Albert Galloway Keller papers 1888-1956

Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Granite, Mark.

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Gherini, Ambrose.

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Jones, Frederick Scheetz, 1862-1944.

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Bourne, Edward Gaylord, 1860-1908

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Edward Gaylord Bourne was born on June 24, 1860. He received a B.A. from Yale in 1883 and a Ph.D. in 1892. During his graduate study at Yale he taught medieval history (1885-1887) and political science (1886-1888). He went to Adelbert College in Cleveland, Ohio in 1888, and remained on the faculty there until 1895 when he returned to Yale. Bourne was active in the American Historical Association and was known for his historical criticism and editions of historical texts. He died in New Haven on ...

Glass, Carter, 1858-1946

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Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on 4 January 1858. Member of Virginia State Senate, 1898-1906; member of U.S. House of Representatives. 1902-1918; Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-1920, Member of U.S. Senate, 1920-1946. Died in Washington, D.C. on 28 May 1946. From the description of Letter : from Horace Mann Towner, 1925 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122701025 Virginia statesman; Secretary of the Treasury. From the description of Letter, 1933 February, Uni...

Troxell, Janet Camp

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Peter, Julius C.

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Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910

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William Graham Sumner was born in Paterson, New Jersey on October 30, 1840. He graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1863) and studied in Europe (1863-1866). He served as a tutor at Yale (1866-1869) and was ordained as a priest of the Calvary Church in New York City in 1869. In 1872 Sumner was appointed to the newly created chair of political and social science at Yale. He retired as professor emeritus in 1909. Sumner was an educational and administrative leader at Yale, and had a substantive im...

Maddox, John Lee, 1878-

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Yale University. Faculty.

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Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945

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Dictator, Italy. From the description of Tribute of Benito Mussolini, 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454676 Premier of Italy, 1922-1943. From the description of Taking care of agriculture : typescript, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122446815 Biographical/Historical Note Premier of Italy, 1922-1943. From the guide to the Benito Mussolini typescript : Taking care of agriculture...

Cutler, James Elbert, 1876-1959

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Asakawa, Kanʾichi, 1873-1948

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Kan'ichi Asakawa was born in Nihommatsu, Japan, on December 20, 1873. He graduated from Waseda University (B.L., 1895), Dartmouth College (B.L., 1899), and Yale University (Ph.D., 1902). He taught Japanese history at Yale (1906-1942, professor emeritus, 1942-1948), and served as curator of Chinese and Japanese Collections (1907-1948). Asakawa wrote several books and articles on Japanese history. He died in West Wardsboro, Vermont, on August 11, 1948. From the guide to the Kan'ichi As...

Leyburn, James Graham

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James Leyburn was an economics and sociology professor at Hollins College, Princeton University, Yale University, and Washington and Lee University. From the description of Papers, 1935-1973. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 39061261 Leyburn was Dean and Professor of Sociology at Washington and Lee University from 1947-1972, and Professor Emeritus from 1972-1993. From the description of Papers, 1935-1973 (bulk 1943-1944). (Washington & L...

Yale University. Curricula.

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Keller, Albert Galloway, 1874-1956

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Albert Galloway Keller was born on April 10, 1874 in Springfield, Ohio. He graduated from Yale (B.A., 1896; Ph.D., 1899), where he studied with William Graham Sumner. Keller joined the Yale faculty and taught from 1899-1942. He published many sociological works, edited much of Sumner's work (after Sumner's death in 1910), and struggled to keep Sumner's place in Yale history secure. Keller wrote various anti-New Deal works in the 1930s and 1940s. He died on October 31, 1956. From the ...

Yale University press

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See "A Brief History of Yale University Press" by Robert Pranzatelli, adapted from A World of Letters by Nicholas A. Basbanes, available at <http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/about.asp>. From the guide to the Yale University Press records, 1919-1964, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) I. THE FIRST HALF-CENTURY From its founding in 1908 by George Parmly Day, Yale University Press sought to acquire and publish important works of scholarship, issuin...

Leach, G. Sidney.

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Cross, Wilbur L. (Wilbur Lucius), 1862-1948

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Epithet: of the `Yale Review' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000284 Cross was Governor of Connecticut. From the description of Proclamation of Thanksgiving day for the state of Connecticut : DS, 1936. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26525875 Wilbur Lucius Cross was born in Gurleyville, Connecticut, on April 10, 1862. He received his B.A. from Yale in 1885...

Taft, Horace Dutton, 1861-1943

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Editor and academician, brother of President William Howard Taft. Founded Taft School, Watertown, Conn., tutored Latin at Yale, taught English at Williams College, and edited Walden and Nineteenth century letters. From the description of Letter to Byron Johnson Rees, 1919 June 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54674263 Horace Taft was founder and headmaster of Taft School in Watertown, Conn., and brother of William Howard Taft. From the descriptio...

Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950

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Bowman became President of the Johns Hopkins University in 1935 and retired in 1948. During World War II Bowman served on the Policy Committee of the State Department and as Special Advisor to the Secretary of State. After retirement from JHU, he served as Chairman of the Economic Cooperation Administration's Committee on Overseas Territories. Isaiah Bowman (1878-1950) was a political geographer, advisor to the U.S. State Dept. and president of the Johns Hopkins Universi...

Keller, Caroline

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Cheney, Benjamin Austin, 1867-

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Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958

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Anson Phelps Stokes was born on April 13, 1874, in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. He received degrees from Yale University (B.A., 1896) and the Episcopal Theological School (B.D., 1900). He served as Secretary of Yale University (1899-1921) and was active on several University committees and organizations. Phelps also served as Canon of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Washington, D.C. (1924-1939) and was active on a variety of educational commissions and as a trustee of the Phel...

Sumner, Jeannie Whittmore Elliott.

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Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895

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American scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Utica, New York, to T.F. Dwight, 1865 Apr. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530661 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to E.W. Hilgard, 1877 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870623 ...

Lee, Alfred McClung, 1906-....

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Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876-1963

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Epithet: of Yale University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x00011e A full biographical statement is provided in the register for the Chauncey Brewster Tinker Papers (GEN MSS 354) . From the guide to the Chauncey Brewster Tinker letters and manuscripts, 1900-1963, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) Chauncey Brewster Tinker, teacher, scholar and collector. Tinker was a membe...

Smithley, Robert L.

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Read, Leonard E. (Leonard Edward), 1898-1983

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Resor, Stanley Rogers, 1917-2012

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Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907

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Wendell Phillips Garrison was editor of The Nation. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1865-1906. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612365054 Wendell Phillips Garrison was editor of The Nation. His father, William Lloyd Garrison, was a prominent New England abolitionist and editor of the Liberator magazine. His brother Francis Jackson Garrison (1848-1916) was associated with Riverside Press and Houghton Mifflin Company. From the ...

Hart, Thomas Charles

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Naval officer, senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas Charles Hart : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597819 Hart was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1897, was superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, 1931-1934, and CO of the Asiatic Fleet, 1938-1942. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1942 and was recalled to serve on the General Board until 1945. He was appointed senator from Connectic...

Fuller, Clement Austin, 1873-

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Russell, Fletcher A.

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Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967

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Editor, publisher, and philanthropist. From the description of Henry Robinson Luce papers, 1917-1967 (bulk 1945-1967). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979868 Epithet: American publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000705.0x0000d4 Biographical Note 1898, Apr. 3 Born, Shantung Provi...

Rosenthal, Charles, Sir, 1876-1954

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Sir Charles Rosenthal commanded the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade in action in Gallipoli and later in France. He was promoted Major-General in 1918 and was in command of A.I.F. depots in England during the demobilization period. From the description of Diaries [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225773038 ...

Daggett, David Lewis, 1820-1896.

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Shaw, Ralph Martin, 1869-1947.

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Davie, Maurice R. (Maurice Rea), 1893-1964

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Maurice Rea Davie was born in Toronto, Canada on January 22, 1893. He received his A.B. (1915), A.M. (1917), and Ph.D. (1918) from Yale University. Davie was a member of the sociology department at Yale from 1921 until his death in November 1964. Among his areas of speciality were child welfare, immigration, and William Graham Sumner. From the description of Maurice Rea Davie papers, 1914-1975 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168152 Maurice Rea Davie was born i...

Donaldson, Norman Vaux, 1891-1964.

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Bishop, Avard Longley, 1875-1932

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Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1853

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Robert A. Taft More than "Mr. Republican" In 1947, Republican Senator Robert A. Taft was at the peak of his power, commanding a coalition of conservative Republicans and southern Democrats to thwart President Harry S. Truman's domestic agenda. Taft's most impressive achievement came in June. The labor-restricting Taft-Hartley Act survived Truman's veto and won Taft the admiration of the press corps. Yet he did not seek the highest political office in the Senate; indeed, the title "majority...

Moore, Barrington, 1913-2005

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Yale University. Dept. of Sociology.

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Paavola, Edwin K.

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Leavens, Dickson H.

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Dickson Hammond Leavens (1887-1955) was a teacher at the Yale Mission College in Changsha, China from 1910-1913 and again from 1915-1928. He also served as treasurer of the College. After 1928, Leavens returned to the United States and wrote on business and finance, was trustee of the Yale in China Association, and was a special agent for the U.S. Treasury Department. Marjorie Browning Leavens (1888-1977) was a teacher of mathematics and astronomy at Yale Mission College...

Peter, William Frederick, 1883-1956.

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Lerner, Max, 1902-

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Max Lerner was born in Minsk, Russia, in 1902. Lerner was editor of The Nation (1936-1938); editorial director of the newspaper, PM (1943-1948); columnist for its successor, the New York Star (1948-1949); and regular columnist for the New York Post (1949-1970s). Lerner taught political science at various institutions, including Williams College (1938-1943), and was a founder of and professor at Brandeis University (1949-1973). He wrote numerous articles and books and lectured on a w...

McGraw, Arthur B.

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Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951

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Sinclair Lewis (b. Feb. 7, 1885, Sauk Centre, MN–d. January 10, 1951, Rome, Italy) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. ...

Knollenberg, Bernhard, 1892-1973

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Bernhard Knollenberg was a lawyer, public official, and historian. He was born on November 26, 1892, in Richmond, Indiana. He received the degree of A.B. from Earlham College in 1912. He then moved to Harvard University where he received an A.M. In 1914 and LL.B. in 1916. Knollenberg practiced law in Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts, and New York before retiring from it in 1938. For the following six years, he was librarian of Yale University. Between 1943 and 1944, he was senior deputy administra...

Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943

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William Lyon Phelps was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 2, 1865. He received a B.A. degree from Yale in 1887, an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1891, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1891. Phelps taught English at Yale from 1892 until 1933 and was a popularizer of literature through his public lectures, radio addresses, and syndicated newspaper columns. He died in New Haven on August 21, 1943. From the description of William Lyon Phelps papers, 1826-1944 (inclusive), 1887-1943 (bulk)...

Cheney, Howell.

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Johnson, Allen, 1870-1931

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Allen Johnson, historian and editor, history professor at Yale, editor of the Chronicles of America series and the Dictionary of American Biography. From the description of Allen Johnson correspondence relating to Chronicles of America series, ca. 1908-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78909707 From the description of Allen Johnson correspondence relating to Chronicles of America series, ca. 1908-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702151893 ...

Seymour, Charles, 1885-1963

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Charles Seymour was an author and educator. He served as a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Seymour was president of Yale University from 1937-1950. He was the author of Intimate Papers of Colonel House, 1926-1928. From the description of Charles Seymour papers, 1912-1963 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702206354 Charles Seymour was an author and educator. He served as a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Seymour was presi...

Yale University. Office of the Secretary

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George Frederick Gundelfinger (1884 – 1974) graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School in 1906. He received a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Yale in 1909, and served as a professor of Mathematics from 1909 – 1913. After leaving Yale, Gundelfinger taught at several other institutions before retiring to Pennsylvania. He began a campaign to improve the morality of Yale men through his publication, "The New Fraternity." He was prolific and frequently mailed his works to the student body and admin...

Chamberlain, John, 1903-1995.

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Book reviewer, editor, and author of THE ROOTS OF CAPITALISM, published in 1959. From the description of John Chamberlain papers, 1954-1959. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 700475180 Journalist, literary critic, author; editor of Fortune magazine, 1936-1941, and associate professor at Columbia University School of Journalism. From the description of Letter to Herbert [Sherman Gorman] [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: ...

Yale University. Treasurer

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Since its inception in 1701, Yale has had a treasurer to oversee the expenses and income of the college, to keep accurate books of financial affairs, to collect fees from students and others, to advise on investment policy, to solicit and collect gifts, and in many ways to secure the institution's financial well-being. The responsibilities of the office grew over the course of the years. In the early days a treasurer and a steward handled all financial duties. Later years saw the additions of as...

Mendell, Clarence W. (Clarence Whittlesey), 1883-1970

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Clarence W. Mendell was professor of Latin and Greek from 1911-1952 at Yale University, and was professor emeritus from 1952-1963. From the description of Clarence Whittlesey Mendell papers, 1926-1930 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702167305 From the guide to the Clarence Whittlesey Mendell papers, 1926-1930, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Smith, Edward Dorland, 1875-

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Holt, Lucius Hudson, 1881-1953

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Thurber, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1864-1938

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Cornell University Ph.B. 1886. From the description of In and out of Ithaca, 1887. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 173203833 ...

Jackson, John G., active 1865-1868

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Danaher, John Anthony, 1899-

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John A. Danaher was born in Meriden, Connecticut on January 9, 1889. He graduated from Yale University in 1920 and was admitted to the Connecticut bar in 1922. From 1922 to 1934 he served as an assistant United States attorney in Hartford and from 1933 to 1935 he was secretary of state of Connecticut. Danaher was elected to the United States Senate in 1938 and served one term. Following his defeat for reelection in 1944, he resumed his law practice in Hartford and Washington, D.C. He remained an...

Angell, James Rowland, 1869-1949

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Professor at the University of Chicago, later President of Yale University. From the description of James Rowland Angell letters, 1880-1945. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418550 Born May 8, 1869, Burlington, Vermont; psychologist, educator; B.A., University of Michigan, 1890, M.A. 1891; M.A., Harvard, 1892; taught at the University of Chicago and was acting president, 1918-1919; president of the Carnegie Corporation, 1920-1921; president of Yale University,...

Chittenden, R. H. (Russell Henry), 1856-1943

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Physiological chemist; professor of physiological chemistry at Yale University 1882-1922; director of Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, 1898-1922, and trustee 1900-1930; member of the Referee Board of the Department of Agriculture 1908-1915. From the description of Russell Henry Chittenden papers, 1870-1945 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122386398 From the description of Russell Henry Chittenden papers, 1870-1945 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

William Graham Sumner Club.

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Todd, Arthur James, 1878-1948

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Wang, Chengting Thomas, 1882-1961.

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Chengting T. Wang: active in the Chinese Revolution of 1911 and helped draft the laws founding the Republic; in 1912 elected Deputy Speaker of the Legislature, and in 1913 made Vice-Minister of Industry and Commerce; in 1916 Deputy Speaker of the Senate; joined Assemblymen who formed a separate government in Canton in 1917, and in 1918 was sent as representative to the U.S.; in 1922 became Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Finance under Kuomintang, remaining until 1931; in 1932 became state cou...

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

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Weinstock was an executive editor at Knopf. From the description of Correspondence with Adolf Klarmann, 1945. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862789 American publishing house. From the description of Records. Series VIII., London Office Files, 1910-1957 (bulk 1928-1940). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122617133 From the description of Records, 1873-1996 (bul...

Walworth, Arthur, 1903-2005

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Arthur Clarence Walworth, historian and author, was born in Newton, Massachusetts, in 1903. He received a B.A. degree from Yale in 1925. Walworth taught English and modern European history in China and traveled in Japan and Europe. In 1927 he joined the educational department of Houghton Mifflin. Walworth received the Pulitzer Prize in biography in 1958 for his book on Woodrow Wilson. He is the author of School Histories at War, 1938; Black Ships off Japan, 1946; Cape Breton, 1948; The Medomak W...

Lawrence, W. E. (William E.), 1896-1947

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Vaill, Dudley Landon

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Dudley Landon Vaill was born on August 30, 1873, in Winsted, Connecticut. He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, in 1892 and from Yale in 1896. Vaill served as class secretary from 1916 until his death. Upon graduation Vaill joined the firm of George Dudley and Son, a leather manufacturer in Winsted, and became treasurer of the company in 1898. He was president of the Winsted Savings Bank from 1914 to 1953. Vaill died on October 8, 1967. From the description of Dudley Landon Va...

Day, Clarence, 1874-1935

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Author and illustrator Clarence Day, best known for his book Life With Father, was born in New York City on November 18, 1874. He graduated from Yale College in 1896, then worked in his father's brokerage house and served briefly in the U. S. Navy. In 1898 he was stricken with rheumatoid arthritis. He traveled for some years in search of a cure, then settled in New York, where he became active in the alumni affairs of Yale College and launched his writing career. Day's essays, book reviews, shor...

Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965

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Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962 and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to New York City at the age of 12. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Frankfurter worked for Secretary of War Henry ...

Holt, Henry, 1840-1926

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American author and publisher. From the description of Papers of Henry Holt [manuscript], 1905 April 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816422 ...

Day, George Parmly, 1876-1959.

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George Parmly Day was born in 1876 and received a B.A. from Yale University in 1897. In 1907 Day organized the Yale Publishing Association, which became the Yale University Press in 1908. Day served as its president until 1944. In 1910 Day became treasurer of Yale and served as a successful fundraiser until 1942. He was one of four brothers described in his brother Clarence Day, Jr.'s Life With Father. George Parmly Day died in New Haven, Connecticut on October 24, 1959. From the des...

Keller, Carl Tilden

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Ward, Artemus, 1834-1867

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American humorist. From the description of Papers, ca. 1853-ca. 1865. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14582259 Pen name of Charles Farrar Browne, Maine born writer and humorist who wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Vanity Fair and edited Punch in London, England. From the description of Letter, June 23, 1866. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56089374 ...

Yale University. Students.

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