Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk).

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Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk).

Correspondence with the American drama critic Alexander Woollcott from authors and actors about the theater and the film industry.

27 boxes and 11 volumes (22.5 linear ft. )

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Fred McLaughlin

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Wynn, Ed, 1886-1966

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Born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, Nov. 9, 1886 of European immigrants in Philadelphia; entered show business at 15; became successful NY vaudeville comic headliner by 17; appeared in Ziegfeld follies; wrote and produced his own shows on Broadway in 1920s and 1930s, featuring songs by Rodgers and Hart, Sammy Fain, and other well-known composers, and billing himself as The perfect fool, featuring his lisp, giggle, fluttering hands, outlandish costumes and inventions, and outrageous puns; starred on radio...

Mancall, Boone.

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Gillmore, Margalo, 1897-1986

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Editor, Sunday Times

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Harriman, Florence Jaffray, 1870-1967

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Diplomat, political activist, and author. Born Florence Jaffray Hurst; died 1967. From the description of Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman papers, 1857-1982 (bulk 1910-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980111 Florence Jaffray Hurst was born in New York City; in 1889 she married J. Borden Harriman. She managed the New York State Reformatory for Women (1906-1918), was the only woman member of the Federal Industrial Relations Commission (1913-1916), organized a Red Cross m...

Simonson, Lee, 1888-1967

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Lee Simonson and his wife, Carolyn Simonson. From the description of Letters, 1928-1962, n.d., to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155876028 Simonson (1888-1967) was an American scenographer. He graduated from Harvard College in 1909. From the guide to the Papers, 1919-1938., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library) Simonson (1888-1967) was an Amer...

Davis, Elmer, 1890-

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Young, Amy

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Boyce, Dorothy.

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Stagg, Mather & Hough

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Campbell, Ruth West.

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Meredith, Yolande P.

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Eustis, Dorothy Harrison, 1886-1946

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Coombe, Leslie.

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Collier, Constance, 1878-

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Elliott, Maud Howe, 1854-

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Frere-Rives E. Marsh.

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Van Doren, Mark, 1894-

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Cazalet, M. S. H.

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Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943

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Woollcott, American critic, member of the Algonquin Round Table, and the inspiration for the character of Sheridan Whiteside in the play The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. From the description of [Letters, 1929-1940] / Alexander Woollcott. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 491398373 American drama critic, journalist, playwright, essayist, and actor. From the description of Alexander Woollcott collection, 1921-[194-]. (Boston Univers...

Dodd, Lee Wilson, 1879-1933

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Miller, Webb, 1892-1940

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Moses, John, 1885-1945

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Born at Strand, Norway, immigrated to the United States in 1905. Graduated University of North Dakota Law School, practiced law until he was first elected governor in 1938. North Dakota governor (1939-1944) and U.S. senator (1945). First Democrat elected by popular vote to represent North Dakota in Congress and served three terms as governor. The family name is from a Scotch ancestor who immigrated to Norway. From the description of Collection, 1939-1945, 1967. (North Dakota State Un...

Roosevelt, Cornelius Van Schaack, 1794-1871

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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, Madeline.

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Fred Jensen

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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...

Cohn, Alfred Einstein

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Forbes-Robertson, Diana.

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Maxine Elliott was born Jessie Dermot in 1868 in Rockland, Maine. She was an actress who appeared in her first play in 1890 and her last in 1920. She owned and played in the Maxine Elliott Theater, in New York which opened in 1908. She died in 1940. Diana Forbes Robertson was Maxine Elliott's niece, she was an author, and married Vincent Sheean. From the description of Maxine Elliot collection 1846-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701358 ...

White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955

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Executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1935. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 243854199 Walter Francis White (1893-1955), was an African American civil rights activist and leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1931-1955. Walter White married Leah Gladys Powell (1893-1979) in 1922, and they ...

Flandrau, Charles Macomb, 1871-1938

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Flandrau was an American author. From the description of Letters to Thomas Boyd, 1922-1929. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83770781 Charles Eugene Flandrau was born July 15, 1828, in New York City, the son of Thomas Hunt and Elizabeth Maria (Macomb) Flandrau. He was educated in Georgetown, District of Columbia, served as a seaman on several United States revenue cutters, and returned to New York as a veneer-sawyer in a mahogany mill. He returned to Wh...

Bernstein, Henry, 1876-

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Millar, Jessie.

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MacLeish, Ada

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Wood, Richard Carver

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Photographer and architect Richard Carver Wood was educated at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also worked on several documentaries, including Nancy Hamilton’s documentary on Helen Keller, The Unconquered (1954). From the guide to the Photographs of Harvard faculty and buildings, 1936, (Harvard University Archives) Richard Carver Wood was a photographer and architect in New York, N.Y. and Cambridge, Mass. From the de...

Baker, Elizabeth, 1913-

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Epithet: widow of W Baker, of Lismacue British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x000187 ...

Frank, Morris S.

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Weiskotten, Herman Gates, 1884-

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Woollcott, William.

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Mr Brown

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Bonner, John

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943

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The daughter of Samuel Gridley and Julia (Ward) Howe, Richards was the author of more than eighty books, most of them for young people. She and her sister, Maude Howe Elliott, wrote Life and Letters of Julia Ward Howe (1910), which received the first Pulitzer Prize for biography. For additional biographical information, see American Women Writers (1981). From the description of Letter, 1904. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008342 ...

Pollock, Clarice H.

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Hills, Elizabeth, 1964-

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Crouse, Russel, 1893-

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Winter, Theodora.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944

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Theodore Roosevelt III (September 13, 1887 – July 12, 1944), known as Theodore Roosevelt Jr., was an American government, business, and military leader. He was the eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Roosevelt is known for his World War II service, including the directing of troops at Utah Beach during the Normandy landings, for which he received the Medal of Honor. Roosevelt was educated at private academies and Harvard University; after his 1909 gradua...

Jensen, Frode

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Getman, Damon L.

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Watkins, Maurine

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Sparks, Bell Walter.

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Grahame, Elspeth

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Epithet: née Thomson wife of K Grahame British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0001c6 ...

Ramage, Jennifer.

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Banks, Leslie

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Harper, Paul C.

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Snow, H. Martyn.

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McMartin, Inez C.

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Ogilvy, David, 1911-1999

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Title: 4th Earl of Airlie British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x000139 Epithet: 4th or 6th Earl of Airlie British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x000135 Epithet: Colonel; 13th Regt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x000136 Epithet: ...

Farson, Negley, 1890-

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Gilchrist, James

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Patrick Murphy

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Palmer-Williams, Muriel G.

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Anthony Pelissier

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Morrell, Blanche.

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White, B. J

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Thompson, Dorothy, 1894-

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Eudore, Guy.

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Archer-Shee, Philip.

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Viking Press, The.

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Owen Lattimore

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Foster, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 19242 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x0001ff Epithet: of Add MS 45962 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x000202 Epithet: Reverend Headmaster of Eton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x00000e Epithet: JP...

Barnett, D. St. J.

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Hood, Daniel

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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...

Rosenberger, Sophia.

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Milne, G. M. H.

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Winchell, Walter, 1897-

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Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, 1874-

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Shaw, Annie

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Reppy, Alison, 1893-

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Hubert Howard

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Lewis, William Bevan

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Shields, M.

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Duffy, Francis Patrick, 1871-1932

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Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947

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English author. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1946 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868154 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00019a ...

Baier, Clair, 1912-

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Fergusson, Eugenie W.

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Foyle, Christina

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Neill, Terence.

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Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970

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Lee, an American burlesque entertainer, was one of the most famous strippers of all time, and was proclaimed during her lifetime to be the most publicized woman in the world. She starred in theater, 12 films, and eventually her own television show, "The Gypsy Rose Lee Show" (1958). Besides her mystery novels THE G-STRING MURDERS (1941) and MOTHER FINDS A BODY (1942), she wrote an autobiography, GYPSY (1957), which was a bestseller. From the description of Gypsy Rose Lee collection, 1...

Colgan, Nancy.

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Woon, Basil Dillon, 1893-

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Noel Coward

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H. W. Ross

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Hartwell, Dickson

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Barradell-Smith, Walter, 1881-

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Truax, Mrs R. Hawley.

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Sorabji, Cornelia

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1888 first female graduate in western India; 1904-1924 lady legal adviser to the court of wards in Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, and Assam; 1909 Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal; 1923 called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn; 1924-1929 first woman practising in Calcutta high court; 1937 Coronation medal Epithet: Indian barrister and social reformer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x000055 ...

MacCarthy, Sir Desmond, 1878-1952

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Wallgren, Abian A. (Abian Anders), 1891?-1948

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Wallgren drew cartoons for "The Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the American troops in France during World War I, for the American Legion magazine, and for several syndicated comic strips. From the description of Collection, 1917-1947. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122465036 Abian A. Wallgren was an enlisted soldier in the Marine Corps. He was a cartoonist for the Stars and Stripes newspaper for the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E...

Wilkerson, Robert W.

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Ratcliffe, S. K. (Samuel Kerkham), 1868-1958

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Epithet: Secretary, The Sociological Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000877.0x0001fd ...

Hecht, Rose.

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Huss, Pierre J. (Pierre John), 1903-

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Phillips, Alice

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MacNicolm, Jean Alice.

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Field, Marshall, 1893-

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Jeffries, Joseph Mary Nagle, 1885-

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Schirmer, Gustav

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Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe, 1864-

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Candidus, A. B.

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Stingemore, F. H.

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Dixon, Jean

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Demorest, Max.

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Burgan, Evelyn.

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Cross, Martha.

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Burke, Shirley

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Forwood, Harry M.

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Hiznett, Margaret.

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Harcourt-Smith, Lady Edith.

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Stoll, Marion Rush, 1902-

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Kouchakji, Fahim.

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Churchill, Pamela.

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Hamilton college Clinton, N.Y.

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Small college in Clinton, N.Y., originally called the Hamilton Oneida Academy. Organized on Jan. 29, 1793. From the description of Order Suspending Edward Thompson, 1816 April 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122629330 ...

Strasser, Otto, 1897-1974

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Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964

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Born Nancy Witcher Langhorne, of Richmond, Va., and "Mirador," Albemarle co., Va. Married Robert Gould Shaw, 1897; divorced, 1903; one son, Robert Gould. Married Waldorf Astor (1879-1952) of Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 1906; five children: William Waldorf (b. 1907), Nancy Phyllis Louise (b. 1909), Frances David Langhorne (b. 1912), Michael (b. 1916), and John Jacob (b. 1918). Elected first woman to Parliament, 1919, serving twenty-five years. From the description of Pa...

Hecht, Ben, 1893-

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Ethel Barrymore

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Meloney, Marie Mattingly

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Epithet: of the 'New York Herald Tribune' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x0000c2 Magazine editor including "Women's Magazinre," the "Delineator," the Sunday magazine of the "New York Herald Tribune" and "This week." From the description of Marie Meloney letter to Carty Ranck [manuscript], 1930 Sep 6. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 318063959 Editor, write...

Turner, Katherine Campbell.

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Nevin, Anne Paul.

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

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

Eakase.

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Shumlin, Herman, 1898-1979

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White, N. M.

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Leghjones, George.

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Wagenknecht, Edward, 1900-2004

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Professor of English; author; book reviewer. Born Mar. 28, 1900, in Chicago. Graduated from University of Chicago, 1923, M.A. 1924. Ph. D., University of Washington (Seattle), 1932. Teaching: University of Chicago, 1923-1925 (assistant); University of Washington, Seattle, 1925-1943 (associate, assistant professor, associate professor); Illinois Institute of Technology, 1943-1947 (associate professor); Boston University, 1947-1965 (professor). Literary editor of Seattle Post-Intellig...

Mann, William E.

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Givan, Barbara M.

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Wythe Williams

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Fisher, Lola

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Lilly Bonner

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Fay Compton

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Masson, Thomas L.

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American humorist and editor. From the description of Letter to Will Orton Tewson [manuscript], [1925]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874649 ...

Lamson, David

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Swing, Raymond, 1887-

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Alexander Wollcott

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Miller, Denning

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Lynn Fontanne

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Brace, F.

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Bradford, Roark, 1896-1948

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Roark Bradford, novelist, short story writer, and journalist, was born in Lauderdale County, Tenn., where he was raised on a cotton plantation in the Nankipoo-Knob Creek area. In 1924 Bradford moved to New Orleans, La. to take a position at the New Orleans Times-Picayune and in 1926 he devoted himself entirely to writing African-American fiction. From the description of Roark Bradford letter, 1927. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70696868 Roark Bradford was...

Root, Grace.

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Leiser, Clara.

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Epithet: executive director of Youth of All Nations Inc British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000412.0x000248 ...

Stieg, Lewis

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Debenham, Anna.

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Foster, Maximilian, 1872-

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Gilman, Elizabeth

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Benefield, Barry, 1877-1971

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Small, E.

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Bucklin, F. H.

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Howard, Harlan

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Songwriter. Born September 8, 1927. Full name: Harlan Perry Howard. His songwriting credits include "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down," "Heartaches by the Number," "I Fall to Pieces," and "Why Not Me." Member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Member, Country Music Hall of Fame. From the description of Oral history interview with Harlan Howard; 1991 June 25; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1991 June 25. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 5...

Simmons, Mildred.

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Hackett, Francis, 1883-1950

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Dredge, Doris.

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Plant, James S. (James Stuart), 1890-1947

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Harris, Jed

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Abbe, James T.

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Getman, Dr Albert A.

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Whatley, Henry.

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Hilton, James, 1900-1954

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Author. From the description of The story of Dr. Wassel : literary manuscript, 1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453722 ...

MacRae, William

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Ybarra, T. R. (Thomas Russell), 1880-1971

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Journalists' Defense Fund.

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Kelly, Gregory, 1956-

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Ingersoll, Ralph, 1900-1985

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Mayer, Edwin Justis, 1897-

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Steinbeck, John, 1902-

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Bacon, Josephine Dodge (Daskam) 1876-

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Erinno?, John.

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Mrs Pulitzer

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Eckstein, Gustav, 1890-1981

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Kommer, Rudolph.

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Bonner, Paul Hyde

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Milliken, Elsie Leslie.

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Page, Doris L.

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McAlpine, G.

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Allen, Adrianne, 1907-1993

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Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0001b1 ...

Pierce, Jason Noble, 1880-1948

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Moore, Grace, 1901-

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Crawford, Joan

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Pope, S. C.

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Stout, Wesley Winans, 1890-

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Editor. From the description of Papers of Wesley Winans Stout, 1913-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130944 Biographical Note 1890, Jan. 26 Born, Junction City, Kans. 1906 1907 Student, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. ...

Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989

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Orientalist, author, educator, and historian; died 1989. From the description of Owen Lattimore papers, 1907-1997 (bulk 1950-1989). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983405 Biographical Note 1900, July 29 Born, Washington, D.C. 1913 1914 Atten...

Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947

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English author. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1946 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868154 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00019a ...

Eyland, R. E.

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Achilles, Theodore C.

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Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944

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Ida M. Tarbell was an investigative journalist best known from her The History of the Standard Oil Company published in 1904. She wrote for American Magazine, which she also co-owned and co-edited, from 1906 to 1915. From the guide to the Ida M. Tarbell papers, 1916-1930, (Ohio University) Historian, journalist, lecturer, and muckraker, (Allegheny College, A.B., 1880). For further information, see Notable American Women (1971). From the description of The nationa...

Parker, Reid.

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Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949

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Epithet: US journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x000092 Villard, a journalist and author, was president of the New York Evening Post (1897-1918), editor and owner of The Nation (1918-1932), publisher and contributing editor of The Nation (1932-1935), a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and of Yachting Magazine, and owner of the Nautical Gazette. His father ...

Oliver, Phyllis.

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Viola Williams

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Arthur Byron

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Stables, M.

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Garnett, David, 1892-1981‏

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Author and publisher David Garnett was born in Brighton; his mother was a translator, his father a literary adviser, and he grew up in a literary environment. He studied botany at the Royal College of Science, and after graduation went into publishing. He became book critic for New Statesman, and wrote several popular novels, some fantasy and some with realistic themes. He has also written several volumes of memoirs, and edited works by T.E. Lawrence and Thomas Love Peacock. From the...

W., v.

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Fowler, George S.

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Getman, Herbert.

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Edith Evans

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Martin, George (Madden), 1866-

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Hayes, Ralph

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Ralph Hayes was born in Crestline, Ohio, on September 24, 1894. After growing up and attending public school in Crestline, Hayes moved to Cleveland, Ohio and studied at Western Reserve University. During his years at Western Reserve, Hayes served as manager of the basketball team and drama club, and was a member of the debating team. He graduated in 1915. While still in college, Hayes worked as an assistant to Mayo Fesler, secretary of the City Club of Cleveland. When Fesler resigne...

Sherriff, R.C. (Robert Cedric), 1896-1975

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British playwright R. C. Sherriff (1896-1975) was also a novelist and scriptwriter for films, television, and radio. Written in 1928, R.C. Sherriff's best known play, The Journey's End, chronicled the fighting of English troops on the Western Front prior to a major German offensive in 1918, and was considered one of the most influential war dramas of its time. In 1933, Sherriff co-wrote, a screenplay with Philip Wylie, for H.G. We...

H. H. Hart

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Dietz, Tanis.

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Wallace, DeWitt, 1889-1981

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Editor, The Reader's Digest. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1948-1951. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122446115 ...

Ladd, Walter Schuyler.

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Whate, Josiah.

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Council for Democracy

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West, W. J. (William J.)

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Harwood, Tottie.

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Ade, George, 1866-1944

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Hoosier journalist, humorist, and playwright best known for his Chicago Record column, "Stories of the streets and of the town," which was illustrated by John T. McCutcheon; for his syndicated "Fables in slang;" and for his Broadway plays including The college widow and The county chairman. From the description of George Ade papers, 1871-1970. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 41996200 George Ade was born in Kentland, Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University in 188...

Hawley, Hudson.

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O'Malley, Rex.

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Robinson, Francis.

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Epithet: farmer, of Frampton, county Lincolnshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000160 ...

Elliot, A. MacBeth.

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Coward, (Lady) Violet.

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Gray, Eugenie.

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Hughes, Richard, 1900-

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Smith, Paul C.

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Hugh C. Smith was the first president of the Los Angeles temple. His son, Paul C. Smith, received these documents pertaining to the Los Angeles temple construction and organized them. From the guide to the Paul C. Smith photographs and letters, 1951-1956, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Neave, Dorinna Lockhart (Clifton), lady.

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Marie Adelaide (Belloc)

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Hall, James Norman, 1887-1951

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Hall was a noted Iowa author and 1910 graduate of Grinnell College. After serving in World War I Hall moved to Tahiti and began his literary partnership with Nordhoff. From the description of James Norman Hall papers, 1906-1954. (Oglesby Public Library District). WorldCat record id: 38313128 American writer best known for his collaboration with Charles Nordhoff on The Bounty Trilogy. From the description of Letters, 1927-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12260...

Cowie, Alexander, 1896-1978

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Barrymore, John, 1882-1944

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Lunt, Cornelia Gray

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Born 1843; d. 1935; trustee of Northwestern University; of Evanston, Ill. From the description of Orrington and Cornelia Lunt papers, 1883-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70966239 Cornelia Gray Lunt was born in Chicago on March 19, 1843, her parents having moved to the city from Bowdoinham, Maine the previous year. Lunt's mother was Cornelia A. Gray (1819-1909) and her father was Orrington Lunt (1815-1897), a founder of Northwestern University who was known...

Salsbury, Nate, 1888-

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Marion Green

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Titzell, Josiah Carleton, 1905-1943

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Saunders, Louise

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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...

Beerbohm, Sir Max, 1872-1956.

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Peate, Noel C. L.

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Baldridge, Cyrus Leroy, 1889-1977

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Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge worked as a cowboy in Texas before joining the Army Expeditionary Forces and then the staff of "Stars & Stripes" as a cartoonist. After leaving the Army, he spent years traveling around the world, gathering ideas that later appeared in his books. He wrote "Americanism: what is it?" and his autobiography "Time and Chance," and contributed articles to periodicals including "New Republic," "Century," and "Scribners Magazine." From the description of Cyrus Leroy...

Irwin, Robert Benjamin

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Shaw, Norman

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Forbes, James, 1871-

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Pocock, Amy L.

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Beerbohm, Florence.

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Broderick, Helen, 1891-1959

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Currie, R.

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Bailey, Seth T.

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Scaife, L. H.

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Willcox, Kathleen Mary

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Paul Davis

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Levine, Samuel A. (Samuel Albert), 1891-1966

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Levine (Harvard, M.D. 1914) taught medicine at Harvard Medical School, 1923- , and was on the staff of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1914- . A chair of medicine was endowed in his honor in 1954. Levine was a noted heart specialist, and was one of the first to diagnose and describe coronary thrombosis. He also studied pernicious anemia. From the description of Slide and tape recording on life of Samuel A. Levine, 1978. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281428169 ...

Nicholson, George Albert.

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Joseph Kastner

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Towner, Neile Fassett, 1873-

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Hartman, Harry.

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Lockhart, Robert Hamilton Bruce, 1887-1970

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Epithet: Mrs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x00019a British government official and author; head of special mission to Soviet government, 1918; director-general, Political Intelligence Department, Foreign Office, 1940-1945. From the description of Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart papers, 1895-2003. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872191 Biographical...

Skurr, Margaret.

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Binstead, T. H.

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Edwin Sheldon

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Knickerbocker, H.R. (Hubert Renfro), 1898-1949

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Journalist. Knickerbocker was a student in journalism at Columbia University, 1919-1920, and a foreign correspondent for the New York EVENING POST and the Philadelphia PUBLIC LEDGER, and later for the International News Service. From the description of H. R. Knickerbocker papers, 1914-1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 506124320 ...

Davis, Paul, 1962-

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Epithet: Secretary of State in Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0002cf From the guide to the Paul Davis papers, 1961-1962, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]) ...

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...

Davey, Ernest.

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Alcock, Rev. Norris.

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Humphrey, Elliott

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Eagan, E. Cecil.

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Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham), 1866-1948

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Epithet: painter and theatre designer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000142 Walford Graham Robertson (1866-1948) was an English painter, writer, and collector of William Blake watercolors. From the description of Papers of W. Graham Robertson, 1875-1948. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122540425 Robertson was born on July 8, 1866;...

Templeton, Fay, 1865-1939

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Van Cleve, Edith

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Arno, Peter, 1902-

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Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952

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Lawyer and U.S. secretary of the interior. From the description of Harold L. Ickes papers, 1815-1969 (bulk 1933-1951). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980130 Harold Ickes (1874-1952) was a United States administrator and politician. He served as Secretary of the Interior for 13 years, from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and afterwards he became a syndicated columnist writing on political topics. From the guide to the Harold Ickes ...

Terry, Julia Lawrence.

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MacArthur, Charles, 1895-

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

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

Moody, Charlotte.

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A. H. Kenyon

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Hampden, Walter, 1879-1955

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American actor, director, manager, promoter, and critic. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1890-1955] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155508085 Hampden was an American actor. From the description of [Letter] 1930 Jun. 19, 16 Gramercy Park, New York [to] Marjory P. Nield / Walter Hampden. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 231685962 ...

Durman, W.

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Girardol, Etienne.

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Dr Derol?

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MacArthur, Mary R. (Mary Reid), 1880-1921

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Epithet: Miss; Secretary, Women's Trade Union League British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x000325 ...

Henle, James.

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Waldo, Richard Kermit.

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Grace Eustis

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Harper, Paul C. Jr.

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Dithmar, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1854-1917

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American journalist; editor of the New York Times Saturday Review of Books, 1902-1907. From the description of Edward A. Dithmar letter to James H. Manning [manuscript], 1905 February 14.t (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 463466226 ...

Seeing Eye

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Whyte, Blair.

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Williams, Valentine, 1883-

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Watts, George

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Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999

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Actor, author, and director. From the description of Garson Kanin papers, 1941-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130926 Biographical Note 1912, Nov. 24 Born, Rochester, N.Y. 1933 Graduated, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York, N.Y. Acted for ...

Saunders, Arthur Percy, 1869-

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Weber, Joe

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Gillette, William, 1853-1937

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American actor and author. From the description of Autograph letters and cards signed (7) and typewritten letters signed (8) : Hadlyme, Conn., etc., to William H. Briggs and others at Harper & Brothers, 1927 Jan. 2-1928 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589041 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Editor of the Hartford Courant, 1889 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269575084 American actor and playwright. Fro...

Booth Tarkington

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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...

Norris, Kathleen (Thompson) 1880-

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Getman, Louise.

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Pearn, Nancy R.

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Belasco, David, 1853-1931

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American theatrical producer and playwright. From the description of Letter : to Luther Price, 1906 Apr. 2. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122494221 American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright. From the description of David Belasco letter, 1905 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709924141 From the description of David Belasco letter, 1929 Oct. 30. (Unknown). W...

Bucklin, Polly.

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Clendening, Logan, 1884-

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Dyke, Vivian.

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Burton, Helen

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Everson, Rev. F. Howell.

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Townend, Maude Morse.

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Mason, Frances (Baker).

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Tarkington, Susanah.

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Isaacs, Leon.

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Baruch, Bernard Mannes

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Bècan, J.

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Street, Julian, 1879-1947

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Julian Street (1879-1947) was an American author, journalist, enologist, gastronome. From the guide to the Julian Street Papers, 1899-1966, 1910-1947, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Newspaperman and author. From the description of Papers, 1926-1950. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 30803372 Julian Leonard Street, American author and playwright, was born in Chicago, Ill. He moved to Manhattan, th...

Friedman, Leo R.

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Farrell, J.G. (James Gordon), 1935-1979

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Finlanson, Eric C.

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Clara Leiser

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Dunning, J. J.

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Hapgood, Elizabeth Reynolds

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Mrs. Hapgood was born January 29, 1894. She graduated in two years from the three year program at L'Ecole Speciale Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes, the branch of the University of Paris that provided training for the consular and diplomatic service. At 21 she was appointed the first head of the newly created Russian department at Columbia University, a position she occupied until her marriage a year later. In 1916 she married Norman Hapgood, a prominent journalist and stat...

Baragwanath, Joan Gordon.

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Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949

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Newspaper journalist, editor, and historian. From the description of Lloyd Lewis papers, 1886-1985, bulk 1905-1949. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 183191137 Author. Full name: Lloyd Downs Lewis. From the description of Letters of Lloyd Lewis, 1932-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014843 ...

McClintic, Guthrie, 1893-1961

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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...

Simpson, Alex M.

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Telford, T. C.

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Mr Alexander Woollcott.

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Austen, Senator Warren R.

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Howard, Blanche

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Born Blanche Machon in 1923 in Daysland, Alberta, she graduated from the University of Alberta in 1944, worked as an assistant Chemistry lecturer at the University of Toronto, 1946-48, and as a public accountant in Penticton, 1958-68. When her husband, Bruce Howard, was elected to Parliament, she moved to Ottawa and began writing the newspaper column, "Report from Ottawa", 1969-72, for people in the Okanagan Valley. She is perhaps best known as the author of several novels such as The Immortal S...

Lord, Pauline, 1890-1950

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Eleanor Fatio

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Gaul, George, 1885-1939

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Mrs Frank R. McCoy

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Adams, Maude, 1872-1953

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Maude Ewing Kiskadden (1872-1953), known professionally as Maude Adams, was an American stage actress who achieved her greatest success as Peter Pan. From the description of Maude Adams visiting cards, undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 774127810 Actress, author, and educator. From the description of Maude Adams papers, 1925-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981090 American actress and teacher, also known as Maude Adams Kiskadden. ...

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 ...

Dunsaney, Edward, 18th baron, 1878-

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Flint, Weston, B.

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Erskine, J. Douglas.

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Seeing Eye, Incorporated, Morristown, N.J.

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Alexander Woollcott

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Disneg, J. W.

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Terence Holliday

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Benchley, Robert Charles, 1889-1945

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Broun, W. Leroy (William Leroy)

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Broun was born in Loudoun County, Va., was educated at the University of Virginia, served in the Confederate Army with ordnance and artillery, was President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Georgia 1872-1875. From 1892-1897 he served as executive officer of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station in Auburn and was on its board until his death. He served as President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama from 1884-1902. He was instrumental in the development of ag...

Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949

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Margaret Mitchell (b. November 8, 1900, Atlanta, Georgia-d. August 16, 1949, Atlanta, Georgia), the daughter of Eugene M. Mitchell, was a prominent attorney. Her mother, Maybelle Stephens Mitchell, was active in the women's suffrage movement. Margaret Mitchell attended Atlanta public schools, graduated from Washington Seminary in Atlanta, and attended Smith College for one year before leaving college upon the death of her mother. She married John Marsh on July 4, 1925. Her only novel, Gone With ...

Davenport, Walter

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Clara Woollcott

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Millie

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Lamson, Ruth Rankin.

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Duff, Juliet

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Epithet: daughter of the 4th Earl of Lonsdale British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000132 ...

Cutler, Elliott Carr, 1888-1947

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Elliott Carr Cutler (1888-1947), AB, 1909, Harvard College; MD, 1913, Harvard Medical School, was appointed Moseley Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Surgeon-in-Chief of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1932. Cutler was one of the first surgeons to work on the human heart; he inserted an instrument into the left ventricle, dividing the stenosed mitral valve in 1923, a procedure that later became common practice as a treatment for rheumatic heart disease. From the descr...

Sutherland, David, 1956-

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Walter Lippmann

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Pulitzer, Margaret.

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Brown, Leggett

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Malone, J.

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Nisbet, Alison.

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Winter, Therese.

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Mary MacArthur.

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Mann, William E.

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Dunne, J. W. (John William), 1875-1949

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Murphy, Beatrice M., 1908-....

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Hanfstaengl, Ernst, 1887-1975

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Batty, Arthur G.

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Morley, Christopher, 1890-

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McCarthy, Dorothy.

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Matsudaira, S.

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Watters, Lee.

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Tiffany, John W.

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Laura Elizabeth (Howe) Richards

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Thomas, Lowell, 1892-

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Kummer, Clare (Beecher).

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Basil MacLean

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Pitiso, Clarence.

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Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999

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Translator, anthologist, author, and radio and TV entertainer. Full name Clifton Paul Fadiman. From the description of Papers of Clifton Fadiman, 1952-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068775 Author, literary critic. From the description of Reminiscences of Clifton Fadiman : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122411663 Writer, editor. Fadiman worked on many projects for the...

Frankfurter, Marion.

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Menken, Helen, 1902-1966

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Leslie, (Lady) Léonie.

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Hood, Robin (pseud.)

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Watson, Mark Skinner, 1887-1966

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Delafield, Elizabeth M.

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Kelley, Iamar.

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E. Cecil Eagan

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Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962

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Mabel Ganson was born on February 20, 1879 in Buffalo, New York. She was sent to the finest boarding schools in Buffalo and Manhattan. While living in Florence, Italy and later in Greenwich Village with her second husband, Edwin Dodge, she became known for her reputation for socializing and people gathering. After Mabel and Edwin Dodge divorced, she married artist Maurice Sterne in 1916. They moved to Santa Fe, and then Taos. Antonio Luhan became her fourth husband in 1923. It was in Taos that M...

Graham, Marilyn Fuller.

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Evans, Edith, Dame, 1888-1976

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [London] and [Kent], to Denys Blakelock, 1960 Mar. 7 and 1962 Dec. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870775 Epithet: afterwards Booth , actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x0001b7 ...

Jacobs, Eleanor, 1943-

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Alsop, Corinne Robinson.

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Douglas, Dorothy (Wolff) 1890-

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Mellinger, Edward D.

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Crim

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McAuley, George.

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McAuley, Patrick M.

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Ferry, Frederick C. (Frederick Carlos), 1868-1956

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Frederick Carlos Ferry (1868-1956) was born in Braintree, Vt., and graduated from Williams College in 1891. He served as Latin, Greek and mathematics instructor at the College from 1891 to 1894 before receiving an M.A. from Harvard University and a Ph. D. from Clark University. Ferry returned to Williams in 1899 to teach mathematics. Beginning in 1902, he also served as the College's Dean. He left Williams in 1917 to become President of Hamilton College. From the description of Paper...

McCutcheon, John T.

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John Tinney McCutcheon (1870-1949) was a newspaper cartoonist and war correspondent. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, McCutcheon graduated from Purdue University in 1889. After graduation, McCutcheon got a job as a cartoonist for the Chicago Morning News (later the News-Record; Chicago Record; Record-Herald). McCutcheon published political cartoons and was a correspondent covering the Spanish-American War and the South African (Boer) War. He illustrated the stories of his close friend, humorist Georg...

Shane, Pauline.

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Ralph McAllister Ingersoll

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Bonner, Paul Hyde

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Bury, Richard A.

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Whitely, George H.

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Hutchins, Maude, 1899-1991

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Robert Benjamin Irwin

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Aldrich, Richard

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Primmer, C. E. V.

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Curtis, F. Stanley.

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Carpenter, J. Edward.

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Kaufman, I.

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Jessup, Lois.

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Chapman, Joan M.

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Julia Herbine

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E. Sheldon

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Greenham, J. C.

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Davison, Emily S.

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Batchelder, Nathaniel Horton.

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Bucklin, Anne.

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Gish, Lillian, 1896-

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Rudd, Robert Barnes.

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Craven, Mary

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Warde, Frederic, 1894-1939

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Book designer, typographer and printer. Frederic Warde (1894-1939) was best known in the field of graphic arts as a book designer and in association with the Arrighi typeface. He was also a writer, editor, and, on occasion, a perfumer. After service in World War I, Warde worked as an editor at Macmillan? though they would eventually divorce, his ex-wife would achieve her own fame in the world of graphic arts as Beatrice Warde. Warde became designer for the Princeton University Press...

Denby, James.

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Townend, C. W.

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Roosevelt, Quentin, fl. 1941

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Rae, Lettice Milne.

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Durick, Margaret.

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Getman, William.

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Dukes, Ashley, 1885-

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McLaughlin, Fred

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Cecil-Smith, Florence A.

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Steele, Lucy.

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Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950

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Political scientist and educator. From the description of Letter of Harold Joseph Laski, 1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014835 Harold J. Laski was a political scientist and socialist, born in Manchester England. He studied at Oxford, and lectured at US universities before joining the London School of Economics (1920). He was chairman of the Labour Party (1945-6). His political philosophy was Marxism. His books, included Authority in the Modern State (1919), A Grammar...

DeAngelis, Jefferson, 1859-

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Roehrich, William.

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Colefax, (Lady) Sibyl.

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Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan, 1870-1942

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American author. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : to Richard Watson Gilder, 1902 September 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647880273 Louisville author. From the description of Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice : miscellaneous papers, 1902-1941. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49306901 Author. Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, a native of Louisville and the wife of Kentucky poet Cale Young Ric...

Walling, Ritner K.

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Landis, James McCauley, 1899-1964

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James McCauley Landis (1899-1964), lawyer and government official, was Special Assistant to the President on Regulatory Agencies during the Kennedy administration. From the description of Landis, James McCauley, 1899-1964 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581556 Lawyer, educator, consultant ? Dean, 1937-1946. Sec. 1934-1937; chm, 1935-1937. Member, Pres. Emergency Bd. on Nat. Ry. Strike, 1938. Special trial examiner for U.S. Dept. of Labor in Bridg...

Hawker, William Patrick.

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Kenyon, A. H.

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Rice, Howard C. (Howard Crosby), 1904-1980

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Historian and author, Rice directed Princeton's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections during the 1960s. From the description of Howard C. Rice collection on Saint-Mémin, 1951-1970. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 177444012 Howard C. Rice was a graduate of Dartmouth and received the degree of Docteur de l'Université from the University of Paris. After service in World War II, he was Director of the United States Information Librar...

Tate, Harriet E.

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Bailey, Ethel H.

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Leduith, A. E.

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Bodkin, Thomas.

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Professor Thomas Bodkin, 1887-1961, first Director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, was born in Dublin and educated at Clongowes Wood College and the Royal Institute of Ireland. He was called to the bar in 1911 and practised for 5 years. Bodkin went on to study in art galleries in Italy, France, Holland, Belgium and Austria. He became the Director of the National Gallery of Ireland in 1927 and remained there until coming to Birmingham to take up the post of Director...

Mitchell, L. M.

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Charles Lederer

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Chang, Madeleine.

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Eustis, Dorothy Harrison, 1886-1946

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Fontanne, Lynn

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Yamada, Osamu

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Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957

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Sayers was a British novelist, translator and apologist for the Christian faith. From the description of Dorothy L. Sayers letters and poems, 1913-1952. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 271111369 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x00016b Novelist and playwright. From the description of Letters, to Maurice Browne, 1936-1947. (University of Michigan). Wor...

Hamilton, Clayton, 1881-

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Hellier, H. F.

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Lange, Eileen.

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Doubleday, Nelson

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McDonnell, Mollie.

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Grant, L. Phyllis F.

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Mumby, D.

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Taylor, Davidson

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Robert B. Irwin

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Baker, Newton Diehl

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click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for Newton D. Baker Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937), was born on December 3, 1871, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, the second of four sons of Newton Diehl and Mary Ann (Dukehart) Baker. Baker entered Johns Hopkins University in 1888 and graduated from there in 1892. That same year, Baker went to Washington and Lee University where he obtained a law degree in 1894. From 1894 to 1896 Baker practiced law in Marti...

Scott, Margerie.

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Henry, Carmelite Garrett, 1871-1948

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Shreveport attorney, a vice president of the Louisiana Historical Society, and author of historical articles and the "History of Northwestern Louisiana" (1939). From the description of J. Fair Hardin papers, 1932. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 400009566 Carmelite "Cammie" Henry was born January 14, 1871 on Scattery Plantation in Ascension Parish. She was the only daughter of Leu Divine Erwin and Captain Stephen Garrett. Cammie was a graduate ...

Alexander Woolcott

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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 ...

Codman, Charles, 1800-1842

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Murrow, Edward R. (Edward Roscoe), 1908-1965

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Edward Roscoe Murrow (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965), born Egbert Roscoe Murrow, was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. During the war he recruited and worked closely with a team of war correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys. After the war, in December 1945 Murrow an offer to become a vice president of the CBS network and head o...

Stoll, Marian Rush, 1902-

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Raymond Ives

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McEwen, J. A.

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Joan Woollcott

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Nightingale, Dorothy.

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Gielgud, John, 1904-

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McKenzie, Edwin V.

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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...

Robinson, Kenneth Allan

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Professor, Department of English, Dartmouth College; literary critic. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1941. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122317706 ...

Williams, Herschel, Jr.

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Brooke, Justin

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Epithet: of Emmanuel College Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000186 ...

Gilbert, Stanley E.

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Stryker, Lloyd Paul, 1885-1955

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Benchley, Robert Charles, 1889-1945

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Fountain, D. M. S.

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Carmer, Carl, 1893-1976

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Carl Carmer was an author, folklorist, and educator, known as a regional writer whose New York-based works achieved a national audience. Born in Cortland, New York, and educated at Hamilton College and Harvard University, he served as professor of English at several universities before commitiing himself to writing full-time in 1928. He worked as a columnist, and then became editor of Theatre Arts Monthly from, 1929-1933. He wrote poetry, essays, and juvenile fiction, often based in New York's F...

Watson, Robert Mackenzie

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David Lamson

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Hammond, E. Francis.

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Howe, R. L.

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Cross, Wilbur L. (Wilbur Lucius), 1862-1948

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Epithet: of the `Yale Review' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000284 Cross was Governor of Connecticut. From the description of Proclamation of Thanksgiving day for the state of Connecticut : DS, 1936. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26525875 Wilbur Lucius Cross was born in Gurleyville, Connecticut, on April 10, 1862. He received his B.A. from Yale in 1885...

Alleyne, R.

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Fuller, Adaline.

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Taylor, B.

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Frode Jensen

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Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961

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George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961) was a playwright, director, producer, humorist, and drama critic noted for his many collaborations with other writers and his contributions to 20th century American comedy. His most successful solo script was The Butter and Egg Man, 1925. As a collaborator, Kaufman was prolific: with Marc Connelly he wrote Merton of the Movies, Dulcy, and Beggar on Horseback; with Ring Lardner he wrote June Moon; with Edna Ferber he wrote The Royal Family, ...

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...

Mansfield, Richard, 1898-1918.

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Alexander Cowie

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Troubridge, Henry J.

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Ives, Raymond.

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Geraghty, Tom

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Brown, Ethan Allan

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Barry, Charles C.

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Jackson, Ada

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Sampson, Raymond.

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Osborn, Alex F. (Alex Faickney)

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Rapallo, Edna.

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Habberton, John L.

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Henriott, F. A.

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Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959

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British politician Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881-1959), was the son of Charles Lindley Wood, the 2nd Viscount Halifax, and Lady Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay. In 1909, he married Lady Dorothy Onslow (1885-1976), with whom he had six children. Educated at Eton College and Oxford University, Wood became the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Ripon constituency in 1910 as well as the first Lord Irwin and a member of the House of Lords in 1925. He served in...

New Yorker, The. New York.

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Poletti, Charles

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Lawyer, politician; interviewee b.1903. From the description of Reminiscences of Charles Poletti : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726080 From the description of Reminiscences of Charles Poletti : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528228 ...

Birch, Reginald B., 1856-1943

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Williams, John D., 1951-

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Woollman

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Kay, Ken

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Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-

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Wyatt, Minnie Frances.

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Jenson, Deborah.

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Bates, Blanche, 1873-1941

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Van Campen, Helen.

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Buchan, John, 1875-1940

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John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. From the description of Letter from John Buchan to Joseph Harrington O'Brien, 1890-1941, 1921, Nov. 8. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228769757 English author and statesman, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps; 1st baron Tweedsmuir. From the description of Typed letters signed (4) : Elsfield Manor, Oxford, an...

Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-

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Mulligan, William G.

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Oberg, Torgny.

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Mansfield, Beatrice.

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Downes, Irene Miles.

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Cowley, W. H. (William Harold), 1899-1978

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William Harold (Hal) Cowley was born in Petersburg, Virginia, May 28, 1899; received degrees from Dartmouth College (1924) and University of Chicago (Ph.D. in 1930). He held various administrative positions in the field of higher education (Assistant to the President and Head of Placement Services at the University of Chicago (1927-1929), professor of psychology at Ohio State (1931-1937); President of Hamilton College (1938-1944); professor of higher education at Stanford (1945-1978). In 1954 he...

Joel, George W.

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Cecil, Mary.

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Field, Roswell F.

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Forrester, Harold.

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Denson, Annie.

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Congressional Library.

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Howard Bull

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Poole, Adelaide R.

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Parker, Dorothy (Rothschild) 1893-

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Jolson, Al, 1886-1950

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Composer. From the description of Autograph note signed : [New York], to Irene [Gallagher], 1921 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270914110 Although many people view Al Jolson as little more than a singer of long ago, the voice of "The Jazz Singer", the first full-length 'talking movie", he was known as The World's Greatest Entertainer, a superstar before the word was coined, a man whose musical heritage created much of the entertainment industry we know today. His car...

Bishop, John E.

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Knickerbocker, Agnes.

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Chill, L. A.

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Shepard, William P.

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Neile Fassett Towner

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Beatrice Kaufman

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Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953

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Alumnus of City College, Class of 1898. From the description of Papers, 1926-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155504196 ...

Williams, Hope

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Ella

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Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946

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"These were written at periods when Mr. Tarkington and Susanah [his wife] were in Indianapolis and they wanted to have news from Kennebunkport, Maine. We had known him very shortly after we moved to Kennebunkport in about 1917, after the war. He was known as 'the gentleman from Indiana' and was a well known author at the time the first letter in this collection was written. . . . Mr. Tarkington had rented a house in Kennebunkport for many years but decided that he would like to design his own pl...

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. ...

Walker, Edwin C., 1849-1931

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Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-

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Dos Passos, John, 1896-

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Lampman, Ben Hur, 1886-1954

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Ben Hur Lampman was born in Wisconsin in 1886 and died in 1954. From the guide to the Ben Hur Lampman papers, 1936-1952, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Ben Hur Lampman was born to a Barron, Wisconsin newspaper family in 1886. Leaving home at the age of fifteen, he found work as a tramp printer at a variety of North Dakota newspapers. As a young man, he founded a newspaper called The Michigan Arena in Michigan City. During this time, he married Lena McEwen Sheld...

Lederer, Charles

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Hayes, Helen

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Benrimo, J. H.

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Heming, Joyce.

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Mangan, Thomas J.

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Williamson, W. E.

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Lardner, Ring Wilmer, 1915-

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Paul C. Harper

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Eagan, William.

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Agnew, George S.

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Cameron, Kenneth

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Hall, W. P. J. (William P. J.)

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Butts, I. Seton.

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Wilcox, Barbara.

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Irene Franklin

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Roberts, Kenneth, 1885-

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Annan, J. Gilroy.

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Amherst, (Lord) Jeffrey.

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Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978

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Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978), the British writer, was the author of novels, short stories, poetry, a biography of T.H. White, and other writings. From the description of Sylvia Townsend Warner letters, 1937-1977. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122687134 Sylvia Townsend Warner was an English novelist, poet, biographer, and translator. From the description of Sylvia Townsend Warner collection of papers, 1922-1978. (New York Public Library). Wo...

Meyer, Nina

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Nesbitt, Cathleen, 1888-1982

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Cathleen Nesbitt (1888-1982) was an English actress. From the description of Letters: to Anita Loos, 1965-1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515122 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x000244 Epithet: afterwards Ramage actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1...

Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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Pearl S. Buck was the daughter of American missionary parents, and spent the first seventeen years of her life in China. Her third novel, The Good Earth, won the Pulitzer Prize, and a Nobel Prize for literature followed, citing The Good Earth as well as her biographies of her parents. Critical reception for her works has been mixed since these early successes. A prolific and optimistic author, most of her fiction is set in China, and she displays great affection for the place and her characters....

Clark, John Kirkland, 1906-

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Carruthers, Helen

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Young, Roland, 1887-1953

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Roland Young (1887-1953) was a British-born stage, screen and television actor, who is best known as the star of the "Topper" series of movies. Young published a number of books, some included his drawings. From the description of Roland Young drawings, 1922 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 659814673 From the guide to the Roland Young drawings, 1922 and undated., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)...

Kennedy, Madge, 1890-1987

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Barbour, Joyce, 1901-1977

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Kirby, Thomas

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Epithet: of Chatham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000218 ...

Mapes, Spencer.

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Oliver, Edna May, 1883-1942

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H. B. Swope

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Anne Parrish

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Michie, John T.

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Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976

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Actor, scene designer, and lighting designer and innovator; d. 1976. From the description of Jo Mielziner collection, [193-]-[197-]. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70923011 Donald Mitchell Oenslager, an American stage designer and professor, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 7 March 1902. Oenslager began his career in the theater as an actor, working at the Greenwich Village Theatre and the Provincetown Playhouse during the early 1920s. He became interested i...

Cook, Joe

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Klauber, Edward.

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Hecht Mrs Ben.

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Compton, Fay, 1894-1978

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British actress. From the description of Letter : London, to Laurence Housman, [19--] Sept. 24. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25352512 ...

Stryker, Melancthon Woolsey, 1851-1929

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Epithet: DD, Presbyterian minister and hymnographer of Chicago British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x000267 ...

Amos, Charles L. (Charles Lee), 1886-1961

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John Gielgud

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Carr V. Van Anda

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Walling, Robert Alfred John, 1869-

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Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Fernand Gregh, [n.d.]"Jeudi." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615671 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Georges [de Lauris], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851761 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [n.p.], to [Robert de Montesquiou], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851766 Marcel Proust is generally regarded as one ...

Payton, E. S.

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Shane, Ted, 1900-

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Cooper, J. V.

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Neysa McMein

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Fields, William

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Gill, Mrs Anita.

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Arthur Percy Saunders

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Davis, Norman H. (Norman Hezekiah), 1878-1944

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Economist, diplomat, and humanitarian. From the description of Papers of Norman H. Davis, 1915-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79322288 Biographical Note 1978, Aug. 9 Born, Normandy, Bedford County, Tenn. 1897 1900 Attended Vanderbilt Un...

Silberberg, D. H.

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

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor B. (Mrs Theodore).

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Waln, Nora.

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Nora Waln was a 20th century Quaker author and journalist who wrote about Nazi Germany and China. From the description of Nora Waln Literary Papers, 1796-1939. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 213813867 From the description of Nora Waln Literary Papers, 1939-1964. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 420344336 ...

Jesse, Fryn Tennyson

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Bull, W. D.

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Rickert, Marguerite.

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Dunne, Finley Peter, 1867-1936

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American humorist. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : Chicago, to Laurens Maynard, 1900 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742350 Humorist, satirist, and journalist. From the description of Finley Peter Dunne papers, 1889-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981144 ...

Mrs Charles K. Mallory

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Robeson, Eslanda (Goode) 1896-

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Anne Bucklin

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Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

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Elihu Root, born in Clinton, NY, attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served as member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1...

Coughlin, Edward M.

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Mackworth, N.H.

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Phillipps, Ursula.

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Helm, Edith Benham, 1874-1962

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Social secretary at the White House. From the description of Edith Benham Helm papers, 1915-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83145888 Biographical Note 1874 Born, Staten Island, N.Y. 1915 1919 Social secretary to Edith Bolling Galt Wilson...

McCullogh, C. George.

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Professional Children's School.

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Leonard, Baird.

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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...

Cicely Isabel Fairfield Rebecca West, pseud.

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Truax, Alice H.

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Sung, Tse-wen, 1894-

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Nicoll, Walter R.

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Faulkner, Alex H.

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Dickson Hartwell

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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-

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Freed, ...

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Davies, Auerbach, Cornell & Hardy.

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Foster Mrs John.

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Waugh, Arthur, 1866-1943

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Epithet: editor and publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x000152 ...

Moley, Raymond, 1886-

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Drage, Lucy.

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Perry, Lewis, 1938-....

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Holmes, H.

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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...

Walsh, Denis Henry.

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Doro, Marie Katherine Stewart.

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Walter Winchell

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Kennedy, R. Oakley.

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Thomason, John W. (John William), 1893-1944

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John William Thomason, Jr. (1893-1944), author, artist, and United States Marine Corps captain, was born in Huntsville, Texas, on February 28, 1893. During his life, he attended several universities, institutes, and colleges, including Southwestern University, Sam Houston Normal Institute, the University of Texas, the Art Students League in New York, and the Army and Navy War colleges. Before joining the U.S. Marine Corps in 1917, he taught school, worked as a school principal, wrot...

Roosevelt, James, 1828-1900

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Bodden, Margaret.

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Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946

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Harry Lloyd Hopkins (1890-1946) was born in Sioux City, Iowa. After graduation from Grinnell College in 1912, he became a social worker in New York City with the Christadora Settlement House and the Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor (AICP). He was Executive Secretary of the New York Board of Child Welfare from 1915 to 1917 and worked for the American Red Cross in New Orleans and Atlanta from 1917 to 1921, when he rejoined the AICP in New York as Assistant Director. He headed t...

Hannen, Athena Seyles.

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Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949

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Epithet: US journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x000092 Villard, a journalist and author, was president of the New York Evening Post (1897-1918), editor and owner of The Nation (1918-1932), publisher and contributing editor of The Nation (1932-1935), a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and of Yachting Magazine, and owner of the Nautical Gazette. His father ...

MacDonald, Malcolm, 1901-

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Ives, Emmy.

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Anno Domini.

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Arlen, Michael, 1895-

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Taylor, Deems, 1885-

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Murphy, Gerald

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Gordon, Ruth, 1896-1985

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Actress and playwright. From the description of Ruth Gordon papers, 1924-1969 (bulk 1940-1969). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130956 Biographical Note Ruth Gordon 1896, Oct. 30 Born, Wollaston, Mass. 1915 Appeared as Nibs in Peter Pan (play) ...

Foster, Elizabeth, 1905-

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Sheldon, Edward, 1886-1946

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American playwright. From the description of Letter to Alexander Woollcott [manuscript], n.y. March 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814540 Sheldon was an American playwright. He helped to bring social consciousness and seriousness of purpose into U.S. drama of the early 20th century. From the description of Correspondence, 1899-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82576657 From the guide to the Edward Sheldon correspondence, 1899-1959...

Sheean, Vincent, 1899-1975

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Vincent Sheean was an American journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. From the description of Vincent Sheean collection of papers, [1929]-1973 bulk (1938-1959). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122639845 From the guide to the Vincent Sheean collection of papers, 1929]-1973, 1938-1959, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) James Vincent Sheean (1899-1975) w...

Fight for Freedom Committee.

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Biographical/Historical Note Private organization lobbying for American intervention in World War II. From the guide to the Fight for Freedom Committee records, 1940-1942, (Hoover Institution Archives) The national Fight for Freedom Committee, formed in New York City in April, 1941, favored the immediate entry of the United States into World War II to aid in the defeat of Hitler. The Committee's honorary chai...

Chang, Millicent

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Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967

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Editor, publisher, and philanthropist. From the description of Henry Robinson Luce papers, 1917-1967 (bulk 1945-1967). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979868 Epithet: American publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000705.0x0000d4 Biographical Note 1898, Apr. 3 Born, Shantung Provi...

Henderson, Margaret T.

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Barrett, George A.

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Woodward, William E. (William Englar), 1939-

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Hoyt, Mrs Sherman R.

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George Michael, 1878-

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Walker, W. J.

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Chaplin, Charles, 1889-

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Brent, Romney, 1902-1976

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Whitney Darrow

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Powell, Thomas Reed, 1880-1955

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Attorney, law professor, legal scholar, arbitrator. LL.B., Harvard, 1904; Ph.D., Columbia, 1913. Lecturer, fellow, prof., Columbia, 1907-1908, 1910-1925; prof. of law,, Harvard L.S., 1925-1949,. Spec. ass't to U.S. Att. Gen., 1936, 1941. Member, President's Emergency Board on National Railway Strike, 1941. Member and office holder, American Political Science Association including presidency. Author of books and articles on separation of powers. From the description of Papers of Thoma...

Herdman, Ramona

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Titterton, Lewis.

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Hennessey, Jo.

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Copeland, Charles Townsend, 1860-1952

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Copeland (1860-1952) graduated from Harvard in 1882 and taught rhetoric and oratory at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Charles Townsend Copeland, 1862-1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973011 Educator, editor, and author. From the description of Charles Townsend Copeland papers, 1898-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449796 Copeland (A.B. 1882) became an assistant professor of English at Harvard University in 1...

Lehman, Edith A. (Edith Altschul), 1889-1976

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Edith Louise Altschul was born in San Francisco on August 8, 1889 to Charles and Camilla Altschul. Charles, a successful banker with Lazard Freres, moved the family to New York City in 1901. Edith attended Dr. Sach's Girls School and Miss Jacoby's School (now the Calhoun School) and took a nursing course after graduation. She met Herbert H. Lehman, a partner in the Lehman Brothers investment firm, at a picnic. They were married on April 28, 1910 and would have three children, Peter,...

Woodhams, W. L.

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Waxman, Percy.

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Reepmaker, N.

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Emerson, Frances W.

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Clarke, Greville.

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Edey, Maitland A. (Maitland Armstrong), 1910-1992

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Watson, Lucille.

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Harris, John, -1699?

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Epithet: Muggletonian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002f9 Epithet: of Waterford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x000186 Epithet: corn-merchant, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x000152 Epithet: DD, Warden ...

Carter, P. Youngman.

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Glendinning, Angus.

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Houlden, Margaret.

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Fiorello Henry LaGuardia

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Loftus, Cecilia, 1876-1943

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Cecilia Loftus, actress. From the description of Recollections of Winston Churchill, manuscript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122466882 ...

Macy, R.H., & Co., New York.

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Sullivan, Elizabeth

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Young, Arthur Henry, 1866-1944

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Glanville, Betty Fellows.

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Boyle, Philip and Edith.

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Eckert, Alice.

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Zaugg

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Meyer, Manfred W. S.

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Douglas, Robert, Sir, 1694-1770

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Epithet: of Add MS 23802 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000508.0x000302 Epithet: of Blaikerstoun, Commissioner for county Berwickshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000508.0x000354 Epithet: Presbyterian Minister at Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/v...

Keller, Helen, 1880-1968

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Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) devoted her life to bettering the education and treatment of the blind, the deaf, and the nonverbal, and was a pioneer in educating the public in the prevention of blindness in newborns. Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. When Helen Keller was 19 months old she became ill with Scarlet Fever, which resulted in her becoming blind and deaf. In her autobiography The Story of My Life, a book she first wrote in 1903 at the age of 23, she desc...

Kauffman, Reginald Wright, 1877-1959

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Reginald Wright Kauffman was an author, editor, and journalist. His most famous books were "The Latter Day Saints" (1913) and "The House of Bondage" (1910). One was about the economics that drove the Mormons west, while the other was about prostitution. While he was mainly writing novels like "Money to Burn" and "Spanish Dollars", he was writing poetry, self-help, non-fiction, and children's books. He promoted women's suffrage while traveling through Europe and parts of Africa. During World War ...

Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940

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Lawyer and U.S. senator from Idaho. From the description of William Edgar Borah papers, 1905-1940 (bulk 1912-1940). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979901 U.S. senator from Idaho. From the description of Letter, 1929 Oct. 12, Washington D.C., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904148 Attorney in Boise, Idaho; United States senator from Idaho, 1907-1940. From the description of Correspondence, 1902-1932. (Idah...

Stryker, Katharine T.

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H., Jack

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Gleason, James

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Sanders, W. H.

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Farson, Dan N.

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Houchin, Victor.

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Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964

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Harpo Marx (b. Adolph Marx, Nov. 23, 1888, Manhattan, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1964, Los Angeles, CA) along with brothers Julius (Groucho) and Milton (Gummo) formed the comedy troupe the Marx Brothers in 1910. Harpo and his brothers appeared in many films and television shows and is best known for his signature outfit: trench coat with over-large pockets, wig, top hat, and a comical horn heard in his movies. He married actress Susan Fleming on September 28, 1936 and adopted 4 children....

Watson, Robert Mackenzie

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Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940

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Professor of biology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. From the description of Correspondence to Morley Roberts, 1934. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 645650881 Raymond Pearl was a biologist and statistician. He spent most of his academic career (1918-1940) at the Johns Hopkins University, where he was Professor of Biometry and Vital Statistics and Director of the Institute of Biological Research. He was founder of...

Marx, Groucho, 1891-

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J. V. Cooper

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Rickard, Elizabeth.

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Hard, Walter

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King, Stanley, 1883-

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Curie, Ève, 1904-2007

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Jessup, Philip C. (Philip Caryl), 1897-1986

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Judge, diplomat. From the description of Reminiscences of Philip Caryl Jessup : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419673 From the description of Reminiscences of Philip Caryl Jessup : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739696 From the description of Reminiscences of Philip Caryl Jessup : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). Wor...

Lippmann, Walter, 1889-

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Clemence, Amelia L.

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Herford, B.

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Swan, Paul

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Morley, Frank Vigor, 1899-

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Scholes, George.

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Stebbins, Edith Endicott.

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Brown, Catherine Estelle (Hayes).

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O'Hara, John, 1905-1970

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John O'Hara was an American novelist and short story writer originally from Pottsville, Pa. In the 1950s and 1960s O'Hara was one of the most popular, prolific, and financially successful authors in the United States. A realist-naturalist writer, O'Hara emphasized complete objectivity in his books, writing frankly about the materialistic aspirations and sexual exploits of his characters. Five of his novels were adapted for films. From the description of John O'Hara letters to H.N. Sw...

Powell, Stanley G.

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Bond, Roberta S.

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Meloney, Marie Mattingly

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Epithet: of the 'New York Herald Tribune' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x0000c2 Magazine editor including "Women's Magazinre," the "Delineator," the Sunday magazine of the "New York Herald Tribune" and "This week." From the description of Marie Meloney letter to Carty Ranck [manuscript], 1930 Sep 6. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 318063959 Editor, write...

Thornton Wilder

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Humphreys, Alexander Crombie, 1851-1927

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Endo, A., 1981-

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Janis, Elsie, 1890-

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Bonner, Paul Hyde

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Kelly, W. H.

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Simonin, Chanoine.

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Lloyd, Lewis

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Newland, A.

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Hankinson, R.

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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 ...

Williams, Wythe, 1881-1956

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Rhoda Clark

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Hole, Edward Sidney, 1884-

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Woollcott, Barbara

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Hutcheson, Grace.

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Lewin, Eugene M.

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Kent, Frank R. (Frank Richardson), 1877-1958

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Parrish, Anne, 1888-

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Stonehold, Will III.

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Lamb, Audrey.

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Baragwanath, John.

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Hicks, Kathleen Nugent (Savage).

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Wheeler, Elsie Hadley.

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De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955

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American educator, novelist, and Literary Editor of the Mark Twain Estate. From the description of Autograph and typed letters signed (11) : Lincoln and Cambridge, Mass. ; White Plains, New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, [n.d.] and 1935-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863883 Betty White was one of De Voto's students at Northwestern in the 1920's. She was literary, and the best friend of Avis MacVicar, whom De Voto shortly married. As a senior at Northwestern, Betty Whi...

Craige, John Houston

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Phyllis King.

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Blake, H. Marion.

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Hoy, William

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William Hoy was a local historian, journalist, editor, and author in San Francisco's Chinatown. From 1935 to 1941, he was a social worker for the WPA in California's Relief Administration, and also served in the U.S. army during World War II. From the description of William Hoy papers, 1935-1949. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 48239798 ...

Murray, Diana

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Roosevelt, Eleanor B.

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MacLeish, Martha H.

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Hostetler, Joseph C.

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Peffers, J. B.

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Ollivant, Alfred, 1874-

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Tubbs, Hal.

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Boundy, Rex.

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Hamilton, Hamish

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Alsop, Joseph W. (Joseph Wright), 1876-1953

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Biographical Note Joseph Alsop 1910, Oct. 11 Born, Avon, Conn. 1928 Graduated, Groton School, Groton, Mass. 1932 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ...

White, William Lindsay

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Braley, Berton, 1882-

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Skudder, G. Ross.

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Jordan, Elizabeth

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Pratt, Arthur.

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Banks, Gwendoline.

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Sophie Rosenberger

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Granny, Helen.

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Mrs Elwood Hendrick

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Knopf, firm, publishers, New York.

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Bruce, A.

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Behrman, Samuel Nathaniel, 1893-

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Stallings, Laurence, 1894-

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Stallings, Helen P.

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Larrett, W. B.

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Pearson, Edmund Lester, 1880-1937

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Editor and author. Worked for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, New York Evening Post, Life, Scribner's, etc. From the description of Edmund Lester Pearson letters [manuscript], 1928. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 274184207 Edmund Lester Pearson (1880-1937) was an American librarian and writer best known for his book Studies in Murder (1924) and other essays in the true crime genre. He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard in 1...

Fatio, Eleanor.

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Getman, Albert A. Jr.

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Berlé, A. H.

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Chandler, Hugh Wills.

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Crossman, Henrietta.

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Root, Edward W.

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Birchall, Frederick T.

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Shaw, Julia Ward (Richards).

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Dowle, Dorothy I.

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Hassinger, J. P.

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Lysen, J. C.

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Ewald, Henry T.

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Petrova, Olga, 1886-

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Elihu Root Jr.

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Williams, Frank

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Epithet: of Brixton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x000139 ...

Woodward, William E., 1874-1950

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Author and historian noted for biographies of George Washington and Ulysses Grant. From the description of W.E. Woodward letters, 1926, 1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 78610982 ...

Swinnerton, Frank, 1884-1982

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English novelist; Brown class of 1907. From the description of Papers, 1953-1968. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122615539 Swinnerton, a literary critic, editor, and author, was born in London and worked as an office boy and later as an editor for publishers. He began writing the first of his more than forty novels and twenty books of criticism in 1909. He was literary critic for the Evening news and The Observer. Swinnerton is best known for his novels, including N...

Cowley, William Harold 1899-

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Elliott, Dorothy

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Herbein, Julia Giles.

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Colman, Genevieve.

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Myerson, Mervin R.

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Holt, W. Stull (William Stull), 1896-1981

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William Stull Holt was born in 1896. He taught history at the University of Washington and served as chair of the History Department. He was a member of the American Historical Association, and an official of the Democratic Party. He was active in the Democratic national conventions, 1968-1972; the Democratic National Committee; the Washington State Democratic Central Committee; and the King County Democratic Central Committee. He died in 1981. From the guide to the W. Stull Holt pap...

Ross, Harold Wallace, 1892-1951

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Woollcott, Polly.

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Golenpaul, Dan

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Radio pioneer; interviewee b. 1900; d. 1974. From the description of Reminiscences of Dan Golenpaul : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309738454 Radio and television producer. Born 1901, died 1974. From the description of Papers of Dan Golenpaul, 1934-1981 (bulk 1934-1977). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069273 Radio and television producer; b. 1901, d. 1974. From the description of Pape...

Stephen Earley

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Ayres, Arthur Hugo, 1889-

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Wren, Josiah.

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Brilliant, V.

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Capel, Kathleen F.

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Woollcott, Clara.

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Smith, Homer William, 1895-1962

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Wilkinson, Alice M.

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Thompson, Malvina C.

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Willis, Samuel A.

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Stanmore, Grove

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Kitchener, Madge.

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Wells, Carolyn

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x000369 ...

Miller, Alice Duer, 1874-1942

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Alice (Maude) Duer Miller served as a Trustee of Barnard from 1922-1942, collaborating with Susan Myers-on " Barnard College; the First Fifty Years" published in 1939. She graduated from Barnard in 1899 and did graduate work in Mathematics at Columbia. Miller was an author, writing short stories, novels, screenplays and poetry. She acted in the film, "Soak the Rich." Miller was member of the Algonquin Roundtable a charter member of Alexander Woollcott's literary colony on Neshobe Island, Lake Bo...

Wain, Walter E.

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Harris, Sam H.

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Dietz, Howard

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Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, writers and composers. From the description of Revenge with music: typescript, 1934. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122532975 Howard Dietz (1896-1983) was an important musical theater lyricist and motion picture publicist, who is well-known for his professional partnership with composer Arthur Schwartz, as well as for his long association with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio. Born in New York City...

Cather, Willa, 1875-1947

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Black, Davidson, 1884-1934

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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...

Fini, Charles.

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Nathan, George Jean, 1882-1958

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Author. From the description of Letter with reply of George Jean Nathan, 1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983742 Editor of The American Spectator. From the description of Letters signed (17) : New York, to Claire Luce, 1933-1955 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270952693 ...

Thompson, Jessie A. W.

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Gay, M and W O.

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Johnstone

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Epithet: Ensign British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000356.0x00034c ...

Barrett, George A.

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Dobson, Marian.

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Tapsell, Thomas.

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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 ...

Margaret Mitchell

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Woollcott, Joan.

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Nolan, Joseph J.

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Agar, Gertrude M.

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Mayer, Isabel.

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Roughead, William, 1870-1952

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Langharne, Eunice.

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Darrach, William

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Smithson, Laura.

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Smith, Dan, 1865-1934

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Walpole, Helen

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McLaughlin, Irene (Foote) Castle.

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George Macy

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Nichols, Alice, 1905-

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Wilbur, Ruth.

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American foundation for the blind

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Gordan, Jones.

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Johnson, Owen, 1878-

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Cabrey, John J.

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Mrs Cross

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Bingham, Barry, 1881-

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Jordan, Joe S.

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Donovan, William Joseph, 1883-1959

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William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan (January 1, 1883 – February 8, 1959) was an American soldier, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat, best known for serving as the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, during World War II. He is regarded as the founding father of the CIA, and a statue of him stands in the lobby of the CIA headquarters building in Langley, Virginia. A decorated veteran of World War I, Donovan is the only person ...

Wanger, Walter F.

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Thayer, Tiffany, 1902-

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Coward, Noel, 1899-

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Christie, Elizabeth M.

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Gerald Murphy

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Richard Bird, pseud.

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Armstrong, A.

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Epithet: contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x000228 ...

Donnelly, Dorothy (Boillotat) 1903-

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Flanner, Janet, 1892-1978

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Papers of Janet Flanner (1892-1978) and Natalia Danesi Murray (1901-1994); journalists, writers, and editors. From the description of Papers of Janet Flanner and Natalia Danesi Murray, 1940-1984 (bulk 1944-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132644 Janet Flanner (1892-1978), who used the pseudonym Genêt, and her companion, Solita Solano (1888-1975), were American journalists, writers, and literary editors, who settled in Paris, France, in 1922. From the desc...

Jardine, James M.

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Solano, Salita, 1888-

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Flandrau, Grace (Hodgson).

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Rudd, John.

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Streit, Clarence K. (Clarence Kirshman), 1896-1986

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Author, editor, and journalist. From the description of Papers of Clarence K. Streit, 1838-1990 (bulk 1939-1986). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071998 From the description of Papers, 1910-1987 (bulk 1939-1977). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28495262 American journalist and author. From the description of Letter to Mr. Williamson [manuscript], 1935 January 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976010 ...

Maude Hutchins

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Perkins, J. G.

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Hewitt, Frank

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Laing, Alexander Kinnan, 1903-

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Sheldon, Edward, 1886-1946

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American playwright. From the description of Letter to Alexander Woollcott [manuscript], n.y. March 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814540 Sheldon was an American playwright. He helped to bring social consciousness and seriousness of purpose into U.S. drama of the early 20th century. From the description of Correspondence, 1899-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82576657 From the guide to the Edward Sheldon correspondence, 1899-1959...

Beattie, William, 1903-1986

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Bingham, Mary Alice

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Woollcott, Nancy.

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Burke, Daniel

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Maude, Margery, 1889-1979

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Epithet: afterwards Burden actress, daughter of Cyril Maude, wife of Joseph Burden British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x00000c ...

Williams, W. H., dramatist.

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Carr, James J.

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James, Alexander L. Jr.

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Hubble, Grace.

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Bankhead, Tallulah

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Actress. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1920]-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507628 Tallulah (Tallulah Brockman) Bankhead was born 1902 Jan. 31 to William B. and Ada Eugenia Sledge Bankhead in Huntsville, Madison Co., Ala. She attended primary school in Montomery, Ala., while living with her uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Owen. She later attended Convent of the Sacred Heart (N.Y.), 1912-1913; Mary Baldwin Seminary (Va.), 1913; Convent of t...

Kunreuther, W.

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Markey, Morris, 1899-

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Thompson, Ethel J.

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Howard, Sidney Coe, 1891-1939

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Sidney Coe Howard was a popular and successful American playwright and screenwriter, becoming the first person to win both a Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award. Born in Oakland, California, and educated at the University of California at Berkeley and Harvard, he served as an aviator in World War I. After the war he established a reputation as a journalist, investigating the social issues of the day, and publishing both short stories and translations; he found great success as a playwright, winn...

McSean, Mickie.

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Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1882-1958

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

Alsop, Joseph W. (Joseph Wright), 1876-1953

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Biographical Note Joseph Alsop 1910, Oct. 11 Born, Avon, Conn. 1928 Graduated, Groton School, Groton, Mass. 1932 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ...

Prosser, Arthur J.

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Miller, Frances

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Ulric, Lenore.

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Blundell-Brown, Maeveer.

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Anderson, Joan

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Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984

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Dramatist. From the description of The autumn garden : playscript, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131544 Lillian Hellman (1905-1984), playwright and screenwriter. From the description of These three : (Hellman story), 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193196 Lillian Hellman, America’s most significant woman playwright of the twentieth century, was born on June 20, 1905, in New Orleans to Max and Julia Newhouse Hellman. Her e...

Bonner, Lily.

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Johnson, Donald

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Marie Woollcott

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Frere-Rives, Pat.

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Howard, Leslie, 1893-1943

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Deborah Jensen

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McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944

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Evangelist, radio speaker, founder of International Church of the Foursquare Gospel; born Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy to Canadian parents on October 9, 1890; married Robert Semple in 1908; went together to China as missionaries but she returned to the United States in 1911 with her baby daughter after Robert's death; in 1912, she married Harold McPherson, who she divorced in 1921; began to travel as an independent evangelist in 1916; eventually settled in Los Angeles, where in 1923 she founded the I...

Littlewood, Fred.

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Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945

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Theodore Dreiser was an American literary naturalist and author of two of the most significant works of early twentieth-century American fiction, SISTER CARRIE (1900) and AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (1925). From the description of The mercy of God : manuscript, [1900-1945?] / by Theodore Dreiser. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 63051908 Editor and author. From the description of Theodore Dreiser papers, 1910-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009534 ...

Smith, George Joseph Anthony.

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Maude Adams

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Anglin, Margaret, 1876-1958

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Canadian actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [Wilmington, 9 March 1915], and [New York, n.d.], to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1915, 9 March. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680597 Margaret Anglin (1876-1958) was a Canadian-born actress, director, and producer who was considered one of the finest actresses of her day. Anglin performed on Broadway and around the country from 1889 to 1936. Like many of Broadway's stars at the beginn...

Quillen, Robert, 1887-1948

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Syndicated editorialist; paragrapher; creator of comic features "Aunt Het" and "Willie Willis"; author of One Man's Religion and The Path Wharton Found; and editor and publisher of the Fountain Inn Tribune, Fountain Inn, S.C. From the description of Robert Quillen papers, 1904-1985; (bulk, 1906-1949) (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28416252 Author, and editor and publisher of the Fountain Inn Tribune, Fountain Inn, S.C. From the description of...

Root, Elihu, Jr.

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McGeehan, William O'Connell, 1879-

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Colefax, Peter.

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Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-

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Grainger, Margaret

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Doig, David, 1719-1800

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James Moore

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Herbert Getman

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Howe, S. F.

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Duranty, Walter, 1884-

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March, E. M.

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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953

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A biographical timeline is provided in the Eugene O'Neill Papers (YCAL MSS 123). From the guide to the Eugene O'Neill collection, 1912-1993, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) American playwright. From the description of Papers, 1913-1986, 1913-1950 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155490040 From the description of Papers of Eugene O'Neill [manuscript], 1915-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810476 From the de...

J. Douglass Erskine

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Bogie, Edith.

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Early, Stephen

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Bolitho, William, 1890-1930

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Kennedy, Daniel G.

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Darby, L. A.

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East, Middle

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Allwood, Violet.

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Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950

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Poet and author. From the description of Edna St. Vincent Millay papers, 1832-1992 (bulk 1900-1950). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066360 American poet. From the description of ALS : Camden, Maine, to Eleanor Morgan Patterson, 1916 June 15. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122442927 From the description of Photograph of Edna St. Vincent Millay [manuscript], 1920 August. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812089 ...

Craven, Frank

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Wood, Peggy, 1894-

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Fairfield, Cicely Isabel, 1892-

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Ralph Hayes

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Jacoves, Felix.

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Corwin, Norman Lewis, 1910-

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Dann, Fred.

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Keir, J. Hardie.

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Bonsfield, H. T. W.

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Bell, Ulric.

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Ward, Charles L.

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Yuan, Henry Kean.

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Eustis, Grace Hendrick.

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Owen, Edward

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Epithet: of Add MS 37585 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000566.0x000055 Epithet: Admiral GCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0000ed Epithet: Rector of Warrington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000566.0x000059 Epithet: Curate of Wal...

Ferguson, Archibald.

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Roosevelt, Belle, 1892-1968

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Biographical Note Kermit Roosevelt 1889, Oct. 10 Born, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y. 1908 Graduated from Groton School, Groton, Mass. 1909 Accompanied his father, Theodore Roosevelt, on a hunting expedition to ...

Street, Julian, Jr.

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Reede, Edward H. (Edward Hiram), 1875-

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Nichols, Arthur

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Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907

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Richard Mansfield (1857-1907) was an actor of the late 19th century. He was born in Helgoland, Germany, into a family that excelled in the performing arts. His mother was the prima donna Hermine Rudersdorff (1822-1882), and his grandfather, the violinist Joseph Rudersdorff (1788-1866). His father, Maurice Mansfield, was a London businessman. Richard Mansfield began his stage career touring the English provinces in Gilbert and Sullivan and made his first appear...

Franklin, Irene

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J. C. Hostetler

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Dillingham, C. B.

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Fullerton Mrs M. K.

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Clifford, John E. (John Edward), 1936-

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Shapero, Harold

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White, Elwyn Brooks, 1899-

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Brady, William A.. 1863-1950

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Mandart, C. J.

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Hewlett, F. K.

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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...

David Belasco

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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....

Kathleen (Thompson) Norris

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Walbridge, Earle Francis, 1896-1962

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Cochran, Phyllis A.

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Kempster, Arthur John.

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Campbell, Beatrice, 1922-1979

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Glanville, Ronald.

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Mearns, David C. David Chambers 1899-1981

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Librarian and historian. From the description of Papers of David C. Mearns, 1918-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132260 Biographical Note 1899, Dec. 31 Born, Washington, D.C. 1914 1916 Student, St. Albans School, Washington, D.C. ...

Connington, Julie.

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Sibyl (Lady) Colefax

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Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-

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Wenner, Sidney W.

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Brown, Robert Carleton, 1886-

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Tozer, W.

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Samuel, Walwynne J.

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Fowler, Gene, 1891-

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Wilson, Edmund, 1895-

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Hutchins, Leila K.

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Scherman, Harry, 1887-

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Bernadine Scherman (née Kielty) was Harry's wife; Harry and Bernadine had 2 children, Thomas and Katharine. Alma Mahler had a friendly relationship with the family. She and Franz Werfel had apparently known the Schermans since at least the early 1930s. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1935-1959. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864352 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Co-founder and chairman of the board of the Book-of-th...

Burten, Rose E.

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Rickert, Marie.

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Bolt, R. Dingley.

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Spivacke, Harold, 1904-1977

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Musicologist. From the description of Reminiscences of Harold Spivacke : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587332 Biographical Note Harold Spivacke was born July 18, 1904 in New York City. He studied at New York University, where he received his B.A. in 1923 and his M.A. in 1924. He attended the University of Berlin and received his Ph.D. in 1933, magna cum laude, wi...

Williams, Gluyas, 1888-1982

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Gluyas Williams (1888-1982) was an American cartoonist. Born in San Francisco, California, he received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1911 and, in 1915, married Margaret Kempton. Mr. William's drawings include book illustrations, magazine cartoons and daily newspaper cartoons. He has illustrated many of Robert Benchley's books, William Freeman's Hear! Hear!, Corey Ford's How to Guess Your Age and Edward Streeter's Father of the Bride . He has also done many drawings...

John Moses

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Waldon, Sidney Dunn, 1873-1945

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Involved in municipal mass transit in Detroit (1918-1934). From the description of Sidney D. Waldon papers, 1909-1945 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 505453944 Involved in municipal mass transit in Detroit (1918-1934); president of Detroit Rapid Transit Commission and director of General Machinery Corp. (Hamilton, Ohio). From the description of Correspondence and papers of Sidney Dunn Waldon, 1909-1945. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: ...

Martin, F. H.

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Halfhide, A. R.

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Nam, Signorina Maria.

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Greene, Lord.

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Christmas, Elizabeth M.

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Holmes, Edward J.

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Huxley, Julian Sorell, 1887-

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Farson, Eve.

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Olivier, Sir Laurence, 1907-

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Richards, George

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Epithet: of Add MS 36049 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x000012 Epithet: poet and divine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x000277 ...

Hutcheon, J. Edith (Jessie Edith)

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Ramirez, Victor S.

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Rapallo, Constance.

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Hughes, Gareth

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Biddle, Francis, 1886-1968

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Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968) was a graduate of Groton and Harvard. After Harvard Law School he served for one year as secretary to Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. A practicing attorney in Philadelphia for twenty-five years, Biddle was named the first chairman of the National Labor Relations Board in 1934, filling the post for one year. In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1940, he was appointed Solicitor General of the U...

Booth, Evangeline, 1865-

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Newton, Priscilla.

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Ashton, E. D.

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Geisler, Herbert F.

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Campbell of Alloway, Alan Campbell, Baron, 1917-2013

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Fleming, Peter, 1907-1971

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Lin, Yu-t'ang, 1895-

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Darrow, Whitney, 1909-1999

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d. August 10, 1999. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81540974 ...

Dorothy E. Collins, secretary

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Yost, Agnes.

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White, F. D.

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Krock, Arthur, 1886-1974

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Krock, a journalist, was editor-in-chief of the Louisville (Ky.) Times (1919-23), assistant to the president of the New York World (1923-27), member of the board of the New York Times from 1927 until his retirement, and a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board of the Columbia University School of Journalism (1940-53). From the description of Arthur Krock papers, 1909-1974 (bulk 1920-1968) (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 77805948 Principal political writer and...

Hopkins, Arthur, 1878-

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Hazleton, Richard.

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Harold Shapero

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Hart, Moss, 1904-

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Jones, Hugh R.

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Woollcott, Philip.

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Best, Edna, 1900-1974

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Calder, John, 1927-

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Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x00005f ...

Kennedy, Sheelagh.

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Stevens, Emily

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Honeycutt, Ann.

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American journalist. From the description of Ann Honeycutt letters, 1931-1985. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937108 ...

Marion Rush Stoll

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Capewell, R. W.

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Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977

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University president; interviewee d.1977. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert Maynard Hutchins : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740103 American author and University administrator. From the description of Typed letters signed (2) : Chicago, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1941 Feb. 4 and Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868116 From the CSDI Collection (Mss 18) descriptio...

Ferry, Frederick C. (Frederick Carlos), 1868-1956

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Frederick Carlos Ferry (1868-1956) was born in Braintree, Vt., and graduated from Williams College in 1891. He served as Latin, Greek and mathematics instructor at the College from 1891 to 1894 before receiving an M.A. from Harvard University and a Ph. D. from Clark University. Ferry returned to Williams in 1899 to teach mathematics. Beginning in 1902, he also served as the College's Dean. He left Williams in 1917 to become President of Hamilton College. From the description of Paper...

Dr J. Morton

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Murray, Philippa C.

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Osborne, V. R.

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Fryn Tennyson Jessie

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Roberts, E. O.

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Meek, Ina Wilson.

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Watson, Edwin M.

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Fast, Howard, 1914-2003

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Popular and prolific novelist Howard Fast was born in New York City. His parents were poor immigrants, and he worked odd jobs as a youth, crediting his love of reading to a job as a page at the New York Public Library. He published his first novel at eighteen, and found early success writing adventures set in America's past. He worked for the Office of War Information during World War II, writing for the radio program Voice of America. A Communist from about 1944-1956, Fast appeared before the H...

Davis, Owen, 1874-

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Osland-Hill, Marie.

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Spencer, Arthur

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Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Palm Beach, to Mrs. Sullivan, 1903 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489232 From the description of [Letter] 1893 Feb. 22 [to] Madame / J. Jefferson. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244251899 From the description of Letter, 1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451408 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Clancy and Reilly, 1880 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947

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Editor at and vice-president of Charles Scribner's Sons. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1938-1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122629156 Maxwell Evarts Perkins was one of the most importnat editors in American literary history. Belinda Dobson Jelliffe, born in Asheville, N.C., became a friend of Thomas Wolfe in 1933. In 1935, Charles Scriber's Sons published her only book, a semi-autobiographical work titled Fo...

West, Anthony, 1914-1987

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Leontovich, Eugenie

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Actress, Director, playwright, and drama coach; b. in Russia 1900; d. 1993; lived in Chicago; sources differ as to birth date. From the description of Eugenie Leontovich collection, 1930-1996. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70973190 ...

Allen, Evelyn.

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Mrs. Terry

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Thompson, Daniel V. (Daniel Varney), 1902-1980

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Art historian, conservator, chemist engineer; d. 1980. Studied techniques of medieval, Renaissance painting. Professor at Courtald Institute, London, 1938-1947. From the description of Daniel Varney Thompson interviews, 1974 Sept. 25-1976 Nov. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220244371 Art historian, conservator, chemist engineer; d. 1980. Studied techniques of medieval, Renaissance painting. Professor at C...

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...

Finley, John H. (John Huston), 1863-1940

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President of City College, 1903-1911. From the description of Papers, 1907-1964, 1963-1964 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155502699 American editor, educator, and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [New York], 28 January 1934, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1934 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577340 John Huston Finley (1863-1940) was an educator, editor, author, and civic leader. He was president of Knox Colle...

Thomson, Polly

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Taylor, Laurette, 1884-1946

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Harrison, Marjorie J.

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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...

Howe, James Murray.

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Leslie Lincoln Henson

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Bell, E. M.

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Nichols, Beverley, 1898-1983

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English essayist, novelist and playwright. During World War II Nichols spent a year in India as a correspondent of the British syndicate of the Allied newspapers. From the description of Verdict on India : [London], [1944]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84554522 From the description of Verdict on India : [London], [1944]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146653 Novelist, playwright, journalist, composer, and political activist John Bev...

Best, O. H.

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Richards, A. L.

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Doughan, Archie.

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Lende, Helga

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Young, Stark

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American author and critic. From the description of Belle Isle : typescript unsigned, 1940 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129868 American journalist and dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bedford, New York, to Belle da Costa Greene, 1944 Jun. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584560 American author. From the description of Letter to Minnie Nielson Butler [manuscript], 1950 March 14. (University of Vir...

Getson, Maurice.

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John Lardner

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Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965

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Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962 and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to New York City at the age of 12. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Frankfurter worked for Secretary of War Henry ...

Ferber, Edna, 1887-

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Paulette Chaplin=Paulette Goddard

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Burton, Harry Payne.

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Mayhew, Katherine Camp

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Teacher, author. Mayhew taught at the Laboratory School of the University of Chicago. From the guide to the Katherine Camp Mayhew papers, [ca. 1896-1949], [ca. 1896-1902] (bulk), (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) ...

Frohman, Daniel, 1851-

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Lawrence, Gertrude

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Gertrude Lawrence, actress, was born Gertrud Alexandra Dagnar Lawrence Klasen in London, England on July 4, 1898. She was a musical star of stage and screen. She worked frequently with producer John Golden, and with actor and writer Noel Coward. Miss Lawrence's last stage appearance was with Yul Brynner in the musical, The King and I, in 1951. Gertrude Lawrence died on September 6, 1952. From the guide to the Gertrude Lawrence collection, 1910-1952, (The New York Public Library. Bill...

Duffield, Edward D. (Edward Dickinson), 1871-1938

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Law student in Newark, N.J., after graduating from Princeton University; managing clerk for the law firm of Depew & Parker in Newark, 1895-1896; general solicitor of the Prudential Insurance Company of America, 1906; later becoming its president, a position he held until his death in 1938. From the description of Letter, 1920 Aug. 22. (Historical Society of Princeton). WorldCat record id: 70962682 Duffield studied law in Newark, N.J., after graduating from Princeton Univ...

Wright, Olgivanna Lloyd

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Olgivanna was Wright's third and last wife. Maude E. Devine was the friend who transcribed the manuscript of Wright's autobiography. From the description of Letters, 1926-1931, to Maude E. Devine. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448123 Biographical Note Olgivanna was Wright's third and last wife. Maude E. Devine was the friend who transcribed the manuscript of Wright's autobiography. From the guide to the Ol...

Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980

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American dramatist, humorist, screenwriter. From the description of Letter to Ivan Somerville, [1922] December 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53284516 Donald Ogden Stewart, American playwright, humorist, screenwriter, and political activist, was born in Columbus, Ohio on November 30, 1894 to Gilbert Holland and Clara Landon Ogden Stewart. Stewart attended Philip Exeter Academy (1909-1912) and Yale University (1912-1916), where he was a member ...

Henson, Leslie Lincoln, 1891-

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Crowinshield, Frank.

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Bryan, Joseph, III.

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Saunders, Sophia Kernan.

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Hutchens, John K., 1905-

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Thomason, John W. (John William), 1893-1944

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John William Thomason, Jr. (1893-1944), author, artist, and United States Marine Corps captain, was born in Huntsville, Texas, on February 28, 1893. During his life, he attended several universities, institutes, and colleges, including Southwestern University, Sam Houston Normal Institute, the University of Texas, the Art Students League in New York, and the Army and Navy War colleges. Before joining the U.S. Marine Corps in 1917, he taught school, worked as a school principal, wrot...

Gibbs, Wolcott, 1902-

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Williams, Emlyn, 1905-

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Gouge, George F.

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Templeclark, A. O.

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Adaline W. Fuller

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Eisenberg, Ludwig, 1858-1910

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Morley, Robert.

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Scarisbrick, J.

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Espezel, L. M.

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Lamson, Margaret.

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Robert M. Diggs

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Macy, George, 1900-

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Backer, George

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Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham), 1866-1948

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Epithet: painter and theatre designer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000142 Walford Graham Robertson (1866-1948) was an English painter, writer, and collector of William Blake watercolors. From the description of Papers of W. Graham Robertson, 1875-1948. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122540425 Robertson was born on July 8, 1866;...

Whitehead, Fred

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Collinge, Patricia, 1894-

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Macy, Anne (Sullivan) d. 1936

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Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958

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Author and journalist. Adams was an important member of the staffs of McClure's and Colliers magazines during the muckraking days. He was active in exposing medical frauds and instrumental in bringing about the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906). Adams used fictional settings in a long series of novels dealing with the American background and exploring issues such as dishonest journalism (The Clarion, 1914) and the Harding Administration scandals (Revelry, 1926). He also wrote the Average Jones stori...

Gish, Dorothy

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Actress whose career spanned the silent film era till the 1960's. From the description of Papers, 1920-1990. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 39285335 ...

Eileen O'Hayer

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Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964

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Newspaperman. From the description of Papers of Roy Wilson Howard, 1911-1966 (bulk 1920-1963). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068847 Biographical Note 1883, Jan. 1 Born, Gano, Hamilton County, Ohio 1902 Graduated, Manual Training High School, Indianapolis, Ind. ...

Ruby, Harry

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Songwriter; interviewee b.1895, d.1974. From the description of Reminiscences of Harry Ruby : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122684149 American composer. From the description of Harry Ruby letter to Irving Brown, 1963 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 722849700 From the description of Harry Ruby letter to Irving Brown, 1961 Sept. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 722849664 From the de...

Bull, Howard.

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Yale University.

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Andrew, Henry.

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Percy, W. S

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The Newburgh Librarian

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Charles MacArthur

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Knowles, Frances

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Balestier, Beatty, d. 1936

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JONES, WINIFRED

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Diggs, Robert M.

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Gatewood, Dr.

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Bore, George V.

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Ebeling, W. H.

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Curnock, David H. B.

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Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958

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Author and journalist. Adams was an important member of the staffs of McClure's and Colliers magazines during the muckraking days. He was active in exposing medical frauds and instrumental in bringing about the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906). Adams used fictional settings in a long series of novels dealing with the American background and exploring issues such as dishonest journalism (The Clarion, 1914) and the Harding Administration scandals (Revelry, 1926). He also wrote the Average Jones stori...

Smith, Thomas Vernor, 1890-1964

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Educator and politician. From the description of Papers, 1934-1945. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52247966 Thomas Vernor Smith (1890-1964) was active academically and politically in Chicago. A native of Texas, he received a B.A. from the University of Texas in 1915 and an M.A. in 1916. He taught at the University from 1919 to 1921. In 1922, he received a PhD from the University of Chicago, where he served as Professor of Philosophy, and la...

Paley, William S. (William Samuel), 1901-1990

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William S. Paley was President of CBS. From the guide to the William S. Paley Letters, 1936, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) William S. Paley was born on September 28, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania in 1922. He worked for his father in the family cigar-making business, Congress Cigar Company, 1922 to 1928. He was a founder of United Independent Broadcasters (lat...

Bayly, Charles Bertrand, 1914-

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Miller, Gilbert.

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Epithet: theatrical producer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x000250 Gilbert Miller (1884-1969) was active as a theatrical producer in New York and London from the early 1900s to the mid-1960s. He worked with a vast array of major artists and was responsible for bringing plays of noteworthy British and continental dramatists to New York as well as presenting a number of American plays. From ...

Holliday, Terence

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Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965

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British novelist, playwright, and short story writer, most well-known for his autobiographical novel "Of Human Bondage". From the description of Letter, signed : St. Jean-Cap Ferrat (France), to James R. Parish, Brockton, Mass. 16 June 1961. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 62718967 William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was a British author. From the description of W. Somerset Maugham letters, 1919-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652236 ...

Charles S. Bucklin Jr.

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Corcoran, Thomas G.

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Lawyer. Full name: Thomas Gardiner Corcoran. Born 1900; died 1981. From the description of Thomas G. Corcoran papers, 1792-1982 (bulk 1965-1980). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982893 Biographical Note 1900, Dec. 29 Born, Pawtucket, R.I. 1922 A.B. and A.M., Brown University, Providence, R.I. ...

Martin, Janet

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Spencer, S. B.

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Digges, Dudley, 20th cent.

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Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933

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Author and playwright from Niles, Michigan. From the description of Ring Lardner papers, [ca. 1900-ca. 1933]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419753 American journalist and author. From the description of Typed letter signed : Great Neck, to Mr. Tobias, 1924 Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874962 American journalist and humorist; writer of short stories, plays, and songs. Born Ringgold Wilmer Lardner at...

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...

Rose, Ernest

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Clarke, V. H. G.

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Willie

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Jarrett, H. E.

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Winter, William, 1836-1917

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American drama critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Tompkinsville (Staten Island, N.Y.), 17 April 1886, to Mrs. Tracy, 1886 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679284 Massachusetts native William Winter graduated from Harvard law school, but began his career as a journalist. He wrote for numerous journals before securing a position as drama critic at the New York Tribune. In addition to being one of the most influential critics of his day, ...

Alsop, Stewart.

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American journalist and author. From the description of Stewart Alsop collection, 1958-1973. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70976450 Stewart Johonnot Oliver Alsop (1914-1974) was an American newspaper columnist and political analyst. A graduate of Yale University (1936), he was an editor at Doubleday and wrote a regular column for the New York Times for nearly fifteen years. He is also the author of several books on politics and journalism. From the gui...

Ambrose, Stephen E.

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Epithet: of Valencia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x00012e Epithet: of MS Facsimile Suppl. II Title: Saint British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000923.0x00026e Epithet: of Egerton MS 3266 Title: Saint British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person ...

Parry, J W.

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Calhern, Louis

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Deland, Margaret (Campbell) 1857-1944

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Read, Bertha.

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Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923

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American author and educator. From the description of Papers of Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, 1887-1923. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31083790 Wiggin was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Robert N. Smith and Helen E. Dyer. Her father died when she was three. She and her mother then moved to Maine, the setting of most of her future books. Three years later, her mother married Albion Bradbury. At 17, she moved with her family to Santa Barbara (Calif.). There ...

Maude, Cyril, 1862-

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McFerran, Rachael.

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Owens, Arthur Emeys.

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Hoffe, Monckton, 1881-

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Westman, H. V.

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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Charles Dickens, English novelist. From the guide to the Charles Dickens manuscript material : 7 items, 1842-1851, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the Victorian novelist. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Correspondence of Charles Dickens, with related material, ca. 1834-1955, (Leeds University Librar...

Boyd, George Pratt.

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Bristol, Henry P.

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Golden, Samuel

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Buchan, Susan (Grosvenor) 1882-

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Sedgwick, Ellery, 1872-

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Judah, Mary Jameson, 1851-1930

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American author extensively published by Harper's magazine. She was a friend and advisor to James Whitcomb Riley and Booth Tarkington. From the description of Letters received, 1879-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435333 From the guide to the Mary Jameson Judah letters received, 1879-1919, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mary Jameson Judah (1851-1930). American author extensively published by Harpers Magazine. She was a friend and advisor to the writers J...

Patterson, David G.

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Montague, Margaret Prescott, 1878-1955

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Wells, Lillaine B.

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Gillespy, Elsie.

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Kerrigan, William

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Leggett Brown

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Mrs Eustis

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Parker, D.C.

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Chisholm, William N.

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

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

Winterich, John T., 1891-1970

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Brown class of 1912. Publisher and journalist. From the description of Papers, 1917-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122418631 Brown class of 1912. From the description of Papers, 1917-1966. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122631495 John T. Winterich, bibiophile, editor and writer, was born in Middletown, Conn. and received a B.A. from Brown University. While serving in World War I he became one of the first members of the editorial staff of ...

Reynolds, Paul Revere, 1864-1944,

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Paul Revere Reynolds became the first literary agent in America when he established his business in New York in 1893. Together with is son, Paul Revere Reynolds, Jr. (1904- ), he handled some of the most prominent British and American authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The son joined his father in 1923 and later became president of the agency. From the guide to the Paul Revere Reynolds Papers, 1899-1980., (Columbia University. Rare Book and ...

Donovan, Fr. Vincent C., O. P.

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Amos, Charles L. (Charles Lee), 1886-1961

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Batchelor, Denzil

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Watson, Anne M.

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Mankiewicz, Herman Julius.

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Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946

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Carrie Jacobs-Bond, a native of Wisconsin, lived in Chicago, Illinois about 1895-1920. She was a musician, composer and lyricist of sentimental songs, and music publisher. She moved to California in 1920. From the description of Papers, 1939. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 85582219 Composer, of Iron River, Mich. (1889-1896), Janesville, Wis., Chicago, Ill., and California. From the description of Carrie Jacobs-Bond estate and museum c...

Whitney, Helen Hay, 1875-1944

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Chrichton, Anne Chrichton.

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Strickland, R. F.

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David H. B. Curnock

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Jed Harris

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Chang, Henry K.

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Bennett, E. M.

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Rudd, Daisy Brown.

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Bufano, Beniamino

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Bracken, Brendan.

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Epithet: Viscount Bracken British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0001c1 ...

Brackett, Charles, 1892-

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Hamilton, Alex

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Smythe, F. Hastings.

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Richards, Rosalind, 1874-1964

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Richards was the daughter of Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, [between 1940 and 1961]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 183652590 Edwin Arlington Robinson was an American poet and an acquaintance of the Richards family from Gardiner, Maine. From the description of Rosalind Richards collection on Edward Arlington Robinson, ca.1897-1944. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 82065...

Roger Livesy

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Cazalet, Victor Alexander, 1896-1943

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Brackett, Elizabeth

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Freeman, Bernard.

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George, William R. (William Reuben), 1866-1936

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Russell, Alice

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Austin, Warren R.

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Biography / Administrative History Dr. Warren R. Austin (1911-1999) was personal physician to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor while the Duke was Governor of the Bahamas during World War II. After the end of the war, Dr. Austin moved to Montecito California, where he established his practice in the Montecito Medical Center in 1948, and married Florence Heath Horton Austin (1915-1991) in 1956. In 1956, Dr. and Mrs. Austin purchased the Val Verd...

Gilman, Lawrence.

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American music critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 1 December 1934, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1934 Dec. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577872 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Geneva, New York, etc., to F.A. Duneka, 1909 Dec. 25-1910 May 26 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589421 Lawrence Gilman, American author and music critic, was born on July 5, 1878 in Flushing, New York to A...

Alan Robertson Campbell

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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...

Potter, Milton G.

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Taboius, Genevieve.

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Kaufman, Beatrice

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McMein, Neysa

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Painter, printmaker, illustrator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Neysa McMein letter, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122546030 ...

Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973

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Contains correspondence from Gladys Lloyd Cassell Robinson, wife of Edward G. Robinson. From the description of Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1940-1944. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155893597 American actor and author; b. Emanuel Goldenberg in Romania. From the description of Edward G. Robinson collection, 1912-1988. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 71055456 Edward G. Robinson owned an electric company in Auro...

Gustav Eckstein

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Bairnsfather, Bruce, 1887-1959

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Van Anda, Carr V.

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Stern, G.B. (Gladys Bronwyn), 1890-1973

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x00006e English author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to George Oppenheimer, [no year] Sept. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574923 ...

Lewis, T. O.

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Miller, Henry Wise

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