2011/03/csaa-on-trundlebed-tales-radio-the-country-school-association-of-america-will-be-the-focus-of-sarah-uthoffs-next-episode-of.html
• "Kirkwood Librarian Moonlights as Blog Radio Host" Communique Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids, Iowa February 24, 2011
  http://media.www.kirkwoodstudentmedia.com/media/storage/paper684/news/2011/02/24/Ae/Kirkwood.Librarian.Moonlights.As.Blog.Radio.Host-3979865.shtml
• "Sanford the Scene of 'Little House' Hoopla" Cherokee Chronicle Times September 24, 2010
  http://www.chronicletimes.com/story/1667374.html
• "Doll Lovers Flock to Show." The Hawkeye
  http://www.thehawkeye.com/print/doll-show-062908
• "Speaker Brings 'Little House' author to life" April 11, 2008
  http://www.dailydem.com/articles/2011/04/11/news/news4.txt
• "JCHS to Host 2nd Annual Little House Thanksgiving" Iowa City Press Citizen website
  November 2007
• "Live from Prairie Lights" - WSUI - Sarah reads her essay from Letters to a Young Iowan  May 25, 2007
• "Little House" program at Kalona Mennonite Church" The Kalona News April 26, 2007
• "Wild About Wilder" Iowa Alumni Magazine February 2006
  http://www.iowalum.com/magazine/feb06/people_uthoff.html
• "Enjoy a Good Schoolhouse Discussion? Try a Listserv!" Country School Association of America Newsletter
  October 2006
  http://csaa.typepad.com/country_school_associatio/2006/09/index.html

 

• Humanities Iowa - Click on "Speakers," then click "Meet Our Speakers," then click on "Sarah Uthoff" http://www.humanitiesiowa.org 

Last Updated: May 6, 2023
Sarah S. Uthoff     info@trundlebedtales.com