Karen Nitz

Karen Nitz has worked at the Claire McGill Luce Western History Room at the Harney County Library in Burns since 2008. She has served as a board member and vice-president of the Harney County Historical Society and is the author of Images of America; Harney County.

Author's Entries

  • Claire Isabel McGill Luce (1923-1971)

    Claire Isabelle (isabel) McGill Luce was an accomplished businesswoman and philanthropist from Harney County who embodied the adventurous spirit of the West and spent her life traveling the world. Best known as the wife of Time Magazine publisher Henry Luce III (son of Time Inc. founder Henry Luce, Jr.), she …

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