Some very unusual, one-of-a-kind typewriter drawings are currently on display at the MAC Tourism Center. The TypEtchings are the creations of Mrs. Winifred T. Caldwell, formerly of this area.

Michael Devaney of Park Hills, Mo., Caldwell's grandson, has made a commitment to displaying his grandmother's works of art. Devaney comments that "as my grandmother put it, she saw the entries to a typewriter art contest in the local newspaper and decided to try something different."

The now copyrighted TypEtching describes a small piece of art on paper, resembling an etching, produced on a manual typewriter using a variety of characters in various shades and positions, without presketching or erasing.

Caldwell was on network television programs such as "I've Got A Secret," "Missing Links" and "Call My Bluff" and received much recognition in the eight years preceding her death in 1971. One etching entitled "Arlington Cemetery - President Kennedy's Grave" was accepted into the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library.

The complete collection consists of over 70 pieces of original art, the typewriter, antique prints, the enlargements made by CBS, her correspondence and press clippings.

For more information, call Jean Merrill-Doss at (573) 518-1615 or Mike Devaney at (573) 518-0414. The collection will be on display until the end of October.