Information: The first column shows data points from Husband, William F., active 1901-1918, Registrar, Leeds University in red. The third column shows data points from Husband, William W. (William Walter), 1871-1942 in blue. Any data they share in common is displayed as purple boxes in the middle "Shared" column.
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Born in Vermont, Husband was the son of an Irish immigrant father and an American-born mother. After an early career as a journalist, Husband came to Washington, D.C. in 1903 as secretary to Senator William P. Dillingham, who served as a member of the Senate Immigration Committee and who appointed Husband as the committee clerk, giving him early expertise in immigration. Around 1907, he became the executive secretary of the U.S. Immigration Commission, which was headed by Dillingham. Husband was sent to Europe to study emigration, and in 1911 served as a member of the Inter-Racial Council in London. That same year, the Commission issued a 42-volume report on immigrants in the U.S. and causes of emigration abroad. In 1912, Husband moved to the Department of Commerce and Labor, serving as Chief of the Contract Labor Division. He continued to study European emigration for the Department, and edited his own publication, the Immigration Journal. Following World War I, he returned to Europe, working with the Red Cross and serving on the Inter-Allied Repatriation Commission in Berlin. In 1921, Husband was appointed Commissioner-General of immigration by President Harding. He remained in that post until 1924, when he was named the American delegate to the International conference on Immigration and Emigration in Rome. In 1925, he was appointed the second Assistant Secretary of Labor by President Coolidge, where he remained until his retirement in 1935. Considered one of the nation's top experts on immigration, he died in his native Vermont in 1942.
Biography: William Walter Husband, American Catholic History Classroom, viewed 12/14/21
Born in Vermont, Husband was the son of an Irish immigrant father and an American-born mother. After an early career as a journalist, Husband came to Washington, D.C. in 1903 as secretary to Senator William P. Dillingham, who served as a member of the Senate Immigration Committee and who appointed Husband as the committee clerk, giving him early expertise in immigration. Around 1907, he became the executive secretary of the U.S. Immigration Commission, which was headed by Dillingham. Husband was sent to Europe to study emigration, and in 1911 served as a member of the Inter-Racial Council in London. That same year, the Commission issued a 42-volume report on immigrants in the U.S. and causes of emigration abroad. In 1912, Husband moved to the Department of Commerce and Labor, serving as Chief of the Contract Labor Division. He continued to study European emigration for the Department, and edited his own publication, the Immigration Journal. Following World War I, he returned to Europe, working with the Red Cross and serving on the Inter-Allied Repatriation Commission in Berlin. In 1921, Husband was appointed Commissioner-General of immigration by President Harding. He remained in that post until 1924, when he was named the American delegate to the International conference on Immigration and Emigration in Rome. In 1925, he was appointed the second Assistant Secretary of Labor by President Coolidge, where he remained until his retirement in 1935. Considered one of the nation's top experts on immigration, he died in his native Vermont in 1942.
Husband, William F., active 1901-1918, Registrar, Leeds University
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Vol. VIII. (ff. 165+58*), 1901-1918includes:f. 1 Horatia Charlotte Frances Stopford, Woman of the Bedchamber to Qu. Victoria: Letters, on behalf of the Queen, to Bp. W. Boyd Carpenter: 1887, 1901. f. 3 William Edward Hartpole Lecky, historian: Lette... 1901-1918
Vol. VIII. (ff. 165+58*), 1901-1918includes:f. 1 Horatia Charlotte Frances Stopford, Woman of the Bedchamber to Qu. Victoria: Letters, on behalf of the Queen, to Bp. W. Boyd Carpenter: 1887, 1901. f. 3 William Edward Hartpole Lecky, historian: Lette..., 1901-1918
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Vol. VIII. (ff. 165+58*), 1901-1918includes:f. 1 Horatia Charlotte Frances Stopford, Woman of the Bedchamber to Qu. Victoria: Letters, on behalf of the Queen, to Bp. W. Boyd Carpenter: 1887, 1901. f. 3 William Edward Hartpole Lecky, historian: Lette... 1901-1918
Vol. VIII. (ff. 165+58*), 1901-1918includes:f. 1 Horatia Charlotte Frances Stopford, Woman of the Bedchamber to Qu. Victoria: Letters, on behalf of the Queen, to Bp. W. Boyd Carpenter: 1887, 1901. f. 3 William Edward Hartpole Lecky, historian: Lette..., 1901-1918
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Husband, William W. (William Walter), 1871-1942
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Frederick Haynes Newell Papers 1885-1931
Frederick Haynes Newell Papers, 1885-1931
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Frederick Haynes Newell Papers 1885-1931
Consulting engineer and public official. Correspondence, diaries, articles, subject files, and clippings relating mainly to Newell's service in the U.S. Reclamation Service and on the U.S. Public Lands Commission and the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials.
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6,500 items; 23 containers; 9.2 linear feet
United States. Dept. of Labor. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1931-1940.
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Husband, William W. (William Walter), 1871-1942
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William W. Husband papers, 1891-1940.
Husband, William Walter, 1871-1942. William W. Husband papers, 1891-1940.
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William W. Husband papers, 1891-1940.
Reports, speeches, newspaper clippings, notes, and other manuscripts, primarily of William Walter Husband, who was executive secretary of the U.S. Immigration Commission, the Commissioner-General of Immigration, 1921-1924; and Asst. Secretary in the Dept. of Labor, 1925-1935. Includes reports and other records of the U.S. Immigration Commission (mounted in 2 v., 1907-1910), a folder of notes on immigration by Husband's son, Richard Fenton Husband, and an incomplete and unpublished manuscript by Thomas Walker Page, entitled: A History of European Immigration to the United States before 1875. Box 3 contains photocopies of collection materials: 1891-1926.
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