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August Derleth
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Early Portraits |
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One of the first known photographs of August Derleth, shown here with (clockwise from the left) his great grandmother, mother Rose and grandmother Elizabeth Volk. (ca. 1910) |
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Contemporary with the above, Derleth is shown her with (again, clockwise from the left) grandfather August JuliusDerleth, father William Derleth and grandmother Genevieve Damm. (ca. 1910) |
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Early portrait of August Derleth |
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Early portrait of August Derleth |
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Portrait of August Derleth |
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Portrait of August Derleth |
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Portrait of August Derleth |
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Derleth at his kidney-shaped desk |
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Derleth in High School |
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Derleth at his kidney-shaped desk |
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August Derleth in his black cape shows the
influence of Orson Welles (Photo by Carmie Thompson, Madison Capital Times) |
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August Derleth on the Sauk City railroad trestle mentioned in several places in his writing. |
| Family Life | |
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Derleth and Sandra Winters after their wedding in 1953 |
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Derleth, Sandra and their children Walden William and April Rose |
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Derleth, with Walden and April |
| Later Life | |
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Derleth read at least one book a day and retained all he read with one reading. |
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Derleth spent the month of May hunting morel
mushrooms in the woods in and around Sauk City Photograph by Jeri Schwartz |
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In his record morel collecting year Derleth
harvested over 10,000 mushrooms. (1971) Photograph by Jeri Schwartz |
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Derleth lecturing at the Rhinelander School of Arts, Rhinelander, Wisconsin |
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August Derleth with Governor Warren Knowles (far left) and Georgia O'Keefe (center) with others being honored with the Governor's Award in September 1966. |
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Portrait of August Derleth |
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Portrait of August Derleth |
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The last known photograph of August Derleth from June, 1971 taken in front of the home of Edna Meudt. |
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