Writers' War Board Records 1941-1945
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Stout, Rex, 1886-1975
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Rex Stout was an American author best known for his detective fiction. He was born December 1, 1886 in Noblesville, Indiana, the sixth of nine children. In 1887 his parents, John and Lucetta Stout, bought a forty-acre farm south of Topeka, Kansas, where Stout grew up. As a young man, Stout tried several trades, including bookkeeping (with a stint in the Navy as a bookkeeper on Theodore Roosevelt's yacht), ushering at an opera house in Topeka, studying law, and working as a cigar store clerk....
Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999
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Translator, anthologist, author, and radio and TV entertainer. Full name Clifton Paul Fadiman. From the description of Papers of Clifton Fadiman, 1952-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068775 Author, literary critic. From the description of Reminiscences of Clifton Fadiman : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122411663 Writer, editor. Fadiman worked on many projects for the...
Leech, Margaret, 1893-1974
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Margaret Kernochan Leech was an American novelist, biographer, historian, and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. From the description of Margaret Leech papers, 1933-1973. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367993 From the guide to the Margaret Leech papers, 1933-1973., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Margaret Kernochan Leech (November 7, 1893 – February 24, 1974) also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American author and histo...
Green, Alan, 1906-1975
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American author and advertising executive. From the description of Alan Green collection, 1936-1975. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70964706 ...
Writers' War Board
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Non-governmental organization with headquarters in New York, N.Y. From the description of Writers' War Board records, 1941-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981975 The Writers' War Board aimed to utilize writers' talents to support the war effort; it was based in New York City. Stout was the organization's chair; and Komroff was chair of its Foreign Writers' Committee. From the description of Correspondence to Franz Werfel, 1942, 1943. (University of Pennsyl...
LaFarge, Christopher, 1897-1956
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LaFarge was an American author, painter, and architect, and was a graduate of the Harvard College Class of 1920. He was the grandson of author and artist John LaFarge and the brother of author Oliver LaFarge (H.C. 1924). From the description of Christopher LaFarge diaries, 1937-1955. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612718347 From the guide to the Christopher LaFarge diaries, 1937-1955., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...
