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P.O. Box 1171 January-February-March, 2020
Lancaster, California 93584 Volume 36, Number 1

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Elsie Purdy - Volunteer 1
Elsie Purdy - Indian Museum Volunteer
Short History of Yucca Cottage 2
BY FAVIM HISTORIAN, ANNE KITTLITZ
Excerpt from 1987 Docent Chants 2
Holidays on the Homestead Report 3
Elsie Purdy, a long time volunteer at the Indian
Gift Shop Report 5
Museum, has given the museum a very
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generous gift of $30,000. This money will be
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used to renovate Yucca Cottage. The project
that will be done with it are to put in an
updated heating and cooling system, new book
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shelves and flooring. Also freshly painted
rooms will be enjoyed by all.
But most of all, Elsie has been and still is an
Elsie became volunteer forthe Indian Museum enthusiastic, knowledgeable and dependable
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in 1982 when she took the Docent trammg volunteer. She has made a difference for many
class. Her long career as a teacher helped
years. And now she has given such a generous
make her an excellent children's tour guide.
gift that will help the State Park for many
She led school tours for many years. In recent
years. Thank you Elsie.
years she has been a weekend volunteer ~here
she welcomes visitors and helps them enJoy
the native cultures through the artifacts at the
museum. Elsie has accumulated 1840 volunteer
hours working at the museum.

Also, during her years as a volunteer she
served as the Classroom Visitation Coordinator
during 1987 until 1994. This was a program
where volunteers went to classes who had
made reservations for a tour of the museum.
She and her committee would acquaint the
children about the cultures and art if acts they
would be seeing on their tour of the museum.
This prepared them for a much richer visit.