William James Jr. papers, 1857-1960 (inclusive), 1911-1959(bulk).

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William James Jr. papers, 1857-1960 (inclusive), 1911-1959 (bulk).

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William James Jr. papers, 1857-1960 (inclusive), 1911-1959(bulk).

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Papers of American painter William James.

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7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)

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eng,

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Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383721

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By Source, Fair use, Link May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995), poet and novelist, was born Elanore Marie Sarton in Wondelgem, Belgium, the daughter of George Sarton, a noted historian of science, and Eleanor Mabel Elwes, an English portrait painter and designer. Sarton moved with her parents to England, and in 1916 the family immigrated to the United States. All three became naturalized Americans in 1924, by which time Sarton's name had been Americanized to Eleanor May. Sart...

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Relation of Alexander Forbes (1882-1965). From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1959. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 176629718 Forbes graduated from Harvard in 1895. From the description of Notes in Zoology 1, 1893. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073959 From the description of Notes and midyear thesis in Philosophy 9, 1894-1895. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074017 From t...

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Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-

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Charles Culp Burlinham.

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Carpenter, John Alden

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Epithet: American composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x0003d0 John Alden Carpenter (b. Feb. 28, 1876, in Park Ridge, Ill.; d. Apr. 26, 1951, in Chicago, Ill.) was an American composer. From the description of John Alden Carpenter collection, 1891-1961 (bulk 1900-1949). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 658833426 John Alden Carpenter was born in 1876 in Park Ridge, Ill. His earlies...

Bonham-Carter, Raymond.

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Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) was the 14th President of the United States (1853-1857). Prior to his presidency he served in both the House of Representatives (1833-1837) and the Senate (1837-1842) as a legislator from New Hampshire. Although a Northerner, he sympathized with the Southern cause during the American Civil War and was good friends with Jefferson Davis....

Higginson, Ida (Agassiz), 1837-1935

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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

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Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), novelist and playwright. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82555916 From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165470 Thornton Wilder was an American playwright, novelist, and essayist. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975 bulk (1926-1967). (New York Public Library). WorldCat rec...

Grace Norton

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Brien, Donald.

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Perry, Ralph Barton, 1876-1957

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Perry graduated from Harvard in 1897 and taught philosophy at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Ralph Barton Perry, 1891-1957 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973152 Perry received his A.M. in 1897 and his Ph.D in 1899 from Harvard, and taught philosophy at Harvard. From the description of Public opinion and the Civil War : paper for History 20e, 1896-1898. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074149 ...

Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948

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American art critic. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [New York], 10 Apirl 1940 and 22 March 1942, to Harry [Harkness Flagler], 1940 Apr. 10 and 22 March 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564650 Royal Cortissoz (1869-1968), respected American art critic, was born in Brooklyn, NY. He trained as an architect, spending six years working at the firm of McKim, Mead, and White before embarking on his journalism career. Cortissoz served as the art...

Steer, Philip Wilson, 1860-1942

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270854408 Born in Birkenhead, 1860; moved to Whitchurch near Ross-on-Wye, 1864; educated at home by a governess; preparatory school at Whitchurch, 1871-1875; Hereford Cathedral School, 1875-1877; Gloucester School of Art; Acadmie Julian in Paris, 1882; Ecole des Beaux-Arts, 1883; pictures hung at the Royal Academy, 1883-1885; returne...

Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910

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Alexander Agassiz(1835-1910), marine biologist, oceanographer, and industrial entrepreneur, was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the son of Louis Agassiz. In 1860 Agassiz began a lifetime occupation of administering the business affairs of the Harvard museum, a task made difficult by his father's penchant for excessive collecting and expenditures. After Louis's death in 1873, Agassiz succeeded to the directorship of the Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology and completed the physical...

Keynes, Margaret.

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Hu, Shi, 1891-1962

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Philosopher. From the description of Mankind must resolve to make this the last war : handwritten and typescript drafts, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451222 University president, literary historian, diplomat. From the description of Reminiscences of Shih Hu : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481592 Scholar, educator, and Chinese Ambassador to the United States from 1938-19...

Alice (Runnells) James.

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Phinelander, Philip.

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Chanler, Margaret (Terry), 1862-

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Arthur Burklard

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Butler, Nevile.

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Gibbens, Daniel Lewis, 1786-1853

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Wyzanski, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1906-

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Judge. Harvard A.B., 1927, LL.B. magna cum laude, 1930, LL.D. (hon.), 1958. Adm. to Bar 1931, law practice in Boston, 1931-1933, 1938-1941. Solicitor, U.S. Dept. of Labor, 1933-1935. Special ass't to U.S. Attorney General, 1935-1937. Judge, U.S. District Court for Mass. from 1941. Judge, International Administrative Court, Geneva, 1950-1955. From the description of Papers of Charles Edward Wyzanski, Jr., 1930-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 1224049...

Kussevitskii, Olga.

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Fisher, Richard T. (Richard Thornton), 1876-1934

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Miller, James Frederick, 1943-

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Hand, Frances

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Epithet: Mrs; of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001299.0x0001aa ...

Hartwell, Charles A

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Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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Eliot served as president of Harvard University (1869-1909). From the description of Correspondence of Charles W. Eliot, 1870-1920. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339031 Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was President of Harvard University from March 12, 1869 to May 19, 1909. He also taught mathematics and chemistry at Harvard University (1858-1863) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1865-1869). Eliot was one of the most influential educa...

Peirce, Waldo, 1884-

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Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956

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Ruth Draper was a monologist, based in New York City. From the description of Ruth Draper Collection. 1913-1956. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476263868 American actress. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person, dated : [n.p.], 22 February [1910?], to [Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harkness Flagler], [1910?] Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565965 From the description of Autograph letter signed : 35 Montpelier Square, Ken...

Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957

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Irish artist and author. From the description of Jack Butler Yeats papers, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982120 Jack Butler Yeats was an Irish painter and illustrator. He was the younger brother of the poet, William Butler Yeats. From the description of Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1899-1955]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517346 From the guide to the Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, 1899-1955, (The New Yor...

Clark, Grenville, 1882-1967

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Grenville Clark : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131473 Clark was born in New York City in 1882. He received his A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1903 and his LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School in 1906. In 1906 he was admitted to the New York Bar, and in 1909 he opened a law practice in New York City with Elihu Root Jr. and Francis W. Bird. During 1...

Hand, Learned, 1872-1961

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Attorney and Federal judge. Practiced law, Albany, N.Y., and N.Y.C., 1897-1909; U.S. District judge, Southern District N.Y., 1909-1924; Judge, U.S. Ct. of Appeals, 2d Circuit, 1924-1961; Senior Circuit Judge, 1939-1951. Member and co-founder, American Law Institute. 15 LL.D.'s including Harvard U. 1939, Cambridge (England) 1952. Author of numerous legal and non-legal articles, memorials, etc.; Holmes lecturer, Harvard Law School, 1958. From the description of Papers of Learned Hand, ...

Escher, Antoinette.

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Henry James, 3rd.

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Pusey, Nathan M. (Nathan Marsh), 1907-2001

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Nathan Marsh Pusey (1907-2001) was the twenty-fourth president of Harvard University from 1953 to 1971. He was also president of Lawrence College (1944-1953), president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (1971-1975), and president of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (1978-1983). Pusey's tenure as president was defined by new building construction, greater fundraising, and struggles with student protestors. From the description of Papers of Nathan Marsh Pusey, 1...

Farlow, W.G. (William Gilson), 1844-1919

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American botanist. Educated at Harvard University (B.A. 1866, M.D. 1870). Assistant Professor of Botany at Harvard, 1874-1879; Professor of Cryptogamic Botany, 1879-ca. 1919. Also taught at Bussey Institution, Jamaica Plain, 1874-1879. From the description of Papers of W. G. Farlow. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069233 Epithet: American botanist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0...

Stravinskii, Vera.

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Rowland Burden-Muller

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Sweeney, Marie

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Stanley, F. (Francis), 1908-

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Historian, author of numerous books on Texas and New Mexico history, including: "The Duke City: The story of Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1706-1956" (1963); "The Jicarilla Apaches of New Mexico, 1540-1967" (1967); "The Isom, Texas story" (1963). Correspondence discusses publication and sale of his books and research questions regarding Pie Grande (Big Foot), a Texas Indian legend, with William F. Kelleher, a New Jersey book dealer (1955-1961). From the description of Francis Stanley corr...

Bowie, Theodore Robert

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Kidder, Theodore.

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Zanotti-Bianco, Umberto, 1889-

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Dickinson Sergeant Miller

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Bailey, J. F.

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Noakes, Burgess

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Pease, Arthur Stanley, 1881-1964

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Arthur Stanley Pease (1881-1964) was a classics professor at the University of Illinois, Amherst, and Harvard. From 1927 to 1932 he was president of Amherst College. He was also an amateur botanist. From the description of Correspondence and compositions, 1870-1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122564002 From the guide to the Correspondence and compositions, 1870-1963., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Arthur Stanley Pease...

Langdon Warner

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Beaton, Cecil, 1904-

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Aldrich, Elizabeth

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Tonks, Henry, 1862-1937

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mr. Milkman, 1930 Nov. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270855497 Henry Tonks, born on April 9, 1862, in Solihull, Warwickshire, was an English painter and art teacher. Tonks attended Clifton College, then studied medicine at London Hospital, Whitechapel. In 1887, Tonks began a successful surgical career at the Royal Free Hospital where he worked until 1892, when he became an anatomy...

Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953

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Aldous Huxley was a British novelist, short-story writer, playwright, screenwriter, literary and social critic, and poet. From the guide to the Aldous Huxley collection of papers, 1915-1973, 1915-1963, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Winston Churchill's private secretary. From the description of Letter, [19--] Aug. 1 : to Mrs. Earle. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 24758114 ...

Perkins, Katrine Coolidge.

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Thurber, James, 1894-1961

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James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894. Considered one of the 20th century's more prominent humorists, he wrote nearly forty books of stories, essays, autobiography, and a Broadway play. Thurber passed away in 1961. From the description of James Thurber letters to Mrs. Robert Sterling, 1946-1950. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 181589252 Epithet: author and cartoonist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person ...

Abraham Flexner

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Mitten, Jean.

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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...

McDonnell, John J. (John Joseph), 1931-

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Schiller, F.C.S. (Ferdinand Canning Scott), 1864-1937

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Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller (1864-1937) was a German-born philosopher whose major interests were in the areas of metaphysics, logical theory, epistemology, philosophy of science and ethics. He was a professor at Oxford (1897-1926) and at the University of Southern California (1926-1937). From the description of Papers of F. C. S. Schiller, 1887-1936. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122570764 Schiller was born in Schlesw...

Meiklejohn, Alexander, 1872-1964

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Alexander Meiklejohn was born in England in 1872, and brought to the United States in 1880 at the age of eight. He was educated in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and graduated from Brown University in 1893. He took his M.A. at Brown and in 1897, received his doctorate in philosophy from Cornell University. He taught philosophy and metaphysics at Brown and was dean from 1901 to 1912. He became president of Amherst College in 1912 and served until 1924. After Amherst he went to the University of Wiscons...

Hart, Walter Morris, 1872-1964

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Hart received his A.M. from Harvard in 1901 and his Ph.D. in 1903. From the description of Student notes in English and Comparative Literature, 1900-1903. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074340 English professor at U.C. Berkeley. From the description of Walter Morris Hart papers. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26872409 ...

Berlin, Sir Isaiah, 1909-

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Browne, Ellen van Volkenburg

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Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968

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Erwin Panofsky was a German Jewish art historian. He emigrated to the United States in the 1930s and subsequently taught at New York University, Princeton University, and Harvard University. He became widely known and very influential in the field of iconography. One of his most popular works is Studies in Iconology: Humanist Themes in the Art of the Renaissance (1939, reissued 1972). From the guide to the Erwin Panofsky Letters to Mrs. Alfred Barr, 1932-1967, (Princeton University. ...

Constable, W. G. (William George), 1887-1976

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W.G. Constable (1887-1976) was an art historian and curator from Cambridge, Mass. From the description of Oral history interview with W.G. Constable, 1972 July -1973 June [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394203 Art historian, curator; Cambridge, Mass. Died 1976. From the description of Oral history interview with W.G. Constable, 1972 July -1973 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291584 Art historian, curator; Boston, Massachusett...

Rathbone, Perry Townsend 1911-

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McCormick, Bert.

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Pollock, Sir John, bart., 1878-

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Ab Baker

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Gilkey, Charles Whitney, 1882-1968

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The Dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel and representative of the University of Chicago, Charles W. Gilkey was born in Massachusetts on 3 July 1882. His parents were James H. Gilkey, and Mary Lottie Johnson. Gilkey's brother James Gordon also entered the ministry and became a reverend. Educated in the United States, Gilkey also pursued graduated studies in Europe: Harvard, A.B. 1903, A.M. 1904 Union Theological Seminary, B.D., 1908 Uni...

Miles, Sherman, 1882-1966

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Sherman Miles was a United States military attache to Turkey. From the description of The Sherman Miles papers, 1924-1925. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47135380 ...

Warner, Mrs. Roger S .

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William Emerson

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MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-

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MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitizer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard. From the guide to the Plays, 1957-1968., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor of Rhetoric...

Kussevitskii, Sergiei Aleksandrovich, 1874-1951

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Aline Berlin

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Sedgwick, Theodora.

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Ferris, Theodore Parker, 1908-1972

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Episcopal priest. Ferris (1908-1972) was rector of Trinity Church, Boston, Mass. From the description of Sermons, 1949-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155474236 ...

Mrs. Cookson.

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Burlingham, Charles C. (Charles Culp), 1858-1959

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Sedgwick, Ellery, 1872-1960

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Ellery Sedgwick was editor of The Atlantic Monthly. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1920. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884345 ...

Emerson, Amelia Forbes

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Addressee was Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Brown University. From the description of Letter, 1935, January 20, Concord, Massachusetts, to Professor Edmund B. Delabarre. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122639431 ...

Gilder, Rodman, 1877-

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Of New York City. From the description of The Battery : typescript, 1936 / by Rodman Gilder. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58664717 Rodman Gilder (1877-1953) was an American editor and author. He was editor of Criterion and Credit Monthly and wrote on various subjects. The best known of his literary works is The Battery New York, a History (1935). He was also the archivist of Century Associates. From the description of Rodman Gilder papers, 1895-1953...

Heller, Enid.

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Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924

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American collector. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Fenway Court," to an unidentified recipient, [1908?] Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269568468 Art collector and patron; Mrs. Jack Gardner. From the description of Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection, [18--]-[19--]. (University of Mobile Library). WorldCat record id: 70925322 Art historian, critic, collector, and teacher; Flo...

MacCarthy, Sir Desmond, 1878-1952

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Spencer, Eloise.

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Brooks, Lawrence G. (Lawrence Gerald)

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Emerson, William, 1701-1782

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McDill, John H

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James, Henry, 1843-1916

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James was an American novelist, short story writer, critic and dramatist. From the description of Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612731792 From the guide to the Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Henry James was born in New York, NY, in 1843. During his lifetime, he was a literary and art critic (writing for Natio...

Howe, M.A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960

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American author of numerous biographies and nonfiction accounts, many about the New England area; recipient of 1924 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, BARRETT WENDELL AND HIS LETTERS. From the description of Correspondence, 1921-1960. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122492230 Biographer, editor, historian, and poet. From the description of Papers of M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1920,1935. (University of Vir...

James, Henry, 1879-1947

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Nephew of the novelist Henry James. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Peru, Vt., to Professor [Kenneth B.] Murdock, 1943 Sept. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270693513 United States representative, Inter-Allied Danube River Commission, 1919. From the description of Henry James papers, 1918-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868854 Henry James was the son of William James and nephew of the novelist Henry James. ...

Loring, Katherine (Page)

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Jebb, Cynthia.

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Bowditch, Vincent Yardley, 1852-1929

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Lapsley, Gaillard Thomas

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Gaillard Thomas Lapsley (1871-1949), Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, delivered the introductory lecture at the local lectures summer meeting of the University of Cambridge, 1918. He also edited lectures, with an introduction, in The America of today, Cambridge 1919. From the guide to the Gaillard Lapsley: Cambridge Lectures on America, c.1916-1918, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) ...

Edel, Leon, 1907-1997

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Author, editor and educator. From the description of Papers of Leon Edel, 1855-1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53436427 Author. From the description of Reminiscences of Leon Edel : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737832 ...

Jones, Howard Mumford, 1892-1980

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Jones was a Professor of English at Harvard, having joined the department in 1936; he retired in 1962 as Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of the Humanities. He was known as the "historian of American culture." From the description of Correspondence with Robert E. L. Strider, 1949-1980 (inclusive), 1962-1979 (bulk) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064254 Writer and educator at Harvard University. From the description of Howard Mumford Jones Papers, 1915...

Lubbock, Percy, 1879-1965

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Percy Lubbock (1879-1965) was a British critic and biographer, whose works include Earlham (1922), an account of his own Norfolk childhood holidays; Roman Pictures (1923), which describes an English tourist's responses to Rome; Shades of Eton (1923), recollections of his schooldays; and Portrait of Edith Wharton (1947). He edited a selection of H. James's letters (1920); also a selection from A. C. Benson's diary (1926). His The Craft of Fiction (1921) analyses the techniques of Tolstoy, Flauber...

Pollock, Georgina H

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McLaren, Martin.

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Gibbens, Daniel Lewis, d. 1865,

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Herbert, Elizabeth

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Epithet: wife of Henry, 10th Earl of Pembroke British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000447.0x00009a ...

Norton, Sara, 1864-1922.

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Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

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Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was an American composer. During the years 1964 and 1965 Copland wrote, conducted, narrated, and hosted a series of twelve television programs entitled Music in the 20s = Music in the Twenties. The transcripts described in this collection were transcribed from filmed interviews recorded live at the WGBH studios in Boston, Mass. between 1964 Nov. 11 and 1965 Jan. 26. These unedited, preliminary tape recordings later formed the basis of the series...

Eden, Clarissa

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Fontaine, Lynn

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Gillett, Edward

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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 ...

De Glehn, Wilfrid-Gabriel, 1870-1951

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Conway, John.

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Historical or Biographical Note Vessel History: The C.A. Thayer is a wooden-hulled, three-masted schooner, designed for carrying lumber. She was built in 1895 in Northern California at Hans D. Bendixsen's shipyard in Fairhaven, CA. The original hull was made of dense, old-growth Douglas fir carefully chosen for shipbuilding. She sailed with a small crew consisting of four seamen, two mates, a cook, and the captain. From the guide ...

Mallett, Peggy.

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Shepley, George Foster, 1819-1878

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Lawyer, of Bangor and Portland, Me.; U.S. district attorney for Maine; judge Maine 1st Circuit Court; served as Military Governor of Louisiana during the Civil War. From the description of Papers, 1862-1864. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978835 Lawyer, U.S. district attorney, state legislator, and judge, of Portland, Me.; commissioned as colonel in 12th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry during Civil War; made military commander of New Orleans, La...

Alexander Whiteside

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Fisher, Cecilia.

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Cummings, E.E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962

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E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1894. While at Harvard, he delivered a daring commencement address on modernist artistic innovations, thus announcing the direction his own work would take. In 1917, after working briefly for a mail-order publishing company, the only regular employment in his career, Cummings volunteered to serve in the Norton-Harjes Ambulance group in France. Here he and a friend were imprisoned (on false grounds) for three months in a Frenc...

Parsons, Geoffrey, 1879-1956

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Geoffrey Parsons, American newspaperman and author, chief editorial writer of the New York Herald Tribune from 1924 to 1952. In 1929, with the encouragement of Allan Nevins and the publishing firm of Dodd, Mead & Co., he began research for a biography of President William McKinley, never completed. From the description of Papers of Geoffrey Parsons, 1876-1937 (bulk 1929-1937). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122540529 Jo...

Burden-Muller, Rowland.

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Salvemini, Gaetano, 1873-1957

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Salvemini Gaetano (1873-1957) was a historian and one of the earliest opponents of fascism in Italy. He became the first Lauro de Bosis Lecturer in the History of Italian Civilization at Harvard University in 1934 and continued teaching at Harvard until 1948. From the description of Letters from Salvemini Gaetano to Guido Ferrando [photocopies], 1933-1957. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064310 Salvemini taught the history of Italian civilization at Harvard. ...

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 ...

Trevelyan, George Macaulay, 1876-1962

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English historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hallington Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1934 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573149 Epithet: OM, historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000331 George Trevelyan was an English historian and educator. From the description of Letters, 1929-1935. (College of Charleston). W...

Dupee, F. W. (Frederick Wilcox), 1904-

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Deland, Margaret (Campbell) 1857-1944

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Knight, Margaret (Horsey)

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Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958

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English author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Kenley, Surrey, to Mr. George Cookson, 1919 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612819 Charles Morgan was an English author and literary critic. After publishing an early novel, he joined the London Times, where he later became theater critic. He served in both World Wars, and his essays, Menander's Mirror, were distributed in occupied France in World War II. He published numerous novels and several pla...

Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891

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Poet and author, Cornell University non-resident professor. From the description of James Russell Lowell letter and portrait, 1871 July 12. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 123412650 Lowell was an author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat. He edited The Atlantic Monthly, and with Charles Eliot Norton, The North American Review ; was professor of French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard; and U.S. minister to Spain and to England. Aldrich was ...

Caldwell, James

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Merchants of Albany, N.Y. From the guide to the James and William Caldwell papers, 1783-1844, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Epithet: of Add MS 33981 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x000324 Epithet: Count of Milan Title: 3rd Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : P...

Kenton, Edna, 1879-1954

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Ernst, Ruth

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Christensen, Jamie.

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Styles, Cassius.

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Chapman, Chanler.

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Pollock, Frederick, Sir, 1845-1937

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Professor of Jurisprudence. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Ives, Cornwall, to Prof. Knight, 1882 Sept. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617832 Pollock was professor of jurisprudence at University College of London (1882) and at Oxford (1883-1903), as well as professor of common law. From 1914, he served as judge of Admiralty Court of Cinque Ports. He authored many texts on such topics as contracts, torts, partnership, and fraud; and, with Maitland...

Drage, Charles, 1897-

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Ormond, Violet

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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-

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Pitman, Reine.

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Berlin, Miriam.

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Burn, Rodney Joseph (English painter, 1899-1984)

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Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946

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Granville-Barker was an English actor, producer, dramatist, and critic. From the description of Papers, 1877-1937. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468875 From the guide to the Papers, 1877-1937., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Harley Granville-Barker began his stage career as an actor in a provincial company, before first appearing in London in 1892. He went on to have a career on the stage, acting with many well known n...

Hess, Myra

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English pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York Apr. 25 1932, to Mrs. Melbert Brinckerhoff [i.e. Mary Flagler] Cary, 1932 Apr. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666224 Epithet: DBE, pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x00028c ...

Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr, marquis of, 1882-1940

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British diplomat. From the description of Papers of Philip Henry Kerr, Marquis of Lothian, 1939-circa 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014969 ...

Sansom, Katharine

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Sedgwick, Marjorie.

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Park, Charles E. (Charles Edwards), 1873-1962

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Unitarian Universalist minister. From the description of Charles Edward Park letter to Alfred Hussey [manuscript], 1901 Feb 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 256491145 ...

Brooks, John Graham, 1846-1938

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Unitarian minister, writer on social and economic topics, and founder of the National Consumers' League, Brooks attended Oberlin College and received a degree in divinity from Harvard in 1875. He lectured for the League for Political Education, investigated strikes for the U.S. Dept. of Labor, and studied in Germany. From the description of Papers, 1845-1938 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006931 Unitarian minister, writer on social and economic top...

Bonham-Carter, Lady Violet (Asquith) 1887-

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Ellis, Rufus, 1819-1885

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Sargent, Emily.

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Lovett, Sidney

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McDuffie, Jean.

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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...

Miller, Dickinson Sergeant, 1868-1963

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Miller was professor of philosophy at Bryn Mawr College. From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226054851 Dickinson Sergeant Miller (1868-1963) was a professor of philosophy and a writer. In 1889 received an A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania and an A.B. and A.M. in 1892 from Harvard. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Halle in 1893. After returning to the United States...

Fuller, Hester Thackeray

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Epithet: née Ritchie wife of R Fuller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00021d ...

Thomas D. Bolles

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Phillips, William, 1878-1968

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Phillips was an American diplomat, born in Beverly, Mass. His career included assignments with both the Foreign Service and the State Department. He was minister to the Netherlands (1920-1922), minister to Luxembourg, (1920-1922, 1924-1927), ambassador to Belgium (1924-1927), minister to Canada (1927-1929), ambassador to Italy (1936-1940), wartime ambassador to India (1942-1944), and a member of the Anglo-American Committee on Palestine (1946). He was married in 1910 to Caroline Astor Drayton. ...

Bolles, Thomas D

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Betjeman, Sir John, 1906-

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Wade, Allan, 1881-1955

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Bowra, C. M. (Cecil Maurice), 1898-1971

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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...

Stevenson, Elizabeth, 1919-1999

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Elizabeth Stevenson (1919-1999), American writer and first women to win the Bancroft Prize (1956) for HENRY JAMES: A BIOGRAPHY. She began her Emory career in 1960 as a secretary, a position she held for 14 years before taking a faculty appointment in the Institute of the Liberal Arts, where she taught for 12 years. She is now Candler Professor of American Studies Emeritus. From the description of Elizabeth Stevenson papers, [ca. 1950-1999]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79462951 ...

Monod, Lucien

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Howe, Mark de Wolfe, 1906-1967

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Law professor, author. LL. B. Harv. Law School, 1933. Secretary for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1933-1934. Practiced law in Boston, 1933-1937. Prof. of law, U. of Buffalo Law School, 1941-1945; prof of law, Harv. U., 1945-1967. Editor: Holmes-Pollock Letters; Touched with Fire; Holmes-Laski Letters; Occasional Speeches of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Author: Constitutional Law (casebook, with others); Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Vol. I, The Shaping Years, 1841-1870 (1957), Vol. II, The Proving Y...

Anne Parrish

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Hyde, Hartford Montgomery, 1907-

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Dorothea Richards

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Osceola, 1885-1962

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Lavery, Sir John, 1856-

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Richards, I.A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979

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Richards (1893-1979) was an English poet, literary critic and theorist. From the description of Poems, 1961 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 84945619 Richards taught English at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Ivor Armstrong Richards, 1940-1981 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973268 Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from I. A. Richards and his wife, Dorothea Richards. From the description...

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...