Theodore Wesley Koch Papers 1894-1941

American Library Association

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The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. Founded in 1876, it is the oldest and largest library association in the world....

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) ...

Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)

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Ellis Island is a former immigration inspection station. As the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 to 1954, it processed approximately 12 million immigrants to the United States in New York Harbor, within the states of New York and New Jersey. Prior to the immigration station it was owned by the Ellis family before the US government used it as a fort and a naval magazine. Between 1905 and 1914, immigration officials reviewed about 5,000 immigrants per day during peak times a...

University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

MacChesney, Nathan William, 1878-1954

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Chicago lawyer and Northwestern University trustee. From the description of Nathan W. MacChesney Papers, 1915-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122275674 Nathan William MacChesney (1878-1954), lawyer, was the director of the Organization Bureau of the National Republican Committee from 1928 to 1932. He served as Minister to Canada (unconfirmed) from 1932 to 1933, and as consul general to Thailand from 1924 to 1954. From the description of MacChesney, Nathan Wi...

Northwestern university

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During World War II, Northwestern offered its facilities for use by the War Department. The Army, Navy, and Civil Aeronautics Administration operated eleven training programs at Northwestern in addition to the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (N.R.O.T.C.) established in 1926: the Navy V-7, Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School; the Navy V-5, Naval Aviation Prepatory Program; the Navy V-1, Accredited College Program; the Naval Training School (Radio); the Army Signal Corps Officers Training Scho...

Stevenson, Egbert, 1872-1962

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Anthologist, author, and librarian. From the description of Papers of Burton Egbert Stevenson, 1900-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449581 Biographical Note 1872, Nov. 9 Born, Chillicothe, Ohio 1890 1893 Attended Princeton University...

Detroit public library

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Barbour, Levi L. (Levi Lewis), 1840-1925

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Born in Monroe, Michigan, son of John Barbour; graduated from University of Michigan in 1863; became a lawyer; served as regent of the University; married Harriet Hooper; instrumental in securing Belle Isle as a city park. (from L.L. Barbour MSS) (blue index cards) From the description of Levi Lewis Barbour papers, 1878-1891. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 318446691 Lawyer and regent of the University of Michigan, 1892-1898 and 1902-1908. From the ...

Putnam, Herbert

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Herbert Putnam (b. Sept. 20, 1861, New York City–d. Aug. 14, 1955, Woods Hole, MA) was the eighth Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939. Putnam was born in New York City to parents Victorine and George Palmer Putnam; his father owned publishing house, G. P. Putnam's Sons. He married Charlotte Elizabeth Munroe and had two daughters, Shirley and Brenda Putnam. Putnam graduated from Harvard University in 1883. He served as librarian at Minneapolis Athenaeum, later Minneapolis Public Library, a...

Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939

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Librarian and collector. From the description of Collection of French manuscripts, 1179-1825. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78680302 Librarian, author, Richardson directed the Princeton University Library from 1890 to 1925. He was responsible for the classification system bearing his name that the Library used before its adoption of Library of Congress classification schedules. From the description of Ernest Cushing Richardson collection, 1832-1954 (bulk 1875-19...

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. ...

Finney, Byron Alfred, 1849-1938.

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Reference librarian at University of Michigan. From the description of Byron A. Finney papers, 1845-1935. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82112668 From the description of Byron A. Finney papers, 1845-1902. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418359 ...

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 ...

Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940

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Hamlin Garland was the author of Son of the middle border, Daughter of the middle border, and other works. From the description of Papers of Hamlin Garland, 1757-1973 (bulk 1910-1941). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122369311 Novelist and writer. From the description of Hamlin Garland autograph letter signed, 1892. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 214329366 American novelist and d...

Cross, Arthur Lyon, 1873-1940

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Professor of English history at University of Michigan. From the description of Arthur Lyon Cross papers, 1897-1940. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418880 Arthur Lyon Cross was born November 14, 1873 in Portland, Maine. He graduated from Harvard College with an AB degree in 1895. While at Harvard, Cross worked with Edward Channing, continuing his studies, receiving his A.M. in 1896 and his Ph.D. in 1899. His thesis was later published as The Ang...

Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964

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Publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Ben W. Huebsch : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740245 From the description of B. W. Huebsch papers, 1893-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981210 American publisher. From the description of B. W. Huebsch records, 1909-1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102541 Bi...

Milan, Carl Hastings, 1884-1963.

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Wilson, H. W. (Halsey William), 1868-1954

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Champion, Édouard, 1882-1938

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Koch, Theodore Wesley, 1871-1941

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Librarian at the Library of Congress, University of Michigan and Northwestern University, and bibliophile. From the description of Theodore Wesley Koch papers, 1894-1941. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420658 Theodore W. Koch (1871-1941) was for many years a prominent figure in American librarianship. After completing his M.A. degree at Harvard University in 1894, he was employed by the library at Cornell University to catalogue the Fiske Collec...

Gillette, Fredericka Botsford, 1875-

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Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942

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Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was one of the most prolific and popular European authors in the years before World War II. He wrote plays, poetry, and fiction, but his most popular works were highly fictionalized biographies of well-known historical figures. His central themes were nostalgia and humanism. From the description of Stefan Zweig letter and pamphlet, 1929-1932. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51589995 Austrian writer. From...

Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers), 1848-1933

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Editor, publisher, bibliographer, author, literary promoter, and industrial director. From the description of R.R. Bowker papers, 1831-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009857 Richard Rogers Bowker (1848-1933) was editor of the New York Evening Mail newspaper, editor and publisher of Publishers Weekly and the Library Journal, and executive with several power companies, including the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York. He was active in political reform and was ...

Goodrich, Francis Lee Dewey, 1877-1962

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Librarian at University of Michigan and the City College of New York. From the description of Francis L.D. Goodrich papers, ca. 1903-1953 (scattered dates). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422012 ...

Jordan, Myra Beach, 1863-1946.

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Fife, Robert Herndon, 1871-1958

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Evans, Charles, 1850-1935

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Sawyer, Walter H. (Walter Hulme), 1861-1931

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Hillsdale, Michigan physician, member of the Michigan State Board of Registration in Medicine, member of the Republican State Central Committee, and Regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Walter H. Sawyer papers, 1900-1931. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85777070 From the description of Walter H. Sawyer papers, 1901-1931. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420046 Walter H. Sawyer was born August 10, 1861 in...

Foote, Henry Wilder, 1875-1964

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Professor Foote (1875-1964) was a Unitarian minister who preached in congregations throughout the United States. He was an Associate Professor at Harvard Divinity School and served as secretary to the Divinity School faculty from 1914-1925. He also served as secretary to the American Unitarian Association from 1911-1914. Professor Foote was a highly regarded author, historian, and hymnologist. His publications include works about American history and hymnody as well as a hymnal wide...

University of Michigan. Library.

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See the Library Records finding aid for the history of the University of Michigan library system. From the guide to the Library (University of Michigan) publications, 1881-2002, 1950-2001, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) The University Library system at the University of Michigan provides information resources and services to faculty, students, staff, and the public, and is comprised of undergraduate, graduate, and subject-oriented divisiona...

Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963

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Dean of the College of Architecture and Design at University of Michigan. From the description of Emil Lorch papers, 1891-1963. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422357 Emil Lorch was born in Detroit of German-American parentage on July 21, 1870. He attended schools in Detroit, including the Detroit Museum of Art School, then went to work for the city's architectural offices. He next studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1890-1892, ...

Scott, Walter Dill, 1869-1955

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Professor of Psychology and President of Northwestern University (1920-1939). Scott's academic training and research interests were advertising and psychological testing. During World War I, he was involved in a project coordinated by the United States Army to test officers and enlisted men for aptitutes and character traits. As NU's president, Scott oversaw the construction of its Chicago Campus to house the Law, Medical, and Business Schools, as well as numerous building projects on the Evanst...

Barrett, Albert M. (Albert Moore), 1871-1936

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Albert Moore Barrett was hired by the University of Michigan in 1906 to organize the first university hospital and clinic in the United States specifically devoted to the treatment of mental diseases. Barrett was born in Austin, Illinois on July 15, 1981, and earned Bachelor of Arts and Medical degrees from the State University of Iowa in 1893 and 1895, respectively. He received postgraduate training in psychiatry at Heidelberg University, Germany, in 1901 and 1902. ...

National Committee of the United States for the Restoration of the University of Louvain.

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Otis, William A. (William Augustus), 1855-1929

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Adams, Randolph Greenfield, 1892-1951

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Randolph Greenfield Adams was an Assistant Professor in History at Duke University from 1921-1923. From the description of Randolph Greenfield Adams Papers, undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 227206656 Director of William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan. From the description of Randolph G. Adams papers, 1923-1950. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 80292571 From the description of Randolph G. Adams papers...

Apostles Club (University of Michigan)

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University of Michigan faculty dining club. From the description of Apostles Club (University of Michigan) records, 1909-1940. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421555 ...

Hutchins, Harry B. (Harry Burns), 1847-1930

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Professor of law and president of the University of Michigan. From the description of Harry Burns Hutchins papers, 1879-1930. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423004 Harry Burns Hutchins was born in Lisbon, N.H., in 1847 and received his preparatory education in the east. However, from the time he entered the University of Michigan as an undergraduate, his life and work were closely tied to Michigan. He was the first student to receive a degree fr...

Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Alfred A. Knopf and his wife, Blanche Knopf. From the description of Letters, 1928-1944, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155870929 Publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Alfred A. Knopf : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743309 American publisher. From the description of Typed letters signed (1...

University of Michigan. Medical Library.

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Mason, William Smith, 1866-

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William Smith Mason was born in Millburn, Illinois in December, 1866. He received his Ph.B. from Yale in 1888 and his M.A. in 1924. Mason was active in the real estate and insurance business. He was the owner of a large collection of materials relating to Benjamin Franklin and a library of Revolutionary literature. Mason died in January, 1961. From the description of William Smith Mason autograph collection, 1800-1929 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166208 Fro...

Douglas, Lloyd C. (Lloyd Cassel), 1877-1951

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Popular novelist, author of The Robe and Magnificent Obsession, and minister of the First Congregational Church of Ann Arbor (Mich.). From the description of Lloyd Cassel Douglas papers, 1900-1954. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420907 Author, clergyman. Pastor of First Congregational Church, Ann Arbor, 1915-1921. From the description of Lloyd C. Douglas papers, 1944-1949? (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68795865 From the d...

Demmon, Isaac N. (Isaac Newton), 1842-1920

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Isaac Newton Demmon was a member of the Department of English and Rhetoric at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. From the description of Letters to Horace Howard Furness, 1893-1899. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155883074 Professor of English at University of Michigan. From the description of Isaac Newton Demmon papers, 1858-1920. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423500 Professor of English, 1876-1920; cur...

Snyder, Franklyn Bliss, 1884-1958

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University of Michigan. Law Library

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For a historical note on the Law Library see the finding aid for law Library (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the Law Library (University of Michigan) publications, 1967-1989, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) The Law School of the University of Michigan was founded in October 1859. Earlier in April, the Regents appropriated $2,000 for the establishment of a law library. In addition, in October 1859, Judge Thomas M. Cooley o...

Todd, Albert May, 1850-1931

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Boucke, Ewald A. (Ewald Augustus), 1871-

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Professor at the University of Michigan and at Heidelberg University in Germany. From the description of Ewald A. Boucke correspondence, 1953. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422956 ...

McMurtrie, Douglas C. (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944

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American typographer, known principally as an authority on typography and the history of printing and also as an authority on provisions for crippled children and disabled soldiers. From the description of Letter, 1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122608887 Douglas C. McMurtrie, bibliographer and historian of printing, served as national editor of the American Imprints Inventory (1939-1942) of the nationwide Historical Records Survey, a Work Project Administration (WPA) p...

Belden, Charles F. D. (Charles Francis Dorr), 1870-1931

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