Meyer, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, 1887-1970
Variant namesAuthor and social activist. Mrs. Eugene Meyer, died 1970.
From the description of Papers of Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer, 1907-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072116
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer, journalist, author, and lecturer, met the French writer and diplomat Paul Claudel early in his term as ambassador to the United States, 1927-1933. Their friendship continued after Claudel's return to Europe in 1933 and lasted until his death in 1955.
From the description of Agnes E. Meyer collection of Paul Claudel, 1897-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162757
From the description of Agnes E. Meyer collection of Paul Claudel, 1897-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84398178
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, journalist, author, and lecturer, was born in New York City. In 1910 she married Eugene Meyer, a financier who purchased The Washington Post in 1933. The Meyers lived in Mount Kisco, New York, and Washington, D.C., where Agnes Meyer was active in government service and social reform.
Meyer met the French writer and diplomat Paul Claudel in Washington, D.C., early in his term as ambassador to the United States, 1927-1933. They began a friendship and correspondence which continued after Claudel's return to Europe in 1933 and lasted until his death in 1955. Meyer discussed her relationship with Claudel in her autobiography Out of These Roots (Boston: Little, Brown, 1953).
From the guide to the Agnes E. Meyer collection of Paul Claudel, 1897-1957, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
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| referencedIn | Papers of Drew Pearson. 1915 - 1969. Files from the Georgetown Office and Residence | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library |
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| correspondedWith | Block, Herbert, 1909-2001. | person |
| correspondedWith | Buchanan, Scott Millross, 1895-1968 | person |
| correspondedWith | Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 | person |
| associatedWith | Catholic Church | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955 | person |
| associatedWith | Claudel, Reine. | person |
| associatedWith | Claudel, Reine. | person |
| associatedWith | Collier, John, 1884-1968. | person |
| associatedWith | Emma (Guffey) Miller, 1874-1970 | person |
| associatedWith | Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919. | person |
| correspondedWith | Goldberg, Arthur J. | person |
| correspondedWith | Goldberg, Arthur J. | person |
| associatedWith | Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 | person |
| associatedWith | Honegger, Arthur, 1892-1955. | person |
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| associatedWith | Lalley, J. M. (Joseph Michael), 1896-1980. | person |
| associatedWith | Léproserie de Kōhama. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Léproserie de Kōhama. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Lézey, L. Droüart de. | person |
| associatedWith | Meyer, Eugene, 1875-1959. | person |
| associatedWith | Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974. | person |
| associatedWith | Miller, Emma Guffey, 1874-1970. | person |
| associatedWith | Naumann, Francis M. | person |
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| correspondedWith | Provine, William B. | person |
| correspondedWith | Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911 | person |
| correspondedWith | Pulitzer, Joseph, 1885-1955. | person |
| associatedWith | Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955. | person |
| correspondedWith | Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965. | person |
| correspondedWith | Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965. | person |
| associatedWith | Vetch, Louise. | person |
| associatedWith | Zayas, Marius de. | person |
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Birth 1887
Birth 1887
Death 1970
Birth 1889
Birth 1887-01-02
Death 1970-09-01
Americans
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