Marian Neff Baker was a graduate of Juniata College and Pennsylvania State University. She taught biology at Stone Valley High School in McAlevy's Fort, PA. Her students developed lifetime memories as a result of her many field trips, outdoor classes, and even the making of maple syrup. In 1948 she married Victor Baker and moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, her interest in nature study undiminished. There she wrote for PENNSYLVANIA GAME NEWS, and became Curator of Education at the Pennsylvania State Museum. She taught thousands of schoolchildren the values and appreciation of nature.
Upon returning to Alexandria, Pennsylvania, the Bakers built a cabin which they named "The Hollow Tree" near Greenlee Mountain in Huntingdon County. The experiences at "The Hollow Tree" and many years of teaching resulted in the publication of her first children's book, LEAVES FROM THE DEEP WOODS in 1876. "During the period from 1984 to 1987 she wrote science articles for GRIT magazine's kids page. By 1988 she had published nine books and eight more were in various stages of completion. Her books are most entertaining to children, amusing to adults, but more importantly, they are informative, teaching about nature.
As an artist, Marian illustrated her books and articles and painted many canvases and watercolors. She sculpted the clay from her "Hollow Tree" cabin the woods and made baskets with the natural materials found there. Marian passed away in 1991, but left a rich and wonderful gift for our children and future generations.
By R. L. Graham & Doris Roherback.
See: "Neff-Näf Family" by William A. Neff, author, Princeton University Press, 1991, page 287.
Neff Family Historical Soc., Inc., ID [B752743]
Upon returning to Alexandria, Pennsylvania, the Bakers built a cabin which they named "The Hollow Tree" near Greenlee Mountain in Huntingdon County. The experiences at "The Hollow Tree" and many years of teaching resulted in the publication of her first children's book, LEAVES FROM THE DEEP WOODS in 1876. "During the period from 1984 to 1987 she wrote science articles for GRIT magazine's kids page. By 1988 she had published nine books and eight more were in various stages of completion. Her books are most entertaining to children, amusing to adults, but more importantly, they are informative, teaching about nature.
As an artist, Marian illustrated her books and articles and painted many canvases and watercolors. She sculpted the clay from her "Hollow Tree" cabin the woods and made baskets with the natural materials found there. Marian passed away in 1991, but left a rich and wonderful gift for our children and future generations.
By R. L. Graham & Doris Roherback.
See: "Neff-Näf Family" by William A. Neff, author, Princeton University Press, 1991, page 287.
Neff Family Historical Soc., Inc., ID [B752743]
Marian Neff Baker was a graduate of Juniata College and Pennsylvania State University. She taught biology at Stone Valley High School in McAlevy's Fort, PA. Her students developed lifetime memories as a result of her many field trips, outdoor classes, and even the making of maple syrup. In 1948 she married Victor Baker and moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, her interest in nature study undiminished. There she wrote for PENNSYLVANIA GAME NEWS, and became Curator of Education at the Pennsylvania State Museum. She taught thousands of schoolchildren the values and appreciation of nature.
Upon returning to Alexandria, Pennsylvania, the Bakers built a cabin which they named "The Hollow Tree" near Greenlee Mountain in Huntingdon County. The experiences at "The Hollow Tree" and many years of teaching resulted in the publication of her first children's book, LEAVES FROM THE DEEP WOODS in 1876. "During the period from 1984 to 1987 she wrote science articles for GRIT magazine's kids page. By 1988 she had published nine books and eight more were in various stages of completion. Her books are most entertaining to children, amusing to adults, but more importantly, they are informative, teaching about nature.
As an artist, Marian illustrated her books and articles and painted many canvases and watercolors. She sculpted the clay from her "Hollow Tree" cabin the woods and made baskets with the natural materials found there. Marian passed away in 1991, but left a rich and wonderful gift for our children and future generations.
By R. L. Graham & Doris Roherback.
See: "Neff-Näf Family" by William A. Neff, author, Princeton University Press, 1991, page 287.
Neff Family Historical Soc., Inc., ID [B752743]
Upon returning to Alexandria, Pennsylvania, the Bakers built a cabin which they named "The Hollow Tree" near Greenlee Mountain in Huntingdon County. The experiences at "The Hollow Tree" and many years of teaching resulted in the publication of her first children's book, LEAVES FROM THE DEEP WOODS in 1876. "During the period from 1984 to 1987 she wrote science articles for GRIT magazine's kids page. By 1988 she had published nine books and eight more were in various stages of completion. Her books are most entertaining to children, amusing to adults, but more importantly, they are informative, teaching about nature.
As an artist, Marian illustrated her books and articles and painted many canvases and watercolors. She sculpted the clay from her "Hollow Tree" cabin the woods and made baskets with the natural materials found there. Marian passed away in 1991, but left a rich and wonderful gift for our children and future generations.
By R. L. Graham & Doris Roherback.
See: "Neff-Näf Family" by William A. Neff, author, Princeton University Press, 1991, page 287.
Neff Family Historical Soc., Inc., ID [B752743]
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