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But while Carson looked to be
:
Personal observation. This account of the broadcast is based on my own viewings of it on a DVD provided by the Beinecke library.

Houghton Mifflin bought a copy of it
:
Anne Ford to Jack Woolner, May 23, 1963, Beinecke. Woolner worked at the department.

The president of its American division
:
Lawrence Emley to Carson, May 24, 1963, Beinecke.

Carson got more support
:
U.S. Department of the Interior press release, April 25, 1963, Beinecke.

This laboratory is dedicated to
:
Ibid.

The Interior Department, through the
:
U.S. Department of the Interior press release, August 12, 1963. The report itself was 109 pages long.

Eric Sevareid reported that
:
“The Verdict on the Silent Spring of Rachel Carson,”
CBS Reports
, May 15, 1963, Beinecke.

The
New York Times
ran an editorial
: New York Times
, May 17, 1963.

In the same issue of the paper
:
Ibid.

Dorothy wrote to Carson to say
:
Dorothy Freeman to Carson, May 15, 1963, Muskie.

The committee report made
:
“Use of Pesticides: A Report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee,” May 15, 1963, JFK Library.

“If Rachel Carson is right”
: New York Herald Tribune
, May 24, 1963.

Carson told Dorothy Freeman
:
Carson to Dorothy Freeman, April 23, 1963, Muskie.

In early May 1963, she said she was
:
Ibid., May 2, 1963, Muskie. 383
Dorothy said she didn’t know:
Dorothy Freeman to Carson, May 8, 1963, Muskie.

But at the end of May
:
Carson,
Always, Rachel
, p. 464.

Carson appeared on June 4, 1963
:
U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Reorganizations and International Organizations of the Committee on Government Operations, “Coordination of Activities Relating to Use of Pesticides,” 88th Cong., 1st sess., May 16, 22, 23, and June 4, 25, 1963.

Carson entered a long, prepared statement
:
“Statement of Rachel Carson Before the Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organizations of the Committee on Government Operations,” June 4, 1963, Muskie.

Carson and Roger—accompanied by
:
Lear,
Rachel Carson
, p. 456.

Carson told Dorothy one reason she was
:
Carson to Dorothy Freeman, June 13, 1963, Muskie.

One day in early September
:
Ibid., September 10, 1963, Muskie.

Back home in Silver Spring
:
Ibid.

“For ourselves, the measure is”
:
Ibid.

After a long day at the hospital
:
Carson to Dorothy Freeman, September 18, 1963, Muskie.

Dorothy recalled that after
:
Dorothy Freeman to Carson, October 2, 1963, Muskie.

In October 1963, Carson started a course
:
Carson to Dorothy Freeman, October 3, 1963, Muskie.

Dorothy commiserated, saying she
:
Dorothy Freeman to Carson, October 11, 1963, Muskie.

A local newspaper account
: San Francisco News-Call Bulletin
, October 19, 1963.

Carson told Dorothy how exciting
:
Carson to Dorothy Freeman, October 17, 1963, Muskie.

She loved San Francisco
:
Ibid., October 21, 1963, Muskie.

When she got home
:
Ibid., October 23, 1963, Muskie.

She assured Dorothy that
:
Ibid., October 31, 1963, Muskie.

though in one letter
:
Ibid. October 23, 1963, Muskie.

She said it was quite an experience
:
Ibid., November 14, 1963, Muskie.

“shock, dismay, and revulsion”
:
Ibid., November 27, 1963, Muskie.

Worried about shipping a portion
:
Ibid.

Dorothy wrote to Carson afterward
:
Dorothy Freeman to Carson, December 9, 1963, Muskie.

A week before Christmas 1963
:
Carson to Dorothy Freeman, December 18–19, 1963, Muskie.

A few days later
:
Ibid., December 21, 1963, Muskie. Despite her optimism about another season at Southport Island, this heartbreaking letter showed that Carson knew the end was coming fast. She said she was writing in front of the fireplace in her study after putting Roger to bed. Now she wished Dorothy was by her side so that they could remember all their most treasured times together. She told Dorothy that in spite of the miles that separated them Dorothy remained her “main comfort and support.”

After Dorothy made a four-day visit to
:
Carson to Dorothy Freeman, January 2, 1964, Muskie.

One of her doctors had
:
Ibid., January 9, 1964, Muskie.

Only a few days after Carson told
:
Carson,
Always, Rachel
, p. 515.

She said she regretted
:
Carson to Dorothy Freeman, January 14, 1964, Muskie.

Carson told Dorothy how impressed
:
Ibid., January 18, 1964, Muskie.

Two months later, it was early spring
:
Ibid., March 10, 1964, Muskie.

She told Dorothy about
:
Dorothy Freeman to Carson, April 12, 1964, Muskie.

In early April she was strong enough
:
Ibid., March 31, 1964, Muskie.

When she got home after
:
Ibid., April 14, 1964, Muskie.

Later that same day
:
Lear,
Rachel Carson
, p. 480. Marie Rodell phoned Dorothy to say that Carson had died at 6
:
30 p.m. (Dorothy Freeman diary, April 14, 1964, Muskie.)

Among the things Carson left behind
:
Carson to Dorothy Freeman, January 24, 1963, and April 11 and 30, 1963, Muskie.

Her brother, Robert, insisted on
:
Lear,
Rachel Carson
, p. 482.

On May 4, 1964, the tide at Newagen
:
“Notes on My Experience in Scattering the Ashes of Rachel,” Dorothy Freeman’s written account of that day, Muskie.

EPILOGUE

During the Pinchot Institute’s first year of operation
:
U.S. Department of the Interior press release, August 12, 1963.

In the spring of 1964
:
Ibid., April 8, 1964.

Udall exercised his considerable authority
:
Ibid., September 4, 1964.

Two months later, the FWS
:
Ibid., November 15, 1964.

Roger Christie went to live
:
Freeman,
Always, Rachel
, Epilogue.

In 1975 she gave a talk
:
Audio recording, Muskie.

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