Fulton Lewis Jr. Papers 1920-1968

Hunt, H. L. (Haroldson Lafayette), 1889-1974

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xb32js (person)

Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68x44cq (person)

Edward Vernon "Eddie" Rickenbacker, also known as "Fast Eddie" or "Rick" (October 8, 1890 – July 23, 1973) was an American fighter ace in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was the United States' most successful fighter ace in the war and is considered to have received the most awards for valor by an American during the war. He was also a race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation,...

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gz520j (person)

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...

Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k64kms (person)

U.S. Senator from Michigan (1928-1951). From the description of Arthur H. Vandenberg papers, 1936-1941. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 620820101 Republican member of the U.S. Senate from Michigan, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and delegate to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco in 1945. From the description of Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg visual materials series [microform]. ca. 1896-1950. (University of Michigan). Wo...

Steelman, John Roy, 1900-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv0rxg (person)

Government executive. From the description of Reminiscences of John Roy Steelman : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513408 John Roy Steelman was born in Thornton, Arkansas on June 23, 1900. Upon graduating from high school he joined the U.S. Army and served in World War I, at the very end of the war. After the war, he drifted across the country to gain seasonal employment in a variety of manual jobs, then entered Hende...

Hoover, J.Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kk98z7 (person)

Director of the FBI. From the description of Typed letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Arthur William Brown, 1941 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555861 John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) served from 1924 to 1972 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As its first director, Hoover molded the FBI into his image of a modern police force. He promoted scientific investigation of crime, the collection and analysis of fingerprints and the hiring and ...

Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hd7vvt (person)

Lawyer and secretary to President Woodrow Wilson. From the description of Papers of Joseph P. Tumulty, 1898-1969 (bulk 1913-1940). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061701 Joseph P. Tumulty, 1879-1954, b. Jersey City, NJ, secretary to President Woodrow Wilson; lawyer, served as secretary to Wilson when he was governor of New Jersey. Byron Johnson Rees, 1877-1920, b, Westfield, IN, educated Brown University, Harvard, Oxford; professor of English at Wil...

Keedick, Lee.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62s8gdk (person)

Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1882-1958

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6833wgh (person)

Epithet: of the River Club New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x00016e Bernard Mannes Baruch was a financier and head of several war committees, including chairman of the War Industries Board, 1918-1919, and U.S. representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, 1946. From the guide to the Speech before the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, June 14, 1946, 1946, (Amer...

Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6319x31 (person)

Burton Kendall Wheeler was born in Hudson, Mass., on 27 Feb. 1882 and moved to Montana shortly after his graduation from law school in 1905. He began his law career in Butte, serving as U.S. Attorney for Montana from 1913 to 1918 prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1922. In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for vice-president on the Progressive Party presidential ticket. Wheeler is remembered as one of the most powerful senators in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s. Chairman of the Interstate Comm...

Cain, Harry P. (Harry Pulliam), 1906-1979

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fr2h5n (person)

Harry Pulliam Cain was born on 10 Jan. 1906 in Nashville, Tenn. He attended Hill Military Academy in Portland, Ore., and the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn. In 1929, he returned to Tacoma and worked in the trust department of the Bank of California. Throughout his tenure at the bank, he was involved with the Washington Banker's Association. He resigned from the bank in 1939 to campaign for mayor. Prior to his campaign, Cain managed the 1939 Washington State Golden Jubilee in Tacoma. In...

Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jw8hzj (person)

Hoffman, Paul G. (Paul Gray), 1891-1974

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f872kq (person)

Businessman and government official. From the description of Papers, 1928-1972. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70944301 ...

Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pp0z66 (person)

Strauss, Lewis L

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ht2t5p (person)

Secretary to Herbert Hoover, 1917-1919; chairman, United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1953-1958; secretary of commerce, 1958-1959. From the description of Lewis L. Strauss miscellaneous papers, 1918-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868921 Government executive, financier. From the description of Reminiscences of Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158380 Executive...

Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v2fwv (person)

Baruch, a financier and public adviser, was a millionaire by the age of thirty thanks to his investments in the stock market. He put his wealth to use in politics and public affairs and became an adviser to Woodrow Wilson, who appointed him chairman of the War Industries Board and a member of the president's war council. After World War I, he took part in the postwar peace conference and later became an adviser to President Roosevelt on defense matters and industrial preparedness for war. After ...

Lewis, Fulton, 1903-1966

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s1vmb (person)

Fulton Lewis, Jr. (1903-1966) was an American television and radio commentator and columnist. Born in Washington, D.C.. April 30, 1903 to Fulton and Elizabeth Lewis, he was educated at Western High School, Washington, D.C., and attended the University of Virginia. On June 28, 1930, he married Alice Huston. Fulton Lewis began his career as a reporter for the Washington Herald in 1924, where he later became the city editor. He worked with the Washington Bureau, Universal S...

Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t151rs (person)

Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of John W. Bricker : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528156 John Bricker (1893 - 1986), 54th Governor of Ohio from 1939 to 1945. From the guide to the John W. Bricker letter to John F. Ahlers, February 5, 1940, (Ohio University) ...

Sockman, Ralph W. (Ralph Washington), 1889-1970

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c85x4v (person)

Ralph Washington Sockman (1889-1970) was an American Protestant clergyman, educator, and radio personality. For many years he was the featured speaker on the weekly NBC radio program National Radio Pulpit, which aired from 1928 to 1962. He was also associate professor of theology at Union Theological Seminary, a prolific author, and a trustee of Syracuse University. From the guide to the Ralph W. Sockman Papers, 1903-1970, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Lib...