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Guiney, Louise Imogen, 1861-1920

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Mr. Holmes was a editor of the Boston Herald. From the description of Correspondence with Aleck [Abrahams], Arlo Bates, Willa Sibert Cather, George S. Lockwood, Mr. Moody, John H. Holmes, Colonel Higginson, Mr. Collier, Edward Bok, Louise Collier Willcox; 4 holograph poems, 3 typed mimeographed poems, and an album leaf. 1888-1910. (University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System). WorldCat record id: 18033356 Poet, essayist, journalist, and librarian. F...

Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940

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Hamlin Garland, also known as Hannibal Hamlin Garland, (born September 14, 1860, West Salem, Wisconsin – died March 4, 1940, Hollywood, California), an author who put his own part of the country on the literary map, is best remembered by the title he gave his autobiography, Son of the Middle Border. Gaining his spurs with a successful collection of grimly naturalistic 'down home' stories in 1891, Garland came to prominence just as the "frontier" mentality was losing out to the waves of settlemen...

James, William, 1842-1910

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William James (born January 11, 1842, New York City – died August 26, 1910, Tamworth, New Hampshire) was the preeminent American philosopher of his day. His reinterpretations of psychology and pragmatism were among his major contributions to world thought, and his work continues to reward study and inspire analysis. ...

Mitchell, Silas Weir, 1829-1914

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Silas Weir Mitchell was a Philadelphia physician and author. After graduating from medical school, he studied in Europe, joined his father's practice, and ran Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia during the Civil War, becoming the preeminent American neurologist of his generation. In addition to numerous medical papers and texts, he published popular novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. Born on 15 Feb. 1829, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a son of physician John Kear...

Meynell, Alice Christiana Gertrude, 1847-1922

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Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson was born in England on October 11, 1847 to Thomas James and Christiana (Weller) Thompson. Alice and her sister Elizabeth received their education from their father and were brought up primarily in the English countryside and Italy. Alice was encouraged to write poetry by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to whom she was introduced by family friend Aubrey de Vere. Alice became a poet, and Elizabeth became a painter. In 1868, Alice was received into the Catholic Church a...

Stillman, William James, 1828-1901

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William James Stillman (born June 1, 1828, Schenectady, New York – died July 6, 1901, Frimely Green, Surrey, England) was an American journalist, diplomat, author, historian, and photographer. Educated as an artist, Stillman subsequently converted to the profession of journalism, working primarily as a war correspondent in Crete and the Balkans, where he served as his own photographer. For a time, he also served as United States consul in Rome, and afterward in Crete during the Cretan insurrecti...

Sulzberger, Cyrus Leopold, 1858-1932

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Cyrus Leopold Sulzberger was a merchant and philanthropist. He served as the president of the Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society. He was the son of Leopold Sulzberger (1805-1881) and his wife, Sophia Lindauer (1830-1909), natives of Heidelsheim, Germany who immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cyrus Leopold Sulzberger married Rachel Peixotto Hays. His son, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, was the publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961....

Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909

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Oliver Howard was born in Leeds, Maine, the son of Rowland Bailey Howard and Eliza Otis Howard. Rowland, a farmer, died when Oliver was 9 years old. Oliver attended Monmouth Academy in Monmouth, North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Kents Hill School in Readfield, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1850 at the age of 19. He then attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1854, fourth in his class of 46 cadets, as a brevet second lieutenant of ordnance. He served at the Watervlie...

Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930

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

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937

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Born Edith Newbold Jones on January 24, 1862, in New York City, Edith Wharton was from birth a part of the wealthy New York society she depicted so vividly in her fiction. Through her father, George Frederic Jones, and her mother, Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander Jones, she could claim descent from three families whose names were synonymous with wealth and position: the Stevenses, Rhinelanders, and Schermerhorns. Educated at home with tutors and exposed at an early age to the classics in her fath...

Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744-1818

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Sarah Sophia Banks was born on 28 October 1744 at 30 Argyll Street in Soho, London to William Banks, the Member of Parliament for Grampound, and his wife Sarah. Sarah Sophia spent much of her childhood and teenage years on the family's estate at Revesby Abby, Lincolnshire, where she and her brother, Sir Joseph, grew up collecting antiquities and objects of natural history. Sarah Sophia collected predominately man-made materials, including printed ephemera, coins, tokens, and medals from around t...

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

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Harriet Beecher Stowe (b. June 14, 1811, Litchfield, Connecticut – d. July 1, 1896, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American abolitionist and author. She is the daughter of Rev. Lyman Beecher who preached against slavery. She is best known for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin. It became an instant and controversial best-seller, both in the United States and abroad. The novel had a major impact on Northerners' attitudes toward slavery and by the beginning of the Civil War had sold more than a million copi...

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was the second wife and First Lady of her childhood companion and the 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909). Edith Kermit Carow knew Theodore Roosevelt from infancy; as a toddler she became a playmate of his younger sister Corinne. Born in Connecticut in 1861, daughter of Charles and Gertrude Tyler Carow, she grew up in an old New York brownstone on Union Square — an environment of comfort and tradition. Throughout childhood she and “Teedie” were in and o...

Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893

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Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist, whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing and works about the theatre. In 1834, Kemble married a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Mease Butler, grandson of U.S. Senator Pierce Butler, whom she had met on an American acting tour with her father in 1832....

Curtis, George William, 1824-1892

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George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 – August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of New Englander ancestry. A Republican, he spoke in favor of African-American equality and civil rights. Curtis, the son of George and Mary Elizabeth (Burrill) Curtis, was born in Providence on February 24, 1824. His mother died when he was two. At six he was sent with his elder brother to school in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he remained for fi...

Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908

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Ainsworth Rand Spofford (September 12, 1825 – August 11, 1908) was an American journalist and the sixth Librarian of Congress. Spofford was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. Ill health prevented him from attending Amherst College. He instead, at age 19, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became a bookseller, publisher, and newspaper man. In 1849 Spofford founded the Literary Club of Cincinnati with John Celivergos Zachos, Stanley Matthews (judge) and 9 others founded. One year later Ruthe...

Gardener, Helen H. (Helen Hamilton), 1853-1925

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Helen Hamilton Gardener (1853–1925), born Alice Chenoweth, was an American author, rationalist public intellectual, political activist, and government functionary. Gardener produced many lectures, articles, and books during the 1880s and 1890s and is remembered today for her role in the freethought and women's suffrage movements and for her place as a pioneering woman in the top echelon of the American civil service. Alice Chenoweth, best remembered by her pen name, Helen Hamilton Gardener, w...

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English author and poet. His best-known works include the novels and short story collections The Jungle Book (1894), Just So Stories (1902), Puck of Pook's Hill (1906), and Kim (1901), as well as a number of poems such as "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), and "If-" (1910). Kipling was born in Bombay, India, into an artistic family: his father was a sculptor, pottery designer, and professor of architectural sculpture and tw...

Smith, Margaret Earhart, 1902-1960

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Margaret Earhart was born in Evanston, Illinois, on February 3, 1902, the daughter of Harry Boyd and Carrie (Beal) Earhart. After graduation from Vassar College in 1923 ME was involved with a number of journalistic pursuits in Ann Arbor, including research for a book on Emily Bronte, which included travel abroad. Teaching and psychiatric counselling were also part of ME's early work experience. In February 1926 she married Dr. Clement Andrew Smith (b. 1901), a pediatrician. They ha...

Fiske, Minnie Maddern, 1865-1932

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Minnie Maddern Fiske (born Marie Augusta Davey; December 19, 1865 – February 15, 1932), but often billed simply as Mrs. Fiske, was one of the leading American actresses of the late 19th and early 20th century. She also spearheaded the fight against the Theatrical Syndicate for the sake of artistic freedom. She was widely considered the most important actress on the American stage in the first quarter of the 20th century. Her performances in several Henrik Ibsen plays widely introduced American a...

Darrow, Clarence S. (Clarence Seward), 1857-1938

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Clarence Seward Darrow, prominent Chicago trial lawyer, was born in Kinsman, Ohio on April 18, 1857. He attended Allegheny College, after which he studied one year at the University of Michigan Law School. He then worked as a lawyer in Youngstown, and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1878. He practiced in Ohio for nine years, before moving to Chicago, where he practiced privately before being appointed assistant corporation counsel for the City of Chicago. For four years he served as Chi...

Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897

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Charles Anderson Dana (August 8, 1819 – October 17, 1897) was an American journalist, author, and senior government official. He was a top aide to Horace Greeley as the managing editor of the powerful Republican newspaper New-York Tribune until 1862. During the American Civil War, he served as Assistant Secretary of War, playing especially the role of the liaison between the War Department and General Ulysses S. Grant. In 1868 he became the editor and part-owner of the New York Sun. He at first ...

Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885

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Helen Hunt Jackson (pen name, H.H.; born Helen Maria Fiske; October 15, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor (1881). Her novel Ramona (1884) dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and attracted co...

Aldrich, Talbot Bailey, 1868-1957

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Son of Thomas Bailey Aldrich who was a New Hampshire-born author and poet. His mother was Mary Elizabeth "Lillian" Woodman....

Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888

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James Freeman Clarke (April 4, 1810 – June 8, 1888) was an American theologian and author. Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on April 4, 1810, James Freeman Clarke was the son of Samuel Clarke and Rebecca Parker Hull, though he was raised by his grandfather James Freeman, minister at King's Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Boston Latin School, and later graduated from Harvard College in 1829, and Harvard Divinity School in 1833. Ordained into the Unitarian church he first became...

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...

Wister, Sarah Butler, 1835-1908

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Sarah Butler Wister (1835-1906), daughter of Pierce Butler and Fanny Kemble, married Dr. Owen Jones Wister of Grumblethorpe in 1859. According to her granddaughter, Fanny Kemble Wister Stokes, "Sarah was fine looking, nearly beautiful... She is remembered as regal when she received at the Philadelphia assemblies... She was the great lady of her neighborhood. Sarah a writer, published travel writing, translations of French poetry, and a volume entitled Worthy Women of Our Century. She also jou...

Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

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

Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906

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Army officer, statesman, journalist, legislator, and U.S. Secy. of the Interior, of Missouri. From the description of Papers, 1870-1901 (bulk 1870-1890). (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 70953302 German-American army officer, author and politician. From the description of Papers of Carl Schurz, 1862-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136358 U.S. cabinet officer, diplomat, and senator from Missouri, Union Ar...

Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Morris, Clara, 1848-1925

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Actress Clara Morris was born in Toronto and moved with her mother to Cleveland, Ohio. She became a ballet girl in the resident company of the Cleveland Academy of Music; after nine years of training with that company she played a leading lady at Wood's Theatre in Cincinnati in 1869. She made her New York debut in September in "Man and Wife," directed by Augustin Daly at his Fifth Avenue Theatre. She worked with Daly in a series of highly emotional roles over the next three years in such plays a...

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

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William Cullen Bryant (b. November 3, 1794, Cummington, Massachusetts-d. June 12, 1878, New York, New York), American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post....

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

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George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman, and an active promoter of secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. As U. S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, Bancroft established the Naval Academy at Annapolis and later served as U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), Prussia (1867-1871), and the German Empire (1871-1874). He is best remembered however for his 10-volume History of the United States, a work which fellow historian Leop...

Hayes, Webb Cook, 1856-1934

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Presidential secretary, U.S. army officer, industrialist, philanthropist, and civic leader, of Spiegel Grove (Fremont) and Cleveland, Ohio; second son of Rutherford B. Hayes and Lucy Webb Hayes; attended Cornell University, leaving to serve as his father's secretary (both as Ohio governor and U.S. president); treasurer of Whipple Manufacturing Company and official of National Carbon Company (later known as Union Carbide); member of First Cleveland Troop (Troop A), Ohio National Guard; mustered i...

Dole, Nathan Haskell, 1852-1935

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Nathan Haskell Dole was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard University. He worked as a teacher and journalist in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and California, and as advisor and editor for the publishing firms Crowell and Appleton. He also wrote poetry, and was a prolific translator of Russian works into English, including Tolstoy's works and numerous songs and lyrical pieces. From the description of Nathan Haskell Dole letter to Dear sir and poem, 1894-1895. (...

Doubleday, Russell, 1872-1949

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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life ...

Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950

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

Burton, Richard, 1861-1940

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Richard E. Burton was an editor, author, and educator. He was born in Connecticut and educated at Trinity College and Johns Hopkins. He was literary editor of the Hartford Courant for several years before accepting a position at the University of Minnesota as English professor and department head. He wrote poetry and biography, and edited several publications. From the description of Richard E. Burton letter and poem, 1915. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record ...

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an American author and Unitarian minister. Hale was involved in many social reform movements, including abolition and popular education. He is best known for his 1863 short story, "The Man Without a Country," which promoted patriotic support of the Union. From the guide to the Edward Everett Hale Letters, 1884-1897, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Hale, Edward Everett, Jr., 1863-1932

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Hale was Professor of English from 1895-1932. From the description of Edward Everett Hale Jr, 1863-1932 papers, 1895(ca.)-1932(ca.). (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155435623 ...

Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898

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Best known for her leadership (1879-1898) of the influential Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Willard also supported and often spearheaded a wide variety of social reforms, including woman suffrage, economic equality, and fair labor laws. Willard gained an international reputation through her speeches and publications. She was the first woman to be honored with a statue in the U.S Capitol building, and her Evanston home was one of the first house museums to in the country. ...

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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Woodrow Wilson (b. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia-d.February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), was the twenty-eight President of the United States, 1913-1921; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; and president of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Biographical Note 1856, Dec. 28 Born, Staunton, Va. 1870 ...

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918

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Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, was educated at Harvard and served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, when he was Minister to England. He rejected a political career to teach history at Harvard and edit The North American review, 1870-1877, then returned to Washington. He wrote prolifically on many subjects and is best known for his Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1904) and The education of Henry Adams (1907). From the description of Henry Adam...

Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915

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Soldier, businessman, civic leader and historian. Descendant of two presidents and the son of a noted diplomat, Adams served with distinction as a Union officer during the Civil War. After the war, he became a nationally recognized authority on the railroad industry, chairing the Massachusetts Railroad Commission from 1869 to 1879, and ultimately taking on the presidency of the Union Pacifc Railroad for six stormy years, 1884-1890. From 1890 to 1915, Adams was content to be a man of a...

Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881

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John Gorham Palfrey was a Unitarian minister, professor at Harvard Divinity School, editor of the North American Review, congressman from Massachusetts (1847-1849), postmaster of Boston (1861-1867), and historian, best known for his multi-volume History of New England. From the description of Letters to William Taylor Palfrey, 1818-1866. (Harvard University, Wadsworth House). WorldCat record id: 77703801 ...

Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873

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Swiss-American zoologist and geologist. Professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University. Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He studied at the universities of Zürich, Erlangen (Ph.D., 1829), Heidelberg, and Munich (M.D., 1830). Agassiz studied medicine briefly but turned to zoology, with a special interest in fishes and fossils, while studying under the French naturalist Cuvier. In 1832 he became professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel, Sw...

Ticknor, Anna, 1800-1885

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Mrs. Anna Eliot Ticknor was the wife of George Ticknor (1791-1871) educator and author; the daughter of Samuel Eliot, a Boston merchant. From the description of Papers, 1823-1885. (Boston Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37601590 ...

Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

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George Ticknor (1791-1871), educator and author, served as the first Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard from 1817 to 1835. After his arrival at Harvard, Ticknor became disenchanted with the school curriculum, characterizing the College as a well-disciplined high school, and began an effort to reorganize the College around four main goals: the division of students in courses according to academic proficiency and merit; the division of the ...

Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932

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Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932) was an American biographical essayist, poet, dramatist, and critic of Wellesley, Mass. He was the sixth of seven Gamaliel Bradfords in unbroken succession, of whom the first was a great-grandson of Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. He entered Harvard College with the Class of 1886, but withdrew after a few weeks due to fragile health, a problem that was to plague him his entire life. He married Helen Hubbard Ford. Bradford attempted virtua...

Paine, John Knowles, 1839-1906

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Paine (1839-1906) was an American composer, organist, educator at Harvard University, and held the first chair of music in an American university. He was a charter member of the American Guild of Organists. From the guide to the Additional musical compositions, 1859-1939 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Paine received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1869 and taught music at Harvard. From the description of Papers of...

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880

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Lydia Maria Child was born Lydia Maria Francis in Medford, Massachusetts on February 11, 1802. She was born into an abolitionist family and was greatly influenced by her brother, Convers, who would later become a Unitarian Clergyman. After the death of her mother in 1814, Child moved to Maine to live with her sister and began teaching in Gardiner in 1819. While living in Maine, Child became increasingly interested in Native Americans and visited many nearby settlements. Child began actively writ...

Hale, Charles, 1831-1882

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Charles Hale (1831-1882) was a Boston journalist and politician who graduated from Harvard in 1850. He was junior editor of his father's newspaper, the Boston Daily Advertiser, and in 1852 he founded the Boston literary journal, Today. From 1864 to 1870, Hale was U.S. Consul-General to Egypt, and was active in the development of Egypt's Assembly system. After 1870, he held various Massachusetts political offices. His publications include: All Men Are Born Equal ... (Boston, 1856); Our Houses Are...

O’Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890

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John Boyle O'Reilly was born in County Meath, Ireland, and apprenticed with a newspaper at the age of eleven. He joined the English army to persuade Irish soldiers to join the Fenian movement, and was so successful he was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted, and he was exiled to Australia, but escaped to America and after numerous adventures settled in Boston. He lectured, wrote poetry, and joined the Boston Pilot, which he later co-owned, turning it into Am...

Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918

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Lucretia Rudolph Garfield served as First Lady of the United States in 1881 until the assassination of her husband, President James A. Garfield. In the fond eyes of her husband, President James A. Garfield, Lucretia “grows up to every new emergency with fine tact and faultless taste.” She proved this in the eyes of the nation, though she was always a reserved, self-contained woman. She flatly refused to pose for a campaign photograph, and much preferred a literary circle or informal party to ...

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

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Julia Ward Howe, née Julia Ward, (born May 27, 1819, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 17, 1910, Newport, Rhode Island), American author and lecturer best known for her “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Julia Ward came of a well-to-do family and was educated privately. In 1843 she married educator Samuel Gridley Howe and took up residence in Boston. Always of a literary bent, she published her first volume of poetry, Passion Flowers, in 1854; this and subsequent works—including a poetry collec...

Leslie, Frank, Mrs., 1836-1914

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Miriam Florence Squier Leslie (also, Miriam Peacock and Miriam Wilde; June 5, 1836 – September 18, 1914) was an American publisher and author. She was the wife of Frank Leslie and the heir to his publishing business which she developed into a paying concern from a state of precarious indebtedness. After her husband's death, she changed her own name to his, Frank Leslie. The Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission was an organization formed by Carrie Chapman Catt using funds willed for the purpose by Le...

Greenwood, Grace, 1823-1904

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Sara Jane Lippincott (September 23, 1823 – April 20, 1904) was an American author, poet, correspondent, lecturer, and newspaper founder. Lippincott's accomplishments include many firsts. She was the founder of the first children's magazine in the United States, the first woman writer and reporter on the payroll of the New York Times, and one of the first women to gain access and prominence in journalism, publishing, literature and politics. As one of the first women to gain access into the Congr...

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935

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Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman (1860-1935) was the leading public intellectual of the women’s movement in the early 20th century. Born into the prestigious Beecher family, she struggled through a lonely childhood and disastrous marriage, which caused a nervous breakdown. Her mental health returned once she separated from her husband; she later gave him custody of their young daughter, and he had a happy second marriage to one of her close friends. She moved to California, and threw herself int...

Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894

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Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop. Robert Charles Winthrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841), the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), who were married on July 25, 1786. He was the youngest of 13 children born to his parents. Winthrop attende...

Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901

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William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818 – February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York. He was renowned for his skills as a litigator and was involved in three of the most important causes of American political jurisprudence in his day: the impeachment of a president, the Geneva arbitration and the contests before the electoral commission to settle the presidential election of 18...

Sherman, John, 1823-1900

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Sherman was born in Lancaster, Ohio to Charles Robert Sherman and his wife, Mary Hoyt Sherman, the eighth of their 11 children. John Sherman's grandfather, Taylor Sherman, a Connecticut lawyer and judge, first visited Ohio in the early nineteenth century, gaining title to several parcels of land before returning to Connecticut. After Taylor's death in 1815, his son Charles, newly married to Mary Hoyt, moved the family west to Ohio. Several other Sherman relatives soon followed, and Charles becam...

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...

Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902

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Thomas Brackett Reed (October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902), was an American politician from the state of Maine, and was a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives 12 times, first in 1876, and served as Speaker of the House, from 1889–1891 and again from 1895–1899. Occasionally ridiculed as "Czar Reed", he had great influence over the agenda and operations of the House, more so than any previous speaker. He increased the Speaker's power by in...

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912

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Bram (Abraham) Stoker (b. November 8, 1847, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland-d. April 20, 1912, London, England), studied at Dublin's Trinity College. He took a civil service job, but found it unsatisfying and moonlighted as an unpaid theatre critic. His affection for the theatre led to a partnership with Henry Irving, managing London's Lyceum Theatre. While managing the theatre, Stoker wrote consistently, publishing popular adventure and horror stories as well as non-fiction. Today, he is almost exclu...

Trilling, Lionel, 1905-

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Richardson, Lyon N. (Lyon Norman), 1898-

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Marchand, Ernest, addressee.

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Howard, Bronson, 1842-1908

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Epithet: American dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x0000aa Bronson Howard (1842-1908), playwight. Born and raised in Detroit, Howard worked as a journalist from the mid 1860s to mid 1870s before making his living as a playwright, earning him the reputation as the dean of American drama. From the description of Bronson Howard playscripts, 1866-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702...

Scott, Carrie E. (Carrie Emma), 1874-1943

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Kester, Alfred A.

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Fish, Helen Dean

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MacKaye, Percy, 1875-1956

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Percy MacKaye was a poet and dramatist. From the description of Note, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007259 American poet and dramatist. From the description of Papers, 1909-1912. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36097093 Author Percy MacKaye was born into a theatrical family in New York City. He graduated from Harvard in 1897, and travelled through Europe for a time before taking a teaching job at the Craigie School in N...

Jackson, Frances Manette

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Thorne, D.

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Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917

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Author and journalist. From the description of F.B. Sanborn correspondence and essays, 1852-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84163242 Massachusetts journalist. From the description of Song / words by Mr. F.B. Sanborn, music a part of Brignal Banks. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 62350218 American journalist and reformer. From the description of Letter, 1889 March 21, Concord, Mass., to E.D. Walker, New York. (Boston Athenaeum). W...

Mookerjee, Harendra Coomar.

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Punké, Edward G., addressee.

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Leisy, Ernest Erwin, 1887-....

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Author and professor of English. From the description of Papers of Ernest Erwin Leisy, circa 1923-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131192 ...

Stone, Clarence R. (Clarence Robert), 1882-

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Foreman, research and engineering. From the description of Reminiscences of Clarence L. Stone : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376700 ...

Mason, Frank H. (Frank Holcomb), 1840-1916

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Brewer, A. T. (Abraham Titus), 1841-1933

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Harper, firm, publishers, New York, addressee.

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James Ripley Osgood and co.

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Piatt, Sarah M. B. (Sarah Morgan Bryan), 1836-1919

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American poet. From the description of Papers of Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt [manuscript], 1896. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814346 ...

Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890

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Dionysius Lardner Boucicault was born in Dublin on 26th December 1820. His Irish mother Anna, nee Darley, was married to Samuel Boursiquot, but it is likely that Dion was the son of Dr. Dionysius Lardner, who was closer in age to Anna than her husband. In 1828, Anna and her children followed Lardner to London when he became Professor of Philosophy and Astronomy at the new University College. Dion attended several schools in London, but it was a production of Pizarro in 183...

Harris, J.A.

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Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904

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English critic and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letters signed (24) : London, etc., to W.E. Henley, 1876-1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580328 From the description of English thought in the eighteenth century : autograph manuscript, [187-]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580765 Stephen was a British critic, man of letters and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. From the description of Photograph album of Le...

Millard, William Barrett, 1867-

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Charteris, Evan, Sir, 1864-1940

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Anna Alma-Tadema

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Random House (Firm)

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Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977

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Author, journalist, and screenwriter. From the description of Papers of James M. Cain, 1901-1978 (bulk 1925-1978). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060813 Journalist and author of crime novels, plays, and short stories. From the description of Oral history interview, 1975. (Maryland Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32822016 Biographical Note 1892, July 1 ...

Bennett, Paul A., 1897-1966

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Printer at the Mergenthaler Linotype Co., New York City. From the description of Letters and notes, 1917-1966. (Boston Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37766607 Paul A. Bennett (1897-1966) was director of typography for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company for thirty years until his retirement in 1962. Mr. Bennett lectured on and wrote articles about printing and typography. Bennett was one of the founders, then unofficial secretary of the Typophiles; he frequently coordina...

Robbins, Phyllis

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Appleton, William Worthen, 1845-1924

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Pooley, Robert C. (Robert Cecil), 1898-1978

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Robert Lewis (later changed to "Louis") Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 13, 1850. He attended the University of Edinburgh intending to become a civil engineer like his father, but ill health curtailed his studies and prompted him to travel to warmer climates. This inspired Stevenson to write stories, novels and essays about his travels. While in France he met American artist Fanny Osbourne. The two fell in love, and in 1879 Stevenson traveled to California, where he...

Matteis, Maria de, addressee.

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Potter, M. D., addressee.

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Henschel, George

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Sir George Henschel was a German-English composer, conductor, and baritone. He was the first conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in addition to many appointments in England. His diverse compositions and arrangements showed influences of Brahms and Wagner. He was also professor of singing at the Royal College of Music. From the description of George Henschel letter to Mr. Greene, 1890 June 12. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53917419 Ger...

Mathews, Joseph Chesley, 1906-

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Salter, Mary G.

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Pollard and Steinam, addressee.

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James, Henry, 1811-1882

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Henry James Sr. and his wife Mary Walsh James (1810-1882) were the parents of the novelist Henry James Jr., the philosopher William James, the diarist Alice James, Robertson James, and Garth Wilkinson James. From the guide to the Letters from Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James to various correspondents, 1827-1878., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Henry James Sr. was an American philosophical theologian. He and his wife Mary Robertson Walsh J...

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

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Carolyn Wells published under the pseudonym Rowland Wright. From the description of Autograph postcard signed from W.D. Howells to Carolyn Wells, Rahway [manuscript], 19th or 20th century. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694525270 Author, editor, critic. From the description of Letters chiefly to Alexander? Black [manuscript] 1888-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943111 William Dean Howells was an American novelist...

Strobell, Caro (Lloyd).

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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...

Astor, William Waldorf Astor, Viscount, 1848-1919

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American and British journalist and financier. He moved from the United States to Great Britain in 1890. From the description of Letters, 1889-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367568303 Journalist and financier. From the description of William Waldorf Astor, Viscount Astor, papers, 1904-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449845 ...

Harvey, George Brinton McClellan, 1864-1928

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American diplomat, journalist, author, administrator for electric rail construction and owner/editor of several newspapers. From the description of George B. M. Harvey fragment of letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], no date. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420463354 American journalist. From the description of Letter, 1925 Nov. 23, Asbury Park, to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184907231 Magazine ed...

Hurd, Melancthon M., addressee.

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Harper, Joseph W. (Joseph Wesley), 1830-1896

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Son of Joseph Wesley Harper, 1801-1870, who was one of Brothers of the Harper & Brothers firm; worked for firm for approximately 45 years, as selector of primarily literary writing for last 25 years or so; trustee of Columbia University for 20 years. From the description of Letters of Joseph W. Harper [manuscript] 1888-1895 ca. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874671 ...

Salvini, Alessandro

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Kirkland, Joseph, 1830-1894

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Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921

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Journalist, author, and politician. From the description of Papers of Henry Watterson, 1857-1983, (bulk 1882-1921). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071676 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Louisville, KY, to Hon. D. A. Wells, 1887 Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660897 Watterson was the editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. From the description of Autograph letters signed from Henry Watters...

Strang, Bert D.

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Brady, Harriet.

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Smith, Thomas Robert, 1880-

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Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948

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

Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865

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American historian. From the description of Letter, 1855 November 27, Boston, to Putnam's Magazine [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812875 ...

Miles, Dudley H. (Dudley Howe), 1881-

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Gagnot, B. M.

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Jewett, Rutger B.

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Browne, Charles Farrar 1834-1867

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McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949

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Journalist, writer of books for boys. From the description of S.S. McClure check to James Barnes, 1898 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53795304 American publisher. From the description of Letter to Edward Sylvester Ellis, 1892 October 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51846140 ...

Hay, John, 1838-1905

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Brown class of 1858. Secretary to Abraham Lincoln; Ambassador to Court of St. James; Secretary of State; author. From the description of Papers, 1829-1916. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122598680 American diplomat and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cleveland, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644640373 Statesman, poet, Secretary of State. ...

Verga, Giovanni, 1840-1922

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Sicilian writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, 15 March 1891, to Mr. (or Mrs.?) Pasta, 1891 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270964616 ...

Montel, Denise, addressee.

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Garrison, Curtis Wiswell, 1901-

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Arms, George Warren, 1912-....

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George Warren Arms (1912-1992), professor. From the description of George Warren Arms collection, 1848-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702171393 From the description of George Warren Arms collection, 1848-1988. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 60366697 George Warren Arms was born February 1, 1912, in La Grande, Oregon to George Wells and Marguerite Shattuck Arms. He was educated at Princeton University, the Universities of Zurich and Munich, ...

Duneka, Frederick A., -1919

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Epithet: American journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x0003a9 ...

Crowninshield, Frederic, 1856-1918

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Rosedale, H. G. (Honyel Gough), 1863-1928

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Warren, Whitney

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Cohn, James D.

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Farrar, John, 1896-

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Dennis, Lorraine Durand.

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Eaton, Walter Prichard, 1878-1957

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Author, drama critic, and educator. From the description of Correspondence of Walter Prichard Eaton [manuscript] 1901-56. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647942999 Walter P. Eaton: worked in the drama department, New York Tribune, 1902-1907; drama critic, New York Sun, 1907-1908; drama critic, American Magazine, 1909-1918; professor of playwriting, Yale University, 1933-1947; free-lance drama and theater critic; author. From the description of Walte...

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

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Epithet: Mrs; of Add MS 37312 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0001da American author, editor and war correspondent. From the description of Richard Harding Davis Letters concerning South Africa and the Boer War [manuscript], 1899-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 611582020 American newspaperman, war correspondent and novelist. From the description of Letter to Arthur...

Belcher, Hannah Graham, addressee.

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Jones, Henry Arthur, 1851-1929

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Henry Arthur Jones was the son of a tenant farmer, and worked in the drapery business for some twenty years after leaving school. He developed a passion for drama, and found success with The Silver King, a play he co-authored with Henry Herman, which gave him the financial security to become a full-time writer. A prolific author, he wrote many plays, chiefly melodramas, and had great success in England and America. His themes and influences were chiefly British, and he is considered a pioneer of...

Scribner, firm, publishers, New York, addressee.

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Antoine Leonard Achille Fréchette

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Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, Christine.

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Dorothy Fiske

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Arms, George Warren, 1912-....

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George Warren Arms (1912-1992), professor. From the description of George Warren Arms collection, 1848-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702171393 From the description of George Warren Arms collection, 1848-1988. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 60366697 George Warren Arms was born February 1, 1912, in La Grande, Oregon to George Wells and Marguerite Shattuck Arms. He was educated at Princeton University, the Universities of Zurich and Munich, ...

Anderson, Charles, 1814-1895

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Lawyer, lieutenant-governor of Ohio, founder of Kuttawa, Kentucky. From the description of The story of Soldier's Retreat : a memoir. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49419336 Born June 1, 1814, in Louisville, Kentucky. Graduated from Miami University in Ohio. Admitted to the bar in 1843, and elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1844. Settled in Texas in 1859 and established what later became the Argyle Hotel in San Antonio, where he bred cavalry horses f...

Whitehead, Sara B.

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Wells, Samuel Gannett.

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Phelps, Elizabeth, addressee.

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Cohn, Janet.

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Alexander, Francesca, 1837-1917

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American author, artist, folklorist, and philanthropist in Italy. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dear Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1891 Mar. [12-] 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426166781 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Firenze, to "Dearest Joanie" [Joan Severn], 1889 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426923784 From the description of Autograph address on an envelope : Venezia, to Mrs. Arthur Severn [Joan Severn]...

Sibley, John Langdon, 1804-1885

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John Langdon Sibley (1804-1885) served as Harvard's Assistant Librarian from 1825 to 1826 and 1841 to 1856, Librarian from 1856 to 1877, and Librarian, Emeritus from 1877 to 1885. He was the editor of the Harvard Triennial Catalogue from 1839 to 1875 and of the Harvard Quinquennial Catalogue from 1875-1885. A noted biographer, Sibley is best known for his "Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University", an extensive collection of biographical material on Harvard graduates. Sibley was ...

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...

Cuddy, E. J.

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Councilman, W. T. (William Thomas), 1854-1933

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Councilman (University of Maryland, M.D., 1878) was a pathologist and taught at Harvard from 1892 to 1923. From the description of Papers of William Thomas Councilman, 1914-1951 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281427949 ...

Harper & Bros.

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Sharp, William, 1855-1905

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William Sharp was a noted English author, writing prolifically in every conceivable genre. After his death, it was surprisingly revealed that he was also "Fiona MacLeod," a popular mystical writer whose work became a keystone of the Celtic Renaissance. Sharp's themes of mysticism, alienation, symbolism, and spiritual exhaustion fuse mythology with modernism, anticipating the work of Eliot, Joyce, and D.H. Lawrence. From the description of William Sharp letters, 1889-1894. (Pennsylvan...

Buel, Clarence Clough, 1850-1933

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Talcott, Henry.

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Brummitt, E. P., addressee.

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Durand, Alice Marie Céleste (Fleury) 1842-1902

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Dodd, Frank C.

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Epithet: of Dodd Mead and Company publishers New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000412.0x0000a7 ...

Smith, Susan E. (Susan Elizabeth), 1940-

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De Vere, Aubrey, 1814-1902

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Irish poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Adare, Ireland, to Mr. John W. Field, 1886 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462144372 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ambleside, to Mr. John W. Field, 1878 Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462090133 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Adare, Ireland, to Mr. John W. Field, 1872 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 461318026 From the description of Aut...

Poole, Ernest, 1880-1950

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American author. From the description of Papers of Ernest Poole, 1908-1946. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136593 Ernest Poole was born into a well-to-do Chicago family, was educated at Princeton, and settled in New York City. He became an investigative journalist, publishing provocative articles on child labor, tuberculosis in the slums, and the Chicago stockyards; he travelled to Russia after Bloody Sunday, and wrote some twenty articles in his two-month s...

Walker, John Brisben, 1847-1931

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John Brisben Walker, magazine publisher, automobile entrepreneur. Published Cosmopolitan Magazine (1889-1905) and founded Locomobile Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Samuel Sydney McClure, founder, editor, and publisher of McClure's Magazine. From the description of Letters to Mr. McClure, 1890 January 14 and August 21. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 59227915 ...

Sheppard, William Ludwell, 1833-1912

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Rood, Henry Edward

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Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931

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Arnold Bennett was a British novelist, dramatist, short-story writer, literary critic, journalist, and editor. From the description of Arnold Bennett collection of papers, 1881-1955 bulk (1894-1953). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615455 From the guide to the Arnold Bennett collection of papers, 1881-1955, 1894-1953, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Arnold Bennett, English no...

Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902

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American fiction writer. From the description of Letter [manuscript]: Frank R. Stockton, Washington, D.C., to Mr. Walker, 1899 March 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823789 American novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Charlottesville, Va., to Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1884 Aug. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645458453 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lego, to Mrs. Constance Cary Harrison, 1885...

Fouks, Edward W.

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Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938

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Williams, John L. B. (John Lauris Blake), 1893-1963

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Thomas, W. E.

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Crofts, Frederick S., addressee.

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Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926

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Joseph Pennell was an American artist and educator, primarily known for his etchings and illustrations. Much of his early work consisted of city scenes, published in magazines. He later worked on a variety of projects, often illustrating books in collaboration with his wife, author Elizabeth Robins. After spending time in Europe, notably London, Pennell taught art, and the couple collaborated on a biography of James McNeill Whistler. From the description of Joseph Pennell letter to M...

Nannine V. Joseph

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Metcalf, Thomas D.

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Tortorini, G. Antonio.

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Swope, Eugene, addressee.

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Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922

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Author, diplomat. From the description of Papers of Thomas Nelson Page [manuscript], 1878-1923. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823870 From the description of Papers of Thomas Nelson Page [manuscript] 1891. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647949629 Virginia author; U.S. ambassador to Italy. From the description of Papers of Thomas Nelson Page [manuscript], 1889-1899. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813209 ...

Eckfeld, E.

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Conard, Louis

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Geoffrey Bret Harte

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White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918

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The second International Peace Conference was held at the Hague in 1907. From the description of Hague Peace Conference documents, 1907. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64052217 Ambassador to Russia; first president of Cornell University. From the description of Andrew Dickson White papers, 1901-1902. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155410378 Andrew Dickson White was born at Homer, New York, November 7, 1832. ...

Ritchie, Anne Isabella (Thackeray) lady, 1838-1919

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Smalley, George W. (George Washburn), 1833-1916

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Civil War correspondent; foreign correspondent for the New York Tribune. From the description of Papers of George Washburn Smalley, 1870-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49241413 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letters (2) : London, to Mr. Reid, 1877 Feb. 3-1877 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664132 From the description of The House of Lords : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript signed of the first page of ...

Marchand, Ernest.

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Ayer, Dana S.

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Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975

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Epithet: husband of Hilda Doolittle British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0000fc ...

Anderson, Ruth E.

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G. S. Rowe

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Vonnoh, Bessie O. (Potter).

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Jensen, Gerard Edward, 1884-

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Day, Wilhelmina.

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Kraemer, Rose A., addressee.

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Bumstead, S. J.

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Houghton, Henry Oscar, 1823-1895

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Houghton was an American printer and publisher, proprietor of the Riverside Press in Cambridge, Mass. and partner, successively, in the publishing firms of Hurd and Houghton; Houghton, Osgood ? and Houghton, Mifflin & Company. From the description of Papers, 1773-1932 (inclusive) 1833-1895 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505871 Houghton was an American printer and publisher, proprietor of the Riverside Press in Cambridge, Mass., and partner, successi...

Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna), 1842?-1928

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Kenney is a Mormon author and historian. From the guide to the Scott G. Kenney research materials, 1820-1984, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Ina Coolbrith was born as Josephine Donna Smith (niece of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith) in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1841or 1842 (accounts differ). Following her father's death, which roughly coincided with the Mormons' expulsion from Illinois, Josephine's mother took her to St. Louis and married William Pickett. In 1850 the family ...

Ellis, Ethel Franklin.

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Holmes, Raymond.

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Harper, J. Henry (Joseph Henry), 1850-1938

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American publisher. From the description of Letter signed : [New York], to George Haven Putnam, secretary, American Copyright League, 1900 Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270510252 ...

Cooke, Henry David, 1825-1881

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Brother of banker Jay Cooke; first governor of Washington, D.C., 1871-1873. From the description of Letter : Washington, to [Richard Cruikshank] 1871 Sept. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22193964 From the description of Letter : Washington, to Gardner Rand, Troy, N.Y., 1873 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22205321 From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to Andrew J. Rogers, Washington, 1873 March 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22194012 ...

Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907

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Clergyman, editor, and abolitionist. From the description of Moncure Daniel Conway correspondence, 1889-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453541 American author and clergyman. From the description of Moncure Daniel Conway papers, 1847-1907. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 489376233 American author, publisher, clergyman. From the description of Papers of Moncure D. Conway [manuscript], 1859-1906. (Univer...

William H. Fales

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Howells, Winifred

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Harrington, Daniel

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Marbury, , addressee.

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Williams, Jesse Lynch, 1871-1929

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Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green

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Illustrator; b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1871; d. 1954. From the description of Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott files, 1896-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973996 From the description of Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott photographs, [19--]-[19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974358 Illustrator; Philadelphia, Penn. Died 1954. From the description of Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott papers, 1848-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565413 ...

Werner, William Louser, 1894-1965

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William L. Werner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 20, 1894. He received a bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg College in 1915 and served in France with the 316th Infantry during World War I. He was an instructor in English at Penn State in 1920, earning a master's degree in 1922. Following Dr. Fred Lewis Pattee's retirement in 1928, he assumed much of Dr. Pattee's work in American literature. He was made a full professor of American literature in 1936 and retired in 1959 as profe...

Lieber, Maxim, addressee.

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Strauss, S. J.

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Sinclair, Robert B. (Robert Basil)

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Biography Sinclair was an American director of stage, film and television. Born in Ohio in 1905, he graduated from the Whorton School of Business Administration at the University of Pennsylvania in 1926. He directed the original Broadway productions of The Philadelphia Story, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Dodsworth, Babes in Arms and Pride and Prejudice. He came to California in 1938 from New York City, settled in Beverly Hills and married ...

Klingler, Ethel F., addressee.

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Schouler, James, 1839-1920

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Briggs, William Harlowe, 1876-1952

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American writer and publisher. From the description of Papers, 1895-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507931 Briggs was an American playwright and editor at Harper & Brothers. From the description of William Harlowe Briggs papers, 1864-1940 (bulk 1900-1936). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 86148393 ...

Robins, Lillian M., addressee.

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Harper & Brothers.

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Correspondence (129 letters) and typescript (unsigned) revisions and notes, 1954, (23 p.) concerning the publication of The Scope of Total Architecture by Walter Gropius. Includes 22 letters from Gropius. From the description of Correspondence with Walter Gropius, 1952-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612369957 Publishing firm in New York City. From the description of Harper & Brothers Records 1817-1929. (Columbia University In the City of New ...

Booth, F. G.

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Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911

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American author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston Highlands, to Mr. Ward, 1872 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659301 American author, Mary Grey Phelps, used her mother's name for her pseudonym. After her marriage in 1888 to Herbert Dickinson Ward, she occasionally used his surname in her publications. Charles Addison Richardson was the managing editor of the Congregationalist for 40 years. From the description of [Letter] 1869 ...

Franzen, August

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Pinker, Eric S., addressee.

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Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946

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Ernest Thompson Seton was an American writer, naturalist and outdoorsman. From the description of Ernest Thompson Seton collection. [1931]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676777117 Naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton was born Ernest Evan Thompson in northeast England, and raised in Canada; he changed his name at the age of sixteen to distance himself from his father. He apprenticed with a portrait artist, and spent a year in England studying at the Roya...

Bullard, William Norton, 1853-1931.

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Broxam, Pearl Bennett.

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Symon, C., addressee.

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Pierce, (Mrs.) Louis Warren, addressee.

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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...

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909

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Frederic Remington was born October 4, 1861 in Canton, New York. He was educated at the Vermont Episcopal Institute and attended Yale University. He worked as a cowboy, scout, and ran a sheep and mule ranch in the west. He married Eva Caten on October 1, 1884. Remington was a painter, sculptor and illustrator of Indians, cowbnoys and the American soldier at war. His travels took him to Germany, Russia, North Africa, Cuba and all over North America. Frederic Remington died December 26, 1909 in Ne...

Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936

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Born in New York City in 1848, Edwin Howland Blashfield became an artist who specialized in mural painting and advocated for public art. In 1867 Blashfield traveled to Paris where he studied with the figure painter Léon Bonnât. Blashfield's works were exhibited at the Paris Salon during 1875-1879, 1888-1889, and 1892-1893. On July 5, 1881, Blashfield married in Paris Evangeline Wilbour, and soon after took up permanent residence in New York City. He and his wife collaborated on many illustrate...

Doran, ca 1830

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Rankin, Thomas Ernest, 1872-1953

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Professor of rhetoric at University of Michigan. From the description of Thomas Ernest Rankin correspondence, 1915-1928. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421544 ...

Rice, M. Gordon Pryor.

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Black, William P., 1843-

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Custer, Stella.

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Hendrick, Ellwood, 1861-1930

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Howells, Elinor Gertrude (Mead) d. 1910

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Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone), 1849-1913

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Janvier was a prolific American journalist and author known for his fictionalized accounts of bohemian and middle-class life in 19th century New York City. He also wrote nonfiction on New York and other subjects. From the guide to the Compositions, 1882-1912 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American journalist and author. From the description of Papers of Thomas Allibone Janvier, 1844-1929, bulk 1888- 1902. (University...

Starke, Aubrey Harrison

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Hardy, Arthur Sherburne, 1847-1930

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Mathematician, author, and educator. From the description of Letter of Arthur Sherburne Hardy, 1888. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453676 Mathematician, novelist, diplomat. From the description of Papers of Arthur Sherburne Hardy, 1888-1917. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34931240 ...

Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937

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

Browne, Katharine.

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Mead, John Noyes, 1831-1850

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Lee, Tessa

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Douglas, William, addressee.

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Walters, Maude Owens, 1891-

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Michael Schwab

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Armfield, Constance (Smedley).

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Howells, Samuel Dean, addressee.

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Cerf, Bennett Alfred, 1898-

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Kester, Vaughan, 1869-1911

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Johnston, Anne

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Dodge, Fanny Pryor.

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Bowditch, Sylvia (Scudder), addressee.

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Rowland, Sydney Vanferson, 1888-

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Ogden, Rollo, 1856-1937

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Victoria Mellor Howells.

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Bromley, Theodore T.

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Gibson, William M.

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Merrick, Leonard, 1864-1939

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Merrick was a British dramatist, actor, and novelist. From the guide to the Leonard Merrick plays, ca. 1899 and undated., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) From the guide to the Papers, ca. 1887-1908., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Merrick was a British author and actor. From the description of Papers, ca. 1887-1908. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 12240...

Archer, William, 1856-1924

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Scottish dramatic critic and playright, and a close friend of George Bernard Shaw. From the description of ALS, 1893 November 24, 40, Queen Square, W.C., [London], to Mrs. Charrington. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936001 English journalist and writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 26 Gordon Square, W.C., [London], to Robert Browning, 1888 June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125331 William Archer was a Sco...

Fuess, Claude Moore, 1885-1963

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Claude Moore Fuess : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309742883 Educator, author. Headmaster Phillips Academy 1933-1948. Books include "Stanley King of Amherst" and "In My Time." From the description of Claude Moore Fuess letter to Alfred R. Hussey [manuscript], 1947 May 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 278802605 Claude Mo...

Smyth, Albert H., 1863-1907

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John Bigelow (1817-1911) was a diplomat, editor and author. Appointed American consul-general at Paris in 1861, he became U.S. minister to France in April 1865. Bigelow had a special interest in French history and biography. His Life of Benjamin Franklin (1874) reproduced the founding father’s famous Autobiography from a manuscript he discovered and first printed in 1868. His editorial triumph was an edition of the Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin (10 vols., 1887-88). He also edi...

Wahl, C. L.

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Jefferson, Bernard Levi, 1887-1939

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Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth, 1848-1895

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American author and educator. From the description of The little chap : autograph manuscript of the first page only, unsigned, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132652 Norwegian born American author. From the description of Papers of Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen [manuscript], 1867-1895. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833514 Boyesen was an American author. From the description of Letters, 1889-1893. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Barry, William Francis, 1849-1930

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Old Colony Trust Company, Boston.

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Washington, Martha B.

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Grey, William, 9th earl of Stamford, 1850-1910

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La Farge, John, 1835-1910

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John LaFarge (1835-1910) was president of the Society of American Artists. From the description of John La Farge letter to Frank B. Bigelow, 1904 Oct. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316806 John La Farge (1835-1910) was a painter, muralist, sculptor, and stained glass artisan. In 1904 he was serving as president of the Society of American Artists. From the description of John La Farge letter to Frank B. Bigelow, 1904 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Field, Richard Montgomery.

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Wagstaff, W. H.

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Wood, John Seymour 1853-1934

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Beckwith, J. Carroll (James Carroll), 1852-1917

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Portrait painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of James Carroll Beckwith papers, 1878-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 227193635 From the description of James Carroll Beckwith diary (in the New York Historical Society), 1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093784 From the description of James Carroll Beckwith papers (in the National Academy of Design), 1871-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557679 Portrait painter, New York City. ...

Barrow, Hollie M.

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Leon Edel, ed.

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W. C. French.

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Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64j0fm1 (person)

Jusserand was a French author and diplomat who was the French minister to Washington, 1902-1925. From the description of [Letters to] Prof. Yeomans / Jusserand. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844336 Jean Jules Jusserand was a French diplomat and author. He was ambassador to the United States from 1902 to 1925. A close friend of every U.S. President during that period, he did much to promote friendly Franco-American relations and to win the United States to the Allie...

Shurtleff, Gertrude H.

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Cranch, Christopher Pearse, 1813-1892

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American poet and artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, Mass., to Joseph B. Gilder, 1884 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644204873 Cranch was a Unitarian minister, poet, author, artist, editor, humorist, and member of the New England transcendentalist group. From the description of Christopher Pearse Cranch illustrations of the New Philosophy, ca. 1837-1839. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612709068 Artist...

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, ...

Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918

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Editor and American ambassador to Great Britain; of New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1889-1917. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20077806 Walter H. Page was editor of The Atlantic Monthly, 1895-98. Prior, he was with the Forum. Robert Johnson worked at the Century magazine. From the description of TLS, 1896 July 1, Boston, Mass. to Robert Underwood Johnson / Walter H. Page. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 37228165 ...

Issaverdens, Giacomo.

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Howells, Mary (Dean), addressee.

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Edith (Greenough) Wendell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kz03nh (person)

Carmen, Ruth, addressee.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6430d8n (person)

Alexander, Sir George, 1858-1918.

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Masson, David, 1822-1907

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Biographer and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Midlothian, to W.A. Knight, 1900 Jan. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864786 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Gowanlea, Juniper Green, Midlothian [Edinburgh], to W.A. Knight, 1898 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864783 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to W.A. Knight, 1889 July 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864780 ...

Walter, Helen, addressee.

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Clark, Harry Hayden, 1901-1971

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Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921

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Wendell graduated from Harvard in 1877 and taught English at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Barrett Wendell, 1873-1921 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972920 From the description of Lecture notes in Comparative Literature 1, 1905-1917. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074707 Harvard English professor. From the description of Ralegh in Guiana, 1897. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172663314 ...

Blackmar, Wilmon W.

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Viljoen, Helen Gill

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60p12rs (person)

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60863v9 (person)

Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...

Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902

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A native of Vevay, Ind., Eggleston was a Methodist preacher (1857-1866), a journalist, and beginning in 1871, a novelist. In the 1880s and 1890s he turned to history as a writing topic, and served as president of the American Historical Association. From the description of Papers, 1884-1912. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 27970058 American author and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lake George, to the editor...

Ames, Fanny B.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w681990s (person)

Mark Twain's

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Lloyd George, Margaret (Owen) d. 1941

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pt249r (person)

Crane, William H., 1845-1928

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Hubbell, Jay B. (Jay Broadus), 1885-1979

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Professor of American literature, Duke University, Durham, N.C. From the description of Papers, c. 1900-1977. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122616751 From the description of Jay B. Hubbell papers, 1905-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 81571865 From the description of Papers, 1905-1977. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19643110 From the description of Papers, 1905-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat re...

Olmstead, Florence

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Speakman, C. A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sg70z0 (person)

Clodd, D. W.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q66hzf (person)

Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp00tk (person)

Playwright, producer; owner of Daly's Theatre in New York City. From the description of [John] Augustin Daly letter to Mr. [William A. ]Jenner [manuscript], 1892 Dec 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 191870954 American dramatist and theatrical manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mr. Bouton (bookseller in New York), 1882 Dec. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526011 From the description of Autograph l...

Murphy, John S

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Fuller, O. Muiriel.

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Jones, Easley S. (Easley Stephen), 1884-1947

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Kendal, Margaret Shafto (Robertson) Grimston, 1849-1935

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vg0w79 (person)

Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931

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Rossiter Johnson (1840-1931) was an American author and editor. In addition to editing historical and reference works, he wrote biographies, histories and poetry. He and his first wife, Helen Kendrick Johnson (1844-1914), were ardent anti-feminists who belonged to various organizations opposed to women's suffrage. Helen Johnson was also an author and editor. From the guide to the Rossiter and Helen Kendrick Johnson papers, 1851-1929, 1883-1900, (The New York Public Library. Manuscrip...

Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vt1t8r (person)

Author and journalist, of Eatonton and Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1858-1978 (bulk 1880-1908). (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28418453 "Joel Chandler Harris gained national prominence for his numerous volumes of Uncle Remus folktales. Harris's long-standing legacy as a "progressive conservative" New South journalist, folklorist, fiction writer, and children's author continues to influence our society today." - "Joel Chandler Harris." New Georgia Enc...

Bingham, H. H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hc38g0 (person)

Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

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Historian, journalist and educator. He attended the University of Illinois where he earned a B. A. 1912 and an M. A. in English, 1913. Nevins moved to New York to work and eventually was made a Professor of History at Columbia University. Wrote numerous biographies and articles on history. President of the American History Association in 1959. Helped found the Society of American Historians. From the description of Commencement address, June 1953. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Librar...

Gerson, Virginia

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Stanton, Elizabeth Cobden, lady Hughes.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kr1s85 (person)

Skeel, Emily Ellsworth Ford, 1867-1958

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Emily Ford Skeel (1867-1958) was a bibliographer, editor and philanthropist. Her parents were Gordon Lester Ford (1823-1891), a railroad and real-estate magnate and collector of Americana, and Emily Fowler Ford (1826-1893), a poet. Like her older brothers Worthington Chauncey Ford (1858-1941) and Paul Leicester Ford (1865-1902), Skeel did historical research and compiled bibliographies on Parson Weems and Noah Webster. She and her husband, Roswell Skeel, Jr. (1866-1922), contributed time and mon...

Joseph, Nannine V.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fp52w4 (person)

Octavius Augustus Jones

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k499js (person)

Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937

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Boston lecturer and writer on social and historical topics; Editor of the New England Magazine (1889-1901). From the description of Edwin Doak Mead letter to Mrs. Leland and Christmas card [manuscript], 1911 Dec 19 and n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 299067309 Epithet: of Boston, Mass., USA; founder of the World Peace Federation British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x0002fa ...

Herne, James A., 1839-1901

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Ulery, C. B., addressee.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nx3dhv (person)

Mabel C. Mead.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j819mq (person)

Elson, William H. (William Harris), 1856-1935

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n88j21 (person)

Seaver, Edwin, 1900-

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Writer, editor; interviewee b.1900. From the description of Reminiscences of Edwin Seaver : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309724780 Edwin Seaver was an American author and literary critic. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Philadelphia, he was educated at Harvard, and moved to New York after graduation, where he held a variety of jobs, often in publishing. Freelance reviews led to several full-time positions as a...

Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941

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Painter; New York, N.Y., Dublin, N.H.; b. 1855; d. 1941. From the description of George de Forest Brush and Brush family papers, circa 1909-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 319940491 Painter; New York, N.Y. and Dublin, N.H. From the description of George de Forest Brush letters to Mr. Wilson, [ca. 1884]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355147 American painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bayville, to Mrs. [John Cha...

Clarke, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f77bj7 (person)

Holland, J.G. (Josiah Gilbert), 1819-1881

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Josiah Gilbert Holland was a doctor, an educator, and a popular author, but is best remembered as the first editor of Scribner's. After brief careers in medicine and education, he became editor of the Springfield Republican in his native Massachusetts. In 1870, he became the founding editor and co-owner of Scribner's. His many published works include poetry, regional short stories, history, and popular philosophical essays. He sometimes used the pseudonym "Timothy Titcomb." From the ...

Glode, Jean Edith.

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Dutton, Dean C.

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894

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American author. From the description of Mentone : autograph manuscript signed, of pages one and sixty-six of the story : Florence, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584078 American writer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (32) and autograph cards signed (8) : dated various places, to Dr. Baldwin, 1886-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270861188 Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894) was an American poet. From the g...

Aldrich, Lilian Woodman, d. 1927

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Bingham, H. H., addressee.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rw57cb (person)

Bellew, F. H. Temple.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s32qr9 (person)

White, William Hale, 1831-1913

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f779td (person)

English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Park Hill, Surrey, to W.A. Knight, 1883 June 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867602 From the description of Autograph letter signed : High Wickham, Hastings, to W.A. Knight, 1896 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867606 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "The Cottage," Groombridge, Kent, to W.A. Knight, 1904 Mar. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867611 En...

Keel, Emily.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6362jqm (person)

Miss Winifred Howells

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6362tqx (person)

Whitmore, John, Sir, 1937-

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Epithet: tallowchandler, of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x0001d2 ...

Palmer, Cynthia A.

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Bird, Esther Brock

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66j7wgw (person)

Heck, Chester R.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xf4dc3 (person)

Hoppin, Augustus, 1828-1896

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Artist. From the description of Letter of Augustus Hoppin, no year Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451015 ...

Cholmondeley, Mary, 1859-1925

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jd886z (person)

James R. Osgood and Co.

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Wright, Conrad 1917-

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Flanagan, A., company.

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Shurter, Robert L. (Robert LeFevre), 1907-

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S. L. Clemens

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Griffith, William, 1876-1936

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cf9sd1 (person)

Paul Kester

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65r8mcc (person)

Harriet Ross Colquitt's

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W. M. Colles

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Bilba, Queenie M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rh08m6 (person)

Howells, Eliza, addressee.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61w9dw4 (person)

Godkin, M. C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vg1g7q (person)

Burnett, Mabel (Lowell), b. 1847

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Park, John Edgar, 1879-1956

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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...

Buck, Dudley, 1839-1909

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Composed c. 1879. First performed Music Teachers' National Assoc., Indianapolis. This work is not connected to Buck's 1868 organ work, "Concert variation on The Star-Spangled Banner".--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Festival overture : on the American national air, the star spangled banner / Dudley Buck. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43310428 American composer and organist. From the description of Autograph letter...

Sharp, Russell Alger, addressee.

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Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933

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American author and wife of General George A. Custer. From the description of Letter, 1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486737 Elizabeth Bacon married Gen. George Armstrong Custer in 1864. After her husband's death in 1876, she was instrumental in promoting his legacy as a hero and role-model. In addition to her books about her life with her husband, Elizabeth Bacon Custer supported herself by working as a journalist. From the description of Oberammergau pa...

Dodge, Mary (Mapes) 1838-1905

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Heck, Chester R., addressee.

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Raymond, Ida Louise.

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Maynard, Carol.

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Osgood, McIlvaine and co., London.

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Laing, G. J.

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Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928

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English author and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wallington, Cambo, Northumberland, to T.J. Cobden Sanderson, 1889 Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573152 English author and statesman; nephew of Macaulay. From the description of Autograph letter signed : House of Commons, to Moncure Conway, 1880 Jul. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573156 British politician and author. From the description of [Let...

Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892

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Rose Terry Cooke was born in West Hartford, Conn., graduated from the Hartford Female Seminary in 1843, and married Rollin H. Cooke in 1873. She published her poems, 1860-1886, and wrote humorous short magazine stories mainly describing New England life. From the description of Letters and poem, 1864-1890. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 35059217 Cooke was a life-long opponent of the women's rights movement and women's suffrage. Fro...

Jones, Patricia

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MacDowell, Edward Alexander, 1861-1908.

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Irving, Beth, addressee.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f32w63 (person)

Howells, Joseph Alexander.

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Fiske, Charles H. (Charles Henry)

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The Century Co.

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Duvirer, P.

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Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927

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American historian. From the description of Letters, 1911-1919. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635486 American historian and writer. From the description of Letter, 1905 January 7 : to Mr. Fairbairn thanking him for a book. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853745 Rhodes was an American historian. From the description of [Letter] 1893 Jun. 29, Reservoir Street, Cambridge, [Mass. to] Dr. Thwing / James Ford...

Deutsch, Carolyn

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A. D. Shepard

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Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wh2p94 (person)

Edmund Gosse, a well known man of letters, librarian to the House of Lords (1904-1914), and author of the autobiography, Father and Son (1907), was a pioneering translator of Ibsen and author of numerous volumes of poetry, criticism and biography. Charles Edmund Merrill was an active member of the Grolier Club from 1910 until his death in 1942. From the description of Letters : to Charles E. Merrill, 1910-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577035 English poet and man of...

Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

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

Walker, Mary Blair Pryor.

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Hills, Laura Coombs, 1859-1952

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Miniature painter and watercolor painter; Boston, Mass. Specialized in miniatures in pastel. Exhibited in many Expos. From the description of Laura Coombs Hills papers, 1900-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552605 ...

Hardie, James Keir, 1856-1915

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Labor leader of Great Britain. From the description of Postcard of James Keir Hardie, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450760 ...

Roe, Edward Payson, 1838-1888

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American author and clergyman. From the description of Papers of Edward Payson Roe, 1871-1888. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34689926 American clergyman and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, New York, to [Henry Chandler] Bowen, 1887 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270656294 ...

Fields, Kate.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kb73h5 (person)

Enis Williams.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb2x37 (person)

Franzen, August, addressee.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hk0d43 (person)

Grace Ashburner.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64c6k22 (person)

Deming, Norma Helen.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gg4c8n (person)

Laura Stedman

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Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891

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

Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905

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Born in England, George Henry Boughton grew up in New York State but returned to England and made his reputation there. Boughton was elected to the Royal Academy of Art and known for his genre scenes of peasant life in Italy and for his illustrations to histories and romances of early New England. Boughton illustrated Washington Irving's History of New York (1886) and Hawthorne's The scarlet letter (1908) for the Grolier Club. From the description of Letter : London, to Minnie E. Noy...

Paddock, Helen Laura.

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Hay, Clarence L.

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Lowell, John Amory, 1798-1881

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Ticknor, Thomas B., active 19th century

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Howe, Mark Antony DeWolfe, 1864-1960.

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Winnie, Pilla, and Johnny Howells

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Wheelock, George F.

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Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906

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American painter and printmaker Jonathan Eastman Johnson was born in Lovell, Maine in 1824. After apprenticing with a Boston lithographer, he moved to Washington D.C. in 1845 and became a portraitist of prominent Americans, including Daniel Webster and Dolly Madison. Beginning in 1849, Johnson spent two years at the Royal Academy in Dusseldorf, Germany, studying with Emanuel Leutze, and three years at The Hague. After returning to America in 1855, he settled in New York and focused on painting A...

Aldrich, Richard, 1863-1937

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Richard Aldrich, theatrical producer. From the guide to the Scrapbook of clippings on his production of The importance of being Earnest, 1938-1939, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Richard Aldrich (1863-1937) graduated in 1885 from Harvard University, where he studied music with John Knowles Paine. After serving as music critic for the Providence Journal, the Evening Star in Washington, D.C., and various editorial posts at the New York Tribune, he ...

Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901

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Private secretary and biographer of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of John George Nicolay autograph [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174963388 A private secretary to Abraham Lincoln while he served as president and a biographer of Lincoln after his death. From the description of Letters, 1854-1899. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53040007 Private secretaries to President Abraham Linco...

Barus, Annie H.

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Prosper Bender

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Mitchell, John Grant, 1838-1894

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Hartington, James Lincoln.

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Bryant, William Cullen, 1908-1999

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Hooker, Katharine (Putnam) 1849-

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Meyer, Rose D.

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Clemens, Clara, addressee.

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Fish, Eleanor, addressee.

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Harland, Henry, 1861-1905

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Henry Harland, American novelist, was born in New York City and educated at the City College of New York and Harvard Divinity School. For his early novels he used the name Sidney Luska, pretending to be a Russian Jewish immigrant. In 1889 he moved to Paris, then in 1890 to London, where he remained. He was the original editor of The yellow book, 1894-1897, and wrote lightly humorous novels and short stories under his own name. From the description of H. Harland letters, 1880s-1890s. ...

Sumstine, David R.

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Briggs, William Harlowe, 1876-1952

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American writer and publisher. From the description of Papers, 1895-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507931 Briggs was an American playwright and editor at Harper & Brothers. From the description of William Harlowe Briggs papers, 1864-1940 (bulk 1900-1936). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 86148393 ...

Walter, Erich A. (Erich Albert), 1897-1977

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Professor of English at the University of Michigan. From the description of Letter : Ann Arbor, Mich., to Laurence Housman, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, 1936 Sept. 1. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25334822 ...

Abbott, Charles D. (Charles David), 1900-1961

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Charles David Abbott was born in 1900 in Milfold, Delaware. He received a B.A. from Haverford College and a M.A. from Columbia University. A Rhodes Scholar, Abbott received a B. Litt. from Oxford University. His thesis was on Christopher Smart. Authored book, Howard Pyle: A Chronicle. Pyle and Smart were research interests for the rest of his life. He taught at the University of Buffalo (1927-1930) and the University of Colorado (1930-1934). He served as Director of Libraries at the...

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 ...

McGibeny, James B.

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Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879

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George Stillman Hillard was a Boston lawyer, politician, and author. As a lawyer he practiced practiced in partnership with Charles Sumner, and served both in the Massachusetts legislature as well as U.S. district attorney for Massachusetts. He also wrote extensively and edited a number of periodicals. From the description of George Stillman Hillard letters, 1840-1866. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 711612596 American lawyer and biographer. ...

Harper, Joseph W. (Joseph Wesley), 1830-1896

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Son of Joseph Wesley Harper, 1801-1870, who was one of Brothers of the Harper & Brothers firm; worked for firm for approximately 45 years, as selector of primarily literary writing for last 25 years or so; trustee of Columbia University for 20 years. From the description of Letters of Joseph W. Harper [manuscript] 1888-1895 ca. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874671 ...

Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900

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Charles Dudley Warner was an American editor, essayist, and novelist. Born in Plainfield, Mass., Warner spent most of his childhood years in Charlemont, Mass. Following graduation from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and legal training at the University of Pennsylvania, Warner practiced law in Chicago, returning to the East Coast to assume editorial positions at The Hartford press (later Hartford courant) and Harper's magazine. He was the first president of the National Institute of Arts and ...

Alan T. Hunt

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Bartlett, Harriott L.

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Joseph, Nannine V., addressee.

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Howells family

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Lawrence, William Henry, 1868-

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Clement, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1843-1920

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Guernsey, Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson), 1824-1902

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Editor, Harper's Weekly. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, New York, to Eben Hannaford, 1863 Dec. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270502740 American editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, [to Harper & Brothers], 1854 Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270502749 ...

Sutphen, F. T.

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Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921

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Dobson became known as a poet for his works "Proverbs in Porcelain" (1877) and "Collected Poems" (1897), in which he used the French forms, and as a biographer, for "Fanny Burney" and "Horace Walpole." From the description of Correspondence, 1902-1908. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122445124 Henry Austin Dobson, civil servant and poet, was born on 18 January 1840. After leaving school at the age of 16, he joined the Board of Trade where he remained until...

McIlvaine, Clarence W.

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Loose, Katharine Riegel, 1877-

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Jewett, Mary Rice, 1847-1930

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Fuller, George, 1822-1884

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Born in Deerfield, Mass. Jan. 17, 1822, son of Aaron and Fanny Fuller. Traveled in Michigan and Illinois in 1836-37 and developed a taste for painting. Studied under Henry Kirke Brown at Albany, N.Y. 1842, also in N.Y. and Boston. Spent eight months in European study and travel in 1859, then took up farming at Deerfield after the death of his father, and painting on the side. In 1876 he went to Boston where his paintings became popular. He was a member of the Boston Art Club and oth...

Yarros, Victor S.

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Journalist. From the description of Letters, to Agnes Inglis, 1936-1948. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34368077 ...

Child, Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick, 1824-1909

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Eidson, John Olin, 1908-1983

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Alvarar, M.

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Pinker, Eric S.

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Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877

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Politician, reformer, and author Robert Dale Owen was born in Scotland; influenced by his father, he developed a strong interest in social reform. He moved to New Harmony, Indiana, where he joined the socialist community his father founded there, and he was active as an educator, editor, and author, including the first birth control pamphlet published in America. He next became active in politics, serving in the Indiana House of Representatives and later in the United States House, wh...

Ginn, firm, publishers, Boston.

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Brunetta, Eugenio, addressee.

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Leffingwell, Albert, 1845-1916

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A native of Aurora, N.Y., A.J. Leffingwell received his medical degree from the Long Island Hospital Medical College in 1874. Soon after he joined the medical staff of Our Home on the Hill Side, the water-cure established in 1858 in Dansville, N.Y. by Leffingwell's uncle, James C. Jackson. After the fire of June 1882, the institution re-opened as The Sanitarium (1883) with James H. Jackson, the founder's son, and three of the Leffingwell brothers as owner-managers. A bitter struggle for ownershi...

Freeman, Mary Eleanor

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Reid, James M.

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Affiliated with Harcourt Brace & Company. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1953. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 243780642 ...

Briggs, Walter Benjamin, 1870-1943.

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Briggs was a librarian at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Walter B. Briggs, ca. 1936. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972986 ...

Loveman, Amy, 1881-1955.

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Simon, Jules, 1814-1896

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Élève et successeur de Victor Cousin à la Sorbonne, élu représentant des Côtes-du-Nord à la Constituante en 1848, François Simon Jules Suisse, dit Jules Simon (1814-1896), refusa comme professeur à la Sorbonne de prêter serment à l’empereur, après 1852. Il dut renoncer à l’enseignement public et publia plusieurs ouvrages : Le devoir, La religion naturelle, La liberté de conscience. Élu en 1863 député par la VIIIe circonscription de la Seine, puis en 1869 dans la Gironde, Jules Simon...

Thomas Hill

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Carleton, Will, 1845-1912

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Carleton was a Michigan poet. He was born on Oct. 21, 1845 in Hudson (Mich.), the son of John H. and Celestia Carleton. After graduating from Hillsdale College (1869), he became a newspaper reporter and, later, part owner of the newspaper. Carleton edited the Detroit Weekly Tribune. He founded and published Everywhere magazine, 1894-1912. Carleton was a poet and lecturer at Hillsdale College, 1887-1912. He published from 1871-1913. Carleton (Mich.), Carelton Highway, and Will Carleton Road West ...

Fréchette, Antoine Leonard Achille, addressee.

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Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929

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The Library has usually had an architect on staff to coordinate construction projects and building renovations. This individual has also had custody of the architectural drawings created by the Library or by outside architectural firms. From the guide to the Architect records, ca. 1900-1980, (The New York Public Library. New York Public Library Archives.) ...

Allen, Philippa

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Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942

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Jacob Gould Schurman was born May 22, 1854 on Prince Edward Island. He was Professor of Philosophy at Acadia College and Dalhousie College; Cornell University's Sage Professor of Philosophy, 1886-92, and President, 1892-1920; President of the first U.S. Philippine Commission, 1899; U.S. Minister to Greece and Montenegro during the Balkan Wars; and was a diplomat involved with foreign policy making in China, the Far East, and Germany. From the description of Jacob Gould Schurman paper...

Rocker, Rudolf, 1873-1958

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Born in Mainz, 1873; confined to an orphanage in Mainz, 1883; transferred to a reformatory; bookbinder's apprentice; joined the Fachverein für Buchbinder and was inducted into the local German Social Democratic Party (SPD), 1890; became a member of the young left-wing oppositionists, the Jungen, and with them, was expelled from the SPD, 1891; joined the underground movement led by the German anarchist Johann Most; German police discovered that Rocker had been smuggling illegal pr...

Gould, Sally L.

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Schwarz, John, addressee.

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Edward M. Traber

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Yard, Joseph A.

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Colquitt, Harriet.

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Sir Edmund Gosse

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Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912

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Painter, author, war correspondent, and illustrator. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Edward E.] Ayer, 1910 Dec. 3. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38860956 Artist. From the description of Letter of Francis Davis Millet, 1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454555 The American painter, draftsman, lithographer, muralist and writer Francis Davis Millet was born in Mattapoisett, Mass. He served in the Union army in 1864, and ...

Anthony, A. V. S. (Andrew Varick Stout), 1835-1906

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American engraver, draftsman, watercolorist and illustrator. From the description of Letter : to Winter, 1891 Nov. 24. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80054319 ...

Hardin, Ivan Bloom, addressee.

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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

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English novelist. From the description of [Letter and photographs] / Thomas Hardy. [between 1891 and 1920?] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 231686025 English poet and novelist. From the description of Letter, [1912 Apr. 23?], Max Gate, Dorchester [Dorsetshire, England], to [Edward] Clodd, [n.p.]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364250 Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English author. From the description of Tribute to Thoma...

Pritchard, Francis Henry, 1884-

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Cooperative-Building construction company, New York.

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Downe, Mabel B.

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Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, 1851-1926

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Daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Concord], to Mrs. Badger, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270595594 From the description of Memoirs of Nathaniel Hawthorne : autograph manuscript pages of drafts of text for the book, with transcripts of letters, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270599130 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Concord, to "Dear Fanny", 1862 Mar. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Kentish Barnes, Sylvia Spencer.

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White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946

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

Fairchild, (Mrs.) Charles, addressee.

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Ware, Eugene Fitch 1841-1911

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Ware, an attorney by profession, often wrote poetry under the pseudonym, "Ironquill". He was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in the Iowa infantry units. He was admitted to the bar in Fort Scott, Kansas in 1871, and practiced law in Fort Scott, Topeka, and Kansas City until his death in 1911. From 1879 to 1894 he was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate. Later he served as U.S. Pensions Commissioner (1902-1905). Ware wrote a number of books including The Rise and Fall of the Saloon (1900)...

Joe

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This letter is an example of the type of historically important material that can be found on occasion in local second hand stores. Neither the sender nor the recipient can be identified, but the content makes it a worthwhile item in the historical collection. From the guide to the Joe to Annie Letter, 1889, (Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives) Joe was a bus...

Stella R. Broadwell.

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Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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

Downe, Mabel B., addressee.

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Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

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American sculptor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (6) : New York, N.Y., to Messrs. Schell and Bradley of Harper & Brothers, 1890 May 12-1892 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659398 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York, N.Y.], to an unidentified correspondent, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659388 Sculptor, New York City. From the description of John Quincy Adams Ward papers, 1857-1915. (Ne...

Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916

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American author. From the description of Papers of J.T. Trowbridge [manuscript], 1873-1894. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647824809 From the description of Papers of J.T. Trowbridge [manuscript], 1850-1907, bulk 1872-1907. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809956 From the description of Papers of J.T. Trowbridge [manuscript], 1882-1916. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810596 From the description of Autograph l...

J. A. Heaton

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Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937

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American author. From the description of Letter to "Dear Mrs. Taylor" [manuscript], June 22, n.y. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807733 From the description of Letter to "Dear Mrs. Taylor", June 22, n.y. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959304 Caroline Ticknor (1866-1937), Boston author, was the granddaughter of William Davis Ticknor (1810-1864), founder of the publishing house of Ticknor & Fields. Miss Ticknor wrote books, plays...

Derby, George

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Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...

Thompson, Maurice, 1844-1901

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Maurice Thompson was an American author and critic who worked in a number of fields. Born in Indiana, his family moved to Georgia in his youth, where he was home schooled, and served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. After the war he worked a variety of jobs before moving back to Indiana, eventually opening a law office. As a young lawyer he began publishing articles, popular poetry, and old-fashioned adventure novels; his greatest success was probably a series of articles popularizi...

Hall, Harry, 1866-

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Nichols, Rose Standish

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Rose Standish Nichols (1872-1960) was one of America's first professional female landscape and garden designers, a writer of garden history and criticism, a lifelong pacificist, and a women's rights activist. She was the daughter of Dr. Arthur Howard Nichols (1840-1923) and Elizabeth Fisher Homer Nichols (1844-1929) of Boston, Massachusetts. She published three books and many articles on European garden design, helped found the Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom, and...

Puzen, Will.

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Peixotto, Ernest, 1869-

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Sharp, Russell A.

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Keil, Paul L.

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Salisbury, Leah

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President Garfield

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Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905

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Born in England, George Henry Boughton grew up in New York State but returned to England and made his reputation there. Boughton was elected to the Royal Academy of Art and known for his genre scenes of peasant life in Italy and for his illustrations to histories and romances of early New England. Boughton illustrated Washington Irving's History of New York (1886) and Hawthorne's The scarlet letter (1908) for the Grolier Club. From the description of Letter : London, to Minnie E. Noy...

Jessie Jennings Kester.

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Osgood, McIlvaine and Co,

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Punké, Edward G.

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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Morse, John T.

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Knight, Pearle Ethel, addressee.

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Howard Pyle

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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

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Landscape architect. From the description of Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952 (bulk 1838-1903). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979908 American landscape designer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Charles A. Dana, 1876 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872066 Landscape architect. Related material in Biography and Genealogy Files under 'F.L. Olmsted.' From the description ...

Simmonds, Claude E.

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Meyer, H. M.

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Harrison, Burton, Mrs., 1843-1920

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Braley, Berton, 1882-

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Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, 1851-1935

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Chamberlain was an American author. From the description of Letters, 1901-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79672264 ...

Lieber, Maxim.

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Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954

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Author who wrote biography of Illinois governor, John Peter Altgeld. From the description of Papers used in writing "Altgeld in Illinois", 1890-1923. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56434051 ...

Firkins, Oscar W., 1864-1932

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Oscar Wilde Firkins was a literary critic and professor of comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. Francis Brown Barton was a professor in the French Dept. at the University. From the description of Oscar Wilde Firkins papers, 1909-1932. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63300997 Oscar Wilde Firkins was a literary critic and professor of comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. From the description of Oscar W...

Sinclair, Robert B. (Robert Basil)

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Biography Sinclair was an American director of stage, film and television. Born in Ohio in 1905, he graduated from the Whorton School of Business Administration at the University of Pennsylvania in 1926. He directed the original Broadway productions of The Philadelphia Story, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Dodsworth, Babes in Arms and Pride and Prejudice. He came to California in 1938 from New York City, settled in Beverly Hills and married ...

Howes, Annie G.

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Harper, firm, publishers, New York.

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Parton, N. W.

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Mary Dean Howells.

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Poel, William, 1852-1934

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William Poel was an English Shakespearean actor. He was founder and director of the Elizabethan Stage Society. His name was originally spelled William Pole. From the description of Letters to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1916-1928. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884645 ...

Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882

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Lawyer and author. From the description of Richard Henry Dana correspondence, 1843-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449368 Author and lawyer Richard Henry Dana was the privileged son of an aristocratic Massachusetts family. Taking time from Harvard because of medical problems, he went to sea, where his experiences as a sailor inspired him to write Two Years Before the Mast. A sea story that was part memoir and part social commentary, the novel proved to be popular with...

Smith, Orlando J. (Orlando Jay), 1842-1908

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Findlater, Jane Helen, 1866-1946

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Roberts, Charles H., 1843-1923

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Corporal in Company E, 8th Maine volunteer infantry regiment (discharged 12 June 1865); resident of Portland, Me. From the description of Charles H. Roberts papers, 1865-1920. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 228415128 ...

Harrison, Jonathan Baxter, 1835-1907

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Yard, Joseph A., addressee.

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Doty, Douglas Zabriskie, 1874-1935

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Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934

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U.S. minister to Belgium, 1914-1920. From the description of Letters from schoolchildren of Ghent, Belgium, 1915 March. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 14084889 Toledo mayor, lawyer, author, and diplomat. From the description of Letter, 1916 April 11, Brussels, to Alexander L. Smith, Toledo, Ohio. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13994096 Lawyer, author, mayor of Toledo, ambassador to Belgium. From the description of Le...

Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944

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American artist and illustrator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Small, Maynard & Co., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577087 Charles Dana Gibson was an American graphic artist, noted for his creation of the "Gibson Girl", an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century. Gibson owned a 700-acre estate in Islesboro, Me., where he and his wife spent an increasing amount of tim...

Mayer, Nathan

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Baird, Theodore

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Hutton, Laurence, 1843-1904

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American essayist and critic. From the description of A little lord, a little king : Onteora, to Elsie Leslie : autograph poem, 1896 July 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269553663 American essayist and critic; literary editor, Harper's Magazine. From the description of Shakspere's Comedies by E.A. Abbey : autograph manuscript unsigned of the first page of the review : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555409 From the description of Autogr...

Ledoux, Louis V. (Louis Vernon), 1880-1948

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Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948) was an American poet and author whose works include George Edward Woodberry: a Study of his Poetry (1917), The Story of Eleusis: a Lyrical Drama (1916), and An Essay on Japanese Prints (1938) . From the guide to the Louis V. Ledoux Letter to Edna Davis Romig (MS 157), 1935, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.) Louis V. Ledoux, author and poet, was born in New York City in 1880. He wrote several books of poetry a...

Otis, Albert Boyd, 1839-1897

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Myers, Eleanor M.

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Mills, Susan Johns.

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Howe, Will David, 1873-1946

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Will David Howe (1873-1946), an editor at the Charles Scribner's Sons publishing house in New York City, New York, was involved in the publication of the Vailima Edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson in 1921. From the description of Robert Louis Stevenson collection circa 1890-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 232671024 Professor of English at Indiana University and later editor at Charles Scribner's Sons. From the description of Letters, 1938-1943. (...

Bewley, Luther B., addressee.

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Trites, William Budd, 1872-....

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Howells, William Cooper, 1807-1894

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American printer; father of William Dean Howells (1837-1920). From the description of Letters written by William Cooper Howells to his brother Joseph [Howells], 1888-1893. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122443884 ...

Irving, Sir Henry, 1838-1905.

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Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

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Wendell Phillips (born November 29, 1811, Boston, Massachusetts – died February 2, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts), orator and reformer, was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote frequently for William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, and eventually became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He contributed much to the cause through inflammatory speeches favoring the division of the Union and opposing the acquisition of Texas and the war with Mexico. ...

Dickey, Carl C.

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Ozmun, Clara G.

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Mr. Roswell Smith

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Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916

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American Poet. From the description of Little Orphant Annie. Last stanza : AMsS, [s.d.]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540708 James Whitcomb Riley was an American poet, journalist, and lecturer. From the description of James Whitcomb Riley collection of papers, 1878-[1964] bulk (1878-1915). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122363959 From the guide to the James Whitcomb Riley collection of papers, 1878-[1964, 1878-...

Frothingham, Octavius Brooks, 1822-1895

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Octavius Brooks Frothingham was an American clergyman and author. Born in Boston and educated at Harvard, he began as a Unitarian pastor, although his congregation evolved into the Independent Liberal Church. He was a renowned speaker, and author of numerous religious and secular works. Often controversial, often radical, he was an active abolitionist and early supporter of Darwin. From the description of O.B. Frothingham letter to My dear sir, 1886 Nov. 11. (Pennsylvania State Unive...

David, Douglas

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Pottle, Juliet Wilbor Tompkins.

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Babb, Edmund.

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Sawyer, Walter Leon, 1862-1915

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Newspaper editor and author; b. in Cumberland, Me.; resident of Brookline, Mass. From the description of Walter Leon Sawyer A.L.S. collection, 1908-1915. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 166428833 ...

Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946

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American journalist. From the description of Letter : to the Cosmos Club, 1910 Mar. 31. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122545959 American journalist and author who also wrote under the name David Grayson. From the description of [Notebooks] [microform]. 1880-1946. WorldCat record id: 36820111 American author and journalist. He is also known by the pseudonym David Grayson. Fr...

Horrell, Joseph, addressee.

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Hunt, Violet, 1866-1942

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Biography Isabel Violet Hunt was born on September 28, 1862 in Durham, England; she was the eldest daughter of landscape artist Alfred William Hunt and novelist Margaret Peacock; attended Notting Hill and Ealing High School in London; published poetry in Century magazine at age 13; her first short story, A Thief in the Night, was published under the pseudonym Violet Herris in Belgravia magazine; became an active feminist, joining the Women's ...

Montel, Denise

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Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886

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Novelist, historian, lawyer, and Confederate Army Officer, of Millwood (Clarke Co.), Va. From the description of Papers, 1840-1896. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19490602 Virginia novelist and historian. From the description of Letter to William E. Quimby [manuscript], 1883 March 22. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807855 From the description of Papers of John Esten Cooke, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record i...

Fales, William H.

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Howells, Henry C.

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Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892

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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....

Child, Francis James, 1825-1896

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The materials in this bound volume were generated due to a manuscript called the "Harris manuscript." The Harris manuscript was written down by the sisters Amelia Harris (1815-1891) and Jane Harris (1823-1897). They compiled a family repertoire of Scottish ballads, mainly passed on orally to the sisters by their mother, Grace Dow Harris (Mrs. David Harris) (b.1782). This manuscript and some correspondence was purchased in 1873 by Professor Francis James Child of Harvard University who was a scho...

Prölß, Robert, 1821-1906

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Howells, Winifred, 1864-1889

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Harper, Wilhelmina, addressee.

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Maynard, Carol, addressee.

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Eversley, G. Shaw-Lefevre (George Shaw-Lefevre), Baron, 1832-1928

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Shaw-Lefevre was a Member of Parliament (1863-1895), served as Commissioner of Works (1880-1883, 1892-1894), Postmaster General (1883), and member of London County Council (1897-1901). He was raised to the peerage in 1906. From the description of Letters to Henry Pollock, 1883. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338465 From the description of Letter regarding entail, 8 February 1880. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 237336160 ...

Parry, M.

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Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930

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Woodberry (1855-1930) was an American poet, critic, and educator. From the description of George Edward Woodberry lectures delivered at Bowdoin College, 1912. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612844136 Woodberry (1855-1930) was an American poet, critic, and educator. He graduated from Harvard College in 1877, was professor of English at the University of Nebraska (1877-1878, 1880-1882) and professor in the Columbia University Dept. of Comparative Literature (1891-19...

Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943

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

James, Henry, 1879-1947

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

Quinn, Arthur Hobson, 1875-1960

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Professor of English and Drama at the University of Pennsylvania (1895-1945). Received this collection as a gift from Lewis George Sterner, and in turn donated it to the library. From the description of Correspondence from Lewis George Sterner, 1930. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 212911456 Arthur Hobson Quinn was on the faculty of the English Department at the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscript...

S. Fielden.

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Comly, James M., addressee.

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Loomis, Edward E.

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Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887

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Abolitionist; orator; pastor of Plymouth Church, 1847-1887. From the description of Papers, [ca.1847]-1937, 1847-1887 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155459715 American Congregational clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author. From the guide to the Henry Ward Beecher papers, 1851-1896, n.d, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Congregationalist minister. From the description of Sermon notes, [n.d.], 1893, 18...

Fisher, Thomas K.

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Fish, Eleanor.

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Pryor, Roger A. (Roger Atkinson), 1828-1919

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Roger Atkinson Pryor (1828-1919) was a newspaper editor, lawyer, judge, Confederate general, and member of the U.S. and the Confederate Houses of Representatives. From the description of Letter : Richmond, to H. A. Wise, 1854 January 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122647320 U.S. Congressman, Confederate soldier, and jurist. From the description of Letters, 1838-1912. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270855 From the description of Lett...

Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911

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American author and brother of Edward Eggleston. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to an unidentified man, 1873 June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 589323809 George Cary Eggleston was born in Indiana, educated locally, and at age 16 began teaching school. He inherited property in Virginia, moved there, studied law, and served in the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, he moved to New York, was a reporter for the Brooklyn daily union, editor f...

Rice, Allen Thorndike, 1851-1889

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Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1841-1906

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Shaler (Harvard, S.B., 1862) taught paleontology and geology at Harvard and was Dean of the Lawrence Scientific School. From the description of Papers of Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, 1872-1914 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972881 Prominent geologist and scholar, served with the Kentucky Geological Survey, and as a professor at the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University. From the description of Nathaniel Southgate Shaler : paper...

Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880

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American journalist and poet. From the description of Autograph letters signed (6) : Boston, to Messrs. Harper, 1878 Jan. 11-Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634718 From the description of An adventure in Cuba : autograph manuscript signed : short story : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870138 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to George Roberts of the "Times" in Boston, 1852 Mar. 31. ...

Foerster, Norman, 1887-1972

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Foerster was professor of English at the University of North Carolina, professor of English and director of the School of Letters at the University of Iowa, prominent New Humanist, and author of books on American literature and higher education; d. 1972. From the description of Papers of Norman Foerster, 1930-1971 (bulk 1930-1944). (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233113536 Author and editor. Foerster was also a professor and a proponent of the New Humanis...

Kohlsaat, Herman Henry, 1853-1924

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Clemens, Cyril, 1902-1999

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Cyril Clemens (1902- ) was editor of the Mark Twain Journal and president of an international Mark Twain society. Clemens was a native of St. Louis, Mo.; son of James R. and Katherine Boland Clemens; and a kinsman of Samuel L. Clemens. From the guide to the Cyril Clemens Papers, ., 1936-1976, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Cyril Clemens, born in St. Louis on July 14, 1902, died in Kirkwood on May 16, 1999. Distant cous...

Watkins, Harry, d. 1894.

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Morse, Willard S. (Willard Samuel), 1856-1935

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Morse was born on June 12, 1856 in Ware, MA; at age 15 he began an apprenticeship in a machine shop in Taunton; moved to the West, where he first worked as a clerk in the Denver post office, and then in the office of the Consolidated Virginia mine at Virginia City, NV; later became a mining executive in the West and Mexico; moved to New York City in 1906, where he was made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Co., Chilean Exploration Co., and Braden...

Collins, Seward B.

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Mead, William Rutherford, 1846-1928

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Mead was born in Brattleboro, Vermont in 1846. Mead graduated from Amherst College in 1867, after which he studied architecture in Boston and in Europe under Russell Sturgis, Jr. Mead started an architectural partnership with Charles F. McKim in New York City in 1872. In 1879, they were joined by Charles F. McKim to form McKim, Mead, and White, of which he was principal until his death in 1928. The firm designed many of the most notable structures in the country, including the Agricultural and N...

Adams, Fred C.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Field, John W.

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Calmette

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Harper, Wilhelmina

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Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...

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...

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, 1836-1912

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Painter. From the description of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema correspondence, 1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449425 British painter. From the description of Papers, ca. 1877-1934. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78472594 ...

Cavanah, Frances

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Prolific author of children's books on historical events, Frances Cavanah was born in 1899 in Princeton, Indiana. She attended DePauw University and spent her career as a writer and editor. She died in 1982. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, v.31, pp. 46-48. From the guide to the Frances Cavanah papers, 1962-1975, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]) Frances Cavanah (Septemb...

Norton, Lily.

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Webb, Sidney, 1859-1947

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British socialist and economist. He and his wife, Beatrice, were early members of the Fabian Society. From the description of [Letter, 19]29 Feb. 9, Passfield Corner, Liphook, Hants. [to] Esther Lowenthal / Sidney Webb. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 464289622 Author and activist Sidney Webb, along with his wife Beatrice, was an influential force for social reform in Great Britain. A brilliant student, he earned a law degree and held political aspirations. He was won o...

CLARK, J S.

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Simmons, Laura.

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North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945

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Rare-book dealer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 20 November 1914, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1914 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582991 ...

Fréchette, Annie (Howells).

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Starey, A. B.

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William Archer

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Curry, Charles Madison, 1869-1944

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Hicks, Granville, 1901-....

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King George

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Epithet: of Add MS 36065 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x00004f Title: Earl of Kingston British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000051 Epithet: sec Guardian Assurance Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x0002c0 ...

Baxter, Sylvester, 1850-1927

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Frattini, D. C.

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Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908

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American educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to W. Reid, 1871 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269584399 Biographical Note: Daniel Coit Gilman was an educator and first president of The Johns Hopkins University. From the description of Daniel Coit Gilman papers, 1773-1925. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 48134620 Daniel Coit Gilman: president of the University of California, 1872-1875; president of Johns Hop...

Piatt, John James, 1835-1917

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Poet and journalist. From the description of Letter, 1878 January 11, Cincinnati, Ohio, to city editor of Boston evening journal. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 14993504 American poet John James Piatt was born in Indiana, worked for the Ohio State Journal, and attended college in Ohio but did not graduate. He worked variously in journalism and as a civil servant in Washington, D.C., and eventually became United States consul in Cork, Ireland. He produced several...

Whitmore, John, addressee.

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Peckham, Harry Houston

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Dunham, Theodore

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

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

Thring, George Herbert, 1859-1941

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American Book Company.

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The American Book Company (ABC) was an educational book publisher that published textbooks at the elementary school, secondary school and collegiate levels. The company was formed in 1890 by the consolidation of four publishing houses: Van Antwerp, Bragg and Co., A.S. Barnes and Co., D. Appleton and Co., and Iveson, Blakeman and Co. It operated successfully as the American Book Company for more than seventy years with the public school system and other educational institutions as it...

Fairchild, Sally, addressee.

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Irving, Beth.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896

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British novelist and artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Whitley, to Clarence McIlvaine, 1891 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744874 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Clarence McIlvaine, 1895 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744995 From the description of Autograph notebook : [n.p., ca. 1890]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742657 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Lon...

Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926

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Painter; Santa Barbara, Calif. From the description of Thomas Moran papers, 1870-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83784675 Artist. From the description of Letter of Thomas Moran, 1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454610 Painter, landscape painter, etcher; Santa Barbara, Calif. Painted large majestic landscapes of the Far West and the Grand Canyon. From the description of Thomas Moran papers, 1870-1940. (Unkno...

Pyle, Anna (Poole).

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Walter, Helen

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Salter, William Mackintire, 1853-1931

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Leader of Chicago Ethical Society; Unitarian minister; author. From the description of Papers, 1883-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155489159 ...

Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1893

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Norman, Henry

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English journalist and liberal politician. Travelled extensively in the East and took photos. From the description of Henry Norman letters to Samuel Sidney McClure [manuscript] (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 176633150 Epithet: of Beeley, co. Derby, yeoman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000615.0x0001a6 ...

Van Dyke, Tertius, 1886-

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Sillcox, Luise

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Kirk, John Foster, 1824-1904

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Editor of Lippincott's from 1870-1876. From the description of J. Foster Kirk note, undated. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979526 ...

Kirk, Ellen Warner (Olney) 1842-

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Henry Smith Nash

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Dowd, Francis Joseph, 1876-

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Blake, James Vila, 1842-1925

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Epithet: essayist and poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x0001d9 Unitarian clergyman, Boston, Massachusetts, and Quincy, Chicago and Evanston, Illinois; author, poet and playwright. From the description of Letter : Chicago, [Illinois], to Mrs. Woods, Oct. 12. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27327656 ...

Morse, George R.

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Papper, Laura.

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Jones, Patricia, addressee.

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Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888

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Matthew Arnold's reflective, urbane poetry and novels thoughtfully express the social issues and religious confusion of Victorian England. He worked as a school inspector, and his belief in liberal education is a theme in his poetry and essays. From the description of Matthew Arnold letters, 1875-1886. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50209290 British poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Williams [manuscript], n.y. March 21. (...

Greene, George Washington, 1811-1883

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Educator and historian. From the description of Letter of George Washington Greene, 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452579 ...

Pinker, J. Ralph, addressee.

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Spies, August Vincent Theodore, 1855-1887

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Landale, Russell H.

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Edbrooke, E, addressee.

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Hurd, Melancthon M.

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Deland, Margaret (Campbell) 1857-1944

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Long, J. C. (John Cuthbert), 1892-

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Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

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

Dakin, Rodney G.

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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

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H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells (b. September 21, 1866, Bromley, Kent, England-d. August 13, 1946, London, England), best remembered for imaginative novels such as The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds, prototypes for modern science fiction, was a prolific writer and one of the most versatile in the history of English letters. He produced an average of nearly three books a year for more than fifty years, in addition to hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. His works ranged from f...

Hitchcock, Ripley, 1857-1918

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Prominent American editor. From the description of Ripley Hitchcock letter to Mrs. H. C. Bunner [manuscript] [1896] May 19, (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 423069797 American art critic, editor, historian. From the description of Ripley Hitchcock papers, [ca. 1885]-1935. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102454 American author, editor, and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signe...

Marie Marguerite Fréchette.

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Whibley, Charles, 1859-1930

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British critic and biographer. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. A.J. Bolton, 1908 Feb. 7. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122530552 English scholar, critic and journalist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and letter signed : Woburn Sands, etc., to W.E. Henley, Mrs. Henley, Sir Robert Hudson, and Mrs. Richmond, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588792 ...

Bjørnson, Lina.

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Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was an American politician who served as U.S. President (1908-1912) and Chief Justitce of the Supreme Court (1921-1930). 1857 Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15th 1878 Graduated from Yale University 1880 Graduated from Cincinnati Law School ...

Marston, Frederic C., Jr., addressee.

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Godkin, M. C., addressee.

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Walston, Sir Charles, 1856-1927

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Meech, Sylvia.

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Robinson, Harriet E.

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Kummer, George Nicholas, 1905-

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Teuffel, Blanche Willis (Howard) von, 1847-1898

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De Forest, John William, 1826-1906

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American author. From the description of Papers of John William DeForest [manuscript], 1855-1887. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806466 John William De Forest's novels and nonfiction works contain a realism absent in the work of many of his Victorian Era contemporaries. Instead of depicting the romance and sentimentality fashionable in literature of that time, De Forest depicts a very different view of the world. This view includes poverty, human failings, ...

Rava, Aristide.

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Peattie, Elia (Wilkinson) 1862-

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Hibben, John Grier, 1861-1933

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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...

Ginn, firm, publishers, Boston, addressee.

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Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929

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Henry Blake Fuller (1857-1929) was an American poet, essayist, and novelist. His works include The chevalier of Pensieri-Vani, The cliff-dwellers, and With the procession. From the description of Letters to Louise Lawrence Venus Washburn, 1873-pre-1929. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122584605 American author. From the description of Papers of Henry Blake Fuller, 1866-1904 (bulk 1886-1904). (University of Virgin...

Viljoen, Helen Gill, addressee.

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Percy Lubbock, ed.

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Allen, Charles E.

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Carroll, Margaret, 1899-

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Stevens, Robley D.

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Austin, Mary, 1868-1934

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Mary Hunter Austin has variously been identified as a feminist, naturalist, mystic, author, and even "woman of genius." She was one of the leading literary figures of her time, the author of 27 books and more than 250 articles, stories, poems and other short pieces. In 1900, Mary Austin settled in Carmel and became one of the founders of the literary colony. In 1918, Austin traveled to New Mexico, hoping to continue on to Mexico to conduct research on folk traditions. In New Mexico she was contr...

McCarthy, Justin, 1830-1912

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Irish journalist, historian and writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fifth Avenue Hotel, to Theodore Tilton, [no year] Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606179 ...

Troubetzkoy, Amélie (Rives) Chanler, 1863-1945

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Garrison, Curtis Wiswell, 1901-

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Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950

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

Bewley, Luther B.

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Mildred Howells.

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Valera, Juan, 1824-1905

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Epithet: Director of Public Instruction in Spain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x0002e7 ...

Samuel T. Pickard, ed.

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Ferrero, Guglielmo, 1871-1942

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Italian historian, novelist, & social scientist. From the description of Papers, 1893-1942. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122611312 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Italian journalist, historian and novelist Guglielmo Ferrero (1871-1942) wrote for several European and Latin American newspapers and published more than ten books on ancient and modern European history. His interests included history, criminology, politics, religion, and li...

Irving, Laurence, 1871-1914

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Brown, John, 1821-1895

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Farmer and soldier; son of John Brown, the abolitionist; b. at Hudson, Ohio; moved with brother Owen Brown to Osawatomie, Kan., 1855 where was elected a member of the legislature; led group of militia to the relief of Lawrence, Kan., after it had been "sacked" by a pro-slavery force; served with the Kansas Brigade during the Civil War but was forced to resign because of illness; did not participate in the Harper's Ferry raid; in 1862 purchased a ten-acre plot on the south shore of South Bass Isl...

Brown, Edmund R. (Edmund Randolph), 1888-

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Mead, Marietta (Di Benvenuti), addressee.

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Fields, Annie, 1834-1915

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Annie Adams Fields was an author and charity worker, the wife of the Boston publisher James T. Fields. From the description of Papers pertaining to the estate of Annie Adams Fields, 1846-1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 86143813 From the guide to the Papers pertaining to the estate of Annie Adams Fields, 1846-1935., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Eighteen letters written by Annie Adams Fields between the years 1882 and...

Elinor Howells

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Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel), 1858-1919

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American novelist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) and typewritten letter signed : New York, to F.A. Duneka, 1903 Dec. 27-1910 Apr. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270507434 ...

North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945

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Rare-book dealer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 20 November 1914, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1914 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582991 ...

Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914

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Alfred T. Mahan, naval officer, was born in 1840. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1859. He served as second president of the Naval War College, 1885-1886 and again in 1892-1893. His Influence of Seapower on History was published in 1890. From the description of Notebook, ?-1880. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17944229 From the description of Commission, February 19, 1862. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17944191 From the description of...

Bartlett, Mabel L.

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Pope, Charles Roehr, 1832-1899

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Rockwell, Kenneth, addressee.

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Knox, Florence L.

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Beer, Thomas, 1889-1940

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Thomas Beer was an author of short stories, novels, and non-fiction prose. Beer was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa and raised in Yonkers, New York. He attended Yale University from which he graduated in 1911. Beer enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in France at the end of World War I. Between 1917 and 1936 Beer published a number of short stories in Saturday Evening Post, and while his short stories provided him with financial security, Beer was more interested in his other writing projects. Bee...

Whittemore, Bradford Adams, 1908-1986

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Charles Scribner's Sons.

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Charles Scribner, 1821-1871, was a partner in the publishing firm of Baker & Scribner, 1846-1871, and carried on alone after Baker's death in 1850. He formed Scribner & Welford in 1857. Charles Scribner's Sons was established in 1870, the same year SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY began. His son Charles, 1854-1930, became president in 1875. He began SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE in 1887. It ceased publication in 1930. His son Charles, 1890-1952, became president in 1932. From the description of Char...

French, Ezra Bartlett, 1810-1880

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Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919

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Mural painter, illustrator, teacher, and writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Kenyon Cox letters, 1893-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122456081 American artist, author. From the description of Kenyon Cox papers, circa 1860-1922. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505719883 Kenyon Cox was an American artist, born in Ohio, who studied in Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Paris, 1877-1882. He moved to New York in 1...

Gaston, Charles Robert

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Jackson, A. W. R.

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Ward, Samuel, 1814-1884

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American lobbyist and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1861 Mar. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270856372 Ward, an American lobbyist, financier, author, and adventurer, was well known in social and political circles in both the U.S. and Europe. Maud Howe Elliott was his niece, and the daughter of reformer Julia Ward Howe. From the guide to the Papers, ca. 1814-1936., (Houghton Library, Harvard...

Graham, Margaret Collier, 1850-1910

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Margaret Collier Graham (1850-1910) was a California writer. She, her husband, Donald McIntyre Graham, and her sister, Jane E. Collier, moved to California after her husband fell ill with tuberculosis in 1876. After living a few months in Anaheim, they moved to Pasadena. Margaret wrote stories which were published in the Argonaut and the Californian, and in later years she published in the Atlantic monthly, Century magazine, and Land of sunshine. Her books include Stories of the foot-hills and T...

Jordan, Elizabeth Garver, 1867-1947

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American journalist and novelist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : New York, to F.A. Duneka, 1908 Dec. 23 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270492048 Elizabeth Garver Jordan (1867-1947) was an American author, editor of Harper's Bazaar, and suffragist. From the description of Elizabeth Garver Jordan papers, 1891-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517413 Student at University of Maine. From the description o...

English, Thomas Dunn, 1819-1902

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American physician, lawyer, and author. From the description of Hurrah for you, Old Glory : typed poem signed : place not specified, [ca. 1895]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614458 From the description of Ben Bolt : autograph manuscript signed of the poem : place not specified, [1843 or later]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79736806 From the description of Ruins : autograph manuscript signed of the poem : place not specified, [1894 or earlier]. (Unknown). Worl...

Clarke, Robert and co., Cincinnati.

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Howells, John Butler, addressee.

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Swope, Eugene.

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Mitchell, John Grant, 1838-1894

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Frederic, Harold, 1856-1898

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Harold Frederic was an American writer of short stories and a newspaper editor and journalist for the New York Times. From the description of Harold Frederic reply to J.B. and J.L. Gilder, 1896. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 39245620 American-English journalist and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "My dear old friend" [David Christie-Murray], [1894] Sept. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2708...

Authors' League of America

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Organization founded in 1912 for the protection of copyright. From the description of Letter from the Authors' League of America to an unknown recipient, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136277 From the description of Letter from the Authors' League of America to an unknown recipient [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647844409 ...

Allen, Gay Wilson, 1903-1995

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University professor, author, and Whitman scholar. From the description of Letters, 1990-1995. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40421951 From the description of Gay Wilson Allen papers, 1801-1988 and undated (bulk 1925-1970s). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31182073 1903, Aug. 23 Born, Lake Junaluska, N.C. 1926 ...

Henry C. Howells.

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Marum, Eleanor.

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Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882

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Trollope was born on Apr. 24, 1815 in London, England; attended Winchester and Harrow; worked as a junior clerk in the General Post Office and was then transferred as a postal surveyor to Ireland; in 1859 he moved back to London, resigning from the civil service in 1867; stood unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate for Parliament in 1868; became a novelist, known for his Barsetshire and Palliser series of novels, among others; individual novels include: Barchester Towers (1857), Can you forgive h...

Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947

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Richard Le Gallienne, British journalist and author, was a prolific writer during the late 19th and early 20th century. His early mentor was Oliver Wendell Holmes. Le Gallienne wrote My ladies' sonnets (1887), and the romantic novel, The quest of the golden girl (1896). He published The romantic nineties (1926), while working as a journalist in New York. In 1927 Le Gallienne emigrated to France where he lived out the remainder of his life. From the description of Manuscript-Letters, ...

Fuller, Agnes G.

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Field, Walter Taylor, 1861-1939

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Doremus, Edwin, addressee.

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Simkins, F. A.

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Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928

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Edmund Gosse, a well known man of letters, librarian to the House of Lords (1904-1914), and author of the autobiography, Father and Son (1907), was a pioneering translator of Ibsen and author of numerous volumes of poetry, criticism and biography. Charles Edmund Merrill was an active member of the Grolier Club from 1910 until his death in 1942. From the description of Letters : to Charles E. Merrill, 1910-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577035 English poet and man of...

Hitchcock, Curtice N. (Curtice Nelson), 1892-1946

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Howells, Elinor Mead, 1837-1910

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Lane, William Coolidge, 1859-1931

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Lane graduated from Harvard in 1881 and served as librarian at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Coolidge Lane, 1887-1931. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972806 ...

Bridges, Robert, 1858-1941

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Editor of Scribner's magazine. From the description of Letter to Stewart Edward White, 1897 March 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51610799 Resident of Hancock (Washington County), Md. From the description of Papers, 1868-1928. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276562 ...

Bishop, William Henry, 1847-1928

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Epithet: stockbroker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x000343 American consul at Genoa, Italy, 1903-1904, at Palermo, Italy, 1905-1910; artist and architect; taught French and Spanish at Yale University, 1893-1903. From the description of William Henry Bishop papers, 1800-1927 (inclusive), 1874-1927 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165878 Bishop was an American author. ...

Bush, Margaret S.

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Dorr, Morris.

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Sedgwick, Henry Dwight, 1861-1957

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Sedgwick was an American essayist, biographer, and historian. From the description of Letters to Mabel Hooper La Farge, 1920-1937. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122575007 From the guide to the Letters to Mabel Hooper La Farge, 1920-1937., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Craig, John, 1838-1934

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Epithet: Prebendary of Gillingham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x000316 Epithet: of Add MS 40242 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x00002d ...

Field, Eugene, 1850-1895

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Eugene Field, an American writer, was born in 1850 to Rosewell Field and Frances Reed. After his mother's death in 1856, he and his brother were sent to live with a cousin in Amherst, Massachusetts. He studied at Williams College from 1868-69. He then studied for a short time at Knox College in Illinois and at the University of Missouri. He married Julia Sutherland Comstock on October 16, 1873. He wrote weekly newspaper columns and also published volumes of poetry and prose. Field died on Novemb...

Gardiner, Robert Hallowell

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Steele, Marjorie.

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Georg Henschel

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Little, David B., 1912-1995

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Gilson, Roy Rolfe, 1875-1933

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American clergyman and novelist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Stresa and Concord, Mass., to F.A. Duneka, 1905 May 11-1907 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589288 ...

Salvini, Tommaso, 1829-1915

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Italian actor. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to John Sartain, 1883 Apr. 4. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28489397 From the description of Autograph sentiment signed, dated : Brooklyn, 6 February 1883, 1883, 6 February. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668694 Actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ontignono, 1870 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634102 Italian tragedian. From the...

Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908

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Charles Eliot Norton was an American author, editor, and teacher. He was a professor of the history of fine arts at Harvard. Eliot Norton was his son. From the guide to the Charles Eliot Norton letters to Eliot Norton, 1867-1908., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American author, editor, and educator. From the description of Letter to Edwin D. Mead [manuscript], 1881 May 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814472 ...

Fréchette, Louis Honoré, 1839-1908

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Poet Laureate of Canada. He received many honors, including laureate of the Institute of France, knight of the Legion of Honor, etc. From the description of Louis Honoré Fréchette poem titled "Avril" [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 274184218 ...

Croker, Bithia Mary (Sheppard) d. 1920

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Grand, Sarah, pseud., 1855-1943

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Gould, George M. (George Milbry), 1848-1922

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George M. Gould: physician and author. Lafcadio Hearn: American journalist and author living in Japan. Also known as Koizumi Yakumo. From the description of George M. Gould collection of Hearniana, 1877-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 294954084 George Milbry Gould was born on 8 November 1848. He received an A.B. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1873, and in 1874 graduated from Harvard Divinity School. In 1888 Gould received an M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical C...

Hartwick, Harry, addressee.

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Watson, William, 1858-1935

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William Watson was an English author remembered primarily for his epigrammatic poems. He wrote in the classical tradition, and his primary influences seem to have been Tennyson, Keats, and Matthew Arnold. His verse is contemplative, by turns philosophical and political, and generally structured rather than lyrical. He also wrote articles and criticism. He was knighted in 1917. From the description of William Watson letter and signed photo of house, 1913 Feb. 17. (Pennsylvania State U...

John Whitmore

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Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903

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American painter, etcher and author. From the description of Autograph letters, signed with his name : Lindsey Houses, Chelsea, and 28 Wimple Street, to [James Key] Caird and J.E. Millais, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588842 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Miss Cobden, [May 1881/1884]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587769 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, London, to Waldo Story, the sculptor, pos...

Baird, Rowland E.

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Roche, James Jeffrey, 1847-1908

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American journalist, consul, and writer; editor of the Boston "Pilot," a Catholic journal. From the description of Papers of James Jeffrey Roche, 1887-1894. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34689952 From the description of Papers of James Jeffrey Roche [manuscript], 1887-1894. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647879907 Irish-born American journalist, author and diplomat. Roche was born in Queens County, Ireland, and...

Craig, John, addressee.

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Mitchell, Edward Page, 1852-1927

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Editor in chief of the New York Sun. From the description of Edward Page Mitchell correspondence, 1883-1923. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58783041 ...

James, Alice Howe Gibbens

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Howells, Aurelia H.

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W. D. Howells.

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Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879

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American reformer and linguist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Birmingham, to [Freeman H. Morse], 1869 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131472 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Springfield, Massachusetts, to Freeman H. Morse, 1854 Jan. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131738 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Britain, Connecticut, to the Rev. W.H. Ward, 1873 Jan. 04. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2...

Fox, John, 1863-1919

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Novelist and short story writer. From the description of Letters, 1890-1901 ; (bulk 1890-1897). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271345 From the description of Letters, 1890-1901; (bulk 1890-1897). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20770068 John Fox, Jr. was born in 1862 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Fox was a popular writer at the turn of the century who chronicled the folklife of the Cumberland Mountains. Educated at Transylvania Unive...

Pollard, C. A.

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Dalziel, D. (Davison)

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Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923

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Thayer was a biographer and historian. From 1892 to 1915 he was editor of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine. From the description of Additional papers, 1796-1927 (inclusive), 1877-1927 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505841 From the description of Papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive) 1872-1921 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505824 From the guide to the William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk)., (Houghton...

Palmer, George Herbert, 1842-1933

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Palmer (Harvard, A.B., 1864), taught philosophy and served as Overseer at Harvard. From the description of Papers of George Herbert Palmer, 1931-1932 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972831 Professor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1873-1913. From the description of Lectures on the historical development of ethics, chiefly in England. Delivered in 1885-1886 at Harvard College, by G.H. Palmer. Reported by M.C. Ayres [1885-1886]. (University of Mich...

Hagedorn, Hermann, 1882-

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Dutton, E.P. and co., publishers.

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Howells, John Mead, 1868-1959

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Architect and collector of autographs. From the description of John Mead Howells collection of correspondence, 1894-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456141 John Mead Howells was a New York-based architect, best-known for his design for the Chicago Tribune Tower (1923), done with partner Raymond Hood. Howells studied architecture at Harvard and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was in practice with architect I. M. Phelps Stokes before joining Hood. During the 192...

Brown, Lucy Page.

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Laffan, William Mackay, 1848-1909.

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Northrup, Theo. H. (Theodore H.)

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Hersey, Frank Wilson Cheney, 1876-1959

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Hersey graduated from Harvard in 1899. From the description of Examination papers in Economics 1, 1897-1898. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074159 Hersey graduated from Harvard in 1899 and taught English at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, 1890-1892 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973064 ...

Hinkson, Katharine (Tynan), 1861-1931.

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Epithet: Irish writer; wife of H A Hinkson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x0003e7 Irish novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mrs. Elkin, 1905 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270469685 ...

Simoas, Florence A.

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Bridges, A. F., addressee.

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Villari, Pasquale, 1827-1917

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Italian historian, statesman and educator. From the description of Autograph letter in Italian signed : [n.p.] to Dr. Baldwin, 1893 June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270861028 Italian historian and political figure. From the description of Autograph letter signed (while he was deputy) : to an unidentified woman, 1872 Jan. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270585509 ...

Willian Dean Howells

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Boyd, I. B.

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Lackey, J. B.

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MacQuoid, Katharine Sarah (Gadsden), 1824-1917

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Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937

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Author; United States ambassador to Italy. From the description of Autograph poem signed, entitled "Rheims", 1814 Sep. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270492661 From the description of Autograph poem "The Cost" signed, 1914 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270492676 Epithet: Editor 'The Century Magazine' New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000372 Magazine ed...

Popenoe, Perry D., addressee.

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Black, Alexander, 1859-1940

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Editor, reporter. From the description of Papers, 1893-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155491137 Alexander Black (1859-1940) was an author, editor and originator of the "picture play" the dramatic forerunner of the motion picture. From the description of Alexander Black papers, 1858-1939, bulk (1890-1928). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122431225 From the guide to the Alexander Black papers, 1858-1939, 1890-1928, (The New York Public Library. Manusc...

Smith, Bertha W.

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Premio Real, José Antonio de Lavalle y Romero, Conde de

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Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1855-1919

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Houghton Mifflin

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Moffett, Cleveland, 1863-

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Heiser, Alta (Harvey) 1877-

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Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Smith) 1857-1923

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Twichell, Joseph Hopkins, 1838-1918

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Twichell, a clergyman, was Samuel Clemens's most intimate friend. From the description of ALS, 1911 December 7 : Hartford, to Frank Fuller. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14406107 Twichell and Fuller were personal friends of Samuel Clemens. From the description of ALS, [1911] November 4 : Hartford, to Frank Fuller. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14399733 From the description of ALS, [1911] October 26 : Ha...

Ongaro, Francesco dall', 1808-1873

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W. M. Salter

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Pierce, (Mrs.) Louis Warren.

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Palgrave, Reginald F. D. (Reginald Francis Douce), Sir, 1829-1904

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Epithet: clerk of the House of Commons Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x00017f ...

Graham, James Lorimer, 1831-1876

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Barrett, Lawrence, 1838-1891

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Lawrence Barrett was manager of his own dramatic company. From the description of Agreement between Lawrence Barrett and Fred C. Mosley [manuscript], 1882 June 10. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 281643577 Lawrence Barrett, actor. John Weiss, Reverend, lecturer and scholar on Shakespeare. From the description of Letter to John Weiss, 1873-1876. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41416811 American author and actor. From ...

Griffith, , addressee.

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Hoge, Ernest K.

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Neal, David Dalhoff

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Tyler, George H. (George Harry), 1883-

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Harford, Oliver, 1863-1935

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Columbia Book Publishing co., New York, addressee.

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Goodspeed, Charles E. (Charles Eliot), 1867-1950

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Charles E. Goodspeed was the founder of several bookstores in Boston and a dealer in rare books and manuscripts. Most of his writings were bibliographical, compiling A treasury of fishing stories and Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Museum of the Salem East India Marine Society, or, The gathering of a virtuoso's collection, both published in 1946. His autobiography, Yankee bookseller, published in 1937, gives a full picture of booksellers, collectors, and authors of his time. From the des...

Noyes, Platt and co.(inc.), Boston.

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Channing, Edward, 1856-1931

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Channing (Harvard, A.B. 1878) taught history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Edward Channing, 1893-1931 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069347 ...

Nicholson, Meredith, 1866-1947

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Nicholson was an Indiana author; he served as the U.S. Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. From the description of [Letter] 1912 May 23, University Club, Indianapolis [to] William Wallace / Meredith Nicholson. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 300034819 Nicholson was born in Crawfordsville, Ind. and lived in Indianapolis. An author, diplomat, and lecturer, he was active in Democratic politics; served as minister to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua; and publish...

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889

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Robert Browning was a British poet. Born on May 7, 1812, Browning wrote his first major work,"Pauline: a fragment of a confession" at the age of twenty. He married Elizabeth Barrett in 1826 and with her encouragement went on to become one of the major Victorian poets. From the description of Robert Browning collection of papers, [1835?]-1933 bulk ([1835?]-1889). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615581 Browning was an English poet. From the descri...

Lewis, Leo Rich, 1865-1945

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Epithet: Fletcher Professor of Music, Tufts College, Massachusetts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000361.0x0001d4 ...

Baird, Theodore, addressee.

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Keeler, Grace.

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Jones, Madeline, Dr.

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H. W. Longfellow

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Kinney, Coates, 1826-1904

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Howells, Mildred, 1872-....

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Poet and short story writer; daughter of William Dean Howells. From the description of God's will [manuscript], 1913. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 741786541 William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American author, editor, and critic. Mildred Howells was an author and Howells' daughter. In 1959, Van Wyck Brooks published a biography of Howells: Howells, his life and world. From the description of Mildred Howells correspondence with Van Wyck Brooks...

Trübner and co.

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Whitman, Julia.

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Sise, John and company, Kittery, Me.

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Smedley, W. T. (William Thomas), 1858-1920

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Portrait painter and illustrator; New York, N.Y. From the description of W.T. Smedley papers, 1884-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565866 American artist. From the description of Autograph letters signed, autograph postal cards and telegram (56) : New York, etc., to Mr. Schell and other members of the art department at Harper and Brothers, 1890 Feb. 25-1892 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664419 ...

Duneka, Frederick A., -1919

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Epithet: American journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x0003a9 ...

Crosby, Edward Harold, 1859-1934

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Edward Harold Crosby (1859-1934) was the dramatic critic of the Boston Post for the past 44 years and author of many books and plays. He was born in Boston in 1859 to Edward and Eliza A (Nichols) Crosby, and spent his entire life in his native city. After graduating from the Boston high school in 1874, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy. In 1883, he married Miss Medora B. Robbins of New York (1865-1946). Crosby started his career with the Boston Post in 1866 and four years later he became th...

Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933

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American clergyman, educator and writer. From the description of Letter to Joseph LeRoy Harrison, 1916 April 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51926632 From the description of Papers of Henry Van Dyke, 1895-1925. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51926567 Clergyman, Princeton University professor of English literature, and sports writer. From the description of Letters to Eugene V. Connett, 1919-1920. (Manchester City Library)...

Brown, Phyllis Wyatt.

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Isaac Taylor

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Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892

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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....

Jenovese, Anne D.

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Lydenberg, Harry Miller, 1874-1960

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Harry Miller Lydenberg (1874-1960) was the third director of the New York Public Library, from 1934 to 1941. Prior to becoming director, he worked at the Library for nearly forty years including serving as the administrative assistant to John Shaw Billings, the first director, in 1899, Chief Reference Librarian from 1908 to 1927, and assistant director from 1928 to 1934. He was active in various professional organizations and continued to work with international library groups after his retireme...

Patrick, Mary Mills, 1850-1940

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President, Constantinople Woman's College, 1890-1924. From the description of Mary Mills Patrick papers, 1875-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867193 Biographical/Historical Note President, Constantinople Woman's College, 1890-1924. From the guide to the Mary Mills Patrick papers, 1875-1924, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Marshall, Archibald, 1866-1934

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Winthrop, , addressee.

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Riedeman, E. M.

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Brummitt, E. P.

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Shairp, John Campbell, 1819-1885

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English critic and man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cuilaluinn, to W.A. Knight, 1876 Sept. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867080 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cuilaluinn, to W.A. Knight, 1885 July 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867093 From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Andrews, to W.A. Knight, [no year] Mar. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867107 From the description ...

James, Henry, 1843-1916

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

Smalley, Evelyn Garnaut, -1938

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Howells, William Dean

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0000a8 ...

Trübner, firm, publishers, London, addressee.

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Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903

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Cassius Marcellus Clay was born to Sally Lewis and Green Clay, one of the wealthiest planters and slaveholders in Kentucky, who became a prominent politician. He was one of six children who survived to adulthood, of seven born. Clay was a member of a large and influential political family. His older brother Brutus J. Clay became a politician at the state and federal levels. They were cousins of both Kentucky politician Henry Clay and Alabama governor Clement Comer Clay. Cassius' sister Elizab...

Ticknor, , addressee.

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Blake, Elizabeth Jessup.

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Crofts, Frederick S.

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Huntington, James Lincoln, addressee.

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Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891

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

Frear, Walter Francis, 1863-1948

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Rusk, Ralph L. (Ralph Leslie), 1888-

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Professor of American Literature at Columbia University, 1925-1953. One of the founders of the journal AMERICAN LITERATURE. Rusk married Clara Gibbs in 1915. From the description of Ralph Leslie Rusk papers, 1782-1981. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 49980504 Professor of English, Columbia University, 1925-1954, and Ralph Waldo Emerson specialist. Rusk taught English at the University of the Philippines, 1912-1914. Columbia University ...

Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998

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Epithet: Professor of English British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0002f8 American writer, literary critic and memoirist; author of "On native grounds," and "A walk in the city." From the description of Alfred Kazin letter [manuscript], 1943 March 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647999332 Writer. From the description of Reminiscences of Alfred Kazin: oral h...

Clark, John S.

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Issaverdens, Giscomo.

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Tauchnitz, , freiherr von.

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Bolton, Frederick Elmer 1866-

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Santos, William Douglas Resinente dos

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Title: 2nd Earl of March British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000508.0x000330 Title: 9th Earl of Morton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000508.0x000335 Epithet: MP for Plymouth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000508.0x000322 Epithet: of Edinburgh ...

Dock, Mira Lloyd, 1853-1945

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Horticulturist, conservationist, clubwoman, and educator. From the description of Mira Lloyd Dock papers, 1814-1951 (bulk 1899-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448912 Pennsylvania Commissioner of Forestry Mira Lloyd Dock (1853-1945), was a botanist, environmentalist, educator, and pioneer in the field of forestry. From the description of Mira Lloyd Dock papers, 1879-1947. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 464218470 ...

Baker, W. Morrant (William Morrant), 1839-1896

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Smith, Ellen, addressee.

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Holyoke, George O.

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Ulery, C. B.

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Inch, Eileen R., addressee.

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Pollard, John A., 1954-

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Fox, Dixon Ryan, 1887-1945

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Dixon Ryan Fox was president of the NYSHA Board of Trustees, 1929-1945, President of Union College, 1934-1945, and also taught at Columbia University. Union College has additional Fox papers. From the description of Dixon Ryan Fox papers, 1925-1945. (New York State Historical Association). WorldCat record id: 773191359 ...

Elinor Gertrude (Mead) Howells.

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Ruckstuhl, F. Wellington.

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Furness, Laura.

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Ilsley, Samuel Marshall, 1863-

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Hoyt, Franklin S. (Franklin Sherman), 1873-

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Shepard, Elliott F. (Elliott Fitch), 1833-1893

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Lane, Franklin K.

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Lane, 1864-1921, born in Canada and lived in California where he practiced law in San Francisco; he was United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913-1920. From the description of Proclamation with portrait of Theodore Roosevelt : broadside. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863398 In 1917, Brown became Special Assistant to Secretary of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane, and worked with him until November 1918, when he enlisted in the Army. After the war, Brown...

Lefevre, Edwin, 1871-

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Watson, S. B. (Susan B.)

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O'Donnell, M. S.

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Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x000029 Edward Bellamy was born in Massachusetts and was working as a journalist in 1888 when he published his most famous work, "Looking Backward: 2000-1887," a popular utopian romance. Bellamy devoted his life to promoting the ideas of non-revolutionary socialist reform through the Nationalist Party and his journal, THE NEW NATION. In 1897 Bellamy penn...

Hartmann, Thomas E.

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Howells, Aurelia H.

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Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909

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Sarah Orne Jewett was one of America's foremost regional writers. She produced novels, stories, and sketches, generally concerned with the lives and traditions of women in the rural areas of coastal New England. Her gentle, well-observed, respectful style transcends the limitations of genre and continue to make her work relevant. From the description of Sarah Orne Jewett letter to Loulie, ca. 1890. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54429003 ...

Payne, William Morton, 1858-1919

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Literary critic, periodical editor, translator, and educator. From the description of William Morton Payne papers, ca. 1850-1920. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 191720463 American educator, literary critic and translator. From the description of Correspondence, 1904-1913. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122601925 ...

Thomas, Edith Matilda, 1854-1925

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American poet. From the description of Doom : autograph poem signed : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572001 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Geneva, Ohio, to John W. Field, 1885 Jul. 1 and 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571998 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) : West New Brighton, Staten Island, etc., to F.A. Duneka, 1909 Oct. 27-1911 Apr. 19, and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571988 ...

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917

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Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an English actor-manager and writer. From the description of Herbert Beerbohm Tree collection. [1891-1902]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800446 English actor-manager of the early 20th century. From the description of Herbert D. B. Tree collection, 1891-1917. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 506484524 Herbert Beerbohm Tree was a successful actor manager, renowned for his product...

Shapiro, Charlotte.

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Sergel, Charles H. (Charles Hubbard), 1861-

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Marston, Frederick C., Jr.

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Smith, Bertha W.

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W. Douglas.

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Martin, Earle, addressee.

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Perry, Nora, 1841-1896,

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Ticknor, Howard Malcolm, 1836-1905,

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Halbeison, Elizabeth Kobus, 1904-

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Inglis, Rewey Belle, 1885-1967

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Howells, Joseph A., Mrs.

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Buell, Ely.

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Dock, Mira Lloyd, 1853-1945

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Horticulturist, conservationist, clubwoman, and educator. From the description of Mira Lloyd Dock papers, 1814-1951 (bulk 1899-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448912 Pennsylvania Commissioner of Forestry Mira Lloyd Dock (1853-1945), was a botanist, environmentalist, educator, and pioneer in the field of forestry. From the description of Mira Lloyd Dock papers, 1879-1947. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 464218470 ...

Schuler, Eric

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Walter, Erich A. (Erich Albert), 1897-1977

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Professor of English at the University of Michigan. From the description of Letter : Ann Arbor, Mich., to Laurence Housman, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, 1936 Sept. 1. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25334822 ...

Parton, James, 1822-1891

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English-American writer. From the description of Papers of James Parton [manuscript] 1860-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647934391 Author. From the description of Letter of James Parton, 1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454871 Parton was an American biographer. His The life of Horace Greeley : editor of "The New-York tribune", from his birth to the present time was published in 1872 and his Life of Voltaire was published in 188...

Reed, Samuel Rockwell.

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Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...

Hill, Thomas, 1818-1891

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Thomas Hill was President of Harvard College from 1862-1868. From the description of Letter to Rev. William Henry Furness, ca. 1862-1868. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155883609 Thomas Hill (1818-1891) earned his Harvard AB 1843 and served as President of Harvard University from 1862-1868. From the description of Bond to Harvard College, August 30, 1839. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064762 Thomas Hill (1818-1891...

Charles Richard Williams, ed.

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Sloane, William Milligan, 1850-1928

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American historian and educator. From the description of Autograph letters signed : [n.p.] and Paris, to [Harper & Brothers], 1896 Oct. 12-1896 Nov. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664161 ...

Wiswall, , addressee.

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Lloyd, Henry Demarest, 1847-1903

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Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900

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Stephen Crane was a novelist, poet, and journalst. He was born November 1, 1871, at 14 Mulberry Place, Newark, New Jersey. Crane is best known for his novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895) that depicted the experiences of a soldier in the Civil War. During the Spanish-American War (1898), Crame served as a correspondent. In 1897, he moved to England and met Joseph Conrad and Henry James. Crane died of tuberclosis in 1900. From the description of Newark Stephen Crane collection, 1897-...

Foster, Frank E.

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Pattee, Fred Lewis, 1863-1950

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Fred Lewis Pattee was an American author, poet, teacher, scholar, and a leading authority on American literature. He was Professor of English and Rhetoric at Pennsylvania State College, and later became Professor of American Literature. In 1891 Pattee published his first book, LITERATURE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, and his first published verse collection was THE WINE OF MAY (1893). Pattee's most important critical work was the first volume of HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1870 (1915), which w...

E. W. Durnford King

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Brown, Alice, 1857-1948

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American author. From the description of Letter, Boston : to Mrs. George Edward Barton. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14402745 Writer of short stories, novels, and plays. From the description of Alice Brown papers, 1876-1947. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32576984 Alice Brown, American poet, novelist, and dramatist, was born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, on December 5, 1857 to Levi Brown and Elizabeth Lucas. She...

Campbell, Patrick, Mrs., 1865-1940

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Campbell, whose maiden name was Beatrice Stella Tanner, was an English actress. Von Zastrow was an actress as well. From the description of Mrs. Patrick Campbell letters to Bertha von Zastrow, 1902-1939 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 705558265 Beatrice Stella Cornwallis-West, known by her stage name as Mrs. Patrick Campbell, was a noted English stage actress, who remained popular for over 40 years. She created many classic roles, including Eliza Dooli...

Wyatt, Edith, 1873-1958

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Chicago author and social activist. During the century's first decade while teaching at Hull House and being active in The Little Room, Wyatt produced her best fiction, including poetry, short stories and her first novel. She also began to produce non-fiction work, much published in McClure's magazine, that reflected her commitment to social causes -- working-class women, child labor, stockyard animal abuses, and other societal problems she observed in Chicago. A friend ...

Winthrop, Robert M., Jr.

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Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929

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Author, civil rights leader, and lawyer. From the description of Papers of Moorfield Storey, 1876-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79899439 American lawyer, author, publicist. From the description of Letter to H.O. Houghton & Company, 1882 July 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53807486 Moorfield Storey received his A.B. from Harvard in 1866. From the description of Composition : [for English?] , c. 1865. (Harvard Unive...

Fréchette, Howells.

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Harte, Bret, 1836-1902

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Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of Bret Harte [manuscript] 1859-1901. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647940411 Harte served as editor of the Overland Monthly, 1868-1870. From the description of ALS, 1869 April 17 : San Francisco, to Mrs. Emily Gould, Rome. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16700642 From the description of ALS, 1868 July 5 : San Francisco, to [Emily Gould]. (Copley Press, J S Copl...

Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909

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William Clyde Fitch (1865-1909), American playwright. From the description of Nathan Hale : an original play in four acts, [circa 1897] / by Clyde Fitch. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702202011 Dramatist. From the description of Grace de Granmont : holograph play script, 1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 163614397 1886 graduate of Amherst College. American playwright best known for plays of social satire and character study and notable for having fou...

Brandt and Brandt, New York, addressee.

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Trent, William P. (William Peterfield), 1862-1939

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Author, editor of the Sewanee Review from 1892 to 1899, and professor of English literature at Columbia University from 1900 to 1929. From the description of Papers, ca.1800-1941. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122529084 William Peterfield Trent was born in Richmond, Va. He received the M.A. degree from the University of Virginia in 1884 and a Ph.D. from John Hopkins University. He was professor of English at the University of...

Nelson, Henry Loomis, 1846-1908

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924

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English writer, noted for children's stories. From the description of Papers of Frances Hodgson Burnett [manuscript], 1889-1914. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647835018 English writer who resided in the United States, noted children's author. From the description of Letter [manuscript], Maytham Hall, Rolvenden, Kent, to Richard Watson Gilder, 1906 September 6. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647836929 From the description of...

Bailey, G., addressee.

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Salisbury, Leah, addressee.

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Rathbone, Perry Townsend 1911-

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Coe, Alice L.

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Gregory, Elinor.

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Shoemaker, Jane W.

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March, George P.

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Olivia Clemens

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Fiske, John, 1842-1901

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Historian, philosopher, and librarian. Name originally Edmund Fiske Green; at age thirteen, took name of maternal great-grandfather, John Fiske. From the description of John Fiske papers, 1867-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 163614392 Philosopher, historian, librarian. From the description of Papers of John Fiske [manuscript], 1872-1900. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805107 John Fiske was a American author, best known for popular ...

Brieux, Eugéne (1858-1932).

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Florimond, .

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Brunetta, Eugenio

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Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908

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Evans was a professor at Tufts College, 1900-1912. From the description of Letter [between 1900 and 1912] Oct. 28, Boston, to Prof. [L.B.] Evans [Medford, Mass.]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34367729 Louise Chandler Moulton was a minor American poet who lived in Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of Louise Chandler Moulton letters to and about E.C. and Laura Stedman, 1873-1894. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record ...

Clarke, James

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x000180 Epithet: Secretary, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x000181 Epithet: Recorder of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x00017f ...

Douglas, S. B.

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Herrick, Robert, 1868-1938

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Writer and professor of English. A.B., Harvard University, 1890. Instructor in rhetoric, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1890-1893. Instructor in rhetoric, University of Chicago, 1893-1895; assistant professor, 1895-1901; associate professor, 1901-1905; professor of English, 1905-1923. Government Secretary for the Virgin Islands, 1935-1938. From the description of Papers, 1887-1960 (inclusive), 1887-1938 (bulk). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52246301 ...

Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914

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American poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Louisville, to Miss Greene, 1914 Nov. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129671 From the description of The Vikings : autograph poem signed, 1886 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270135829 Poet and author of Louisville, Kentucky. From the description of Madison Julius Cawein : miscellaneous papers, 1889-1916. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46764382 ...

Matteis, Maria de.

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Perry, Ralph Barton, 1876-1957

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

Mitchell, Langdon Elwyn, 1862-1935

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Mitchell wrote the plays "Becky Sharp" and "The New York Idea" among many others. From the description of Papers, 1890-1934. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31178976 Langdon Elwyn Mitchell (1862-1935), American poet and playwright, used the pseudonym John Philip Varley. His best-known plays were Becky Sharp (1899) and The New York Idea (1906). He taught playwriting at the University of Pennsylvania from 1928 to 1930. His father was S. W...

Jones, Mary Cadwalader Rawle, 1850-1935

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Mary Cadwalader Jones, writer, literary agent, and sister-in-law of author Edith Wharton. Jones grew up in a wealthy Philadelphia family and married Frederic Rhinelander Jones, Edith Wharton's oldest brother, in 1872. The couple moved to New York City and had a daughter named Beatrix. The marriage lasted twelve years and the couple divorced. In New York, Jones was well-known for hosting Sunday afternoon lunches at her house attended by notable literary figures, such as Edith Wharton...

Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903

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American poet. From the description of Manuscript letter : Mattapoisett, to Lafcadio Hearn, 1885 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 635599094 Army officer. From the description of Abraham Lincoln : poem, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 748677748 Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903), author, poet, editor, and literary critic, was born in Hingham, Mass., one of three children of sea captain Reuben Stoddard (1800-1827) and Sophia Gurney Stoddard (18...

Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927

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American historian. From the description of Letter, 1912 Oct. 9, Quincy, to the editor of the American Biographical Cyclopedia. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 166327901 Adams was an American historian. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1899-1907. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122581267 From the guide to the Miscellaneous papers, 1899-1907., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Brooks Ad...

Brown, Curtis, 1866-1945

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Literary agent. From the description of Typed letter signed with initials : London, to Crosby Gaige, 1928 Feb. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 606925094 ...

Horn, Mary A.

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Peacock, Leishman Arnold, addressee.

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K. L. Duffus.

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Robins, Lillian M.

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Deming, Norma Helen, addressee.

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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...

Ludlam, Mabel C.

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Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, 1832-1910‏

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Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer, journalist, and political leader. He received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1903. From the description of Letters to various correspondents, 1869-1907. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 80262094 From the guide to the Letters to various correspondents, 1869-1907., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Scudder, Grace (Owen), addressee.

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Page, Mary C.

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Haulenbeck, W. B., addressee.

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Parry, Albert, 1901-1992

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson, 1838-1915

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American author, illustrator, and novelist. From the guide to the Francis Hopkinson Smith Collection, 1883-1915, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Author, painter and engineer. From the description of The arm-chair at the inn and other papers [manuscript] 1896-1910. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976900 From the description of Tom Grogan [manuscript] 1896. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: ...

Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889

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Martin Farquhar Tupper was born in London, and a severe stutter ended his academic advancement and hopes for a career as a clergyman or lawyer. He turned to writing poetry, and his third book, Proverbial Philosophy, proved to be a best-seller in England and America. Tupper's output was stupendous, and among his works can be found ebullient verses on almost any early Victorian popular concern. Despite his early popularity among the middle-class Victorians, Tupper's only real value, as the Athenae...

Greene, Constance Murray.

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Harkins, D. H.

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Howitt, William, 1792-1879

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English miscellaneous writer. Married Mary Botham, also a miscellaneous writer. From the description of Letters, [1830?-1868]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122464413 Author. From the description of Letter of William Howitt, 1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451059 William Howitt, English writer. From the description of William Howitt manuscript material : 1 item, 1847 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 430356498 ...

Forbes, James, 1871-

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Vokes, Rosina.

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Williamson, R. D., addressee.

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Mettedaglio, A.

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Burrell, Angus

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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

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Carolyn Wells published under the pseudonym Rowland Wright. From the description of Autograph postcard signed from W.D. Howells to Carolyn Wells, Rahway [manuscript], 19th or 20th century. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694525270 Author, editor, critic. From the description of Letters chiefly to Alexander? Black [manuscript] 1888-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943111 William Dean Howells was an American novelist...

Gilder, Jeannette L. (Jeannette Leonard), 1849-1916

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Journalist, editor, and literary critic for various publications. From the description of Papers of Jeannette L. Gilder [manuscript], 1879-1909. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810869 Jeannette L. Gilder was an editor, journalist, and critic, best remembered as editor of The Critic, which she co-founded with her brother, Joseph. The Critic was small but respected, and published and encouraged some of the most recognizable names of the day. She continued to c...

Burlingame, Edward L. (Edward Livermore), 1848-1922

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Biographical Note Anson Burlingame 1820, Nov. 14 Born, New Berlin, N.Y. 1847 Married Jane Cornelia Livermore 1852 Elected to Massachusetts senate 1855 ...

Hayes, Chester C.

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John P. Altgeld, Governor of Illinois.

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Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre, 1824-1898

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French painter. From the description of Letters sent by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1866-1898. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77704338 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Saint-Juirs [usage of René Delorme], 1881 May 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615880 ...

Pickard, Greenleaf Whittier.

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Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930

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George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War, he entered his father's publishing house, G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright Leag...

Scudder, Winthrop S.

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The Cincinnati Medical Journal Co.

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Roberts, Martin Arnold, 1875-1940

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Librarian. From the description of Autograph collection of Martin Arnold Roberts, 1829-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450190 ...

Doubleday, Doran & co., publishers.

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White, Richard Grant, 1821-1885

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American man of letters, author, critic. From the description of Papers of Richard Grant White, 1842-1884. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685639 Child was a professor of rhetoric and English at Harvard, best known for his compilation The English and Scottish popular ballads. Charles Eliot Norton was a scholar, professor of art history at Harvard, and a founder of "The Nation." Richard Grant White was a journalist, writer, and Shakespearean scholar. ...

Norris, Frank

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American novelist. From the description of Papers of Frank Norris [manuscript], 1898-1952, (bulk 1898-1902). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810658 Julian Hawthorne was the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne. From the description of ALS, 1901 June 9 : New York, to Julian Hawthorne. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13734916 Novelist Frank Norris was born in Chicago and came to California at the age of 14. He attended art sc...

Stevenson, Haviland.

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Jas. R. Osgood and Co.

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Margaret Sheppard.

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Shapiro, Dorothy B., addressee.

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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...

James, Robertson.

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Longfellow, Alice M. (Alice Mary), 1850-1928

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Born 22 September 1850 to Henry Wadsworth and Frances Appleton Longfellow, Alice Longfellow lived a privileged life with her family in Cambridge, enjoying her studies and developing a love of travel after a visit to Maine in 1863, when she was only 12 years old. After the death of her mother in 1861, Longfellow took on something of a caretaker role to her two younger sisters, earning her the depiction of "grave Alice" in her father's famous poem, The Children's Hour. At the age of 21, Alice Lo...

Egan, Maurice Francis, 1852-1924

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Maurice Francis Egan (1852-1924) was an American author and diplomat. He published novels and poetry and became a regular contributor to contemporary magazines. He taught English at Notre Dame University and later at Catholic University. President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Egan to the post of minister to Denmark in 1907. From the guide to the Maurice Francis Egan diary, 1914-1915, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Professor of English, Univ...

Hadley, Arthur Twining, 1856-1930

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President of Yale University. From the description of Letter to William C. Welling, 1917 September 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50997891 James Hadley: philologist; B.A., Yale, 1842; spent two years at the Yale Divinity School, 1844-1845; appointed tutor in Yale College in 1845, promoted to asst. prof. of Greek in 1848, in 1851 succeeded Theodore Dwight Woolsey, holding the chair of Greek until retirement. Arthur Twining Hadley wa...

Blinn, Henry Clay, 1824-1905

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Canterbury, N.H. Shaker. From the description of Diaries, 1856-1873. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155494195 ...

Gill, (W.F.) and company, addressee.

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Rogers, Loraine.

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Kelley, Elizabeth Bateman.

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Martin, Lorene, addressee.

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Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935

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

Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877

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Edmund Quincy, author and abolitionist, was the son of Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard University. He graduated from Harvard, and wrote several novels and a biography of his father. He was an active member of the anti-slavery movement, and published numerous articles on the topic. From the description of Edmund Quincy letters, 1855-1868. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 57759735 Edumund Quincy, author and reformer, was born in Boston, Mass.,...

Kilday, Elizabeth.

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Clarence W. McIlvaine.

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Gohdes, Clarence Louis Frank

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Clapp, John Mantle, 1870-1963

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Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Houghton Mifflin Company, publishing house of Boston, Mass., From the description of Houghton Mifflin Company records, 1832-1944. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612205133 Houghton Mifflin Company, publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts, traces its roots back to the firm of Ticknor and Fields, the premier "literary" publishing house in the United States during the middle years of the nineteenth century; and to the Riverside Press, Henry Oscar Houghton's printi...

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...

Briggs, William Harlowe, 1876-1952

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American writer and publisher. From the description of Papers, 1895-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507931 Briggs was an American playwright and editor at Harper & Brothers. From the description of William Harlowe Briggs papers, 1864-1940 (bulk 1900-1936). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 86148393 ...

Perry, Thomas Sergeant, 1845-1928

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Perry was an American literary critic, scholar, and educator. Fay was an Episcopal clergyman who left the ministry because of poor health. He was a regular contributor of notes and reviews to The Nation and other papers. From the description of Letters to Hercules Warren Fay, 1891-1896. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122564012 From the guide to the Thomas Sergeant Perry letters to Hercules Warren Fay, 1891-1896., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard...

Annie (Howells) Fréchette

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Wells, Thomas B. (Thomas Bucklin), 1875-1944

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Epithet: Rector of Portlemouth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001028.0x0001e2 ...

King, Grace Elizabeth, 1852-1932

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Grace King was the third child and eldest daughter of William Woodson King, a prosperous New Orleans attorney, and Sarah Ann Miller King. Impoverished by the Civil War, Grace King lived in New Orleans for the remainder of her life with her mother, brother, and two unmarried sisters, although she was able to travel in the United States and Europe and cultivated relationships with notables in the worlds of writing and publishing. Her own novels and short stories examined French Louisiana and Creol...

Fairley, Barker, 1887-1986

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Hitchcock, Curtice, addressee.

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Horan, Kenneth (O'Donnell) 1890-

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Nordstrom, , addressee.

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Erdmann Hartmann.

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Rankin, Daniel S., 1895-1972

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Kester, Paul, 1870-

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Malone, Edward Eugene, 1904-

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Marquis, Don, 1878-1937

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American humorist and author. From the description of Letter to Mr. Wood [manuscript], 1930 June 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837114 American journalist, author, humorist. From the description of Papers of Don Marquis [manuscript], 1917-1934. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812908 Author and humorist Don Marquis was born in Illinois, and worked as a journalist in Washington, Atlanta, and Philadelphia. After moving...

Cotes, Sara Jeannette (Duncan) 1862-1922

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Howells, Victoria Mellor, addressee.

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Randall, David, addressee.

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Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925

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James Lane Allen was Kentucky's first important novelist. His success came early in his career but when he tried to broaden the themes of his work he lost the audience and critical acclaim which he had previously received. From the description of James Lane Allen : miscellaneous papers, 1890-1924. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46708345 American novelist. From the description of Letters, a newspaper clipping, and an envelope, 1894-1900. (Un...

Allen, Grant, 1848-1899

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Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (Grant Allen), novelist and essayist, was born near Kingston, Ontario, Canada and emigrated to England. Allen loved to travel and his series of guide books gave him monetary support and time to follow his intellectual bent as a freethinker/socialist. He was a highly respected figure in the group of late Victorian agnostics. Allen published more than thirty works of fiction, as well as poetry and short stories, under his own name and pseudonyms. Novels included The...

Przemeszl, Miss , addressee.

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Warfel, Harry R. (Harry Redcay), 1899-1971

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Harry R. Warfel was Professor of English and a scholar on American literature. He came to the University of Florida in 1948. From the guide to the Harry Redcay Warfel Papers, 1957-1962, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) Warfel came to the University of Florida in 1948 and taught American Literature. From the description of Papers, 1957-1962. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 81047107 ...

Fairchild, Charles, addressee.

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Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919

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Henry Mills Alden, American writer and editor for 50 years of Harper's Magazine and descendent of John and Priscilla Alden of the Mayflower fame, was born in Mount Tabor, Vermont, on November 3, 1836. From the description of Henry Mills Alden papers, 1862-1907. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 667714420 American editor and critic; editor, Harper's Monthly, 1869-1919. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Metuchen, New Jersey, to F...

Howells, William Dean, II

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Ferguson, J. De Lancey (John De Lancey), 1888-1966

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Ivins, William Mills, 1881-1961

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American author who wrote about woodcuts and about the history of books. From the description of Letter, 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480247 From the guide to the William Mills Ivins letter, 1925, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) William Mills Ivins, graduate of Harvard and Columbia Law School, Curator of Prints and Acting Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, recipient of an honorary degree from Yale in 1946, author of How Prints Loo...

George, Henry, 1839-1897

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Economist and reformer. From the description of Papers of Henry George, 1888-1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455433 Henry George (1839-1897), political economist and social reformer, was best known for his book Progress and Poverty, in which he advocated economic equality through a single tax on land value. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City on a labor ticket in 1884 and died during his second mayoral campaign in 1897. From the guide to the H...

Brincklé, Gertrude.

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Stoddard, Richard Henry

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Epithet: American poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x0002f7 ...

Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915

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Howells, William Cooper, 1807-1894

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American printer; father of William Dean Howells (1837-1920). From the description of Letters written by William Cooper Howells to his brother Joseph [Howells], 1888-1893. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122443884 ...

Shorey, Paul, 1857-1934

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Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Chicago. From the description of Papers, 1865-1934. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248419 American classical scholar. Born in Iowa in 1857, Shorey graduated from Harvard, then studied in Europe. He taught at Bryn Mawr, 1885-1892, and then the University of Chicago, 1892-1927, where he was the first professor of Greek. Shorey published extensively on Plato and Aristotle ...

Mason, Walt, 1862-1939.

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Walt Mason was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. Orphaned at 15, he began an itinerant lifestyle that took him from Canada to New York and across the American midwest, working odd jobs. He eventually became a journalist, but his wanderlust and alcoholism hampered his career. William Allen White gave Mason a job at the Emporia (Kansas) Gazette, and he started writing light verse, both humorous and inspirational, which became very popular. Through syndication, "Uncle Walt" developed a national f...

Bryan, William Lowe, 1860-1955

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Indiana University alumnus, professor, and president. From the description of William Lowe Bryan papers, 1830-1956. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 47180120 William Julian Bryan was born 11 November 1860 in Monroe County to John Bryan, a Presbyterian minister, and Eliza Jane Phillips Bryan. After attending the public schools in the county, Bryan entered the Preparatory Department of Indiana University in 1877. While a student a IU, he was active in man...

Sillcox, Luise, addressee.

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Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892

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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....

Potter, Henry Codman, 1834-1908

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Episcopalian bishop. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645260286 Bishop of New York. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to J.B. Gilder, on the occasion of J.R. Lowell's 70th birthday. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618790 From the description of Autograph letters signed (10) : New York, etc., to Dr. Ba...

Wormwood, R. F., addressee.

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Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927

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American historian. From the description of Letters, 1911-1919. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635486 American historian and writer. From the description of Letter, 1905 January 7 : to Mr. Fairbairn thanking him for a book. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853745 Rhodes was an American historian. From the description of [Letter] 1893 Jun. 29, Reservoir Street, Cambridge, [Mass. to] Dr. Thwing / James Ford...

Bacon, Russell M., addressee.

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Willard, James F. (James Field), 1876-1935

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James Field Willard was born on December 30, 1876 in Philadelphia. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his B.S. in 1898 and Ph.D. in 1902. He worked briefly as an instructor of history at Northwestern University (1902-1904), and then as a Harrison Research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania (1904-1906) before coming to the University of Colorado as an assistant professor of history. In 1907, Willard was appointed professor and made head of the CU hist...

Ciocca, Anne W. Langley.

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Bass, Alden.

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Wann, Louis, 1885-....

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Cooper, William Campbell.

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Johnson, Willis Fletcher, 1857-1931

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Clemens, Olivia (Langdon) d. 1904

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Beard, Charles Austin, 1874-1948

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American historian and educator From the guide to the Charles Austin Beard letters, undated, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Historian, political scientist. From the description of Austin Charles Beard letters, 1929-1939. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 465279213 Charles Austin Beard was born in 1874 and died in 1948. He was a political science professor and historian at Columbia Univer...

Scribner, Charles, 1854-1930

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Brandt and Brandt, New York.

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Hoar, E. R. (Ebenezer Rockwood), 1816-1895

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Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, a 1839 graduate of Harvard Law School, was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (1849-1855), associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1859-1869), served as U.S. Attorney General (1869-1870) and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1873-1875). From the description of Letters to Joseph Willard and Henry Vose, 1840-1858. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339043 American jurist. From the de...

Mookerjee, Harendra Coomar, addressee.

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Hinman, Russell, 1853-1912

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Hale, Marcia E.

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Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908

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American poet, critic, and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to F.B. Sanborn, 1881 Jul. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575155 Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) was poet, critic, editor, and stockbroker in New York City. He published his first volume in 1860, entitled Poems Lyrical and Idyllic, followed by a succession of works and anthologies. Stedman was also a member and officer of many national and local literary associations....

Hatfield, W. Wilbur (Walter Wilbur), 1882-1976

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Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906

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Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) was the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He also served as the director of the Allegheny Observatory and a professory of astronomy at the Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh). While at the Smithsonian he founded the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory....

Mead, Larkin G. (Larkin Goldsmith), 1835-1910

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Mead, a Vermont sculptor, won the 1868 design competition for the Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois. From the description of Letter, January 25, 1866. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 695996415 Larkin G. Mead, a Vermont sculptor, won an 1868 design competition sponsored by the National Lincoln Monument Association and his design for the tomb became the first major Lincoln commemorative project to be completed. Justin Smith M...

Limbach, Hermann

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Orr, Sutherland, Mrs., 1828-1903

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Trübner, firm, publishers, London.

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907

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New Hampshire-born author and poet. From the description of Letter : Redman Farm, Ponkapog, Mass. to John M. Milson, 1904 May 25. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103796 From the description of Letters and ephemera, 1879-1891. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103833 From the description of Letters to Israel Tisdale Talbot, 1868-1875. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103776 During the Civil War Aldrich worked a...

Holmes, Frank R.

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Castle, Agnes Egerton.

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Harvey Green.

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Wormwood, R. F.

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Jackson, Esther

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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 ...

Cady, Edwin Harrison 1917-

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Gaston, Charles Robert

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Howells, Aurelia H.

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Murphy, Lady Blanche Elizabeth Mary Annunciata (Noel) 1845-1881

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Bennett, W. C. (William Cox), 1820-1895

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Russell, Eileen

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Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : New York and Chicago, to Elsie Leslie, 1889 Dec. 5 and 1890 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532629 From the description of Letters, 1858, 1887. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56685372 Edwin Booth (1833-1893) was the son of Junius Brutus Booth, the great British tragedian, and the older brother of John Wilkes Booth; Edwin was best known for his Shakespearean roles. ...

Hachette and co.

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Gil, José.

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Smart, Charles Allen, 1904-1967

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Charles Allen Smart (CAS) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1904. He received an A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1926. After working as an editorial assistant, CAS began his career as a writer. CAS first book was published in 1938 entitled RFD. After serving in World War II, CAS became a writer-in-residence at Ohio University. He subsequently wrote ten additional monographs and many magazines articles. From the guide to the Charles Allen Smart papers, 1920-1970, (Ohio University...

Mabie, Jeannette T.

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