Marcella Miller du Pont Papers 1861-1976 (bulk 1935-1965)

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Marcella Miller du Pont Papers 1861-1976 (bulk 1935-1965)

Poet and socialite. Correspondence, diary transcripts and notes, drafts of writings, notes, publication records, legal documents, scrapbook, Miller family genealogical records, photographs, and other papers relating to Marcella Miller du Pont's poetry and other writings, literary matters, and affairs of the du Pont and Miller families.

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Miller, Emma Ellwood

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Miller, Arthur Scott

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Miller family.

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Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935

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Alfred I. du Pont was the eldest son of E. I. du Pont (1829-1877). He joined the family gunpowder firm in 1884, after attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the 1902 reorganization, he became co-owner and general manager. As a result of a family quarrel, he left the firm in 1916 and eventually built his own banking and real estate empire in Florida. Du Pont was active in Delaware Republican Party politics from 1916 to 1920. From the description of TLS : to Edward A. ...

Du Pont family.

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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...

Hergesheimer, Joseph, 1880-1954

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Born February 15, 1880 in Philadelphia, Joseph Hergesheimer was the son of Joseph and Helen MacKellar Hergesheimer. He grew up in a stable, middle-class, suburban family. His father, a cartographer, worked for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. After studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Hergesheimer traveled to Europe on money inherited from his grandfather, studying and painting in Florence and Venice. By 1907, when he returned to the United States and married Dorothy He...

Du Pont, Marcella Miller

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Poet and socialite. Born Marcella Miller in 1903; married Alfred Victor Du Pont; died 1985. From the description of Papers of Marcella Miller du Pont, 1861-1976 (bulk 1935-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071856 Biographical Note 1903, Sept. 9 Born, Denver, Colo. 1923 B.A. degree, Smith College, ...

Miller family.

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Du Pont, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1900-1970

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Architect of Wilmington, Del., and Miami, Fla. From the description of TLS : Wilmington, Del., to Old Authors Farm, Ontario, Canada, 1964 Sept. 16. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 123466584 ...

Hampson, Alfred Leete.

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Alfred Hampson was a Portland, Or. attorney active in lobbying for the Oregon Minimum Deposit Act (Bottle Bill), which went into effect in October 1972. From the description of Alfred Hampson photographic collection [graphic], circa 1929-1940. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 774558399 Hampson was the sole heir to Martha Dickinson Bianchi's Dickinson manuscripts and rights of publication. From the description of Correspondence con...

Wecter, Dixon, 1906-1950

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Dixon Wecter (Yale Ph.D., 1936), professor of American literature, was the author of several works on aspects of American society, including Saga of American Society (1937), When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1944), which was a Life-in-America prize book, and Age of the Great Depression, 1929-1941 (1949). He was literary editor of the Mark twain estate from 1948 until his death in 1950. From the description of When Johnny comes marching home, [1944]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7021...

Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990

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Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990) was an illustrator and printmaker from Peace Dale, R.I. From the description of Oral history interview with Fritz Eichenberg, 1970 Nov. 3 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595148 Fritz Eichenberg was born in Cologne, Germany on October 24, 1901. He studied at the School of Applied Arts and was a lithographic apprentice before being accepted as a master student at the Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig. Eichenberg moved to Berli...

Miller, Emma Ellwood. Emma Ellwood Miller papers.

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Bianchi, Martha Dickinson, 1866-1943

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Martha Dickinson Bianchi (1866-1943) was the niece of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), and daughter of William Austin Dickinson (1829-1895) and Susan Huntington Dickinson (1830-1913). As the sole surviving member of the Dickinson family, she edited several collections of Emily Dickinson's work, and wrote two Dickinson biographies. A poet in her own right, Bianchi published several volumes of her own work as well. From the description of Martha Dickinson Bianchi correspondence concerning ...

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 to Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847, then enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. She remained in Amherst for the rest of her life, and traveled only briefly to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. For virtually her entire adult life, Emily lived in the Dickinson home at 280 Main Street with h...

Miller, Arthur Scott. Arthur Scott Miller papers.

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DuPont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935

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Du Pont family.

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