Sherman Kent papers 1763-1991 1918-1986

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), principal foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the U.S. government. Formally created under the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947, approved July 26, 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) grew out of the World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Previous U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence efforts had been conducted by the military and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and suffered from duplication, compe...

National War College (U.S.)

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Thacher School (Ojai, Calif.)

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Kent, Elizabeth Thacher, 1868-1952

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Elizabeth Thacher Kent (b. Sept. 22, 1868–d. Aug. 14, 1952) was an environmentalist and women's rights activist. Born Elizabeth Sherman Thacher, she was the daughter of Thomas Anthony Thacher. Her brother was Sherman Day Thacher and she was a descendant of Founding Father Roger Sherman. She married William Kent in 1890 and relocated to California. Together she had seven children, including professor Sherman Kent, politician Roger Kent, and artist Adaline Kent. The Kents purchased 611 acres of...

Hoover, Calvin B. (Calvin Bryce), 1897-1974

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Calvin Bryce Hoover (1897-1974) was an economist, a scholar, and a leader in public service. Hoover was a member of the Duke faculty from 1925 until his retirement in 1966, served as chairman of the Department of Economics from 1937-1957, and Dean of the Graduate School from 1938-1948. Hoover is widely accepted as the founder of the field of comparative economics. From the description of Calvin B. Hoover papers, 1929-1988 (bulk 1929-1968). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record i...

United States. Department of State. Office of Research and Intelligence.

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Kip, William B.

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Yale College (1887- ). Class of 1949

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Labaree, Leonard Woods, 1897-1980

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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...

Kent family.

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McKay, Donald C. (Donald Cope), 1902-1959

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Bowman, John

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Sawyer, John E.

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Yale University. Faculty.

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Bowman, Charlotte.

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Elizabethan Club (Yale University)

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The Elizabethan Club was founded in 1911 when Alexander Cochran donated the clubhouse and Elizabethan collections to Yale University. The club provides a setting for students and faculty to share tea while discussing literature. From the description of Elizabethan Club, Yale University, records, ca. 1900-2007 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702170272 From the guide to the Elizabethan Club, Yale University, records, circa 1900-2007, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Foord, Archibald.

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Joyce, Robert P.

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Hemingway, Samuel Burdett, 1883-1958

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Langer, William L. (William Leonard), 1896-1977

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William L. Langer was born in Boston in March 1896. His early education concentrated on foreign languages, but he studied history, in which he ultimately obtained his MA and Ph. D. from Harvard. He joined the faculty there in 1927, obtaining a reputation in the field of diplomatic history. In a leave status from Harvard, he served as Deputy Chief, then Chief, of the Research and Analysis Branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II, and was appointed an assistant to the S...

Yale University. Dept. of History.

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Cooley, James C.

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Dunham, William Huse, 1901-1982

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William Huse Dunham received his B.A. from Yale in 1923, and his Ph.D. in 1929. He was an instructor in history at Yale from 1925-1930, an assistant professor from 1930-1940, an associate professor from 1940-1946, a professor from 1946-1948, the George Burton Adams Professor of History from 1948-1970, and the George Burton Adams Professor of History Emeritusfrom 1970 onward. From the description of William Huse Dunham, Jr. papers, 1952-1973 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id:...

Griswold, Alfred Whitney, 1906-1963

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Alfred Whitney Griswold was born in Morristown, New Jersey, on October 27, 1906. He received a B.A. degree from Yale in 1929 and a Ph.D. in 1933. Griswold held various academic positions in history and government and international relations at Yale from 1933-1950. In 1950 he became president of Yale, an office he held until his death on April 19, 1963. From the description of Alfred Whitney Griswold personal papers, 1914-1990 (inclusive), 1919-1964 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Kent, Elizabeth Gregory.

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Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969

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Allen W. Dulles, nephew of Robert Lansing, Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State, and brother of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, was a lawyer, foreign-service officer, and intelligence official. He served with the United States Office of Strategic Services in Bern, Switzerland during World War II, during which he penetrated the German Foreign Ministry Office and the "July 1944" anti-Hitler conspirators. In 1947 he helped draft the National Security Act, which created the Central Intelligenc...

Kent, Sherman, 1903-

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Sherman Kent was born on December 1, 1903, attended the Thacher School, and received his Ph.B. (1926) and Ph.D. (1933) from Yale University. He taught French history at Yale and was a member of the faculty from 1928-1953. In 1941 Kent joined the U.S. Office of Strategic Services as chief of the African section and from 1943-1945 served as chief of the Europe-Africa division. In 1946 Kent was acting director of the Office of Research and Intelligence for the United States Department ...

Thacher, Anson.

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Pinkney, David H.

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Brodie, Bernard, 1910-1978

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Bernard Brodie was born in Chicago, IL, on May 20, 1910; Ph. D, Univ. of Chicago, 1940; instructor at Dartmouth, 1941-43; assoc. professor and later Director of Graduate Studies, Yale, 1945-51; senior staff member, Rand Corporation, 1951-66; professor of political science, UCLA, 1966-77; technical expert, UN conference, San Francisco, CA, 1945; fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; author of various books, including: Sea power in the machine age (1941), A guide to naval strategy (1944),...

United States. Office of Strategic Services. Research and Analysis Branch

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Kent, Roger, 1906-1980

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Roger Kent was born in Chicago, on June 8, 1906. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Kent. His father served in Congress between 1910 and 1917. Roger was prepared for college at the Thatcher School and graduated from Yale College in 1928. He stayed in New Haven after graduation, attending Yale Law School, from which he graduated in 1931. Kent practiced law in California and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1937. In 1952 and 1953, he served as general counsel for the ...