Hitz, Benjamin
Variant namesBenjamin D. Hitz married Elizabeth Holliday and they had two children, Benjamin and Evaline. Mr. Hitz served as an officer in France in World War I. After the war, he returned to the Midwest where he was involved in many intellectual and charitable organizations including his work with the Willa Cather Papers at the Newberry Library, Chicago and the Library Committee for the Indiana Historical Society.
From the description of Hitz family papers, 1917-1951. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 707336117
Indiana collector of books and manuscripts, particularly of explorations of the Middle West and the works of Mary Webb and Willa Cather.
From the description of Benjamin D. Hitz - Willa Cather papers, 1913-1949. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 45855202
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Hitz, Benjamin D. Hitz family papers, 1917-1951. | Indiana Historical Society Library | |
| creatorOf | Hitz, Benjamin D. Benjamin D. Hitz - Willa Cather papers, 1913-1949. | Newberry Library |
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| associatedWith | Adams, Frederick B. (Frederick Baldwin), 1910-2001. | person |
| associatedWith | Blanck, Jacob, 1906-1974. | person |
| associatedWith | Brown, E. K. (Edward Killoran), 1905-1951. | person |
| associatedWith | Bullock, Flora. | person |
| associatedWith | Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. | person |
| associatedWith | Duschnes, Philip C. | person |
| associatedWith | Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958. | person |
| correspondedWith | Hitz, Elizabeth | person |
| correspondedWith | Hitz family | family |
| associatedWith | Hitz Realty Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Jackson, William A. (William Alexander), 1905-1964. | person |
| associatedWith | Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Mott, Howard S. | person |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pound, Louise, 1872-1958. | person |
| associatedWith | United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 32. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | World War, 1914-1918 | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| United States | |||
| Indiana |
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| Booksellers and bookselling |
| Novelists, American |
| Women authors, American |
| Book collectors |
| Manuscripts, American |
| World War, 1914-1918 |
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Person
Active 1913
Active 1949
