Mary Hyde Eccles papers concerning the Charlotte Lennox correspondence, 1964-1966.

Houghton Library

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In 1938 Keyes D. Metcalf, Librarian of Harvard College and Director of the Harvard University Library (1937-1955), proposed a separate library building for rare books and manuscripts. Through the generosity of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Harvard Class of 1929, Harvard became the first American university to construct a separate research facility for the housing and study of rare books and manuscripts. The Houghton Library, dedicated and opened in 1942, won major architectural awards and became a mo...

Houghton, Betty

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Teesdale, Hugh

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Trower, Still & Keeling.

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Powell, Lawrence Fitzroy, 1881-1975

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Houghton, Arthur Amory, 1906-1990

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Severn was an English artist and friend of the poet John Keats. From the description of Arthur Amory Houghton collection of manuscripts concerning Joseph Severn, 1845-1881. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612728506 From the guide to the Arthur Amory Houghton collection of manuscripts concerning Joseph Severn, 1845-1881., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Epithet: American bibliophile British Library Archives and Ma...

Duncan E. Isles

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

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

Buchanan, David, active 1976-

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Lascelles, Mary, 1900-1995

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Gilbert, Michael Francis, 1912-1906

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Clifford, James L. (James Lowry), 1901-1978

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED James Lowry Clifford, 1901-1979, was a professor of English at Columbia University. He wrote two biographies of Samuel Johnson as well as works on the writing of biography. From the guide to the James L. Clifford papers, 1774-1978, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library) James Lowry Clifford, 1901-1979, was a professor of English at Columbia University. He wrote two biographies of Samuel Johnson as well as works on the writing of biography. ...

Metzdorf, Robert F. (Robert Frederic), 1912-

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Eccles, Mary Hyde

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Mary Hyde Eccles was one of the world's leading collectors of books and manuscripts from the 1940s until her death in 2003. She was also a distinguished literary scholar, and an important benefactor to numerous libraries and cultural institutions. This collection relates to her essay "Not in Chapman," a catalog of unpublished Samuel Johnson letters. As this project neared completion in 1964, a new cache of letters from Samuel Johnson to Charlotte Lennox was discovered in the vault of the British...

Davidson, C.K.

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Austin, Gabriel

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Gabriel Austin was curator of the Grolier Club (a society for bibliophiles located in New York City) from 1963 to 1965 and librarian from 1965 to 1970. Jean Grolier was a French court official and bibliophile who served in various capacities under Louis XII, Francois I, Henry II and Charles IX. He was a patron of French and Italian scholarship and printing. Grolier's extensive library may have numbered as many as 3,000 volumes, and he commissioned elaborate bindings for many of them. The collect...

Herbert Cahoon

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Oxford University Press, Inc., 1964, 1971

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Lascelles, Mary, 1900-1995

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British Linen Bank

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The British Linen Company (later the British Linen Bank) was established in Edinburgh by a royal charter from George II, in 1746. The Company was empowered to carry on the Linen Manufactory in all its branches" and was granted limited liability. The word 'British' in its title was an attempt to deflect the suspicion aroused by all things Scottish, after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. The Company's key promoters were the 3rd Duke of Argyll; Lord Milton; the Earl of Panmu...

Falconer, Alexander

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Title: 6th Baron Halkertoun British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x0001fa Title: 1st Baron Falconer of Halcartoune British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x0001f9 ...

Hazen, Allen T. (Allen Tracy), 1904-

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Editor, bibliographer. From the description of Reminiscences of Allen Tracy Hazen and Graham Pollard : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574530 Editor, bibliographer; interviewed 1977. From the description of Reminiscences of Allen Tracy Hazen : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122684331 ...

Isles, Duncan E.

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Davin, Dan, 1913-1990.

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D.M. Davin : The Clarendon Press, Oxford. From the description of [Letters] 1951 June 11 - November 7, Oxford [to] R.M. Dawkins / D.M. Davin. - 1951. (University of Oxford). WorldCat record id: 44831859 ...

Abbott, Claude Colleer, 1889-1971

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Epithet: Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Durham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0000f3 Claude Colleer Abbott (1889-1971) was Professor of English at the University of Durham 1932-1954, and earlier lectured at the University of Aberdeen. His most distinguished scholarly work was as an editor. His principal published works included his editions of The life and let...

Hyde, Donald Frizell, 1909-1966

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Epithet: first husband of Mary Viscountess Eccles British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000188 ...

Katharine M. Chapman

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