John Phillips Marquand correspondence
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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974
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Weeks, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1898-1989
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Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966
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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958
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Barnes, Margaret (Ayer), 1886-
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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...
George Apley
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Train, Arthur, 1875-
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Streeter, Edward, 1891-1976
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Vice-president, Bank of New York and Fifth Avenue Bank. From the description of Correspondence : to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1951. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122594987 American humorist, known for his descriptions of the soldier's life during the first World War. From the description of Dere Mable; Love Letters of a Rookie, 1918, with illustrations by G. William Breck ("Bill Breck"). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122566099 ...
Cousins, Norman.
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American editor of the "Saturday Review of Literature" from 1940-1977. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1960 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868047 Editor, journalist. From the description of Reminiscences of Norman Cousins : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376635 From the description of Reminiscences of Norman Cousins : lecture, 1959. (Colum...
Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954
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American educator, author and editor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Greensboro, Vt., 25 July 1904, and Boston, 10 October 1904, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1904 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674901 American educator, essayist, and editor of the Atlantic Monthlyfrom 1899-1909. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Cambridge, Mass., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1936 Jan. 28 and 1938 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat...
Hobbs, Jean
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Davenport, Marcia (Gluck) 1903-
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Cohen, Octavius Roy, 1891-
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Howe, Quincy, 1900-....
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Journalist. From the description of Reminiscences of Quincy Howe : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740310 ...
Dodge, Laurence P.
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Shirer, William Lawrence, 1904-
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Davis, Clyde Brion, 1894-1962
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Clyde Brion Davis (1894-1962) was an American journalist and novelist. Between 1919 and 1937 he worked for various newspapers (such as Rocky Mountain News and Buffalo Times). After the success of his novel The Anointed in 1937, Davis left journalism for a career in writing novels. In 1926 Davis married author Martha Wirt. From the description of Clyde Brion Davis papers, 1854-1967 (bulk 1907-1962). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702181943 Clyde Brion Davis, Amer...
Gallico, Paul, 1897-
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Greenslet, Ferris, 1875-
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Aldrich, Richard
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Larson, Frans August, 1870-
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Kozol, Jonathan
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Garis, Howard Roger, 1873-1962
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Howard R. Garis (1873-1962) was an American author of children's books, best known for his Uncle Wiggily stories. Born April 25, 1873, in Binghamton, New York, the son of Simeon H. and Ellen A. Kimball Garis, he graduated from Binghamton High School and attended Stevens Institute of Technology at Hoboken, New Jersey. From 1896 to 1947, Mr. Garis was a reporter and special writer for the Newark, New Jersey Evening News . His Uncle Wiggily stories first appeared in the New...
Hollister, Paul M. (Paul Merrick), 1890-
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Advertising executive and author (1890-1970). From the description of Paul Merrick Hollister sketchbooks, 1912-1915. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 164437848 ...
Lindley, Denver, 1904-1982
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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...
Snow, Edgar, 1905-1972
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American author. From the description of Autobiography excerpts, 1958-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367437397 ...
Landreth, Helen.
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Librarian and historian. Landreth was born in 1892 in Nashville, Tennessee. After visiting Ireland in 1925, she abandoned a career in journalism and decided to devote her life to the study of Irish history. To further her research, Landreth moved to Ireland in 1938 and formed close ties many individuals prominent in Irish politics. In 1946, she returned to the United States and became the first curator of the Boston College Library's Irish Collection. Landreth worked for...
Danielson, Richard E. (Richard Ely), 1885-1957
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Richard Ely Danielson (1885-1957) was editor of the Boston Independent from 1924 to 1928, editor of The Sportsman from 1927 to 1937, and then president of the Atlantic Monthly Company and associate editor of The Atlantic Monthly. From the description of Richard Ely Danielson papers, 1940-1948. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652344 From the guide to the Richard Ely Danielson papers, 1940-1948, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division....
Santayana, George, 1863-1952
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Poet, philosopher, and educator. From the description of George Santayana correspondence and poem, 1937-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981741 Santayana (A.B. 1886) taught philosophy at Harvard 1886-1912. From the description of The realm of matter : manuscript, [ca. 1930] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612860176 From the description of The judgment of Paris : or how the first-ten man chooses a club : manuscript, 1892 Oct. 28. (Harvard ...
Howe, Mark de Wolfe, 1906-1967
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Law professor, author. LL. B. Harv. Law School, 1933. Secretary for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1933-1934. Practiced law in Boston, 1933-1937. Prof. of law, U. of Buffalo Law School, 1941-1945; prof of law, Harv. U., 1945-1967. Editor: Holmes-Pollock Letters; Touched with Fire; Holmes-Laski Letters; Occasional Speeches of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Author: Constitutional Law (casebook, with others); Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Vol. I, The Shaping Years, 1841-1870 (1957), Vol. II, The Proving Y...
Huntington, James Lincoln.
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Curzon's Mill
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Moorehead, Alan, 1910-1983
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Moorehead, born in Croydon, Victoria, was a journalist with the Melbourne Herald, 1930-1935, a war correspondent with the Daily Express London, 1936-1945, and author of a wide range of books: historical (Gallipoli), travel books (No room in the ark), biographies (Montgomery) and novels (The rage of the vulture). From the description of Papers of Alan Moorehead. 1926-1971. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 221388454 ...
Bail, Hamilton Vaughan
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Harvard College was established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was named for its first benefactor, John Harvard of Charlestown. Harvard was a young minister who, upon his death in 1638, left his library and half of his estate to the new institution. In its early years, the College offered a classic academic course based on the English university model, but consistent with the prevailing Puritan philosophy of the first colonists. Al...
Ross, Nancy
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Buck, Pearl (Sydenstricher) 1892-
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Bruce, Henry Addington Bayley
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Coward, Noel, 1899-
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Morrison, Hobe
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McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978
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American playwright and memoirist. From the description of Lillian Hellman Papers, 1904-1984 (bulk 1934-1984). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 78685575 Lillian Hellman, the author of Little Foxes and Watch on the Rhine, was the executor of the estate of the novelist Dashiell Hammett. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1979. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id:...
Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966
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American statesman; assistant to Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, 1919-1924; secretary of state, 1959-1961. From the description of Christian Archibald Herter miscellaneous papers, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123458502 Christian Archibald Herter (1895-1966) was born in Paris, France. He was a diplomat, politician, publisher, editor, and author. In 1959 Herter, who served as governor of Massachusetts during the mid-1950's, was appointed by President Dwight Eisen...
Lane, Alfred C. (Alfred Church), 1863-
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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...
Lea, Tom, 1907-2001
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American artist and writer. From the description of Papers, 1889-1974 (bulk 1937-1974). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122648373 Tom Lea, artist and writer, was born in El Paso, Texas on July 11, 1907. After displaying a natural aptitude for painting and drawing as a child, Lea received formal training at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1924 to 1926 and as apprentice and assistant to the Chic...
Seton, Anya
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Toledano, Ralph de, 1916-2007
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American journalist and author; national reports editor, Newsweek, 1948-1960; syndicated columnist, 1960- From the description of Ralph de Toledano papers, 1940-2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869876 Moroccan; editor, columnist, radio and television commentator, lecturer, photographer, publisher, and author; lives in Washington, D.C. From the description of Ralph de Toledano collection, 1937-1994. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70962626 ...
Gaskell, Eric F.
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Gann, Ernest Kellogg, 1910-1991
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Popular novelist, usually writing about airplanes and the history of flight. From the description of Papers. (Colgate University). WorldCat record id: 31915858 ...
Sitwell, Sir Osbert, bart., 1892-
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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...
Barton, Bruce, 1886-
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Cozzens, James Gould, 1903-1978
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James Gould Cozzens (1903-1978), author of fourteen novels and numerous short stories, was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the Kent School, and after his graduation in 1922 he went on to Harvard University. While attending Harvard, he published his first novel, Confusion, in 1924. A few months later, he withdrew from Harvard for reasons of health and finances. He moved to New Brunswick, Canada, where he wrote his next novel, Michael Scarlett . Like Confusion, it was not well received. He ...
De Vries, Peter
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Hurst, Fannie
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American author, lecturer, and commentator. From the description of Papers, ca. 1910s-1965. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122547416 American author; prominent in philanthropic and civic affairs. From the description of Papers, 1913-1968. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 28419697 Hurst expressed her reformist views on the rights of women, homosexuals, and Europe...
Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952
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Lawyer, jurist, and U.S. secretary of war. From the description of Papers of Robert Porter Patterson, 1940-1951 (bulk 1940-1947). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74984701 ...
Brinkley, William, 1917-
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Sillcox, Luise
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Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957
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Novelist. From the description of Papers of Kenneth Lewis Roberts, 1919-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063732 American author specializing in the writing of richly detailed historical fiction. From the description of Papers of Kenneth Roberts, 1911-1947. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136005 American novelist, born Kennebunk, Maine, 1887. Staff correspondent for the Saturday evening post, 1919-; author of many historical novels ...
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978
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Shaw, a sculptor, was the daughter of prominent architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. She studied with Albin Polasek at the Art Institute of Chicago and went to Paris in 1920 to continue her studies under Antoine Bourdelle at the Academy Grande Chaumiere. She authored THE QUIET EYE and GARDENS AND OTHER PLACES and taught sculpture at the American University in Cairo in 1963. As an adult, she joined the Society of Friends and became an active participant in the church. Died 1978. From the ...
Basso, Hamilton, 1904-
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Baum, Vicki, 1888-
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Kilburn, Clarence Evans, 1893-
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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...
Lewis, Grace Hegger
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Chase, Stuart, 1888-1985
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Economist and author. From the description of Stuart Chase papers, 1907-1978 (bulk 1931-1955). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981114 Stuart Chase, b. 1888, d. 1985, economist, author, and member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "brain trust." Robert D. Williamson, editor-in-chief at Silver, Burdett and Co., Newark, N.J. Lola Kovener, autograph seeker who posed as a secretary. From the description of Letters to Robert D. ...
Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977
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Novelist from Iowa. From the description of Letters, 1934-1973. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233121203 Kantor was born in Webster City, Iowa. His first of more than thirty novels, Diversey, was about Chicago gangsters. Many of the later novels were based on the Civil War, including Andersonville, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1956. From the description of MacKinlay Kantor manuscripts, 1927-1932. (State Historical Society of...
Carl Brandt
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Peirce, Waldo, 1884-
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Wolfers, Arnold, 1892-1968
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Scudder, Townsend, 1900-
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American writer and educator. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Woodbury, Connecticut, to "Dear Mr. King," 1951 December 22. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647808203 ...
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, ...
Fuller, Timothy, 1914-
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Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-
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Jones, James, 1921-
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Morison, Samuel Eliot
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Morison graduated from Harvard in 1908 and taught American history at Harvard. From the description of Course material for History 161b, the discovery of America, 1940. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512193 Morison earned his Harvard AB in 1908, his Harvard AM in 1909, and his Harvard PhD in 1912. He taught history at Harvard. From the description of Notes in English 28, second half year, 1904-1905. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074686...
Kieran, John, 1892-1981
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John Kieran was a newspaper columnist, author, and naturalist. From the guide to the John Kieran letter and clippings (MS 272), 1943, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.) Naturalist, author, and sports columnist. Full name: John Francis Kieran. Died 1981. From the description of Papers of John Kieran, 1917-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071687 Amateur naturalist, journalist and sportswriter. From th...
Ortiz-Vargas, Alfredo, 1895-
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Coit, Margaret L.
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Margaret L. Coit (1919-2003) was an American historian. Her books include biographies of Andrew Jackson, Bernard Baruch, and John C. Calhoun as well as more general historical works. She also taught at Fairleigh Dickinson University, the University of Colorado, and at numerous workshops. From the guide to the Margaret L. Coit Papers, 1957, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...
Wiener, Norbert, 1894-
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Brandt and Brandt
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Brickell, Herschel, 1889-
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Young, Collier
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Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
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Sinclair Lewis (b. Feb. 7, 1885, Sauk Centre, MN–d. January 10, 1951, Rome, Italy) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. ...
Robert J. Landry.
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Shattuck, Henry Lee, 1879-1971
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Attorney, trustee, author. Harvard, A.B. 1901, LL.B. 1904, LL.D., Williams College 1936, Nat. U. of Ireland 1950, Harvard U. 1952, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1955. Attorney in Boston, Mass. Treasurer, Harvard Coll., 1929-1938. Member, Mass. House of Repres., 1920-1930; Boston City Council, 1934-1941. Member, U.S. Loyalty Review Bd.; Chairman, Interim Mixed Parole and Clemency Board. From the description of Papers, 1947-1954. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 23...
Jones, Sir Roderick
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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 ...
Stafford, Jean, 1915-1979
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Jean Stafford was an American author, best known for her realistic and sublimely crafted short stories. Much of her fiction invoked classical literary themes, but viewed them through the perspective of an alienated, 20th century woman. Many of her stories reflected her own tumultuous, often melodramatic personal life. From the description of Jean Stafford correspondence with Henry W. Johnstone, 1969. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 55081876 Jea...
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963
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American author and critic. From the description of Typed letter signed : Westport, Ct., to Stark Young, 1937 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874884 Van Wyck Brooks was an author and educator, known for his study of, and influence on, American culture. After graduating from Harvard, he sought a literary career in New York and London, writing chiefly for magazines. While teaching at Stanford he developed his first books of criticism, leading up to his first signifi...
Lin, Yu-t'ang, 1895-
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Barton, Betsey
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Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-
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Cox, Sidney, 1889-1952
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Waugh, Alec, 1898-
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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 ...
Bullitt, William C. (William Christian), 1891-1967
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William Christian Bullitt (b. Jan. 25, 1891, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-d. Feb. 1967), was Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. from 1933 to 1936, and to France from 1936 to 1941. He was ambassador at large in 1941 and 1942, and special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy in 1942 and 1943. He began his career at the State Department in 1917 where he also served as an attaché to the American Commission to Negotiate Peace at the end of World War I. In 1944 he joined the French Army and was a major in the...
Rosenbach, A.S.W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952
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Pusey, Nathan M. (Nathan Marsh), 1907-2001
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Nathan Marsh Pusey (1907-2001) was the twenty-fourth president of Harvard University from 1953 to 1971. He was also president of Lawrence College (1944-1953), president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (1971-1975), and president of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (1978-1983). Pusey's tenure as president was defined by new building construction, greater fundraising, and struggles with student protestors. From the description of Papers of Nathan Marsh Pusey, 1...
Douglas, Marjory Stoneman
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Douglas was a conservationist who fought to preserve the Florida Everglades against misuse and development. From the description of Marjory Stoneman Douglas letter to Mrs. Harris, 1972 July 6. (Manatee County Public Library System). WorldCat record id: 216809847 From the description of Marjory Stoneman Douglas letter to Mrs. Harris, 1970 August 5. (Manatee County Public Library System). WorldCat record id: 216810597 ...
Laetitia Bolton
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Speare, Dorothy, 1898-
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S. H. Adams
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Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1888-1965
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Schlesinger taught history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Sr., 1908-1965 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973175 Historian, author. From the description of Reminiscences of Arthur Meier Schlesinger : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309724638 Epithet: Jr, US political analyst British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue...
Chang, Eileen
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Long, Augustus White
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Retired English professor of Trinity College, University of North Carolina, and Princeton. From the description of Papers, 1935-1936. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36200161 ...
Weidman, Jerome, 1913-1998
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Epithet: playwright and novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x000274 Jewish American novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and essayist; also author of screenplays and creator of the television series "The Reporter." Best known for I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE and the Pulitzer Prize-winning FIORELLO! From the description of Papers, 1934-1990. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Cente...
Collins, Joseph, 1866-
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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...
H. M. Palham
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Wortman, Denys, 1887-1958
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Cartoonist, New York, New York. Born in Saugerties, New York, Wortman studied engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and at Rutgers College. From 1906-1909, he studied at the Chase School of Art in New York City with Kenneth Hayes Miller and classmates George Bellows, Edward Hopper, and Rockwell Kent. Beginning as a landscape painter from the "Gloucester School," Wortman's career changed when his drawings of life as a sailor in World War I were published in the N...
Forrestal Mrs James.
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Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
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Henry Lewis Stimson, the politician, was one of Eleanor Stimson Brooks's cousins. He took an interest in the family and had given her support throughout Van Wyck's struggles with depression (1926-1930). From the description of Correspondence to Charles Van Wyck Brooks, 1930-1945. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191821881 Stimson served as U.S. Secretary of war (1911-1913, 1940-1945), was governor general of the Philippine Islands (1927-1929) and U.S...
Crockett, Albert Stevens, 1873-1969
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Sheldon, Theodore, 1854-1905
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Hayward, Leland, 1902-1971
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Theatrical, motion picture, television producer and agent, Leland Hayward was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska on September 13, 1902. His father, Colonel William Hayward, was a well-known lawyer who would eventually become his son's personal attorney. His parents divorced several years later, both remarrying. Hayward studied at Princeton University, but dropped out after his first year. Following a brief career as a journalist in New York, his interests led him to show bu...
Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949
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"Hervey-Allen, born Dec. 8, 1889, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S., died Dec. 28, 1949, Coconut Grove, Fla., [was] in full William Hervey Allen, Jr., [an] American poet, biographer, and novelist who had a great impact on popular literature with his historical novel Anthony Adverse." -- "Hervey Allen," Encyclopedia Britannica Online http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9005788 (Accessed 10 February 2009). From the description of Hervey Allen letter, 21 December 1936. (University of Georgia). WorldCat...
Bonner, Charles, jr.
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Tuttle, Day
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Day Tuttle was an American playwright and theater director and producer during the twentieth century. In 1937-1938, he staged a summer stock revival of Owen Wister's and Kirk LaShell's Western play "The Virginian", which starred Henry Fonda. From the description of Day Tuttle papers, 1937-1982. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 184948932 ...
Street, Julian, jr.
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Marshall, Katherine Tupper, 1882-1978
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Price, Lucien, 1883-1964
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Author and journalist. From the description of Fifty years backstage, 1960 Jan. 4. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 85787292 Junius Lucien Price was an American writer of books and for publications including the Boston Evening Transcript and the Atlantic Monthly . At the time of his death at age 81, he was still writing for the Boston Globe . From the guide to the Lucien Price additional papers, ca. 1863-1964., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, H...
Burgstaller, Heimo, 1932-
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Conant, James B.
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Russel Crouse
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Hale, Nancy
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Nancy Hale, circa 1930s Nancy Hale was born Anna Westcott Hale on May 6, 1908, in Boston, Massachusetts, the only child of painters Philip Leslie Hale and Lilian Clark Westcott. Descended from a distinguished New England family, Nancy Hale's grandfather was the orator, author, and Unitarian clergyman Edward Everett Hale, and two of her great-aunts were the writers Harriet Beecher Stowe and Lucretia Peabody Hale. Philip L. Hale achieved some success as a neo-impressionis...
Warner, W. Lloyd (William Lloyd), 1898-1970
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W. Lloyd Warner was born on October 26, 1898 in Redlands, California. He attended the University of Southern California and the University of California at Berkley, where he received his B.A. in anthropology in 1926. Warner also attended graduate school at Berkeley and spent three years researching in northeastern Australia. Warner became assistant professor of Anthropology at Harvard University in 1929. In 1935, he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago where h...
Ridgely, A. N.
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Flood, Charles Bracelen
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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...
Costain, Thomas B. (Thomas Bertram), 1885-1965
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Tharp, Louise Hall, 1898-1992
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American scholar. From the description of Typed letters signed (13) : Darien, Conn., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1954-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868240 ...
White, William Lindsay, 1900-1973
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American journalist. From the description of Report on the Krauts : typescript, ca. 1945-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86130592 Author. From the description of They were expendable : literary manuscript, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79899453 Biographical/Historical Note American journalist. From the guide to the William Lindsay White typescript : Report on the Krauts, 1945-1...
Leech, Margaret, 1893-1974
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Margaret Kernochan Leech was an American novelist, biographer, historian, and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. From the description of Margaret Leech papers, 1933-1973. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367993 From the guide to the Margaret Leech papers, 1933-1973., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Margaret Kernochan Leech (November 7, 1893 – February 24, 1974) also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American author and histo...
J. P. Marquand
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Ellis, Walker Mallam.
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Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973
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Author and biographer. From the description of Catherine Drinker Bowen papers, 1793-1980 (bulk 1934-1972). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062023 American writer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Bryn Mawr, Pa., 9 November 1961, to Mr. [Joseph] Chouinard, 1961 Nov. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906443 Biographical Note 1897, Jan. 1 ...
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 ...
McCormick, Robert Rutherford, 1880-1955
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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...
Chevigny, Hector, 1904-1965
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Hector Chevigny was born in Missoula, Montana on June 28, 1904. He died in New York City, on April 20, 1965. He received his B.A. from Gonzaga University in 1927 and did postgraduate work at the University of Washington in 1928. He married Claire Graves, from Spokane, in 1929. They had two children Antoinette and Paul. From the description of Hector Chevigny personal papers, 1931-1965. (Graham Public Library). WorldCat record id: 41132502 ...
Pier, Arthur Stanwood, 1874-1966
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Technical writer and author of over 30 books; editorial staff of "The youth's companion"; editor of "Harvard graduates magazine"; teacher St. Paul's School, 1930-1944. From the description of Letter to Glen Walton Blodgett, 1920 January 12. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64590437 ...
Mizener, Arthur
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Professor of English, Cornell University. From the description of Arthur Mizener letters to S. Gorley Putt, 1936-1985. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64085073 American educator, author, and critic Arthur Mizener was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on September 3, 1907, to Mason Price and Mabel Moore Mizener. From the description of Arthur Mizener papers, 1940-1977 (bulk 1943-1951). (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 667622443 ...
Lawrence, Henry W. (Henry Wells), 1879-1942
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Grant, Robert, 1852-1940
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Robert Grant (1852-1940) was a Boston novelist, whose books were primarily social satire. In addition he was for many years judge of the Probate Court and Court of Insolvency in Boston, and an overseer of Harvard. In 1927 he acted as one of three members of the Sacco-Vanzetti Commission. From the guide to the Robert Grant papers, 1809-1940., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American author and judge. From the description of Papers o...
Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950
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American poet, novelist, and editor. From the description of Letter to a dealer [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806176 Editor of The Chimaera. From the description of ALS, [1915]-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500150 This may not really be Benét's writing. Although the verse appears to be signed by him the writer's intent may have been simply to ascribe the verse to him. Also, it is on letterhead engraved "MM...
Adams, J. Donald (James Donald), 1891-1968
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Loveman, Amy, 1881-1955.
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Caetani, Marguerite
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Hynes, James B.
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Colwell, Robert T.
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Gunther, John, 1901-
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Norris, Lowell Ames.
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Kleeman, Rita Halle, 1885-
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Kleeman was a family friend of the Roosevelts and author of two books on them. She also served on the Writers War Board, 1941-1945. From the description of Papers, 1854-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155523640 ...
Butterfield, Roger, 1907-1981
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Member of the editorial staff, Life Magazine. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1945. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122589807 ...
Jonas, Carl, 1913-
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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...
Sylvester, Robert, 1907-1975
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Robrix, Frank
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Atkinson, Justin Brooks, 1894-
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Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Vidor, King, 1895-
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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...
Forbes, Esther, 1894-
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Blyton, Enid
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Created by Enid Blyton during the course of her career as a writer. From the guide to the Enid Blyton Collection, 1924-2006, (Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books) ...
Van Doren, Mark, 1894-
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Hale, Robert, 1889-
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Warburg, Frederic, 1898-
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Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964
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James Paul Chapin (July 9, 1889 – April 5, 1964) was an American ornithologist. Chapin was a former Curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. At the age of 19 he took the role of assistant to the American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915). This began his life-long association with that region and established his place as an expert on the birds of the Congo. A graduate of Columbia University, Chapin worked at the Museum from 1905 until his official retirement i...
Drury, Allen
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Chronology 1918 September 2 Born, Houston, Texas 1939 B.A., Stanford University 1940 1941 Editor, Tulare Bee, awarded national Sigma Delta Chi Editorial Award for writings in this publication ...
Marquand, John P. (John Phillips), 1893-1960
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Marquand was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his novels of upper class New England life and for his stories of the fictional detective Mr. Moto. From the description of Correspondence, 1892-1960. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468968 From the description of Compositions, 1892-1951. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83157834 From the guide to the John Phillips Marquand correspondence, 1892-1960., (Houghton Library, Har...
Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975
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Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States devoted primarily to the investigation of disease. Cole's medical research centered on problems relating to immunity to diseases of the respiratory system, particularly pneumonia From the guide to the Rufus Ivory Cole papers, ca. 1900-1966, 1900-1966, (American Philosophical Society) George ...
Bachmann, Larry.
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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...
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...
Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler, 1889-1960
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Daughter-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt. From the description of Typed letter signed : Oyster Bay, NY., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1959 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868208 Wife of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : Oyster Bay, New York, to Arthur William Brown, 1940 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657351 Epithet: wife of President T Roosevelt British Library Archives and Manuscripts ...
Kappel, Philip
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Etcher, lithographer, illustrator, painter and writer; New Milford, Conn. Studied at Pratt Institute; b. 1901; d. 1981. From the description of Philip Kappel papers, ca. 1920-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093804 From the description of Philip Kappel interview, 1976 Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220208443 Philip Kappel (1901-1981) was an etcher, lithographer, illustrator, painter, and writer from New Milford, Conn. He studi...
Spain, Nancy, 1917-
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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...
Perry, Lewis, 1938-....
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Duncan, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1905-1987
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Author. From the description of Papers of Thomas W. Duncan, [1940?]-1959. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233105218 ...
Menken, Helen, 1902-1966
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Jameson, Storm, 1897-
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Tunney, Gene, 1898-
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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...
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...
Welch, Patrick
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Carmer, Carl
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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001f0 ...
Montague, Gilbert Holland, 1880-1961
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Gilbert Holland Montague (1880-1961) was an American lawyer and autograph collector. Montague earned his Harvard AB in 1901, his Harvard AM in 1902, and his Harvard LLB in 1904. Gilbert Holland Montague was born in 1880 in Springfield, Massachusetts. After receiving degrees from Harvard in economics and law Montague became a foremost practitioner of antitrust law. Montague authored many journal articles on business law and two books: Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Company (1903) and...
Gallishaw, John, 1890-
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Nathan, Robert, 1894-1985
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Author Robert Nathan was born in New York City and educated in New York, Switzerland, the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, and Harvard. He worked in advertising and education before earning a living as an author; he has written poetry, essays, and drama, but is chiefly known for popular novels. His books are distinguished by charming, delicate prose, which creates a unique mood of mild fantasy; often sentimental, his work is also gently satirical. He also wrote screenplays, and several ...
Karig, Walter, 1898-1956
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Max Carlton Miller (1899-1967) was born February 9, 1899, at Traverse City, Michigan. The Miller family moved to Everett, Washington while Max was a child, and then to a homestead on the Montana prairie. Miller returned to Everett to attend high school and enlisted in the Navy during WWI. Following his discharge, he finished high school and attended the School of Journalism at the University of Washington. At the time he was to graduate, he was at Shelby, Montana covering the Demsey...
Carmer, Carl Lanson, 1893-
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Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-
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Carol Brandt
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Wheeler-Bennett, John Wheeler, Sir, 1902-1975
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Epithet: GCVO British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000238 ...
Amory, Cleveland.
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Green, Alan, 1962-
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Kline, William
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Hamburger, Philip Paul, 1914-
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Forester, Cecil Scott, 1899-
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Cronin, A.J. (Archibald Joseph), 1896-1981
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Rogers, Cameron, 1900-
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Osborn, Margaret La Farge.
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Gordon, Arthur, 1912-2002
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Epithet: of the Dublin Post Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0000e5 ...
Priest, Noel.
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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...
Hersey, John Richard, 1914-
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Bonner, Paul Hyde
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Milliken, Albert E.
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Burlingame, Roger, 1889-1967
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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...
Highet, Gilbert, 1906-
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Bissell, Richard, 1913-1977
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Richard Bissell (1913-1977) was an American author, playwright and critic. In addition to his literary pursuits, Bissell also worked in the Venezuelan oil fields, as a seaman, a factory superintendent, and as a river pilot on the upper Mississippi and Monongahela Rivers. Originally from Dubuque, Iowa, Bissell graduated from Harvard University in 1936, married Marian Van Patten Grilk in 1938, and had four children: Thomas, Nathaniel, Anastasia, and Samuel. Some of his well-known works include the...
Woodbridge, Homer E. (Homer Edwards), 1882-1958
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Carlisle, Donald Thompson, 1894-
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Douglas, Lloyd C. (Lloyd Cassel), 1877-1951
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Popular novelist, author of The Robe and Magnificent Obsession, and minister of the First Congregational Church of Ann Arbor (Mich.). From the description of Lloyd Cassel Douglas papers, 1900-1954. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420907 Author, clergyman. Pastor of First Congregational Church, Ann Arbor, 1915-1921. From the description of Lloyd C. Douglas papers, 1944-1949? (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68795865 From the d...
Adams, Porter.
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Lord, Walter, 1917-2002
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Author. From the description of Oral history interview, 1976. (Maryland Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32819047 Walter Lord (1917-2002), historian, educator and author, was a graduate of Princeton and Yale. He served with the Office of Strategic Services from 1941 to 1945. He published various works including The Past that Would Not Die in 1965. Lord was a member of the Authors Guild, the Authors League of America, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Pu...
Howe, Helen, 1905-1975
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Goodman, Jack
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Marquand, Christina Sedgwick
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Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961
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Writer, editor, critic. From the description of Reminiscences of Henry Seidel Canby and Amy Loveman : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481130 Epithet: editor of 'Saturday Review of Literature' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001e2 Canby was a critic, editor and Yale University professor (1899-1922). He was one of the founder...
Marquand, Philip.
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Denfeld, Louis E. (Louis Emil), 1891-1972
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Louis Emil Denfeld (1891-1972) was a naval officer, and Chief of Naval Operations from December 15, 1947 to November 2, 1949. From the description of Denfeld, Louis E. (Louis Emil), 1891-1972 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10575632 Admiral Louis E. Denfeld (1891-1972) held a number of important commands and posts, including Chief of Naval Personnel (1945-1947), Commander in Chief Pacific and Pacific Fleet (1947) and Chief of Naval Operations (1947...
Childs, Marquis W. (Marquis William), 1903-1990
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Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of Marquis Childs, 1939-1978. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233110775 Journalist, author. From the description of Reminiscences of Marquis W. Childs : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309729711 From the description of Reminiscences of Marquis W. Childs : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldC...
Harcourt-Smith, Rosamund, 1902-
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Mitchell, Grant
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Seymour, Charles, 1885-
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Jenks, Almet, 1892-
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Short story writer. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1951. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122490287 ...
Otis, James
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Hodgins, Eric, 1899-1971
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Author; interviewee d.1971. From the description of Reminiscenes of Eric Hodgins : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513652 ...
Bacon, Leonard, 1887-
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Roger Scaife
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Bernstein, Aline, 1881-1955
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Costume and set designer for the American theater, Aline Bernstein worked with the Lewisohn sisters at the Henry Street Settlement, designed productions for the Grand Street Follies, five Lillian Hellman plays, and two RKO spectaculars, and received a Tony award for her costumes for the opera Regina (1950), among other highlights. She was also an author and helped establish the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art serving as its president for the last nine years of her life. ...
Woodman, Francis C.
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Gilman, Dorothy Foster, 1891-
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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...
Willis, Harold, jr.
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J. P. Marquand's
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Lovett, Robert A. (Robert Abercrombie), 1895-1986
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Robert Abercrombie Lovett was born in Huntsville, Texas, on September 14, 1895. After receiving a B.A. from Yale in 1918 and attending Harvard Law School and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Lovett became a partner in Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. Aside from his periods of government service, Lovett was associated with Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. for the remainder of his life. From 1941-1945, Lovett served as assistant secretary of war for air. During the Truma...
Edmonds, Walter Dumaux, 1903-1998
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Walter D. Edmonds was a popular writer of regional and historical fiction primarily set in the Mohawk Valley region of Upstate New York. From the description of Walter D. Edmonds correspondence with Harold Ober Associates, 1924-1974 (bulk 1931-1968). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 82334287 American author of children's and adult fiction. From the description of The matchlock gun : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). W...
Canfield, Cass, 1897-1986
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Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1898-1962
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Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962), author, painter, and illustrator. From the description of Ludwig Bemelmans letters and other material, 1938-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702199017 Ludwig Bemelmans was born in Meron, Tirol, Austria in 1898. He came to the United States in 1914. He attended schools in Austria before dropping out at age 16. He became a writer, illustrator, humorist, painter, and writer of books for children. He is best known for his stories about a little ...
Mr Scaife
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Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945
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American novelist. From the description of Letter, 1940 Apr. 25, Richmond, Va., to John W. Garley, Bayonne, N.J. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647808544 From the description of Letters to James J. Murray [manuscript], 1939-1943. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812081 American author. From the description of Letter [manuscript]: Richmond, Va., to Dr. Kenneth Wood, 1942 December 14. (University of Virginia). W...
Capp, Al, 1909-
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Book-of-the-Month Club
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The Book-of-the-Month Club, founded in 1926, is a United States mail-order business, customers of which are offered a new book each month. From the description of Book-of-the-Month Club records, 1939-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131595 The Book-of-the-Month Club (BOMC) was founded in 1926 by Harry Scherman (1887-1969) in partnership with Maxwell Sackheim (1890-1982) and Robert K. Haas (1890-1964). Created to satisfy a perceived demand for quality literature that co...
Maraini, Fosco, 1912-
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Lee, Manfred B. (Manfred Bennington), 1905-1971
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Smith, Edgar Wadsworth, 1894-1960
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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000837.0x0002c5 ...
Adams, Franklin P.
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Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929. From the guide to the Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...
Finletter, Gretchen
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Goetz, Augustus
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McAlpin, David H. (David Hunter), 1897-1989
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Writers' War Board
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Non-governmental organization with headquarters in New York, N.Y. From the description of Writers' War Board records, 1941-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981975 The Writers' War Board aimed to utilize writers' talents to support the war effort; it was based in New York City. Stout was the organization's chair; and Komroff was chair of its Foreign Writers' Committee. From the description of Correspondence to Franz Werfel, 1942, 1943. (University of Pennsyl...
Lancaster, Bruce, 1896-
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United Chinas Relief
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LaFarge, Christopher, 1897-1956
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LaFarge was an American author, painter, and architect, and was a graduate of the Harvard College Class of 1920. He was the grandson of author and artist John LaFarge and the brother of author Oliver LaFarge (H.C. 1924). From the description of Christopher LaFarge diaries, 1937-1955. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612718347 From the guide to the Christopher LaFarge diaries, 1937-1955., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...
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...
