10.15
Booklet
2003
Poetry Collection: The Concept of Cancer. Material: paper, plastic. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: cream colored card stock cover with black spiral binding; cover title: "The Concept of Cancer....Jeannette Roesler Krause"; contents: a collection of poems by Jeannette Krause reflecting on her life after her cancer diagnosis; the second part of the booklet details her thoughts on the illness, her family and coping skills; the next segment includes a collection of colored photos of her farm home, her family, pages explaining on the importance of friends, her medical team and the chronology of her illness.
Jeannette Krause begins her collection with a letter to her children, signed "Mom"; it is also autographed "To Pauline, Thank you for listening, Jeannette".