Thomas W. Lamont John Masefield collection, 1918-1947.

Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984

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Philip Hofer (1898-1984) was a librarian, book collector, and founder and first curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts at Houghton Library at Harvard University. Hofer graduated from Harvard College and spent a few years in business. He began collecting a wide variety of printed books in 1917. By 1933 he focused on illustrated and decorated books, thus entering into a serious study of book arts. He served as curator of the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library, and in...

Houghton Library

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In 1938 Keyes D. Metcalf, Librarian of Harvard College and Director of the Harvard University Library (1937-1955), proposed a separate library building for rare books and manuscripts. Through the generosity of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Harvard Class of 1929, Harvard became the first American university to construct a separate research facility for the housing and study of rare books and manuscripts. The Houghton Library, dedicated and opened in 1942, won major architectural awards and became a mo...

Greene, Belle da Costa, 1883-1950

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Belle da Costa Greene (December 13, 1883 – May 10, 1950) was the librarian to J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian under his son, Jack Morgan. In 1924 the private collection was incorporated by the State of New York as a library for public uses, and the Board of Trustees appointed Greene first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Born Belle Marion Greener in Washington, D.C., Greene grew up there and in New York City. Her biographer Heidi Ardizzone lis...

Masefield, Constance, 1867-1960

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Constance Masefield (1867-1960) was the wife of John Masefield (1878-1967), the British poet. From the guide to the Masefield family letters to Florence Corliss Lamont, 1916-1952., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Masefield, Judith, 1904-1988

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Author of children's stories and book illustrator; daughter of John Masefield. From the description of Papers relating to William Barber, 1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702180314 ...

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Private art library collection; New York City, New York. Founded in 1924 when business tycoon, J.P. Morgan opened his home and private collection to the public. From the description of Pierpont Morgan Library records, 1682-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404272 ...

Fosdick, Raymond B. (Raymond Blaine), 1883-1972

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Raymond B. Fosdick was an attorney, undersecretary-general of the League of Nations (1919-1920); Trustee of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1921-1936) and The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial (1921-1928); trustee (1923-1938) and president (1936-1938) of the International Education Board; trustee (1922-1948), president (1936-1948), and chairman (1932-1936) of The General Education Board; and trustee (1921-1948) and president (1936-1948) of the Rockefeller Foundation. ...

Sir John Lavery

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Jackson, William A. (William Alexander), 1905-1964

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Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard University.. From the description of William A. Jackson diplomas and certificates, 1927-1962. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 663976597 Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard. From the description of William A. Jackson letters to Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 1945. (Harvard University). WorldC...

Bestor, Arthur E.

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Harvard Club of Boston

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The Harvard Club of Boston is an organization of Harvard alumni living in and around Boston, Massachusetts. Its membership is open to alumni and associates of Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. The Back Bay Clubhouse is located in Boston's historic Back Bay neighborhood, at 374 Commonwealth Avenue. The Club was founded on March 19, 1908, more than fifty years after the first Boston-...

Richmond, Charles Alexander

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Fosdick, Raymond B. (Raymond Blaine), 1883-1972

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Raymond B. Fosdick was an attorney, undersecretary-general of the League of Nations (1919-1920); Trustee of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1921-1936) and The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial (1921-1928); trustee (1923-1938) and president (1936-1938) of the International Education Board; trustee (1922-1948), president (1936-1948), and chairman (1932-1936) of The General Education Board; and trustee (1921-1948) and president (1936-1948) of the Rockefeller Foundation. ...

Lamont, Corliss, 1902-1995

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John Reed (1887-1920) was an American journalist and revolutionary. He graduated from Harvard College in 1910, joined the staff of The Masses in 1913, was a war correspondent in Mexico and Europe for Metropolitan Magazine, publicist for the Russian Revolution, and head of the American Communist Labor Party. From the guide to the Corliss Lamont papers concerning John Reed, 1910-1967., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Reed (1887-1920) was an Amer...

Austin

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Epithet: Miss; of Marston, Bayshill, Cheltenham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001294.0x0000ee ...

Lamont, Florence Corliss, 1872-1952

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Florence Lamont was the wife of the banker Thomas W. Lamont. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1952. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83836395 From the guide to the Letters from various correspondents, 1952., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Lamont, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1870-1948

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Epithet: American banker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x00036a Epithet: banker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x000381 Masefield was a British poet and dramatist. From the description of John Masefield collection: additional papers, 1956-1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81756769 ...

Gavit

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Macmillan, publishers, New York

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Wells, Edgar Huidekoper, 1875-1938,

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Edgar Huidekoper Wells, '97, was a long-time friend of the Harvard College Library and an active and loyal alumnus. He held various positions at Harvard, including instructor in English (1902-1906); curator of modern English literature in the library (1903-1913); and assistant dean (1905-1907). In the first World War he served first in the American Red Cross and then as an army officer attached to the U.S. Embassy in London. After the war he was instrumental in establishing the Lionel DeJersey H...

A. Fleming (Southsea) Ltd.

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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 ...

H.F.

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Marvin, Langdon P. (Langdon Parker), 1876-1957

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Law partner of Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1911 to 1924. From the description of Papers, 1919-1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155524107 Lawyer; interviewees are married. From the description of Reminiscences of Langdon Parker Marvin and Mary Vaughan Marvin : oral history, 1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309733571 ...

Chautauqua Institution

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Wells, Edgar Huidekoper, 1875-1938,

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Edgar Huidekoper Wells, '97, was a long-time friend of the Harvard College Library and an active and loyal alumnus. He held various positions at Harvard, including instructor in English (1902-1906); curator of modern English literature in the library (1903-1913); and assistant dean (1905-1907). In the first World War he served first in the American Red Cross and then as an army officer attached to the U.S. Embassy in London. After the war he was instrumental in establishing the Lionel DeJersey H...

Sanders, Edward T.

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Růžička, Rudolph 1883-1978

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Ruzicka was a Czech-American graphic artist and engraver. From the description of Designs for Harvard University, 1951-1973. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612374439 Graphic artist and type-designer, Ruzicka (1883-1978) was born in Bohemia, emigrated to Chicago, where he trained as a wood engraver and designer; continued his studies in New York. During the 1930s he collaborated with Philip Hofer on a number of projects, including a series of engravings for Harvard...

Wasson, Robert Gordon, 1898-

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Bond, William Henry, 1925-

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John Balfour

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New York Public Library

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The New York Pubic Library purchased Arthur A. Schomburg's collection of books, pamphlets, prints and photographs in 1926 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and housed at the 135th Street Branch Library of The New York Public Library. L. Hollingsworth Wood was appointed in 1925 by the Board of Trustees of The New York Public Library to purchase and provide guidelines for the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature. Members of the Advisory Committee of the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection, i...

Lamont, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1870-1948

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Epithet: American banker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x00036a Epithet: banker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x000381 Masefield was a British poet and dramatist. From the description of John Masefield collection: additional papers, 1956-1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81756769 ...

Henry Chilton

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Gabriel Wells

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Thomas Stillwell Lamont

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Stonehill, C.A., Ltd., London, booksellers.

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Orcutt, William Dana, 1870-1953

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American author and book designer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) and typewritten letter signed : Boston and Cambridge, to Mr. F. A. Duneka of Harper & Brothers, 1908 Feb. 16-1910 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611528 Dr. George F. Reynolds (1877-1964), noted Shakespearean and Biblical scholar, was professor of English literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He served as head of the Department of Comparative and ...

Paul Laib)

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Crawford, Stewart

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Harvard Alumni Bulletin

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Lamont, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1870-1948

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Epithet: American banker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x00036a Epithet: banker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x000381 Masefield was a British poet and dramatist. From the description of John Masefield collection: additional papers, 1956-1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81756769 ...

Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1838-1913

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Sydney Richmond Tabor

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Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957

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Irish writer Oliver St. John Gogarty's (1878-1957) works were influenced by his career as a physician and his involvement in politics. Gogarty developed friendships with other members of the Irish Literary Renaissance, such as James Joyce and W. B. Yeats. Gogarty's poems were lauded by colleagues such as Yeats and George Russell (A.E.). Gogarty also published works under pseudonyms. Known as a satirist, Gogarty's works sometimes inspired controversy. From the description of Oliver St...

Lamont family

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Advertising Club of New York

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Wells Royce, Gabriel.

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Bestor, Arthur E.

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Harendra Nath Mitra.

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Vanderbilt Webb

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David McCord

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Gardner, Nellie E.

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Lavery, John, Sir, 1856-

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Hutton, Tom

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Thorndike, Ashley Horace, 1871-1933

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Professor of English at Columbia University, 1900-1933. From the description of Lecture notes, [ca. 1902]-1924. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122567027 ...

Brett, George P. (George Platt), 1858-1936

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Epithet: president the Macmillan Co New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x000005 ...

Nicholas Murray Butler

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Henry, James.

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John Kieran

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Morgan, J. P., and Company

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Morgan Grenfell & Co. Ltd

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Vincent, George E. (George Edgar), 1864-1941

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George E. Vincent was born in Rockford, Illinois. He was associated with the Chautauqua system from 1886 to 1915, and became honorary president of Chautauqua from 1915 to 1937. In addition, he taught at the University of Chicago from 1892 to 1911, and served as Dean of the University of Chicago Faculties of Art, Literature and Science from 1907 to 1911. He was president of the University of Minnesota from 1911 to 1917, leaving to become president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1917 until 192...

Philip Hofer

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Florence (Corliss) Lamont

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Jackson, William A. (William Alexander), 1905-1964

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Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard University.. From the description of William A. Jackson diplomas and certificates, 1927-1962. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 663976597 Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard. From the description of William A. Jackson letters to Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 1945. (Harvard University). WorldC...

Heinemann (Firm)

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Tabor, Sydney Richmond.

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Maggs bros., London

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Whalen, Grover A. (Grover Aloysius), 1886-1962

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Municipal official. From the description of Reminiscences of Grover A. Whalen : oral history, 1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528301 ...

Smith, William H. L.

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Reed, Edward Bliss, 1872-1940

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Edward Bliss Reed: educator; B.A., Yale, 1894, Ph.D., 1896; instructor in English, Yale, 1900-1902, assistant professor, 1902-1926, associate professor, 1926-1929; lecturer in music at Yale, 1932-1940; for 26 years he did research on old Christmas carols, searching for, translating, and publishing eight new ones each year, and was responsible for the revival of many songs of medieval Europe. From the description of Edward Bliss Reed papers, 1905-1962 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat ...

Charles Hopkinson

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Corbin, John, 1870-1959

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John Corbin was a drama critic, Shakespearean scholar, and author; born in Chicago, Ill., May 2, 1870; graduated from Harvard, 1892; M.A., Harvard, 1893; studied at Balliol College, Oxford, 1894-95; instructor of English at Harvard, 1895-96; assistant editor of Harper's magazine, 1897-1900; drama critic for Harper's weekly, 1899-1900; member of the editorial staff of the Encyclopedia britannica, 1900-02; drama critic for the New York times, 1902-05, 1917-19, and for the New York sun, 1905-08; li...