Robert G. Spivack Papers 1931-1970 (bulk 1936-1970)

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Starr, Mark, 1894-1985

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Mark Starr (27 April 1894, Shoscombe – 24 April 1985, New York City) was a British American labor historian and pedagogue. For 25 years he was educational director of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Born in Shoscombe, Somerset he was the son of a staunch Free Methodist coal miner. From 1899 to 1907 he attended St Julian's National School. At age thirteen he began work in the mines, later migrating to South Wales. He joined the Miners' Federation of Great Britain and the Indepe...

O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964

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William O'Dwyer (1890-1964), a native of Bohola, County Mayo in Ireland, emigrated to New York City in 1910. Prior to becoming Mayor in 1946, he served in the United States Army and later worked as a policeman, lawyer, district attorney. He was re-elected in November 1949 and served until August 1950, when he accepted the position of U.S. Ambassador to Mexico....

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....

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971

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Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician. Raised in Owosso, Michigan, Dewey was a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. In 1944, he was the Republican Party's nominee for president, but lost the election to incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt in the closest of Roosevelt's four presidential elections. He was again the Republican presidential nominee in 1948, but lost to President Ha...

Ives, Irving McNeil, 1896-1962

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Irving McNeil Ives was a member of the New York State Assembly, 1933-46; author and sponsor of legislation creating the New York State Department of Commerce and the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University; co-author and co-sponsor of a New York State anti-discrimination law; Dean of the Industrial and Labor Relations School at Cornell, 1945-47; United States senator, 1947-59; member of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Labor and Public Welfa...

Cowan, Louis G., 1909-1976

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Public relations expert; radio producer; vice-president for creative services CBS-TV, 1955-1958; president, 1958-1959; director of Morse Communication Research Center at Brandeis University, 1961-1965; director of Special Programs in the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia, 1965; president and editor of Chilmark Press; and chairman of the publication and advisory board of Partisan Review. From the description of World War II propaganda collection, 1941-1946. (University of Virgin...

International Student Service

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Begun in 1919 as European Student Relief, it later changed its name to International Student Service. The United States Committee of ISS was represented by the National Student Federation. Activities included cultural cooperation and university research, but material aid to students in need was the most important function of the organization. From the description of Collection, 1936-1943. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28452043 ...

Rosenthal, Arthur J. (Arthur Jesse), 1919-2013

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Sann, Paul

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Pilat, Oliver, 1903-1987

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Brewster, Owen, 1888-1961

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Lawyer, statesman, governor of Maine, and U.S. senator; b. Ralph Owen Brewster. From the description of Christmas card, 1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926064 ...

Nagourney, Herbert

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Sevareid, Eric, 1912-1992

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Arnold Eric Sevareid (b. November 26, 1912-d. July 9, 1992) was born in Velva, North Dakota. He was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977....

Hagan, Lloyd D.

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Sengstacke, John Herman Henry, 1912-1997

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Agar, Herbert, 1897-1980

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Wechsler, James A. (James Arthur), 1915-1983

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Newspaper editor. From the description of Reminiscences of James Arthur Wechsler : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481245 ...

Bye, George T.

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Literary agent for Eleanor Roosevelt from 1935 to 1947. From the description of Papers, 1935-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155521884 ...

Bell, Ulric, 1891-1960

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Spivack, Robert G.

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Biographical Note 1915, Apr. 15 Born, Dayton, Ohio 1936 Graduated, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 1937 1938 Secretary, International Student Service of the United States ...

Lash, Joseph P., 1909-1987

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Joseph P. Lash (1909-1987), personal friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, was the author of several works on the Roosevelts. He was active in various youth organizations in the 1930s and 1940s, and worked as a United Nations correspondent and assistant editor of the New York Post. In 1972, Lash received the Pulitzer Prize for his book, Eleanor and Franklin, and later wrote the sequel titled The Years Alone. From the description of Lash, Joseph P., 1909-1987 (U.S. National Archives and Record...

Fight for Freedom (Organization)

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Schiff, Dorothy, 1903-1989

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Dorothy Schiff (1903-1989) was the publisher of the New York Post, the oldest daily newspaper in the United States, from 1942 to 1976. She wrote a column for the paper and served as editor-in-chief from 1961 until she sold the paper in 1976. She also published the Paris-Post in France from 1945 to 1948 and owned several radio stations in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. From the guide to the Dorothy Schiff papers, 1904-1989, 1950s-1970s, (The New York Public Library. Man...

Sommers, Martin.

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Morris, Newbold, 1902-1966

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Newbold Morris (1902-1966) succeeded Robert Moses as Parks Commissioner of the City of New York in 1960. During his career Morris also served as President of the New York City Council and ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City twice. From the guide to the Newbold Morris papers, 1962, (Brooklyn Historical Society) ...

Sirkin, Abraham M.

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University of Cincinnati.

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During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the University of Cincinnati experienced a wave of protest and radicalism on campus, much like other universities throughout the United States. The height of the protest occurred in May of 1970, immediately after the Kent State shootings. UC closed on May 8th due to the fear of possible violence on campus, and later in the month, university administration decided to cancel the remainder of the Spring quarter. From the guide to the University of ...

Eckman, Fern Marja.

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O'Sheel, Shaemas, 1886-1954

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Shaemas O'Sheel (1886–1954) was an Irish-American poet and critic. Born Shaemas Shields, he changed his surname to the more Gaelic "O'Sheel" soon after high school. He worked for the United States Senate (1913-1916) followed by employment with various newspapers, did publicity and advertising work, and was active in the Irish independence movement. He was "a very ardent Communist and a staunch supporter of the Soviet Union" (letter, O'Sheel to Young, April 17, 1938), though he disag...

Lazarus, Reuben A. (Reuben Avis), 1895-1971

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Lawyer, politician. From the description of Reminiscences of Reuben Avis Lazarus :koral history, 1951. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309738299 Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Reuben Avis Lazarus oral history, 1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122684274 ...

Costello, Frank, 1891-1973

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Frank "the Prime Minister" Costello (b. Francesco Castiglia, Jan. 26, 1891, Lauropoli, Calabria, Italy–d. Feb. 18, 1973, New York City) was an Italian-American gangster and crime boss. Costello rose to the top of America's underworld, controlled a vast gambling empire across the United States, and enjoyed political influence. From the description of Costello, Frank, 1891-1973 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582289 ...

Goldstein, Jonah J., 1886-1967

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Judge. From the description of Oral history interview with Jonah J. Goldstein, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309742131 ...

Bade, Wilbur E. (Wilbur Emil), 1906-1954

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McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

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Cohen, Elliot E., 1899-1959

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