Two Temple Place Letter" is represented by Hester Prynne and the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. The two remaining characters are Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle and his daughter. At the feet of Rip Van Winkle is his dog and at those of his daughter is the gnomes’ keg of liquor, the drinking of which had sent Van Winkle into his long slumber and freedom from his bothersome wife for 20 years! The staircase hall is overlooked by a gallery that features statues made by Nicholls, having American literary associations, and a frieze in relief which features 82 characters from Shakespeare’s "Othello", "Henry VIII", "Antony
Katherine Van Winkle Palmer Katherine Van Winkle Palmer Katherine Van Winkle Palmer (1895 – September 12, 1982) was a Tertiary paleontologist, a scientist who studies fossils from the Cenozoic Era, and geologist. Palmer was recognized for her field/doctoral study on veneracean lamellibranches, a class of bivalve mollusks that include clams, scallops and oysters. Palmer was a director of the Paleontological Research Institution in New York. At this position, Palmer oversaw the publication of numerous "Bulletins of American Paleontology" as well as several issues of "Palaeontographica Americana". Palmer was born to Jacob Van Winkle and Edith Van Winkle in Oakville, Washington, where she spent her