Hello, It was several years ago when I found out that my great-grandmother's only sibling, Miss Edith Crosby RICE of Winchester and Arlington, had a large collection of children's books named after her. The collection was donated to the University of Maine about 10 years ago. Edith had been the Children's Librarian in Arlington from ~1900 to ~1930, and she appears to have been well-liked. I had learned about the "Edith C. Rice Collection" by searching on-line for her name. And I had read on-line about the family which had the collection, but it was a family in MD and I didn't remember the names. Up to the present, I've belonged to the List for Arlington (non genealogy) for a couple years, and the Arlington Historical Society has been lucky to have a set of "diaries" from different members of the WINN family. People have been posting pages from the diaries on that List, and they are from the late 1800's and ~1900 and are interesting to read. The latest is from Nina WINN who was in her 20's when writing the diary. She never married and lived with her father and her brother. This week I decided to remind myself of the "Edith C. Rice Collection," and discovered that the lady who donated the books to U.Maine - was a member of the WINN family. I've been reading the diary pages (on-line) and I don't recall Edith being mentioned. But, maybe she and Nina didn't connect until much later than the diary was written. And the lady was descended from Nina's brother, George, who didn't marry his long-time girlfriend until after the diary was written. That's all I'll say about it now. I'm just offering it as an FYI. Betty (near Lowell, MA) FYI: My great-grandmother was Mrs. Louise W. (RICE) KIDDER, and she lived in Arlington when first married ~1900, but moved back to Winchester. It was just before 1900 when Louise and Edith's mother, Mrs. Adelaide Crosby (HUTCHINSON) RICE, left the large farm in Winchester and moved to Arlington. Her brother, George HUTCHINSON, divorced lived with the extended family. (For newcomers, I've mentioned the HUTCHINSON farm and the families many times in the past.) (And, as I just mentioned, I've never been able to find Adelaide's husband after they "separated" ~1880. He was Charles W. RICE, b1850 Maine, and I can't find him in any census from 1880 to 1910 (dying 1916). He might have been the man living in Milton in 1910, but he is listed as being 40, when he should have been 60.) (And, in 1880 Adelaide is listed in 2 census reports. She is listed as living with her parents in Winchester and also listed as living in the Danvers State Hospital.)