Holden, Raymond P. (Raymond Peckham), 1894-1972

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Raymond Holden was born on April 7, 1894 in New York City. He graduated form Princeton University in 1915 and served in the National Guard from 1916-1917. From there, Holden became involved in publishing. During his career he worked for a variety of publications, including the New Yorker, Fortune, Newsweek, and Reader’s Digest . Holden was also a writer in his own right, producing a number of books, short stories, and poetry. Later in life he moved to New England, where he became involved in both the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the New Hampshire Library Trustees Association. He passed away on June 26, 1972.

From the guide to the Raymond Holden Papers, 1924-1973, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections)

Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918) corporateBody
associatedWith Dartmouth College. Library. Robert Frost Room. corporateBody
associatedWith Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. person
correspondedWith Gamow, Barbara, 1905-1976 person
correspondedWith Gamow, George, 1904-1968. person
associatedWith Kerr, Ruth H. (Ruth Hamilton), 1905- person
associatedWith Library of Congress. corporateBody
associatedWith Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 person
associatedWith Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962. person
associatedWith Thompson, Lawrance Roger, 1906-1973. person
associatedWith Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977. person
associatedWith West, Herbert Faulkner, 1898-1974. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.)
United States
Subject
American literature
American fiction
American poetry
Detective and mystery stories, American
Paleontology
President
Scientific expeditions
Occupation
Novelists, American
Explorers
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Birth 1894

Death 1972

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