Papers, 1831-1835, 1916-2002

Riesman, David, 1909-2002

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David Riesman (born September 22, 1909, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.-died May 10, 2002, Binghamton, New York) was an American sociologist, attorney, writer, and educator. He is best known as the author of The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character (with Reuel Denney and Nathan Glazer, 1950), an examination of post-WWII American society. The book struck a chord with readers and became a bestseller, contributing the terms "inner-directed," "outer-directed," and "tradition-...

Jackson, Gardner, 1896-1965

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Gardner Jackson graduated from Amherst College and attended Columbia University. From 1919-1920, he worked for Boettcher, Porter and Company. During 1920, Gardner also reported for the Denver Times. Later in 1920, he moved to Boston, to work as a reporter for the Boston Globe. In the years 1921-1927 Gardner spearheaded the defense of Sacco and Vanzetti. From 1931-1933, Gardner Jackson reported for several Canadian papers: Montreal Star, Toronto Star and the Toronto Telegram. In 1933, he relocate...

Kunin, Madeleine, 1933-

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Madeleine May Kunin (born September 28, 1933) is a Swiss-born American diplomat, author and politician. She served as the 77th Governor of Vermont from 1985 until 1991, as a member of the Democratic Party. She also served as United States Ambassador to Switzerland from 1996 to 1999. She was Vermont's first and, to date, only female governor as well as the first Jewish governor of Vermont. She was also the first Jewish woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state. Kunin was born in Zürich, Swi...

Rorem, Ned, 1923-

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Composer and author. From the description of Oral history conducted by Vivian Perlis, March 31, 1997. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155905487 Commissioned by Nikolai Sokoloff and the Musical Arts Society of La Jolla, California. Composed 1956. First performance La Jolla, California, 5 August 1956, Nikolai Sokoloff conductor. Dedicated to Nikolai Sokoloff and the Musical Arts Society of La Jolla, California.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. Fr...

Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...

Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Frank Day Tuttle

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Allanbrook, Wendy

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Stoney Lodge

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Gilman, Dorothy, 1923-2012

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American novelist and mystery writer; creator of Mrs. Emily Pollifax stories; also wrote children's stories under name Dorothy Gilman Butters; b. Dorothy Gilman; married Edgar A. Butters, Jr., 1945 (divorced 1965). From the description of Dorothy Gilman collection, 1967-1999. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70961673 ...

Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982

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Allen Tate was an American poet, essayist, literary critic, novelist, and translator. From the guide to the Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) American author Babette Deutsch published novels, criticism, essays, translations, children's stories, and biography, but is most remembered for her eloquent poetry. Her verse is generally short, exploring artistic or lit...

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990

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American writer. From the description of Correspondence with Alfred S. Dashiell, 1931-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51846130 Carl Zigrosser and Lewis Mumford were life-long friends with shared interests in the arts, society and politics. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1925-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902319 Sir Patrick Geddes was a Scottish biologist, sociologi...

Henrietta Wiegel.

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Snodgrass, DeWitt

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Williams, David T.

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Stephanie Flanders

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Richard Brickner.

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Mayhall, Jane

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Ingrams, Richard

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Borroff, Marie.

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Jean Ross

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Cockburn, Patricia, 1914-....

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Delmar, Vina

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Hadas, Rachel

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Britten, Rollo

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Conway, Jill K., 1934-

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Smith College President, 1975-1985. University of Sydney, A.B., 1958. Harvard University, Ph. D., 1969. Harvard University, teaching fellow, 1961-1963. University of Toronto, Professor and Administrator, 1964-1975. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, visiting scholar, 1985- From the description of Office of the President Jill Ker Conway files, 1974-1985. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 51246171 Jill Ker Conway was the first female president of the colleg...

Updike, John

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American novelist. From the description of Rich in Russia : corrected typescript signed, ca. 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552988 John Updike, born 18 March 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania, was a novelist, critic, short story writer, poet, essayist, and dramatist; he died 27 January 2009. From the description of John Updike letters and manuscript short story, "Killing," 1976-1981. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 6714887...

Estela Canto

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Broun, Heywood Hale, 1918-2001

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Heywood Hale Broun (1918-) worked as a sports writer and actor before becoming a sports commentator for CBS Television in 1965. He later had his own radio program "Heywood Hale Broun on Books" from 1973-1980. He is also author of the books "Whose Little Boy Are You? A Memoir of the Broun Family" (1983) and "A Studied Madness" (1965), a collection of essays on sports and theater. From the description of Papers, 1965-1984. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat rec...

Sid Perelman

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Boger, Stephanie

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Gielgud, Val Henry, 1900-1981

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Epithet: of the BBC British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x0000c0 ...

Albert Goldman

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Schorer, Mark, 1908-1977

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Biographer and author. From the description of Sinclair Lewis : an American life : manuscript, circa 1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132010 Schorer was an English professor at U.C.B. From the description of Mark Schorer papers. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 743388731 American author. From the description of Sinclair Lewis: an American life, typescript, 1961. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat rec...

John Hawkins

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Lash, Joseph

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Allen Weinstein

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Swados, Bette

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Frank Dobo.

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Wald, Alan

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Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979

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James T. Farrell (1904-1979) was an Irish-American novelist, short story writer, journalist, travel writer, poet, and literary critic. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he attended the University of Chicago and published his first short story in 1929. He is best known for his Studs Lonigan trilogy and for his A note on Literary Criticism, in which he described two types of the American Marxist character. From the guide to the James T. Farrell Collection, 1953-1961, (Special Colle...

Scott, William Wallace, 1913-

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Cockburn, Alexander

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Hicks, Granville

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Agricultural Adjustment Administration.

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Stephen Davis.

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Capote, Truman, 1924-1984

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED American author. From the guide to the Truman Capote ephemera Collection, 1949-1988., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Truman Capote (1924- ), American author. From the description of Truman Capote papers, 1939-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476609 Truman Capote is an American writer. From the description of Truman Capote fonds. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848368...

Scott, Georgette

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Lesley University

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Harker, Joseph

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Bing, Crystal

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Davis, Stephen, 1943-

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Weinstein, Allen, 1937-2015

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Biographical Note 1937 Born, New York City 1967 PhD, Yale University 1966 1981 Professor of history, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts 19...

Peter Viereck

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Johnson, Buffie

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Painter, mural painter; New York, N.Y. Born 1912. From the description of Buffie Johnson interviews, 1977 Nov. 22-1978 Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220179033 Painter and lecturer; New York City. Born 1912. From the description of Buffie Johnson papers, 1939-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455205 Buffie Johnson, b. 1912, Painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Buffie Johnson, 1982 Nov. 1...

Thaddeus, Janice Farrar, 1933-....

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Bunting Institute

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Cooper, Graham.

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Mansfield, Katherine

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Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998

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Pediatrician and author. From the description of Benjamin Spock correspondence and photograph, 1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984314 Benjamin Spock (1903-1998) was an American pediatrician, author, and peace activist. He is the author of the worldwide best-selling book Baby and Child Care . From the guide to the Benjamin Spock Papers, 1945-1990, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Epithet: paediatrician ...

Wallace, Betty

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Brickner, Richard

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Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006

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Galbraith taught economics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of John Kenneth Galbraith, 1958. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973248 John Kenneth Galbraith was born in Iona Station, Ontario, Canada in 1908. He emigrated to the United States in 1931 and became an American citizen in 1937. He received degrees from Ontario Agricultural College (1931), University of California (1933, 1934), and studied at Cambridge, England (1937-38). His academic career has...

Tuttle, Lauralee

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Caroline Bynum.

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Radcliffe Seminars

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The Radcliffe Seminars were inaugurated in 1950 with initial funding from the Carnegie Corporation to provide non-credit liberal arts courses taught mainly by Harvard professors to women in mid-life. Currently, courses are offered in five areas: liberal arts, landscape design, management studies, non-credit enrichment courses, and study tours. From the description of Records of the Radcliffe Seminars, 1950-1985 (inclusive), 1950-1959 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: ...

Steve Davis

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Erica Jong, PHOTOGRAPH (#5. 13). (3 folders)

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Victor Navasky

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Sarton, May, 1912-1995

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By Source, Fair use, Link May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995), poet and novelist, was born Elanore Marie Sarton in Wondelgem, Belgium, the daughter of George Sarton, a noted historian of science, and Eleanor Mabel Elwes, an English portrait painter and designer. Sarton moved with her parents to England, and in 1916 the family immigrated to the United States. All three became naturalized Americans in 1924, by which time Sarton's name had been Americanized to Eleanor May. Sart...

Klehr, Harvey

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Clarence Britten

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Wilde, Hagar

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Reinitz, Neale, 1923-

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Davenport, William

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American politician who served as military governor of Matamoros, Mexico, from 1848 to 1849. From the guide to the William Davenport letters, 1848-1855, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Epithet: of Jordanstown, county Cork British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x000021 Epithet: of Goytez Hall, gentleman British Library Archives and Manus...

Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981

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Alec Waugh, elder brother of Evelyn Waugh, had a long and productive career as a writer. He fought in France in World War I, and was a prisoner of war; his first novel, the controversial Loom of Youth, was published during the war. After the war, he lived an itinerant lifestyle, and his travels supplied him with story ideas for his fiction and served as the basis of his popular travel books. A self-described 'minor writer, ' he also wrote essays and several popular memoirs of his life and family...

Kempner, Natalie

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Anne Pringle Harris

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Harvey Swados. (2 folders)

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Monroe Engel.

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Paul de Laszlo

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Olsen, Tillie

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Biography Tillie Olsen was born in Nebraska in 1913 and has lived in San Francisco for most of her life. Her education was cut short by the Depression: she wrote and published when young, but the necessity of raising and supporting four children and full-time work prevented her from writing for twenty years. She was in her mid-forties before she began again. Tell Me A Riddle was originally published in 1962, and its title novella received the...

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.

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Pat Wood

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Suzanne La Follette

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Communist Party

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Volkmann, Ernst, 1881-1959

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Alec Waugh.

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Palmer Dodge Agency

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Calisher, Hortense

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001e0 ...

Doubleday

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Oderman, Stuart, 1940-

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Burnett, Hallie, 1908-1991

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C. Alpheus Stanfield

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Hagar Wilde. (2 folders)

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Hagar Wilde.

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Langer, Elinor

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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...

Caskie Stinnett

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Flanders, Michael

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Riding, Laura, 1901-1991

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Laura Riding, American writer, was born in New York and educated at Brooklyn High and Cornell Univ. She began writing poetry while in college and her early poems appeared in, The fugitive (edited by Allen Tate and Robert Warren), as well as Harriet Monroe's, Poetry (a magazine). In 1926, she published her first volume of poetry, The close chaplet. Riding has written and published criticism, essays, a journal, poetry, novels and short stories. She also ran the Seizin Press for some time. Her Coll...

Frances McFarland Hale

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Davis, Hope Hale

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Writer, feminist, one-time Communist, and teacher, Frances Hope Hale Davis was born on November 2, 1903, in Iowa City, Iowa, the fifth and youngest child of Hal and Frances McFarland Hale. Davis studied art and worked for the Stuart Walker Repertory Company as a scenery painter. After a short-lived marriage to scenery designer George Patrick Wood, Davis moved to New York City. She worked in the advertising industry, eventually becoming a freelance writer, publishing stories in magaz...

Bachrach, Marion

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Dixon, Stephen

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Paul Reynolds Agency)

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Thaddeus, Janice Farrar, 1933-....

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Joseph K. Lash

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Auster, Paul, 1947-....

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Paul Auster (b. 1947) is a Brooklyn-based novelist, screenplay writer, poet, essayist and translator. From the description of Paul Auster collection of papers, 1999-2006 2000-2005. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 770725385 From the guide to the Paul Auster Papers, 1963-1995, 1972-mid-1995, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) From the guide to the Paul Auster collection of papers, 19...

Davies, Robertson

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Riesman, Evey

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Crowther, Prudence

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Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.

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American author and intellectual. From the description of Authors take sides on Vietnam : autograph manuscript signed : [n.p.], 1968 Mar. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870148 Susan Sontag was an influential and controversial American writer, director, and political activist. She was born in New York city on January 16, 1933, raised in Tucson and Los Angeles. In 1949 she graduated from North Hollywood High School and began her undergraduate work at the University of C...

S. J. Perelman

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Robert Phillips.

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Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006

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Galbraith taught economics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of John Kenneth Galbraith, 1958. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973248 John Kenneth Galbraith was born in Iona Station, Ontario, Canada in 1908. He emigrated to the United States in 1931 and became an American citizen in 1937. He received degrees from Ontario Agricultural College (1931), University of California (1933, 1934), and studied at Cambridge, England (1937-38). His academic career has...

Ernst Volkmann.

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