Walter Lionel Pforzheimer collection 1487-1997

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Walter Lionel Pforzheimer collection 1487-1997

The collection contains three parts: autograph documents and letters, Bowling Green Press records, and contemporary American newspapers. The most significant part of the collection are the ca. 45 autograph items relating to French military history from the Middle Ages through the 19th century. There are also 12 carbon copies (signed) of letters from Theodore Roosevelt to various recipients (1911-1913) together with notes, extracts, and full copies of Roosevelt speeches (1912-1913). Series II of the collection is made up of the records of the Bowling Green Press of New York City, of which Arthur Pforzheimer was treasurer. Included are correspondence, ledgers, account books and incorporation papers. Contemporary memorabilia collected by Walter Pforzheimer is comprised of the initial issues of the Washington Times and U.S.A. Today and the final issue of the Washington Star.

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More. A. Y.

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Purdy, Milton Dwight, 1866-

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Richelieu, Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de, 1766-1822

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Custine, Renaud Philippe, d.1794.

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Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927

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Biography Benjamin ide Wheeler, Greek scholar, philologist and president of the University of California, was born July 15, 1854 at Randolph, Massachusetts. He attended Thornton Academy and Colby Academy prior to entering Brown University. Upon his graduation in 1875, he taught in Providence High School for two years, then became a tutor at Brown from 1879 to 1881. He continued his studies in Germany, at Leipzig, Heidelberg, Jena and Berlin f...

Bowling Green Press.

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Sansey, François.

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Lanfredini, Giovanni, ca. 1437-1489

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Wallace, Henry, 1836-1916

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Clergyman and pastor of the United Presbyterian church; later, editor and writer on agricultural subjects; with his son, Henry C. Wallace, began publishing Wallaces' Farmer in 1895; remained its editor until his death; President of the National Conservation Congress, 1910. From the description of Papers, 1860-1924. [microfilm]. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122577193 From the description of Papers, 1860-1924. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat rec...

Holbert, Hugh.

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Vessey, Robert S. (Robert Scadden), 1858-1929

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Donzelot, François-Xavier, 1764-1843

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Epithet: General; French Governor-General of the Ionian Isles Title: Baron British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000508.0x000167 ...

Fouché, Joseph, duc d'Otrante, 1759-1820

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French statesman. From the description of Letter signed, as Interim Minister of the Interior : Paris, to the firm Lefrançois et fils, 1809 Aug. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270482312 From the description of Letter signed, as Minister of Police : Paris, to the Minister of Justice, 1807 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270482330 From the description of Part of an autograph letter , signed duc d'Otrante : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2704832...

Harris, Julian LaRose, 1874-1963

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Julian LaRose Harris, journalist and editor, son of author Joel Chandler Harris, was born in Savannah, Georgia, 21 June 1974, and died in Atlanta, Georgia, 9 February 1963. He married Julia Florida Collier (1875-1967), an artist and writer, in 1897 and they wrote for and edited several newspapers in the South and elsewhere. Julian Harris was associated with the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (1892-1907 and 1930-1935) and the CHATTANOOGA TIMES; he edited the UNCLE REMUS HOME MAGAZINE (1907-1912) and the Co...

Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793.

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Father of King Louis-Phillippe I; active supporter of the Revolution known as "Philippe Egalité." From the description of Autograph fragments of a diary : [Paris?], 1790 July 11-18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609663 ...

Hill, Henry, 1795-1892

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Henry Hill was a merchant of New York, Liverpool, Peru, and Chile; U.S. consul at St. Salvador, Brazil; Santiago and Valparaiso, Chile; and treasurer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Henry Hill collection, 1808-1839. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 66529902 Henry Hill: merchant of New York, Liverpool, Peru, and Chile; U.S. Consul at Santiago and Valparaiso, Chile, 1818-; treasurer of the American Board of C...

Dumoustier, Pierre, 1771-1831.

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Ferry, Paul, 1591-1669

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Baker, Borman L.

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Dumas, Mathieu, comte, 1753-1837

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Oilliamson, Marie Gabriel Eleanor.

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Digges, Thomas Attwood, 1742-1821

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American industrial spy for the British following the American Revolution. From the description of Letter, [1776]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58773462 ...

O'Neill, Charles P., 1842-

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Thierry, Amédé Simon Dominique, 1743-1803

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Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de, 1559-1641

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Muy, Jean Baptiste Louis Philippe de Felix Sante Maine, 1755-1820.

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Medici, Lorenzo ˜de'œ 1449-1492

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Epithet: of Arundel MS 70 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000304.0x000020 Epithet: of Add MS 11760 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000304.0x00001d Epithet: called Lorenzino British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000304.0x00001b ...

Digeon, Alexandre-Elizabeth-Michel, 1771-1826.

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Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

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First director, United States Forest Service (1905). He changed the name of protected "forest preserves" to "national forests" and advocated a controversial "wise use" policy for the resources of the national forests, whereby a greater use of forest resources, such as tree harvests and grazing rights could be permitted. From the description of Correspondence, 1905-1945. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 40804560 Forester and governor of Pennsylvania. F...

Yeiser, John O. (John Otho), 1866-1928

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Bloomer, Millard J.

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Cochems, Henry F. (Henry Frederick), 1875-

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Sheerin, James, 1865-1933.

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Day, Jeremiah, 1773-1867

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President of Yale College. From the description of Jeremiah Day letter, 1837 Mar. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 747722580 From the description of Autograph, signed : Yale College, 1838 Apr. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270535739 Author of Algebra (1814). President of Yale University, 1817-1846. From the description of Letter of recommendation, Connecticut, [18--?]. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122529651 ...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Bourne, Jonathan, 1855-1940

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Jonathan Bourne was a native of New Bedford, Massachusetts and was educated at Harvard University. He came to Portland, Oregon in 1878 and practiced law for eight years. He became active in mine and real estate speculation and Republican politics. In 1885 and 1887 he was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from Multnomah County, and from 1888 to 1892 a member of the Republican National Committee. He favored direct election of senators and was elected U.S. Senator in 1906 but was not ...

Toussaint Louverture, François Dominique, 1743-1803.

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Béthune, Philippe de, comte de Selles et de Charost, 1561-1649

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Plunkett, Horace Curzon, Sir, 1854-1932

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Reformer and irish public official. From the description of Papers of Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett, 1881-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068419 ...

Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926

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Bigelow (Harvard M.D. 1874) was briefly an instructor in surgery at the Harvard Medical School. From 1881 to 1888 he studied art in Japan, and later donated his collections of Oriental art to the Boston Museum of Fine Art. From the description of Buddhist notes : typescript, 1922 January-February. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612790985 Bigelow (Harvard, M.D. 1874) was briefly an instructor in surgery at the Harvard Medical School. From 1881 to 1888 he studied ar...

Pforzheimer, Walter L. (Walter Lionel), 1914-2003

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Yale graduate, lawyer, adviser on special collections to Yale University Library. From the description of Walter Lionel Pforzheimer collection, 1487-1997 (inclusive), 1487-1982 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702195754 From the guide to the Walter Lionel Pforzheimer collection, 1487-1997, (Manuscripts and Archives) Walter L. Pforzheimer (Yale 1935) was a lawyer and advisor on special collections to Yale University Library. Marguerite ...

Dommanget, B.

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Willard, Charles Dwight, 1866-1914

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Charles D. Willard, newspaperman, author, and publicity director, was born in Illinois and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1883. He moved to California and worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles times and the Herald newspapers. In 1891 he became secretary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and in 1894 Willard started the magazine, The land of sunshine (taken over soon afterward by Charles Fletcher Lummis). In 1897 he was made manager of the Los Angeles express newspaper. ...

Munsey, Frank Andrew, 1854-1925

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New York publisher and author. From the description of Frank A. Munsey letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1904 January 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 607096429 ...

Sutherland, James

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