Kaj Klitgaard Papers 1914-1966

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Kaj Klitgaard Papers 1914-1966

Correspondence (1914-1966); photographs, sketchbooks, and published material, including articles and clippings.Correspondents include Egmont Arens, Peggy Bacon, Rockwell Kent, Alfred Kreymborg, Harry E. Maule, William McFee, Ogden Nash, John Crowe Ransom, Henry Morton Robinson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles Allen Smart, and Lowell Thomas. Additional letters of many of the correspondents can be found in a scrapbook.

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Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Rockwell Kent interview, 1957 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80242441 Painter, illustrator, writer, lecturer; Ausable Forks, New York. From the description of Rockwell Kent letters to Robert T. Hatt, 1935-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553040 In addition to being a successful painter, printmaker, illustrator, designer, and commercial artist, Kent pursued careers as a writer, professional ...

Arens, Egmont, 1889-1966

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Egmont Hegel Arens, industrial designer, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 15 December 1889, the son of Franz Xavier and Emma (Huegal?) Arens. He was a leading design pioneer in the fields of packaging and plastics and is credited with introducing "appetite appeal" in packaging design. From 1911 to 1914 he attended the University of New Mexico and in 1915-1916 the University of Chicago. Before beginning his career in design, he was a sports editor for the Albuquerque (N.M.) Tribune-Ci...

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...

McFee, William, 1881-1966

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20th century American author. From the description of William McFee writings, [ca.1913-1928]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122599069 William McFee was an English novelist, essayist, and literary critic. From the description of William McFee collection of papers, [1914]-[1954]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122626277 William McFee, a marine engineer and novelist, was born in London, England. He served as appre...

Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981

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American author, journalist, and world traveller. From the description of Letters, 1961-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553309 Newscaster, foreign correspondent, and explorer. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1890]-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155531746 Thomas was a radio and television broadcaster, author, and world traveler. From the description of The Lowell Jackson Thomas papers. 1916-2010. (University of Utah). WorldC...

Smart, Charles Allen, 1904-1967

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Charles Allen Smart (CAS) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1904. He received an A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1926. After working as an editorial assistant, CAS began his career as a writer. CAS first book was published in 1938 entitled RFD. After serving in World War II, CAS became a writer-in-residence at Ohio University. He subsequently wrote ten additional monographs and many magazines articles. From the guide to the Charles Allen Smart papers, 1920-1970, (Ohio University...

Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971

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American poet. From the description of The Voluble Wheel Chair (for Eugène--March 31,1952) : Baltimore : autograph poem signed, written for Eugène Reynal, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612668 American writer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 16 March 1962, to Mr. Miller, 1962 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874504 American poet Ogden Nash was born in New York and raised along the east coast. Afte...

Kreymborg, Alfred, 1883-1966

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Alfred Kreymborg was born in New York, grew up on the Lower East Side and later lived in Greenwich Village. He was a frequent contributor to "little" magazines and had frequent collections of his poetry published between 1916 and 1950. He also wrote plays, radio dramas, several novels, and an autobiography. From the description of Alfred Kreymborg letter and poem to Dear old Harry, 1928. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 64582069 ...

Robinson, Henry Morton, 1898-1961

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Henry Morton Robinson, b. Boston, September 7, 1898, d. January 13, 1961; instructor in English, Columbia, 1923-1926, editor Contemporary verse, 1927-1927, free lance writer, 1927-1935, associate and later senior editor Reader's digest, 1935-1945; co-author with Joseph Campbell of A skeleton key to Finnegan's wake. From the description of Second wisdom, 1938. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 57240125 Author, editor. From the description of Papers, 19...

Maule, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1886-

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Ransom, John Crowe, 1888-1974

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American poet and educator. From the description of Letter to Mrs. F.E. Lund [manuscript], 1968 February 12. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833566 John Crowe Ransom, noted poet, critic, educator and editor, was born April 30, 1888 in Pulaski, Tennessee. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1909, was a Rhodes Scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, 1910-1913, and joined the faculty of Vanderbilt in 1914, where he taught English until 1937. While at Vanderbil...

Klitgaard, Kaj

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Danish-American painter, novelist, author, seaman (1888-1953). From the guide to the Kaj Klitgaard Papers, 1914-1966, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987

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Peggy Bacon (1895-1987) was a printmaker from Cape Porpoise, Me. From the description of Oral history interview with Peggy Bacon, 1973 May 8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77599946 Margaret Frances (Peggy) Bacon lived from 1895 to 1987. She was a teacher, artist, illustrator and author known for her humorous satires. She wrote and illustrated many books for children, among them Mercy and the Mouse, Off with Their Heads, and The Ghost of Opalina. She also i...