Linda H Peterson

Last week, the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) awarded its ninth Linda H. Peterson Fellowship to enable a researcher to take up to four months off work to pursue a project related to the 19th-century press. I like to think that Linda would have been deeply appreciative of all the good work that has been done in her name by scholars who have been lucky enough to "win a Peterson." More information about the fellowship is here: https://rs4vp.org/awards/peterson-fellowship/ I...

Linda revising her next lecture (on "A Small Place" by Jamaica Kincaid) for Yale travelers, sailing to Antigua on Sea Cloud, January 2013.

On the seventh anniversary of Linda's death, I am marveling at the magical photograph in Antelope Canyon, which captures both her deep love of nature and the sense we all had that she herself seemed, somehow, to be filled with light. Linda, we miss you greatly, but you continue to spread light.

I still remember the CCCC meetings and the lovely dinners, and, of course, the cheerful demeaner and lively intelligence. Always a pleasure to be in Linda's company. A great person, sotrely missed.

Linda, full of delight, in Antelope Canyon, Arizona, 2009.

I think of Linda so very often, her witty insights, the sound of her voice, her lively sense of humor, and her unfailing kindness. I often think, too, of her bravery and perseverance that last year.

Summer 1988, Linda with our battered and beloved canoe, in the Basin, Vinalhaven Island, Maine.

Linda was a source of light, warmth and generosity who beamed positive energy on everyone with whom she came in contact. I think of her often, and cherish the memories I have of her lovely spirit. It was a privilege to know her.

Thanks to Professor George Landow of Brown University, the full text of Linda's Victorian Autobiography: The Tradition of Self-Interpretation is available via The Victorian Web http://www.victorianweb.org/genre/peterson/1.html> (with more books likely to become available when permitted).