Love and Marriage in the Western Reserve: The Garfield Case

Authors

• John Shaw

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-1987

Abstract

John Shaw provides introduction and context and a subsequent fictional dialog between President James A. Garfield and his wife Lucretia Rudolph Garfield. As Shaw writes, “The thesis of this dialog […] is simple: love was no different in the Western Reserve a hundred years ago than it is now, but marriage was quite different!” Dialog originally performed in 1986 at Lake Erie College by Damaris Peters-Pike and Hale Chatfield of Hiram College. Conference paper; originally published in Western Reserve Studies Symposium (2nd:1987 : Cleveland, Ohio)

Keywords

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881, Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918, Marriage--Western Reserve (Ohio)--History--19th Century

Publication Title

Western Reserve Studies Symposium

Volume

2

Rights

© Author(s). Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, provides this content for non-commercial, personal, or research use only. All other use, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly reproductions, redistribution, publication or transmission, whether by electronic means or otherwise, without prior written permission of the copyright holder is strictly prohibited.

Recommended Citation

Shaw, John, "Love and Marriage in the Western Reserve: The Garfield Case" (1987). Western Reserve Studies Symposium. 131.
https://commons.case.edu/wrs-symposium/131