Review of Reviews (New York, N. Y.) editorial correspondence, Golden Book Magazine 1921-1935.

Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934

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Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and was sometimes referred to as the "King of New York". In business, he was best known as a partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Co. who reorganized and consolidated railroads. In his personal life, he was a great patron of the arts, where among things, he served as the chairman of the Met...

Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930

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Born in the Netherlands, Edward Bok came to the United States with his family at the age of six. He worked in publishing from the age of thirteen. He founded the Brooklyn magazine and 1886 he established the Bok Syndicate Press. Bok became editor of Ladies' home journal in 1889. In 1896 Bok married Mary Louise Curtis (1876-1970), the daughter of Ladies' home journal publisher, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850-1933). He worked as an editor at Curtis publishing for thirty years retiring at th...

Allen, Florence Ellinwood, 1884-1966

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Florence Ellinwood Allen (March 23, 1884 – September 12, 1966) was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She was the first woman to serve on a state supreme court and one of the first two women to serve as a United States federal judge. In 2005, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Allen was born on March 23, 1884, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Clarence Emir Allen Sr., a mine manager, and later United States R...

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948

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American novelist and non-fiction writer. From the description of Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton collection, 1907-1945. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 44590095 California author. From the description of TLS, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866384 Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton was an American novelist, short-story writer, biographer, and literary critic. From the description of Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton collection of ...

Adamič, Louis, 1899-1951

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Political writer and literary figure. From the description of ALS, 1939 March 21, Milford, New Jersey, to Edward Hoyt. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935383 Adamic was an author deeply concerned with American immigrants and their experiences in the "melting pot", and was the first editor of Commond Ground. From the description of Louis Adamic papers, 1848-1951 (bulk 1921-1951). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122561726 ...

Portor, Laura Spencer, 1872-1957

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Laura Spencer Portor Pope (4 February 1872 – 1957) was an American journalist and author of short stories and several books. She is known as the co-author with Dorothy Giles of two science fiction novels, The valley of creeping men (1930) and Chattering gods (1931), both of which appeared under the pseudonym "Rayburn Crawley." Laura Spencer Portor married Francis Pope, but she continued to use the name "Laura Spencer Portor" for all her professional publications except the two science novels ...

Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000028 Born in Pennsylvania, raised in South Carolina, and educated at Harvard, Owen Wister travelled in the Western U.S. as a young man. Although he returned to the East and Harvard law school, he acted upon a friend's suggestion and began writing thrilling Western stories for Harper's. His well-researched stories, particularly The Virginian, he...

King, Isabella Greenway, 1886-1953

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Isabella Dinsmore Selmes Ferguson Greenway King (March 22, 1886 – December 18, 1953) is best known as the first U.S. congresswoman in Arizona history, and as the founder of the Arizona Inn of Tucson. During her life she was also noted as a one-time owner and operator of Los Angeles-based Gilpin Airlines, a speaker at the 1932 Democratic National Convention, and a bridesmaid at the wedding of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born Isabella Dinsmore Selmes at the historic Dinsmore Farm in Boon...

Broun, Heywood, 1888-1939

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American journalist. From the description of Letter : New York City, to M. D. Wechsler, 1930 Mar. 5. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122625143 ...

Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950

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Addison Irving Bacheller was an author and journalist, probably best remembered for his pioneering literary syndicate. Born in New York to an old New England family - his mother was descended from John Alden and Priscilla Mullins - he was named after authors Joseph Addison and Washington Irving. He graduated from St. Lawrence University and within a few years had founded his syndicate, which was both profitable and ground-breaking, and brought works from authors like Stephen Crane and Arthur Con...

Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944

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Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928. Smith was the foremost urban leader of the Efficiency Movement in the United States and was noted for achieving a wide range of reforms as governor in the 1920s. The son of an Irish-American mother and a Civil War veteran father, he was raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bri...

Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942

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Otis Skinner (1858-1942) was an American actor and writer. Born June 28, 1858 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut where his father Charles Skinner was a Universalist minister. Otis Skinner was interested in theater from a young age, and through his father's friendship with P.T. Barnum was introduced to William Pleater Davidge, who gave him his first theatrical role. In the latter half of the 1870s, he played various bit roles in stock companies, and alongsid...

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

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Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1878. Sinclair was an American author, novelist, journalist, and political activist who wrote many books in several genres. He is most well-known for his exposé, The Jungle regarding conditions in Chicago's meat packing plants, which influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Much of Sinclair's writing was related to the economic and social conditions of the early twentieth century. He was heavily in...

Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

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Son of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was also a writer of short stories and novels. From the description of Essays : manuscripts, undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612756082 Second child and only son of Nathaniel and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was a writer of reviews, articles, and late 19th century American popular fiction. From the description of ALS, 1886 September 16 : Sag Harbor, N.Y., to J.D. Holmes...

Kennedy, Charles Rann, 1871-1950

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x00018c Kennedy was born on Feb. 14, 1871 in Derby, England; worked as an office boy and clerk from ages 13-16; began writing and lecturing; married actress Edith Wynne Matthison in 1898; wrote short stories, articles and poems, while also acting and serving as a press agent and theatrical business manager; made his first appearance on the stage in 1897...

Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935

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American author, illustrator, wit. From the description of Papers of Oliver Herford, 1899-1904. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135326 American author. From the description of Letter, n.d., N.Y. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80850053 Artist and author. From the description of Papers of Oliver Herford, 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452089 ...

Ellerbe, Paul.

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Sinclair, May

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Epithet: FRSL; author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x000084 May Sinclair (1863-1946) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, and short-story writer. From the guide to the May Sinclair collection of papers, 1901-1928, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) British writer. From the description of May Sin...

Mary Letha Elting

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Ferber, Edna, 1887-

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Mrs. Frederica Pisek Field

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Boyd, James, 1888-

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Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949

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Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949) was an author, editor and popular New York celebrity. From 1924 to 1929 he edited many magazines including Smart Set, Delineator, Designer, McClure's, and Harper's Bazaar. He also wrote poetry, novels, plays, travel essays, song cycles, lyrics for musicals and operettas, memoirs, and newspaper columns; taught poetry at Columbia University; and toured with the Broadway hit, Life With Father. Much of his writing celebrated New York City and he was considered to be ...

Speed, Keats.

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Miss Edith O'Dell

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Crosby, Percy, 1891-

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Steele, Wilbur Daniel, 1886-1970

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American short-story writer, novelist and dramatist. From the description of ALS, 1926 Sept. 26, Nantucket, to Mrs. Helen Warren Harrison, Toledo. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500032 American writer. From the description of ALS, 1960 Nov. 6, Old Lyme, Conn., to Don E. Connors, Phoenix Union High School. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500097 Author, Wilbur Daniel Steele was born in 1886 in Greensboro, North Carolina. He traveled widely in Africa a...

Chase, Joseph Cummings, 1878-1965

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Johnson, Owen, 1878-

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Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960

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Franklin Pierce Adams was a journalist and writer. Born in Chicago, he decided to become a writer and moved to New York, where he wrote for various newspapers. His signature column was The Conning Tower, an enormously popular compilation of satire, light verse, literary criticism, politics, and social commentary, all made accessible by Adams' unpretentious wit. His friends in the New York literary circle also contributed to his column, including Dorothy Parker, Sinclair Lewis, Edna Ferber, and G...

Avery, Stephen Morehouse, 1893-1948

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Henry Louis Mencken

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Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was a famous American journalist, critic, and author. His most well-known work is "The American Language". He also founded the journal "The American Mercury", which went on to influence magazines such as "The New Yorker". He was a colorful, outgoing literary figure of his time, and is thought to have written over 100,000 letters over the course of his life. From the guide to the Henry Louis Mencken Letter (MS 116), April 1 [?], (University of Colorado ...

Review of Reviews

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Mrs. R. H. Howes.

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Pryce, Richard, 1864-

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Bradford, Roark, 1896-

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Lawes, Lewis Edward, 1883-1947

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Penologist and warden of Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N.Y. from 1920-1941. From the description of Papers, 1856-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155489355 Resident of Jefferson County, Ky. From the description of Letter, 1812 May 21. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46613801 ...

Wylie, Ida Alexa Ross, 1885-

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Ochs, Adolph S. (Adolph Simon), 1858-1935

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President of the New York Times. From the description of Letter, 1921 Sept. 12, New York, to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904887 Publisher and President of the New York Times Company, 1894-1935. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1880-1940] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155540212 Newspaper publisher, of New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1892-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960312 ...

Chapple, Joseph Mitchell, 1867-

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Wilson Follett

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Vizetelly, Frank H., 1864-1938

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Albert Shaw

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Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 1855-1938

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Harry Stillwell Edwards was born in Macon, Ga. in 1855. He studied law and passed the bar but never practiced because of his passion for writing. Edwards had become owner and editor of the Macon Telegraph, where he published a regular column called 'What Comes Down My Creek.' This column was very popular and he continued publishing it for the rest of his life. But Edwards' most popular work was a story called 'Eneas Africanus, ' which first appeared in the Macon Evening News (of which he was als...

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson was born on November 3, 1879 in Arnes, Manitoba, Canada. He attended the University of North Dakota from 1897-1902. He was voted the best orator in 1900, and also worked for the school newspaper. In 1930 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, only the third such degree awarded. He then transferred to the University of Iowa and graduated in 1903 with a degree from the School of Liberal Arts. He next enrolled at Harvard, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in 1...

Davis, James J.

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Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard), 1880-1957

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Author of short stories and novels. Best known for his Cappy Ricks stories. From the description of Letter, 1955 Mar. 9. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 25017512 Peter Bernard Kyne was a prominent author of novels and short stories. He served in the Spanish-American War and World War I, and resided in San Francisco most of his life. Kyne was born on October 12, 1880 in San Francisco. Many of his 25 novels and 1000 short stories and articles are set ther...

Child, Richard Washburn, 1881-1935

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Lawyer, author, and diplomat. From the description of Richard Washburn Child papers, 1870-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144571399 Richard Washburn Child, b. August 5, 1881, d. January 31, 1935, author, US ambassador to Italy, 1921-1924. John O'Hara Cosgrave, b. 1864, d. 1947, editor of Everybody's Magazine, founded in 1899, and in 1925 literary editor of a daily called New York World. Editor fully committed to investigative journalism. ...

Burgess, Gelett, 1866-

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Deland, Mrs. Margaret (Campbell) 1857-

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Woodhouse, T.

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Irwin, Will, 1873-1948

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Author and journalist, Irwin earned his a.b. in English at Stanford University in 1899. From the description of Will Irwin photograph album, 1894-1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448940 American journalist and author. From the description of Will Irwin papers, 1890-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868814 Biographical/Historical Sketch Author and journalist, Irwin earned his a.b. in Engli...

Mr. Shaw

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Glasnell, Susan, 1882-

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Connell, Richard

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Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-

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Dos Passos, John, 1896-

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Robbins, Leonard H. (Leonard Harman), 1877-1947

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Leonard Harman Robbins (1877-1947), journalist, Newark Evening News 1901-1917; New York Times from 1923 on. Will Owen Jones (1862-1928), "Editor of The State Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska;" editor; instructor in journalism at University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1893-1898. From the description of Letter to Will Owen Jones, 1926 December 3. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56840130 ...

Shaw, Albert, 1857-

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Barrymore, John, 1882-

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Reed, James A., 1861-

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Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-

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Grey, Zane, 1872-1939

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Zane Grey was born Pearl Zane Grey on January 31, 1872 in Zanesville, Ohio to Lewis Grey and Alice Josephine (Zane) Grey. He earned a degree in dentistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1896. From 1898 to 1904 he lived in New York City and had an unsuccessful dentistry practice. At this time he wrote his first book, Betty Zane, about his Ohio ancestors. In 1904 he moved to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, where he met Lina Elise Roth. They were married in 1905. Grey was an avid outdoorsman who e...

Johns, Orrick, 1887-

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Barton, Bruce, 1886-

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Calkins, Earnest Elmo, 1868-1964

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Calkins, a native of Galesburg, Illinois and a graduate of Knox College, wrote a history of the area. He is best known as an advertising innovator. From the description of Letter, September 1, 1929. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 131393039 ...

Harrison, Henry Sydnor, 1880-1930

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Author and journalist, of New York City. From the description of Papers, 1894-1958. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19642666 ...

Irvin, Rea, 1881-1972

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Rea Irvin (1881-1972) was born in San Francisco, CA, where he studied for six months at the Hopkins Art Institute. He moved to New York, N.Y. at the age of 25 and soon began contributing his art regularly to Cosmopolitan magazine and the humorous weekly Life . He later became the first art editor of The New Yorker . Between the years 1925 and 1958, hundreds of Irvin's illustrations and cartoons were published in The New Yorker, and his art adorned the covers of 169 issues of the mag...

Poole, Ernest, 1880-

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Dixon, Thomas, 1864-

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Hampton, Edgar Lloyd.

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Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977

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American author, editor, and journalist. From the description of Typed letters signed (3) : New York World-Telegram, New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1936 Jan. 14, 1946 Oct. 3, and 1948 July 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868099 Writer, literary critic, and editor. From the description of Papers, 1914-1976. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248177 Author and editor; d. 1977. From the description of Papers, 1926-197...

Review of Reviews (New York, N.Y.).

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The Golden Book Magazine (1925-1935) was a monthly eclectic periodical devoted to reprinting the best short stories of the past. It was founded by Henry Wysham Lanier, who was its editor from 1925 to 1928. From the guide to the Review of Reviews (New York, N. Y.), Golden Book Magazine, editorial correspondence, 1921-1935., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) The Golden Book Magazine (1925-1935) was a monthly eclectic periodical devoted to reprinti...

Fraser, James Gordon.

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Frederica Field

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Mr. Follett

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Brady, Elizabeth Cobb.

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Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951

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Sinclair Lewis (b. Feb. 7, 1885, Sauk Centre, MN–d. January 10, 1951, Rome, Italy) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. ...

Leach, Henry Goddard, 1880-1970

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Leach was editor of the Forum magazine and a scholar of Scandinavian civilization. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1921-1951 (inclusive), 1925 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122656041 From the guide to the Letters from various correspondents, 1921-1951., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Henry Goddard Leach (1880-1970) was an American author, educator and poet. He was editor of the intelle...

Golden Book

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Long, Ray, 1878-1935

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas, 1873-1935

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American author. From the description of Letters to Henry Chester Tracy [manuscript], 1922-1929. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814406 ...

Colcord, Lincoln, 1883-

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Cuthrell, Mrs. Faith (Baldwin).

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Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1872-

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Cutten, George Barton, 1874-1962

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George Barton Cutten (1874-1962), university president (retired). Silversmithing was his hobby and he made many pieces. He was also interested in other silversmiths and before he wrote his book on Georgia silversmiths he had written sketches on silversmiths of New York State and a book on those of North Carolina. From the description of George Barton Cutten papers, 1949-1959. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 77487716 ...

Carrel, Alexis, 1873-

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Train, Arthur, 1875-

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Palmer, Frederick William, 1858-

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Downey, Fairfax, 1893-1990

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American author and historian. From the description of Book drafts, 1972-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435701 ...

Manning, William T.

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Episcopal priest. Manning was rector of Trinity Parish, New York, N.Y., and bishop of the Diocese of New York. From the description of Papers, 1846-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155475116 ...

Rice, Grantland, 1880-

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Scruggs, Anderson M., 1897-1955

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Whitman, Stephen French

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Cuppy, William Jacob, 1884-

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Golden Book Magazine

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Post, Melville Davisson, 1871-1930

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England, George Allen, 1877-

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Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

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Author, critic, and member of the Columbia English Department Faculty from 1891-1924. Matthews was an influential figure in the literary and dramatic worlds of New York and London from the 1880s throughtout his life. He was a member of numerous social and literary organizations, serving as president of the Dunlap Society, the Modern Language Association, and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, among others. From the description of Papers, 1877-1962. (Columbia University In th...

Guiterman, Arthur, 1871-1943

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Humorist. From the description of Arthur Guiterman papers, 1928-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981237 American poet, newspaperman, and editor; born in Austria; writer of light verse. From the description of Papers of Arthur Guiterman [manuscript], 1925-1939. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647878975 Guiterman was an American writer primarily known for his poetry. From the description of [Letter] 1942 Mar. 14, The Housebo...

Butler, Ellis Parker, 1869-1937

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American humorist and founder of the Authors' League. From the description of Letter to John P. Allen, 1917 August 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55532295 An author and businessman from Iowa, Butler was best known for his short story "Pigs Is Pigs". From the description of Papers of Ellis Parker Butler, 1891-1940. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233126764 Prolific author and humorist who was born in Muscatine, Iowa....

Irwin, Wallace, 1876-

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Abdullah, Achmed, 1881-

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Webster, Harold Yucker, 1884-

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Thomas, Chauncey

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Chauncey Thomas was a Colorado author who wrote the short story, "The Snow Story". From the guide to the Typescript of Chauncey Thomas' "The Snow Story" and related papers (MS 96), 1937-1970, 1937-1939, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.) ...

Williams, Blanche Colton, 1879-1944

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Robinson, Joseph Taylor, 1872-1937

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Joseph T. Robinson The "Fightingest" Man in the U.S. Senate He never lost a battle. From schoolyard fights to clashes in the Senate, Joseph T. Robinson defeated all challengers. In the end, it was not a person, but a bill that struck down the first Democratic Senate majority leader Robinson had a fatal heart attack during his campaign to pass President Franklin Roosevelt's controversial "court packing" plan in 1937. Colleagues from both parties mourned his passing, while newspaper editoria...

Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940

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Hamlin Garland was the author of Son of the middle border, Daughter of the middle border, and other works. From the description of Papers of Hamlin Garland, 1757-1973 (bulk 1910-1941). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122369311 Novelist and writer. From the description of Hamlin Garland autograph letter signed, 1892. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 214329366 American novelist and d...

The Golden Book

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Roche, Arthur Somers, 1883-1935

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Miss Frederica Pisek Field

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Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-

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Fredericka Pisek Field

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Carter, Isabel Hopestill

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Komroff, Manuel, 1890-1974

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Manuel Komroff was an anarchist, editor, writer and artist. He met Carl Zigrosser before World War I, when they were both involved in the circle of the Modern School/Ferrer Center. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1917-1973, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 213465853 Novelist & author, died in 1974. From the description of Manuel Komroff papers, 1897-1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). ...

Wm. Beebe

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White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946

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Author, graduate of the University of Michigan (Ph. B., 1895; M.A., 1903). From the description of Papers, 1901-1941. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365123 Author, graduate of the University of Michigan (Ph.B., 1895; M.A., 1903). From the description of Stewart White papers, 1901-1941. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68304307 American author. From the description of Stewart Edward White papers, 1910-1913. (Unive...

O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1890-1941

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LeGallienne, Richard, 1866-

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Swain, John D.

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Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...

Mrs. Frederica Field

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Mr. Wilson Follette

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Taylor, Deems, 1885-

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Miss Lewiton

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Mr. Ralph Rockafellow

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Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957

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Baron Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany was an author, aristocrat, adventurer, chessmaster, and soldier; he is probably best known for writing fantasy fiction, ghost stories, and drama under the name Lord Dunsany. Raised on the family estate in County Meath, Ireland, he was influenced by Greek mythology and the Bible. A member of the Coldstream Guards, he fought in the Boer War, World War I, and the Easter Rebellion. A prolific and diverse writer, he is considered an early master of high...

Canby, A H.

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Edith O'Dell

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Crowninshield, Francis Welch, 1872-

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Forbes, Esther.

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Comfort, Will Levington, 1878-1932

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Comfort was a southern California novelist, who ended his career as the messiah of a Hollywood cult. From the description of Papers, 1910-1932. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 155180744 American writer. From the description of Letter, 1928 May 19, South Pasadena, Calif., to Perry Walton. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184907503 U.S. novelist and newspaperman. From the description of Correspondence, 1920-1...

Hurdy, Arthur S.

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Couzens, James.

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Norris, Charles Gilman, 1881-1945

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Charles Gilman Smith Norris was born on Apr. 23, 1881 in Chicago, IL; brother of writer Frank Norris; B.L., UC Berkeley, 1903; married writer Kathleen Thompson in 1909; became novelist, dramatist, and editor; asst. editor of Country life in America; circulation manager of Sunset magazine; art editor of American magazine (1908-13); published works include The amateur (1916), Salt : or, The education of Griffith Adams (1918), Brass : a novel of marriage (1921), Bread (1923), Pig iron (1925), Zelda...

Miss O'Dell

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Sobel, Bernard.

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Bernard Sobel (1887-1964) was an American playwright and drama critic. He was an active member of The Lambs, a theatrical social and dining club founded in New York 1874 as a companion club to the one of the same name formed in London in 1848. Members of The Lambs have included Fred Astaire, Cecil B. DeMille, Douglas Fairbanks, Will Rogers, Gene Autry, all the Barrymores, and a host of other "bright lights" of the theatre. Originally men only, The Lambs opened their dining room to w...

Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961

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Writer, editor, critic. From the description of Reminiscences of Henry Seidel Canby and Amy Loveman : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481130 Epithet: editor of 'Saturday Review of Literature' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001e2 Canby was a critic, editor and Yale University professor (1899-1922). He was one of the founder...

Mrs. Francis Pope.

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Adams, James Truslow, 1878-1949

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Mormon missionary. From the description of Diary, 1900-1902. [photocopy]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122604696 James Truslow Adams was successful businessman who became a celebrated historian, writing chiefly about the history of early New England. In 1912, having worked for twelve years as a businessman in a New York brokerage house, Adams moved to Bridgehampton, L.I., and began writing. His first books--"Memorials of Old Bridgehampton" (1916) a...

E. B. White.

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Street, Julian, 1879-

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Tolstoi, Il ?? ? ia L'vovich, graf, .

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Thurston, Howard, 1869-1936

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Mack, Thomas

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Stelzle, Charles, 1869-1941

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Clergyman. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1889]-1941. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515151 ...

Mackenzie, G B.

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Hartley, Roland English

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Fagin, Nathan Bryllion, 1892-

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Nathan Bryllion Fagin was a professor of English and drama at The Johns Hopkins University and director of the Hopkins Playshop. Professor Fagin was born in Russia in 1892 and educated in the United States. He received the Ph. D. degree in English from Hopkins in 1932 and taught there until his retirement in 1957. He was the author of several books including "The Histrionic Mr. Poe" published in 1949. From 1930 to 1957, Professor Fagin was director of the Johns Hopkins P...

Tarleton, Fiswoode, -1931

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Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958

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English poet, literary critic, and magazine editor. From the description of Rivers, 1917. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31042218 Jack Squire was an English poet. He also edited "The London Mercury: a Monthly Review of Literature & the Arts". From the description of Jack Squire collection. [1933]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800204 Squire was born in Plymouth, England on Apr. 2, 1884; educated at St. John'...

Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941

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English novelist. From the description of Hugh Walpole collection, 1910-1939. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70925561 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Brackenburn, Keswick, to [James] Bain, 1931 Apr. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270658346 From the description of Sons and Lovers. A Preface : autograph manuscript signed, fair copy with a few revisions : [n.p.], 1923 June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270658363 ...

Mary Letha Etting

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Cadman, S. Parkes (Samuel Parkes), 1864-1936

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Pastor of Central Church, Brooklyn, New York; Radio Minister of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. From the description of Letter to Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes, 1931 December 31. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53891030 S. Parkes Cadman (1864-1936) was an American clergyman, newspaper columnist, and radio personality. He was a radio pioneer, one of the first Christian ministers to begin broadcasting sermons in the 1920s. He was known for his prom...

Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974

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Vincent Starrett, a police reporter for the Daily News also wrote book reviews for various Chicago newspapers, and in this way became aquainted with Arthur Machen, with whom he had a long and varied correspondence with. The friendship and conflict following resulted in Starrett vs. Machen: A Record of Discovery and Correspondence, which is the focus of this collection. From the description of Vincent Starrett collection of Arthur Machen, 1915-1971. (Southern Illinois University). Wor...

Reams, Cecil Calvert.

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Wilde, Percival, 1887-

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Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury), 1876-1944

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Author, humorist. From the description of Letters, 1914-1944. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49199652 Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944) was an American author and humorist. He was best known for his humorous stories of Kentucky life, such as in his book Old Judge Priest . From the guide to the Irvin S. Cobb Letter, 1928, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Author, and humorist. From the descript...

Hicky, Daniel Whitehead, 1902-

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Daniel Hicky was the son of Philip Hicky (1778-1859) and grandson of Daniel Hicky (1740-1808), planters of East Baton Rouge Parish, La. From the description of Daniel Hicky letter, 1867 Apr. 27. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 318614377 ...

MacVeagh, Lincoln, 1890-

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Palmer, Walter L.

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Benet, William Rose (1886- ).

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Goldsmith, Kathleen

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Willard, Daniel, 1861-

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Houghton, Carolyn Wells.

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Day, Clarence, 1874-1935

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Author and illustrator Clarence Day, best known for his book Life With Father, was born in New York City on November 18, 1874. He graduated from Yale College in 1896, then worked in his father's brokerage house and served briefly in the U. S. Navy. In 1898 he was stricken with rheumatoid arthritis. He traveled for some years in search of a cure, then settled in New York, where he became active in the alumni affairs of Yale College and launched his writing career. Day's essays, book reviews, shor...

Barbusse, Henri, 1873-1935

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French novelist and journalist. From the description of Autobiographical essay, 1933 Nov. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122472964 ...

Erskine, John, 1879-1951

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Epithet: Reverend; DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001087.0x000214 Title: 9th Earl of Mar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001087.0x000219 John Erskine, educator, writer and musician, was born in New York on October 5, 1879. He received an A.B. in 1900, an A.M. in 1901, a Ph.D. in 1903 and an LL.D. in 1929 from Columbia Univ...

Terhune, Albert Payson, 1872-1942

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American author, dog breeder, and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mrs. Merrall, 1916 Mar. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603593817 Author, dog breeder and journalist. From the description of Letters, 1936 Dec. 22-1939 May 24, Pompton Lakes, N.J., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904630 Author. From the description of Albert Payson Terhune papers, 1890-1957 (bulk ...

Schuster, M. Lincoln (Max Lincoln), 1897-1970

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Publisher. Schuster was co-founder and chairman of the board of Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the guide to the Max Lincoln Schuster Papers, [ca. 1913-1976], (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Editor, publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Max Lincoln Schuster : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309725228 Publisher. Schuste...

Albert Shaw Jr.

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Frank, Glenn, 1887-1940

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Editory of Century Magazine. President of the University of Wisconsin, 1925-1937. Works include "The Politics of Industry" and "An American Looks at His World." From the description of Glenn Frank autograph [manuscript], 1928 Oct 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 276780808 ...

Phillips, Henry Wallace, 1869-1930

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Max J. Hayek

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Gale, Zona, 1874-1938

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Zona Gale was a prominent writer and political activist born in Portage, Wisconsin. Gale attended the University of Wisconsin and worked as a reporter in Milwaukee. Gale, a lifelong friend of Jane Addams, became involved in the fight for the women's vote and eventually went to work for the writer Edmund Clarence Stedman. Her novel, "Miss Lulu Bett" was successfully adapted for the theater. From the description of Correspondence, 1907-1929. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat reco...

Mr. Joseph Anthony

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Rinehart, Mrs. Mary (Roberts) 1876-

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Miss Mary Letha Elting

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Morley, Christopher, 1890-

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Durant, Will, 1885-

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Spears, Raymond S. (Raymond Smiley), 1876-1950

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Author of western and adventure stories, outdoorsman, and conservationist who died in 1950. From the description of Raymond S. Spears papers, 1897-1948. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 19639693 Raymond Smiley Spears, author of western and adventure stories, was born in Belleview, Ohio, in 1876. His father, John R. Spears, was a U.S. naval historian and reporter for the New York Sun; his mother, Celestia Colette Smiley Spears, was a teacher....

Frederica Pisek Field

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Cram, Mildred, 1889-1985

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Freeman, Mrs. Mary Eleanor (Wilkins) 1862-1930

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Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937

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American author and editor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) and typewritten letter signed : Redding, Conn., to F.A. Duneka, 1908 Jul. 9-1911 Apr. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611536 Author & editor. From the description of Letters of Albert Bigelow Paine [manuscript] 1910, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647934359 Albert Bigelow Paine was born in New Bedford, Mass., but grew up in the Midwest. For ten y...

Winslow, ? rs. Thyra (Samter) 1893-

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Shepard, Eliza London.

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Hitchcock, Frank H. (Frank Harris), 1867-1935

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U.S. postmaster general, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and newspaper publisher From the description of Frank H. Hitchcock papers, 1905-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980118 ...

Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941

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Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of Charles Edward Russell, 1864-1941 (bulk 1900-1930). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80347779 Journalist, author, poet, and political activist; won the Pulitzer Prize in 1930 for his biography of Haym Solomon in the Revolution; a founder of the NAACP; socialist candidate for Governor of New York State, and U.S. President. From the description of Album, 1937-1940. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: ...

Witwer, H. C. (Harry Charles), 1890-1929

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Writer and producer. From the description of H. C. Witwer letters [manuscript], 1927-1928. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647999401 ...

Hoskins, A. L., Jr., Mrs.

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White, William Allen, 1868-1944

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American journalist known as the "Sage of Emporia"; owner and editor of the "Emporia Gazette." From the description of Papers of William Allen White, 1890-1940 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837106 Journalist. From the description of Letters, 1889-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644557 Pulitzer Prize-winning Emporia, Kansas, newspaper editor and author. From the description of William Allen White letter...

Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955

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American playwright. From the description of Letter, Surrey, England, to Malcolm Wells, New York City [manuscript], 1948 August 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817235 Sherwood was a noted American dramatist. He was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., graduated from Harvard in 1918, and served in World War I. He wrote for Vanity Fair and Life magazines, serving as editor of the latter from 1924 to 1928. His first play, written in 1927, was an immediate success. H...

Kirby, Rollin, 1874-

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Wheeler-Nicholson, Malcolm, 1890-

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Anderson, Robert Gordon, 1881-

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Balmer, Edwin, 1883-

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Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950

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Edgar Lee Masters was an American poet, novelist, biographer, and essayist. From the description of Edgar Lee Masters collection of papers, 1919-1949. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164224 From the guide to the Edgar Lee Masters collection of papers, 1919-1949, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Masters was an Illinois poet best known for the Spoon River Anthology. F...

Mason, Mrs. Grace (Sartwell) 1877-

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Carnegie, Dale, 1888-

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Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943

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Stephen Vincent Beńet was born July 22, 1898, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, into a military family. His father had a wide appreciation for literature, and Beńet's siblings, William Rose and Laura, also becmae writers. Beńet attended Yale University where he published two collections of poetry, Five Men and Pompey (1915), The Drug-Shop (1917). His studies were interrupted by a year of civilian military service; he worked as a cipher-clerk in the same department as James Thurber. He graduated fro...

Crowell, Merle, 1888-

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Dobie, Charles Caldwell, 1881-1943

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Charles Caldwell Dobie was a native San Franciscan who gained prominence as a writer of short stories and novels. His works include Blood Red Dawn, Portrait of a Courtesan, and San Francisco: A Pageant. From the description of Charles Caldwell Dobie papers, circa 1905-1943. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 84650833 Biography Charles Caldwell Dobie was born in San Francisco March 15, 1881, and unli...

Austin, Mrs. Mary (Hunter).

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Pereyra, Diomedes de

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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...

MacNider, Hanford, 1889-

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Outerson, William.

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Joseph, Anthony

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Dickson, Harris; 1868-

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Miss Edith O'Neill

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Sept. 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. He began writing while a student at Princeton University. He met his wife, Zelda, while serving in the US Army stationed in Alabama. His novel, This Side of Paradise, was published in 1920 and he became an instant success. He published he Great Gatsby in 1925. Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940 of a heart attack at age 44 while living in Los Angeles and working for the film industry....

Clendenning, Logan, 1884-

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Lanier, Henry Wysham, 1873-

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Marshall, Edison, 1894-1967

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Russell Bankson, newspaperman and fiction writer, was born in Mt. Hope, Washington on February 21, 1889. He attended Washington State College, Pullman from 1910-1912. He worked as reporter and editor for the Spokane Daily Chronicle, and on the editorial staff of the Spokesman-Review, both in Spokane. He contributed fiction and articles to a variety of magazines, and wrote books of western adventure and history. During World War II, he worked for the War Reloc...

Nast, Conde.

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Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941

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Author, newspaper editor. From the description of Letter to Maurice Hanline, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56349777 American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. From the guide to the Sherwood Anderson miscellany, 1981, undated, (The New York Public Library. New York Public Library Archives.) Author. From the description of Death in the woods : annotated short story, circa 1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Hickman, Albert

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Sullivan, Frank, 1892-

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Balderston, John L. (John Lloyd), 1889-1954

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Journalist and playwright of Beverly Hills, Calif. From the description of John L. Balderston papers, 1915-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80158323 Playwright and screenwriter, John L. Balderston was born in Philadelphia, but lived for many years in England. He trained as a journalist, was a war correspondent during World War I and in the early 1920s worked as a journalist in London. As a playwright, Balderston often worked in collaboration and ...

Frederic Pisek Field

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Walter Lippman.

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Frost, Frances, 1905-

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Tarkington, Susannah.

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Singmaster, Elsie, 1879-

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Rice, Mrs. Alice Caldwell (Hegan) 1870-

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Lorimer, George Horace, 1868-1937

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Editor of the Saturday Evening Post. From the description of Correspondence, 1921. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36272489 Lorimer became editor-in-chief of the SATURDAY EVENING POST in 1899, and held offices in Curtis Publishing Company which published the POST. He lived in Wyncote, Pa. His work as an editor brought him into a long association with author Booth Tarkington. From the description of Papers, 1912-1936. (Indiana Historical Society Lib...

Burt, Struthers, 1882-

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Peterkin, Mrs. Julia Mood, 1880-

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Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943

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William Lyon Phelps was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 2, 1865. He received a B.A. degree from Yale in 1887, an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1891, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1891. Phelps taught English at Yale from 1892 until 1933 and was a popularizer of literature through his public lectures, radio addresses, and syndicated newspaper columns. He died in New Haven on August 21, 1943. From the description of William Lyon Phelps papers, 1826-1944 (inclusive), 1887-1943 (bulk)...