Arthur Scott Aiton papers 1922-1959

United States. Office of Strategic Services

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The special operations Branch, Office of Strategic Services, London was charged with conducting in enemy or enemy-occupied territories of the European Theater, sabotage operations, the support and supply of resistance groups, and guerrilla warfare. From the description of OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch war diaries, 1944, [microfilm]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640182 ...

University of Michigan. Department of History

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This is a collection of senior honors theses written by University of Michigan students in the department of history. Only topics relating to the history of Michigan or the history of the University of Michigan have been retained in this collection. From the guide to the Dept. of History (University of Michigan) senior honors theses, 1969-[ongoing], (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) From the founding of the university until the Tappan administration, the st...

Barnes, Walter, 1880-

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King, James Ferguson, 1913-1983

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Bining, Arthur Cecil, 1893-1957

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Shiels, W. Eugene (William Eugene), 1897-

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Cooley, Mortimer E. (Mortimer Elwyn), 1855-1944

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Dean of the College of Engineering of the University of Michigan. From the description of Mortimer E. Cooley papers, 1873-1944. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418437 From the description of Mortimer E. Cooley papers, 1873-1944. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82298333 Professor of Engineering, University of Michigan. From the description of Mortimer Elwyn Cooley papers, 1943-1944. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record i...

Bolton, Herbert Eugene, 1870-1953

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Herbert Eugene Bolton was born on July 20, 1870 in Wilton, Wisconsin. He became Director of the Bancroft Library in 1916, and head of the History Department at Berkeley in 1919. His career in the classroom and in the field lasted until his death in January 1953. From the description of Pictorial material from the Herbert Eugene Bolton papers [graphic]. ca. 1910-ca. 1950. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 656612971 From the description of Herbert Eugen...

Wilgus, A. Curtis (Alva Curtis), 1897-1981

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Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1853

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Robert A. Taft More than "Mr. Republican" In 1947, Republican Senator Robert A. Taft was at the peak of his power, commanding a coalition of conservative Republicans and southern Democrats to thwart President Harry S. Truman's domestic agenda. Taft's most impressive achievement came in June. The labor-restricting Taft-Hartley Act survived Truman's veto and won Taft the admiration of the press corps. Yet he did not seek the highest political office in the Senate; indeed, the title "majority...

Wagner, Henry Raup, 1862-1957

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Wagner was born on Sept. 27, 1862 in Philadelphia, PA; A.B. (1884), LL. B (1886), L.H.D. (1946), Yale Univ.; D. Litt. (1935), Pomona College; LL. D (1949), UC Berkeley; admitted to Missouri bar in 1887 and began practicing in Kansas City; became member of the executive committee (1918-20), the vice president (1920-21), American Smelting and Refining Co., New York; began to collect books, and made contributions to the history and bibliography of Latin America and the American West; member, Americ...

Nowell, Charles E.

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Boyce, Gray Cowan, 1899-1981

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Gray C. Boyce taught medieval history at Northwestern University from 1946 until his retirement in the spring of 1967. He served as Department Chair, 1948-1966. Boyce was born in San Francisco on February 19, 1899 and raised across the bay in Alameda. He earned a bachelor's degree, M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1920, 1921, and 1925 respectively. Upon earning his doctorate, Boyce studied at Harvard University in 1922-23, the University of ...

Cleven, N. Andrew N. (Nels Andrew Nelson), 1874-1961

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Hayden, Joseph Ralston, 1887-1945

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University of Michigan professor of Political Science, exchange professor at the University of the Philippines (1922-1923), special correspondent in the Far East for the Christian Science Monitor in the 1920s, vice governor of the Philippines (1933-1935), advisor to the U.S. War Dept. during World War II. From the description of Joseph Ralston Hayden papers, 1899-1945 [microform] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 767731897 Professor of political science at Univer...

Martin, John Butlin, 1909-

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Republican state senator, 1948-1950, from Kent County, Michigan, state auditor general, 1950-1954, unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate nomination in 1952, and member of the Republican National Committee. From the description of John Butlin Martin papers, 1948-1965. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418533 John B. Martin was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on October 3, 1909. He was educated at Dartmouth (A.B., 1931), Oxford (Litt. B., 1933), ...

Haring, Clarence Henry, 1885-1960

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Haring graduated from Harvard in 1907 and taught Latin American history and economics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Clarence Henry Haring, 1905-1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973058 ...

Parry, J.H. (John Horace), 1914-1982

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John Horace Parry (1914-1982) taught oceanic history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of John Horace Parry, 1951-1982 (inclusive), 1965-1982 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973330 ...

Aiton, Arthur Scott, 1894-1955

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Professor of history at the University of Michigan. From the description of Arthur S. Aiton papers, 1922-1959. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420866 Arthur S. Aiton was born in Alameda, California, on April 15, 1894. He attended the University of California, receiving three degrees (AB, 1916; AM, 1918; PhD, 1923). He joined the history department of the University of Michigan as an instructor in 1921. He became an assistant professor in 1923, as...

Zavala, Silvio Arturo, 1909-....

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Wright, Irene Aloha, 1879-1972

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Author, historian, public official, archivist and editor. From the description of Papers of Irene Aloha Wright, 1620-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132250 Biographical Note: Irene Aloha Wright, American writer and journalist, was born in 1879. She became a special writer for the "Havanna Post" (1904-1905) and city editor of the "Havanna Daily Telegraph" (1905-1907). She was owner and editor of "Cuba Magazine" (1908-1914). In 1910, Wright publ...

Priestley, Herbert Ingram, 1875-1944

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Priestly (1913-). B. Sc. 1933; Ph. D. 1935: University of Leeds, England. Professor of Physics at Knox College from 1952-1982. Chairman of Physics Dept., Ripon College, 1946-1952. From the description of Faculty Series: Herbert Priestley. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78411838 Professor of Mexican history at the University of California, Berkeley (1917-1944); member of The Bancroft Library staff after 1912 and its director from 1940-1944. From the description of...

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...

University of Michigan. Senate.

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The University Senate is a political institution made up of all members of the university faculty. It serves as a forum for faculty opinion on issues affecting the campus, and has also functioned as a social organization for professors. The university regents first officially recognized the University Senate in March, 1859, although the faculty may have met as a body prior to that date. The influence of the Senate was probably greatest during the 19th Century. In that era, faculty m...

Merriman, Roger Bigelow, 1876-1945

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Merriman earned his Harvard AB in 1896, his Harvard A.M. in 1897 and his Harvard Ph.D in 1902, and taught history and political science at Harvard. From the description of Lectures in History 16a, 1913-1914. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075074 From the description of History 1, lectures 1-7, November 24 - December 8, 1902. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074566 Merriman graduated from Harvard in 1896, received his A.M. in 1897, and taught ...

Borah, Woodrow Wilson, 1912-

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UC Berkeley history professor in Latin American studies, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Berkeley, 1973-1979. From the description of Woodrow W. Borah interviews : oral history transcript / by James W. Wilkie and Rebecca Horn, 1983. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 39610010 ...

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...

Hanke, Lewis.

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Rippy, J. Fred (James Fred), 1892-1977

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James Fred Rippy was a professor in the Department of History at Duke from 1926-1936. From the description of J. Fred Rippy papers, 1926-1935. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 163579884 J. Fred Rippy (1892-1977) was professor of Latin American history at the University of Chicago, 1920-1926 and 1936-1958, and at Duke University, 1926-1936. From the description of J. Fred Rippy papers, 1916-1972 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25422554 J. ...

Whitaker, Arthur Preston, 1895-1979

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Robertson, James Alexander, 1873-1939

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Librarian, archivist for State of Maryland, and historian, of Annapolis (Anne Arundel Co.), Md. From the guide to the James Alexander Robertson Papers, 1436?-1939, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Librarian, government official, and historian, of Annapolis (Anne Arundel Co.), Md. From the description of James Alexander Robertson papers, 1436?-1939. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20115936 James Alex...

Donovan, William Joseph, 1883-1959

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William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan (January 1, 1883 – February 8, 1959) was an American soldier, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat, best known for serving as the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, during World War II. He is regarded as the founding father of the CIA, and a statue of him stands in the lobby of the CIA headquarters building in Langley, Virginia. A decorated veteran of World War I, Donovan is the only person ...