Calvin Coolidge Papers 1915-1932

Eisenhower, Milton Stover, 1899-1985

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Milton Stover Eisenhower was born on September 15, 1899 in Abilene, Kansas, the son of local creamery worker David Eisenhower and Ida Stover. His younger brother, Dwight D. Eisenhower, became U.S. President (1952-1960). Milton Eisenhower graduated from Kansas State College in 1923 with a B.S. in industrial journalism before serving as the American vice-consul in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 1924 to 1926. In 1926, he entered the Department of Agriculture as an administrative assistant and became its...

Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...

White House (Washington, D.C.)

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White House, formerly Executive Mansion (1810–1902), the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares). Since the administration of George Washington (1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia, every American president has resided at the White House. Originally called the “President’s Palace” on early maps, the buil...

Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948

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Charles Evans Hughes Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, Republican Party politician, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the 36th Governor of New York, the Republican nominee in the 1916 presidential election, and the 44th United States Secretary of State. Born to a Welsh immigrant preacher and his wife in Glens Falls, New York, Hughes pursued a legal career in New York City. After working in private practice for several ye...

Longworth, Nicholas, 1869-1931

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Nicholas "Nick" Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American Republican politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A lawyer by training, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he initiated the successful Longworth Act of 1902, regulating the issuance of municipal bonds. As congressman for Ohio's 1st congressional district, he soon became a popular social figure of Washington, and married President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice Lee ...

Lynn, David, 1873-1961

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Jardine, William Marion, 1879-1955

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Educator, public official, and diplomat. From the description of William Marion Jardine papers, 1908-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980132 William Jardine was born in 1879. Jardine served in various capacities throughout his career. From 1918 to 1928 he served as President of Kansas State Agricultural College (later Kansas State University). From 1928-1929 Jardine was Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. From 1930-1933 Jardine served as Envoy E...

Russell, William Worthington, 1859-

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Paymasters of the U.S. Marine Corps during the Civil War. From the description of William W. Russell and John C. Cash Papers, 1852-1898. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635562 ...

New, Harry S. (Harry Stewart), 1858-1937

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MacNider, Hanford, 1889-1968

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Hanford MacNider (1889-1968) was the U.S. Assistant Secretary of War from 1925 to 1928, and served as Minister to Canada from 1930 to 1932. From the description of MacNider, Hanford, 1889-1968 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10574374 ...

Wells, Ira Kent, 1871-

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Norbeck, Peter, 1870-1936

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Dewey, Charles Schuveldt, 1880-1980

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Banker, public official, and U.S. representative from Illinois. From the description of Charles Schuveldt Dewey papers, 1927-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80026481 American banker; United States assistant secretary of the treasury, 1924-1927; financial adviser to Poland, 1927-1931; United States representative from Illinois, 1941-1945. From the description of Charles Schuveldt Dewey papers, 1897-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871888 ...

Sanders, Everett, 1882-1950

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Lawyer, U.S. representative from Indiana (1917-1925), secretary to President Coolidge (1925-1929), and Republican National Chairman (1932-1934) From the description of Papers of Everett Sanders, 1913-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84015559 Lawyer; U.S.representative from Indiana (1917-1925); secretary to President Coolidge (1925-1929); and Republican National Chairman (1932-1934)). From the description of Letter to W. Orton Tewson, 1925 July 16. (University...

Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 1880-1965

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Grew was a U.S. diplomat and author. He was attached to embassies in Egypt, Mexico, Russia, Germany, and Austria (1904-1916); secretary-general to the U.S. delegation at the Paris Peace Conference; minister to Denmark (1920) and to Switzerland (1921-1923); negotiator at the Lausanne Conference on Near Eastern Affairs (1922-1923); under secretary of state (1924-1927, 1944-1945); ambassador to Turkey (1927-1932) and to Japan (1932-1941); special assistant to the secretary of state (1942); and dire...

Wallace, Henry Cantwell, 1866-1924

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Editor of Wallaces' Farmer; appointed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by Warren Harding in 1921. He was a member of the executive committee of the Roosevelt Memorial Association and of the International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations. During his administration he promoted farm relief legislation. From the description of Papers, 1904-1930. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122463982 From the description of Papers, 1904-1930. [microform]. (Univ...

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

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General (GEN) Leonard Wood was stationed at Headquarters, Eastern Department, Governor's Island, NY on 16 November 1914. From the description of Leonard Wood papers, 1914. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 61241654 Leonard Wood was a physician who served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (1910-1914), military governor of Cuba (1899-1902) and Governor-General of the Philippines (1921-1927). His son Osborne (sometimes spelled Osborn) at the time of this lette...

Hammond, John Hays, 1888-1965

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Inventor and scientist. From the description of John Hays Hammond papers, 1908-1965 (bulk 1912-1953). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449289 Inventor; B.S., Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1910; pioneer in systems radio control of moving objects (torpedoes, ships, etc.); president Radio Engineering Co. of N.Y., Hammond Research Corp. of Mass.; inventor of improved methods of phonographic reproduction, other inventions relating to radio telephony and telegraphy, radar, pi...

Moses, George H. (George Higgins), 1869-1944

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Olds, Robert Edwin, 1875-1932

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Dennis, Alfred Pearce, 1869-1931

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West, Roy Owen, 1868-1958

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Culbertson, William Smith, 1884-1966

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Diplomat, lawyer, and professor of law. From the description of Papers of William Smith Culbertson, 1897-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450620 Lawyer and member of the U.S. Tariff Commission (1917-1925). From the description of Papers, 1923. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52247456 William S. Culbertson (1884-1966) was a member of the Institute of Politics, an organization that promoted the study of international problems and...

O'Toole, William Joseph

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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...

Andrews, Lincoln C. (Lincoln Clarke), 1867-1950

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Lincoln C. Andrews was a United States (U.S.) military officer. He was a major in the 43rd U.S. Volunteer Infantry and a captain in the 15th U.S. Cavalry Regiment. From the description of The Lincoln C. Andrews papers, 1900-1903. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 48036135 Army officer. From the description of Lincoln C. Andrews scrapbook. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79942544 ...

Robinson, Theodore Douglas, 1883-1934

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Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937

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Lawyer and politician Frank Billings Kellogg was born in New York, and raised in Minnesota. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began a long career in public service as city attorney of Rochester, Minnesota. He served as president of the American Bar Association, and as United States Senator from Minnesota and Ambassador to Great Britain. While serving as Calvin Coolidge's Secretary of State, he co-authored the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris, outlawing war an...

Dodge, Henry Percival, 1870-1936

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Foster, John Gilman, 1859-1931

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Beck, James M. (James Montgomery), 1861-1936

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James Montgomery Beck, U.S. District Attorney of Philadelphia and Solicitor General of the United States, was also an amateur Shakespearian. From the description of Letters to Horace Howard Furness and Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1911-1929. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155868022 James Montgomery Beck was born in Philadelphia on July 9, 1861. Raised in a Moravian home, he graduated from the Moravian College and Theological Seminary in...

Clark, Edward Tracy, 1878-1935

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Presidential secretary, lawyer, and businessman of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers of Edward Tracy Clark, 1923-1935 (bulk 1929-1935). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062972 Biographical Note 1878 Born, Kingston, N.Y. 1900 Graduate Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. ...

Prince, John Dyneley, 1868-1945

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Poindexter, Miles, 1868-1946

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U.S. senator and representative of Washington, lawyer, and jurist. From the description of Letters of Miles Poindexter, 1923-1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068226 Miles Poindexter came to Spokane in 1897 to practice law. In 1904 he was elected Superior Court judge and in 1911 to the U.S. Senate as a Republican. Poindexter was one of the foremost opponents of the Unites States entry into the League of Nations in 1919. An unsuccessful attempt for Senate office in 1927 ...

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

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Epithet: president of the United States British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00001d Calvin Coolidge's son John married John Trumbull's daughter Florence. From the description of Letter, 1931 March 16, Northampton, Mass., to John H. Trumbull, Plainville, Conn. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 25622017 For information on Pres. Coolidge, see an encyclopedia. No information is...

Willis, Frank B. (Frank Bartlette), 1871-1928

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Governor of Ohio 1915-1917, and U.S. Senator from Ohio 1911-1915 and 1921-1928. From the description of TLS, 1922. (Ohio University). WorldCat record id: 12850629 ...

Winston, Garrard Bigelow, 1882-1955

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Government executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Garrard Bigelow Winston : oral history, 1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727551 Chicago lawyer; undersecretary of the Treasury, 1923-1927. From the description of Garrard B. Winston letter to Will Orton Tewson, 1925 July 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 76968861 ...

Pomerene, Atlee, 1863-1937

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Gore, Howard M.

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Slemp, C. Bascom (Campbell Bascom), 1870-1943

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Congressman, 1907-1923, from Virginia's 9th District and private secretary to Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1925. From the description of C. Bascom Slemp scrapbooks [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648004695 C. Bascom Slemp of Big Stone Gap, Va., was a lawyer, businessman, and U.S. Representative from Virginia. From the description of Additional papers of Campbell Bascom Slemp, h 1920-1931. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id:...

Bristol, Mark L. (Mark Lambert), 1868-1939

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Naval officer and diplomat. From the description of Mark L. Bristol papers, 1882-1939 (bulk 1919-1939). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981105 Naval officer. From the description of Mark L. Bristol papers, 1913-1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979807 Biographical Note 1868, Apr. 17 Born, Glassboro, N.J. ...

Phillips, William, 1878-1968

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Phillips was an American diplomat, born in Beverly, Mass. His career included assignments with both the Foreign Service and the State Department. He was minister to the Netherlands (1920-1922), minister to Luxembourg, (1920-1922, 1924-1927), ambassador to Belgium (1924-1927), minister to Canada (1927-1929), ambassador to Italy (1936-1940), wartime ambassador to India (1942-1944), and a member of the Anglo-American Committee on Palestine (1946). He was married in 1910 to Caroline Astor Drayton. ...

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...