Littauer, Lucius Nathan, 1859-1944

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Lucius Nathan Littauer (1859-1944) was born in Gloversville, NY, and was a graduate of Harvard College, 1878, where he knew Theodore Roosevelt. He served as a Republican congressman from New York State. He established a chair, The Nathan Littauer Professorship of Jewish Literature and Philosophy, at Harvard in 1925; he also provided funds for the establishment of a Graduate School for Public Administration and for the Littauer Center.

From the description of Papers of Lucius N. Littauer, 1852-1961 (inclusive), ca. 1896-1944 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77062611

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creatorOf Ibn Hishām, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf, 1309-1360. Kitāb Sharḥ Qaṭr al-nadá wa-ball al-ṣadá / taʼlīf al-Imām al-ʻĀlim ... ʻAbd Allāh ibn Hishām al-Naḥwī : manuscript, 1652. Houghton Library
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Theodore Roosevelt Collection: Manuscript copies, 18-- - 19--. Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, d. 1274. Hādhihi al-Alfīyah fī al-naḥw / taʼlīf al-Imām al-Humām .. Abī ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Mālik al-Ṭāʼī al-Jayyānī al-Andalusī : manuscript, undated. Houghton Library
referencedIn Jewish Theological Seminary of America. General Files. Records, 1902-1972. 1940-1972 (bulk). Ocean County College Library, OCC Library
creatorOf Jones, William Atkinson, 1849-1918. Papers of William Atkinson Jones [manuscript] 1830-1918. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn General information about gifts to Harvard from Lucius N. Littauer. Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Taftāzānī, Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar, 1322-1389?. Kitāb Sharḥ Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ fī al-maʻānī wa-al-bayān wa-al-badīʻ / taʼlīf al-Imām al-ʻAllāmah Sayyid al-udabāʼ wa-Tāj al-bulaghāʼ Saʻd al-Dīn Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar al-madʻū bi-Saʻd al-Dīn al-Taftāzānī : manuscript, 1654. Houghton Library
referencedIn William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk) Houghton Library
creatorOf Littauer, Lucius Nathan, 1859-1944. Papers of Lucius N. Littauer, 1852-1961 (inclusive), ca. 1896-1944 (bulk). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Hyman G. Enelow Papers., 1897-1933. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
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Birth 1859-01-20

Death 1944-03-02

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