Garet Garrett papers

Weeks, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1898-1989

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Edward A. Weeks (1898-1989) was an author, essayist, and editor for the Atlantic Monthly . He was also author of more than 10 books, including: Breaking into Print: an Editor's Advice on Writing (1962); In Friendly Candor [1959]; and Writers and Friends (1981). Weeks opposed censorship and, during the 1920's, served as chairman of the Massachusetts Committee to Reform Book Censorship. From the guide to the Edward Weeks Letter to Mrs. Henry Pettit (MS 235), 16 June 1961...

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. ...

Pittman, Key, 1872-1940

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Key Pittman was a United States senator from Nevada, who served from 1913-1940. From the description of [Key Pittman Collection]. 1939-1940. (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 491372853 Lawyer and U.S. senator from Nevada. From the description of Papers of Key Pittman, 1898-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84471348 From the description of Key Pittman papers, 1886-1941. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record i...

Gould, Bruce.

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Shaw, Arch Wilkinson 1876-

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Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974

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Physicist, engineer, government official, and science administrator. From the description of Vannevar Bush papers, 1901-1974 (bulk 1932-1955). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980014 Administrator, engineer. From the description of Reminiscences of Vannevar Bush : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569580 Biographical Note ...

Banning, Kendall, 1879-

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Garrett, Garet, 1878-1954

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Garrett was an American financial writer and editor for newspapers, a novelist, and the author of books and essays on economics and politics. He was editorial writer-in-chief of the Saturday Evening Post (1940- 1942) and editor of American Affairs, a quarterly published by the National Conference Board (1944-1950). From the guide to the Papers, 1925-1954 (inclusive), 1941-1943 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Garrett was an American fi...

Brown, Lewis H. (Lewis Herold), 1894-

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Lewis H. Brown was born on February 13, 1894 in Creston, Iowa. He entered the University of Iowa in 1915 and worked his way through college working as a research assistant and librarian for the State Historical Society. During World War I Brown served as an infantry captain in France. After his discharge he went to work for Montgomery Ward and in eight years was assistant general operating manager. He resigned from Montgomery Ward at thirty-five to become the youngest man ever to be chairman of ...

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 ...

Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969

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Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969) was the father of President John F. Kennedy. During his career he was a banker, financier, and diplomat. From 1934 to 1937, he served as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and was the Chairman of the Maritime Commission in 1937. Kennedy served as Ambassador to Great Britain from 1938 to 1940. From the description of Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581186 ...

Graze, Gerald.

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Rogers, Clyde L.

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Hibbs, Ben, 1901-1975

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Ben Hibbs (1901-1975) was an editor for the Saturday Evening Post from 1942 to 1961, and Senior Editor in 1962. From 1963 to 1972, Hibbs was the Senior Editor of Reader's Digest. He collaborated with Dwight D. Eisenhower on his writings for The Saturday Evening Post and Reader’s Digest. From the description of Hibbs, Ben, 1901-1975 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10609978 ...

Gall, John Christian, 1901-

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Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969

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John L. Lewis was born in Lucas, Iowa in 1880. From 1917 until his death in 1969 he served the United Mine Workers of America, acting as its president from 1920 to 1960. Lewis led in the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and served as CIO president until his resignation from that post in 1940. From the description of Papers, 1879-1969. [microform] (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64091529 From its founding in 1935 until 1942, the hist...

Lyman, Lauren D. (Lauren Dwight), 1891-1971

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Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941

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Louis Brandeis (b. November 13, 1856, Louisville, Kentucky – d. October 5, 1941, Washington D.C.) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from 1916 until 1939. Brandeis was the Court’s 67th justice and its first Jewish-American justice. He was the son of immigrants from Bohemia, who came to Kentucky from Prague, then part of the Austrian Empire. He received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1877, and before becoming a judge, served as a lawyer at Warren & B...

Wallace, De Witt.

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

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 ...

Young, Owen D., 1874-1962

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Owen D. Young was born on October 27, 1874 in VanHornesville, New York, educated at St. Lawrence University and Boston University. His travels took him all over the United States and Eruope. He died July 11, 1962 in St. Augustine and is buried in VanHornesville, New York. From the description of Owen D. Young Collection, 1874-1962. (St. Lawrence University). WorldCat record id: 39776049 Lawyer. Young (1874-1962) graduated from St. Lawrence University...

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...

Strother, French, 1883-

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Chenery, William L. (William Ludlow), 1884-1974

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American journalist; editor and publisher, Collier's, 1925-1950. From the description of William Ludlow Chenery papers, 1905-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871701 Biographical/Historical Note American journalist; editor and publisher, Collier's, 1925-1950. From the guide to the William Ludlow Chenery papers, 1905-1974, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

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...

Jordan, Virgil, 1892-1965

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Lyons, Eugene, 1898-1985

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American journalist and author; correspondent in the Soviet Union, 1928-1934; editor, Reader's Digest, 1946-1968; president, American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, 1951-1952. From the description of Eugene Lyons papers, 1919-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872158 Eugene Lyons (1898-1985) was Russian-born journalist and writer who was associated with Tass News Agency, American mercury, The pageant, and Reader's digest. A student of Soviet affa...

Murray, Philip, 1940-

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Epithet: Dr of Sligo British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x0001f2 ...

Allen, Frederick Lewis, 1890-1954

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Editor and author. From the description of Frederick Lewis Allen papers, 1890-1954 (bulk 1933-1954). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979963 Frederick Lewis Allen was vice-president of Harper & Bros., publishers, and editor of Harper's magazine. From the description of Letters, 1926-1953, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155877934 Biographical Note ...

Bruce Gould

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Taussig, Charles W.

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Lorimer, George Horace, 1868-1937

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

Lamont, Thomas W.

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Garrett, Garet, 1878-

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Garet Garrett

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Ober, Harold

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Castle, William R. (William Richards), 1878-1963

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William Richards Castle, Jr. (1878-1963), Harvard graduate, was Ambassador to Japan during period of Naval Arms Conference, London, in 1930, and Undersecretary of State from 1931 to 1933. From the description of Castle, William R. (William Richards), 1878-1963 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570910 William Richards Castle (1878-1963), AB 1900, was an American diplomat. He served in the Department of State as chief of the Division of Western Europ...

Sweeney, John

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Biographical/Historical Note Technical sergeant, United States Army; instructor, Ramgarh Training Center, India, 1942-1944. From the guide to the John Sweeney papers, 2000-2001, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

A. A. Berle Jr

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