{"id":1113,"date":"2024-08-22T20:59:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T20:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:07:04","slug":"dorothy-mierow-sketchbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2024\/08\/22\/dorothy-mierow-sketchbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Mierow sketchbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dorothy Mierow (1920-2000) was the daughter of CC president Charles Mierow. She served as Curator of the CC Museum from 1956 to 1962, and then was part of the first Peace Corps group to travel to Nepal. She is the author of several books, including\u00a0<em>Thirty Years in Pokhara<\/em>,\u00a0<em>This Beautiful Nepal<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Himalayan Birds and Flowers<\/em>. We have a collection of her papers, Ms 383.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just look at these pages from her 1973 sketchbook. Just look at them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2024\/08\/Mierow-Dorothy-1973-sketchbook--687x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2024\/08\/Mierow-Dorothy-1973-sketchbook--687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2024\/08\/Mierow-Dorothy-1973-sketchbook--201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2024\/08\/Mierow-Dorothy-1973-sketchbook--768x1145.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2024\/08\/Mierow-Dorothy-1973-sketchbook--1031x1536.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2024\/08\/Mierow-Dorothy-1973-sketchbook--1374x2048.jpg 1374w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2024\/08\/Mierow-Dorothy-1973-sketchbook--624x930.jpg 624w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2024\/08\/Mierow-Dorothy-1973-sketchbook--scaled.jpg 1718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorothy Mierow (1920-2000) was the daughter of CC president Charles Mierow. 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