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Viereck, George Sylvester, 1884-1962

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Poet, novelist, journalist, biographer, and pro-German publicist; biographer of Edward M. House; in March, 1942 convicted of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act and sentenced to prison. From the description of George Sylvester Viereck papers, 1924-1938 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169142 "George Sylvester Viereck," http://www.anb.org (accessed September 27, 2006). Biographical information derived from the collection. ...

Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929

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(William) Bliss Carman (1861-1929) was a Canadian poet and editor. Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, he studied at the universities of New Brunswick and Harvard. He is usually grouped with the Confederation Poets, who developed a distinctively Canadian poetic voice in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Yet this identification with the Confederation group is somewhat misleading as Carman spent much of his life in New England and many readers assumed that he was American. Carman ed...

Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976

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Born in Princeton, New Jersey, on April 9, 1898, Paul Robeson was a multitalented man whose artistic and political career spanned over four decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s. Known worldwide during the 1930s and 1940s, he fell from prominence in the 1960s because of the political controversy that surrounded him during the McCarthy era. Robeson was a talented dramatic actor whose performance of Othello in this country in 1943-44 once held the record for the ...

Hagedorn, Hermann, 1882-1964

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Hermann Hagedorn was born in New York City in 1882 and educated at Harvard University, the University of Berlin, and Columbia University. From 1909 to 1911 he was an instructor in English at Harvard. Hagedorn was a friend and biographer of Theodore Roosevelt and served as Secretary and Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association from 1919 to 1957. Hagedorn died in Santa Barbara, California in 1964. From the guide to the Hermann Hagedorn papers, 1898-1970, (Beinecke Rare Book and M...

Johnson, Georgia Douglas, -1966

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African American poet, lyricist, essayist, playwright, novelist, and musician, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, ca. 1930-ca. 1960. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70939782 ...

Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971

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Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, newspaper editor, and poet. From the description of Paul Scott Mowrer papers, 1894-1988, bulk 1912-1971. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 182630334 ...

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963

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American poet from New England. Winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. From the description of Letters, 1931-1943. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464432 American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Beggen [?], 1928. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129842 Robert Frost was an American poet. From the description of Papers concerning the Kenned...

Auslander, Joseph, 1897-1965

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Author, editor, and Library of Congress official. From the description of Letters, 1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34149452 Joseph Auslander was an American poet, anthologist and novelist, known particularly for editions of a poetry anthology, The winged horse, first published in 1929. He served as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress in the years immediately preceding the United States' entry into World War II. His poetry appeared over the decades in many poetr...

Clemens, Cyril, 1902-1999

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Cyril Clemens (1902- ) was editor of the Mark Twain Journal and president of an international Mark Twain society. Clemens was a native of St. Louis, Mo.; son of James R. and Katherine Boland Clemens; and a kinsman of Samuel L. Clemens. From the guide to the Cyril Clemens Papers, ., 1936-1976, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Cyril Clemens, born in St. Louis on July 14, 1902, died in Kirkwood on May 16, 1999. Distant cous...

Hillyer, Robert, 1895-1961

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Robert Hillyer was born in East Orange and he taught English and rhetoric at Harvard for several decades. In 1934 he won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for "The Collected Verse of Robert Hillyer." From the description of Correspondence-Manuscripts, 1937-1943. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 727944299 Hillyer graduated from Harvard in 1917 and taught English at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Robert Silliman Hillyer, 1940-1945 (inclusi...

Holmes, John

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 4056 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x00025e Epithet: Captain; of Add MS 35668 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x000254 Epithet: archeologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x000252 Epithet: Clerk ...

Farber, Norma

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Norma Holzman was born in August of 1909 in Boston, MA. In 1928, at the age of 18, she married Sidney Farber, then a recent Harvard Medical School graduate . Early in their marriage, the Farbers lived in Europe, where Dr. Farber was continuing his studies. When they returned to the United States, Norma enrolled at Wellesley College and received an A. B. in 1931. From there she went on to obtain an M. A. from Radcliffe in 1932. After years of writing poetry for adults, Farber began penning storie...

Bligh, E. W.

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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Keith, Joseph Joel

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Joseph Joel Keith was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1920s. He was a member of the Poetry Society of America, president of the Los Angeles, California Branch of the P.E.N., and was managing editor of the Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards. His works include: "Across the Dark" (1964), "Aloha, Polynesia: Hawaiian Poems" (1967), "Durable Fire" (1949), "The Hearth Lit: Poems" (1946), "Inner Pilgrim" (1939), "The Long Nights: Poems" (1944), and "The Proud P...

Schmuller, Angelo Aaron

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Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946

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African-American poet, anthologist, translator, playwright and an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Cullen was graduated from De Witt Clinton High School in New York City and from New York University in 1925. While attending NYU he held a part-time job as a doorman at the Grolier Club, a New York City bibliophile society. He took post-graduate work at Harvard University and received an M.A. From the description of TLS : Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Frederick B. Coykendall, ...

Perry, Minerva.

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Canfield, Cass, 1897-1986

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Davidson, Gustav, 1895-1971

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Poet, writer, publisher, secretary of Poetry Society of America. From the description of Gustav Davidson letter to William Orton Tewson, [manuscript], [1925] Jun 17 (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 247516917 Gustav Davidson was born in Warsaw, Poland on December 25, 1895. His family moved to New York City in 1897. He received his bachelor and master degrees from Columbia University in 1919 and 1920 respectively. During the twenties and thirties, he wrote and pub...

Lennon, Florence Becker.

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Florence Becker Lennon (1895-1984) was born in New York City. She received a Bachelor's degree in anthropology at Columbia University and a Master's degree in education at the University of Colorado. A poet and author, she published four books of poetry including "Forty Years in the Wilderness", and a biography of Lewis Carroll, "Victoria Through the Looking-glass: The Life of Lewis Carroll. This was later revised and reissued as "The Life of Lewis Carroll" in America. Lennon served as a freelan...

Peloubet, Maurice E.

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Fenton, Charles A.

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Charles A. Fenton, author and educator, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1919. He is the author of The Apprenticeship of Ernest Hemingway: The Early Years (1954) and Stephen Vincent Benét: The Life and Times of an American Man of Letters (1958). He also edited The Best Short Stories of World War II: An American Anthology (1957) and Selected Letters of Stephen Vincent Benét (1960). He taught English at Yale from 1948 to 1958, and at Duke University from 1958 until his death in 1960. ...

Chapin, Katherine Garrison, 1890-1977

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Poet and author. Mrs. Francis Biddle. From the description of Katherine Garrison Chapin papers, 1930-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77651764 Poet; wife of Francis Biddle. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, [after 1938]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122583171 Katherine Garrison Chapin Biddle was born on Sept. 4, 1890, in Waterford, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Lindley Hoffman Chapin...

Flaccus, Kimball, 1911-1972

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Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973

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African-American poet, critic, playwright, novelist, author of children’s books, librarian. From the guide to the Arna Bontemps Papers, 1927-1968, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Teacher in New York, N.Y., and Huntsville, Ala.; head librarian, Fisk University; professor, University of Chicago; curator of James Weldon Johnson Collection and visiting professor of English, Yale University; writer in residence, Fisk University; and author. ...

Hanes, Leigh, 1893?-1967

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Kline, Burton, 1877-1958

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Journalist, editor, and author. From the description of Burton Kline papers, 1896-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014440 Kline was a special student in Harvard College from 1902-1903. From the description of Economics 9 : report on the American Ice Company, [1902] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074549 Biographical Note 1877, Dec. 25 ...

Dargan, Olive Tilford, 1869-1968

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American poet, dramatist, and novelist. From the description of Letters to Miss Brown, 1914. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34689947 Olive Tilford Dargan (1869-1968), was an Appalachian poet and novelist, who lived in North Carolina from 1906 until her death. Under the pseudonym Fielding Burke, she wrote two novels about the Gastonia, North Carolina textile workers' strike of 1929, Call Home the Heart (1932) and A Stone Came Rolling (1935). Rose Pastor Stokes ...

Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962

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African American poet, critic, and editor; b. William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite. From the description of Papers, 1878-1962. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70956095 From the description of William Stanley Braithwaite collection, 1899-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965233 Braithwaite was an African-American poet, literary critic, and editor. He wrote reviews and criticism for the Boston Evening Transcript . From 1913 to 1929 he...

Stuart, Jesse, 1906-1984

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Jesse Stuart was a famous Kentucky novelist, short-story writer, poet, and teacher. From the description of Broadside, ca. 1950. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49342685 Chuck Hand, antiques dealer and teacher, was a personal friend of Jesse Stuart. His interest in Jesse Stuart began in 1966. He earned an MA in geography from EIU in 1973 and taught in Paris, IL from 1967-1999. Chuck became a rare book dealer in 1989, specializing in Abraham Lincoln. ...

Gerbaulet, Nina Joy.

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Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Benjamin E. Mays : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527874 Benjamin E. Mays (1895- ), president of Morehouse College during the Atlanta 1960-1961 sit-ins. From the description of Benjamin Elijah Mays oral history interview, 1978 Nov. 29. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38727125 President of Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., from 1940...

Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Author & publisher. Columbia A.B. 1919; Litt.B. 1920. From the guide to the Bennett Cerf Papers, ca. 1898-1977., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Publisher and editor. Founder of Random House, New York, with Donald S. Klopfer; president, 1927-1966; and chairman of the board, 1966- Other publishing affiliations include Bantam Books (New York) and Modern Library, Inc. (New York). From the description of Calling card : N...

Spingarn, Arthur B. (Arthur Barnett), 1878-1971

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African American lawyer, scholar, and president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. From the description of Papers, 1914-1971. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941351 Spingarn was born on Mar. 28, 1878 in New York City; AB (1897), AM (1899), and LL. B (1900), Columbia Univ.; LL. D, Howard Univ., 1941; L.H.D., Long Island Univ., 1966; practiced law beginning in 1900; chairman of national legal committee, and vice-presid...

Maĭkopskoe gorodskoe literaturnoe obʺedinenie "Oshten"

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Amy Bonner (1891-1955) journalist and poet. From 1937-1947 she served as Poetry's eastern business representative. The bulk of the Papers represent the correspondence Bonner received as Poetry's business representative. Also included is a small amount of earlier correspondence, particularly with Harriet Monroe. From the description of Amy Bonner papers, 1920-1951 (inclusive) (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 605071600 Amy Bonner was an American journalist ...

Reid, Ira de Augustine, 1901-1968

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Ira De Augustine Reid was a noted sociologist and author. Born in Clifton Forge, Virginia, he spent his boyhood in Pennsylvania, received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehouse College in 1922 and was awarded the Master of Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1925. In 1939 Reid received his Ph.D. degree in sociology from Columbia University. He served as industrial secretary for the New York Urban League (1924-1928), and from 1928 to 1934 he w...

Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977

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Novelist from Iowa. From the description of Letters, 1934-1973. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233121203 Kantor was born in Webster City, Iowa. His first of more than thirty novels, Diversey, was about Chicago gangsters. Many of the later novels were based on the Civil War, including Andersonville, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1956. From the description of MacKinlay Kantor manuscripts, 1927-1932. (State Historical Society of...

Siegel, Jules

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Torrence, Ridgely, 1875-1950

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American poet and artist. From the description of Three O'clock (morning) : autograph poem signed : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572856 American poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Laurens Maynard, 1899 Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572852 American author, poet, playwright, and editor. From the description of Papers of Frederic Ridgely Torrence, n.d., 1906-1934. (University of V...

Brown, Sterling Allen, 1901-1989

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American scholar and poet. From the description of Poems, [1929?]. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145406115 ...

Adams, J. Donald (James Donald), 1891-1968

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Benét, Rosemary, 1900-1962

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Sokoloff, Vladimir, 1889-1962

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Pianist; keyboard player for the Philadelphia Orchestra 1938-1950; faculty member at Curtis Institute of Music. From the description of Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, May 18, 1990. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155892662 ...

Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947

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Editor at and vice-president of Charles Scribner's Sons. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1938-1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122629156 Maxwell Evarts Perkins was one of the most importnat editors in American literary history. Belinda Dobson Jelliffe, born in Asheville, N.C., became a friend of Thomas Wolfe in 1933. In 1935, Charles Scriber's Sons published her only book, a semi-autobiographical work titled Fo...

Bardolph, Richard, 1915-2006

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Pollock, Helen Channing.

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Gerbaulet, Claire K.

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Schultz, Lulu Minerva.

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Widdemer, Margaret

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Margaret Widdemer, novelist and poet. From the description of The Dark Cavalier : the collected poems of Margaret Widdemer, 1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702186208 Margaret Widdemer (1889?-1978) was an American author, novelist and poet. Born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Ms. Widdemer attended Drexel, Bucknell, and Middlebury College. She began writing as a child and by 1916 had received the Trimmed Lamp prize for the best lyric. That same year...

Smith, Chard Powers, 1894-1977

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The writer Chard Powers Smith was born in Watertown, New York, and educated at the Pawling School and Yale University, class of 1916. Following service as a captain in the U.S. Army Field Artillery during World War I, he received a law degree from Harvard in 1921, but early abandoned the practice of law to make his living as a writer. In the 1920s he travelled and lived intermittently in Europe, where he moved in American expatriate social and literary circles. A regular at the MacDowell Colony ...

Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972

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Poet, acting editor of The Dial magazine, 1925-1929. Born Marianne Craig Moore. From the description of Book manuscripts, 1935-1967. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122417395 From the description of Albums, [ca. 1905-1936]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524976 From the description of Family correspondence, 1848-1972, bulk 1905-1972. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540617 From the desc...

Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975

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American musician Noble Sissle, who was born on July 10, 1889, in Indianapolis, Indiana, was also an actor, publisher, lyricist, and author. A singer with touring bands in the early 1900s, Sissle later teamed up with Eubie Blake for vaudeville acts and wrote the lyrics for several Blake scores, including "Shuffle Along," a successful Broadway production. Among the many songs that Sissle and Blake wrote are "I'm Just Wild About Harry," "Hello ...

Engle, Paul, 1908-1991

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Paul Engle was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on October 12, 1908. Engle attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, where he graduated cum laude in 1931, emphasizing English literature, American history and languages. In 1932, Paul Engle received his M.A. from the University of Iowa. In the fall of 1933, Paul Engle received the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. He sailed for England, enrolled in Merton College at Oxford University, and began studies under the poet Edmund Blunden. He was awarded a second M...

Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978

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Jack Wheelock was a close friend to Van Wyck Brooks at Harvard, and remained close to both Brookses afterwards. From the description of Correspondence to Eleanor Stimson Brooks, 1907. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191847885 John Hall Wheelock was an accomplished poet and influential editor at Scribner's for many years. Born on Long Island, he learned a love of poetry from his mother, which continued during his studies at Harvard and the University...

Roberts, Ruby Altizer

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Virginia State Poet Laureate. From the description of Postcard to Beverley Fleet, 1944 June 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52610763 ...

Schuyler, George S. (George Samuel), 1895-1977

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African American writer and journalist; author of the satirical fantasy "Black no more." From the description of Papers of George Samuel Schuyler [manuscript], 1932-1966. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833639 Author, journalist; interviewee d.1977. From the description of Reminiscences of George Samuel Schuyler : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309724720 George S. Schuy...

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964

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Carl Van Vechten was an American novelist, critic, essayist, book collector, and photographer. From the description of Carl Van Vechten collection of papers, 1922-1964. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455166 From the guide to the Carl Van Vechten collection of papers, 1911-1964, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Carl van Vechten (1880-1964) was an American photographer, writer,...

Eaton, Charles Edward, 1916-2006

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Charles Edward Eaton, poet and professor, was born in Winston- Salem, N.C., received his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1936, studied at Princeton, and received his M.A. degree from Harvard, where he worked with Robert Frost who later recommended him to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Eaton served as Vice Consul in Brazil, 1942- 1946, and as professor of creative writing at UNC, 1946-1952. In 1950, he married Isabel Patterson of Pittsburgh. Eaton is a widely published a...

Sullivan, A. M. (Aloysius Michael), 1896-1980

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A. M. Sullivan (1896-1980) was an American poet, radio broadcaster, editor and businessman. Spanning the years from 1925 to 1980, the Papers reflect Sullivan's dual career as businessman and poet. An advertising executive for Dun and Bradstreet, Inc., and later the editor of Dun's Review, Sullivan simultaneously maintained close ties with the literary world through a career as a radio broadcaster for the WOR-Mutual network's "New Poetry Program;" the publication of 13 books of poetry; and member...

Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956

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Louis Bromfield was an American author and conservationist from central Ohio who gained international recognition winning the Pulitzer Prize and pioneering innovative scientific farming concepts. From the guide to the Louis Bromfield correspondence to Edna Wolfe, 1942-1949, (Ohio University) American author and conservationist. From 1939-1969 he lived and did sustainable farming at Malabar Farm, Lucas, Ohio. From the description of [Signature, 19--] / Louis Bromf...

Schwartz, Delmore, 1913-1966

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Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966), writer, editor, and teacher. In 1937, shortly after graduating from New York University, Schwartz published an acclaimed short story, "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" in the first issue of Partisan Review. In addition to his writing, he served as poetry editor of the Partisan Review and later the New Republic. Schwartz wrote poetry, short stories and essays, criticism, and plays throughout his life but he never established himself as the writer that early praise s...

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Poet, author, playwright, songwriter. From the guide to the Langston Hughes collection, [microform], 1926-1967, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) From the description of Langston Hughes collection, 1926-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652168 Langson Hughes: African-American poet and writer, author of Weary Blue (1926), The Big Sea (1940), and other works. ...

Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954

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American educator, author and editor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Greensboro, Vt., 25 July 1904, and Boston, 10 October 1904, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1904 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674901 American educator, essayist, and editor of the Atlantic Monthlyfrom 1899-1909. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Cambridge, Mass., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1936 Jan. 28 and 1938 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat...

Bullock, Marie, 1911-1986

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Beebe, Lucius, 1902-1966

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American writer and bon vivant. From the description of Letter : Hillsborough, Calif., to Mr. Kohn, 1963 Jan. 30. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122472968 Lucius Morris Beebe was born into a wealthy New England family in Wakefield, Mass. in 1902. He attended both Harvard and Yale before joining the New York Herald Tribune in 1929. Beebe was an author, journalist, railroad hobbyist and bon vivant. He died in...

Wright, Roscoe E., 1899-1943

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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

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W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Educated at Fisk University, he did graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate. Du Bois became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Due to his contributions in the African-American community he was seen as a member of a Black elite that supported some aspects ...

Carpenter, Margaret Sarah, 1793-1872

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Epithet: of Orpington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x0001e2 ...

Code, Grant Hyde

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Grant Hyde Code was a well-known writer and lecturer on theater and dance. A 1918 graduate of Harvard University, he, after World War I service, taught English at Harvard, Radcliff and other institutions of higher education. A former editor of Dance Observer, he was the founder and manager of the Brooklyn Museum Dance Center (1935-1938) which sponsored recitals and exhibitions. Mr. Hyde was also an actor, teacher, and public-relations person. Among his movie credits are The Miracle Worker and Se...

Weaver, Robert C. (Robert Clifton), 1907-1997

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Robert Clifton Weaver (December 29, 1907 – July 17, 1997) was an American economist, academic, and political administrator who served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 1966 to 1968, when the department was newly established by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Weaver was the first African American to be appointed to a US cabinet-level position. Born in Washington, D.C., Weaver attended the M Street High School, now known as the Dunbar High School, the...

Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968

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American poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Berkeley, California, to Frank Deering, 1919 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131470 Poet. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., 1881; graduated from Harvard University. Began writing poetry full-time in 1908. Moved to Santa Fe where he died in 1968. From the description of Witter Bynner papers, 1917-1943. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 35920677 American poet and sc...

Ginsberg, Louis, 1895-1976

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Poet, Professor of English at Rutgers University. Ginsberg (Columbia University M.A., 1924) was the father of poet Allen Ginsberg. From the guide to the Louis Ginsberg Papers, [ca. 1920]-1976., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Louis Ginsberg (1896-1976) was a poet, English teacher, and socialist. His writings appeared in the New York Times and the New York Herald as well as in several poetry anthologies, including Modern American an...

Gomme, George Laurence, 1853-1916

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Epithet: FSA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x0002a9 Epithet: Clerk to the London County Council British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000702.0x000254 ...

Siegel, Eli, 1902-1978

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Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963

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This collection covers the years of William Carlos Williams's medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, a year of service at a New York City hospital, a semester of medical study in Leipzig, and the period when he was setting up his medical practice and courting his future wife, Florence Herman, in his home town of Rutherford, N.J. During this time, his younger brother Edgar went from engineering and architectural studies at M.I.T. to further study of architecture at the American Academ...

Vinal, Harold, 1891-1965

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Harold Vinal was an editor, publisher, critic, and author. He was born and raised in Maine, which remained an inspiration for his work. He is perhaps best known as the founder and editor of the poetry journal, Voices; he also published numerous essays, and several collections of poems. From the description of Harold Vinal letter to Grace Hazard Conkling, 1921 Aug. 23. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 57436117 ...

Swenson, May

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May Swenson (1913-1989) was born in Logan, Utah. Graduated from Utah State University in 1934. Notable author and poet. Became the editor for New Directions Press in 1959. Frequently classified as a nature poet, Swenson received much praise for her descriptions of natural phenomena and her sensory tone. Her chief themes were animal and human behavior, sexuality, death, and the nature of art and perception. From the description of May Swenson papers, 1932-1998. (Utah State University)...

Cozzens, James Gould, 1903-1978

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James Gould Cozzens (1903-1978), author of fourteen novels and numerous short stories, was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the Kent School, and after his graduation in 1922 he went on to Harvard University. While attending Harvard, he published his first novel, Confusion, in 1924. A few months later, he withdrew from Harvard for reasons of health and finances. He moved to New Brunswick, Canada, where he wrote his next novel, Michael Scarlett . Like Confusion, it was not well received. He ...

McCord, David Thompson Watson, 1897-1997

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David Thompson Watson McCord (1897-1997), noted poet and essayist, was graduated from Harvard College in 1921. He earned a masters degree in 1922, and in 1956 he was awarded Harvard's first honorary doctorate of humane letters. Well-known for his literary and humorous approach to fundraising, McCord served as Executive Director of the Harvard Fund from 1925 until his retirement in 1962 and was editor of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin from 1940 to 1946. From the description of Papers of ...

Buchman, Marion

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