Hannah Kahn Papers 1939-1987

Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989

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Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951 and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives from 1963 until 1989. Born in Chambers County, Alabama, Pepper established a legal practice in Perry, Florida after graduating from Harvard Law School. After serving a single term in the Florida House o...

Skellings, Edmund

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Hart, Janet Tietjens

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Kahn, Eve

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Douglas, Marjory Stoneman

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Douglas was a conservationist who fought to preserve the Florida Everglades against misuse and development. From the description of Marjory Stoneman Douglas letter to Mrs. Harris, 1972 July 6. (Manatee County Public Library System). WorldCat record id: 216809847 From the description of Marjory Stoneman Douglas letter to Mrs. Harris, 1970 August 5. (Manatee County Public Library System). WorldCat record id: 216810597 ...

Chambless, William

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Juergensen, Hans

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Association for Retarded Citizens (U.S.)

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Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944

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Chicago poet, novelist, journalist, children's author, lecturer, and editor. Born Eunice Strong Hammond in Chicago in 1884, Tietjens was a World War I correspondent for the Chicago Daily News in France, 1917-1918, and for over twenty-five years she was on the staff of Harriet Monroe's Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Although Tietjens wrote poetry, a novel, and memoirs, her reputation rests mainly on her influence as a friend, critic, and editor of such early twnetieth centu...

Bynner, Witter

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Bynner was an American poet and translator. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1904-1962. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81729898 Witter Bynner (1881-1968) graduated from Harvard University summa cum laude in 1902, and in 1907, was the Phi Beta Kappa poet for "Young Harvard." He continued publishing until the release of "New Poems, 1960." He was a lively part of the social and cultural life of Santa Fe, New Mexico, until his ...

Eiseley, Loren C., 1907-1977

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Loren Corey Eiseley was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1907. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a B.S. degree in English and geology/anthropology in 1933. He received an A.M. degree in anthropology in 1935 and a Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937. In 1937, Eiseley married Mabel Langdon. The Eiseleys moved to Kansas, then Ohio, then Pennsylvania, where Eiseley held a number of administrative posts at universities. He was active in several professional and aca...

Ginott, Haim G.

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Latham, Jean Lee

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Droster, William C.

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Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000

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African American poet and novelist, who was an important figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. From the description of Of Robert Frost / Gwendolyn Brooks. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79334638 Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas, on June 17, 1917 and moved shortly after her birth to Chicago's South Side, where she lived until her death. She authored more than twenty books of poetry, beginning with A Street in Bronzeville (1945), follow...

Sandahl, Eric

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Hayden, Hiram

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Aiken, Conrad Potter, 1889-1973

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x000343 American poet, short-story writer, novelist, and critic . From the description of Letter, 1969 January 26 (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 148050827 Conrad Aiken was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. From the description of Conrad Aiken collection of papers, 1913-1963. (...

Zychlinska, Racjel

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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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Pearl S. Buck was the daughter of American missionary parents, and spent the first seventeen years of her life in China. Her third novel, The Good Earth, won the Pulitzer Prize, and a Nobel Prize for literature followed, citing The Good Earth as well as her biographies of her parents. Critical reception for her works has been mixed since these early successes. A prolific and optimistic author, most of her fiction is set in China, and she displays great affection for the place and her characters....

Harmon, Gary L.

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Kahn, Gene

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Ginott, Alice.

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Middleton, Thomas Hudson, 1863-1943

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Thomas Hudson Middleton was born in Cromarty, Ross-shire, on 31 August 1863. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, and he studied at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities. In 1889 he became Professor of Agriculture at Baroda College, India, until his appointment as Lecturer in in Agriculture at the University College of Wales in 1896. In 1898 and in 1899 he made unsuccessful attempts on the Chairs of Agriculture at Yorkshire College, Leeds, and at Cambridge. In 1899 however he bec...

Willeford, Charles Ray, 1919-

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American author and teacher; b. Charles Ray Willeford III; d. 1988. From the description of Charles Willeford collection, 1956-1980. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969758 ...

Academy of American Poets

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The Academy of American poets was founded in 1934 by Mrs. Hugh Bullock to encourage, stimulate, and foster the production of American poetry by providing fellowships for poets, sponsoring national book awards for poets of all accomplishments, offering prizes in American universities and numerous other public programs, and bringing poetry into the daily lives of Americans. The Academy's series of readings, lectures, and dialogues, offered annually since 1963, has achieved a national reputation. ...

Morrison, Grant

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Kahn, Hannah

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Poet, translator, and poetry review editor for the Miami Herald . Born in New York City. Author of Eve's Daughter (Hurricane House, 1962), Time, Wait (University Presses of Florida, 1983), and co-editor of Wind Child, by Orma Jean Surbey (Olivant Press, 1969). Authored more than 400 poems, published in literary and popular periodicals, including American Scholar, Harpers, Saturday Review, Southwest Review, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, and Saturday Evening Post . Winner of awards ...

Pettigrew, Richard F. (Richard Franklin), 1848-1926

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Surveyor, lawyer, businessman, member of Dakota Territorial Council, and U.S. senator, of Sioux Falls, S.D. From the description of Papers, [188-]-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975760 ...

Hay, Sara Henderson

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Malone, Ted, 1908-1989

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Ted Malone was a popular radio broadcaster best known for his folksy storytelling and poetry readings. In 1929, he started the program "Between the Bookends" at KMBC in Kansas City. Some of his other radio programs included "Pilgrimage of Poetry" and "American Pilgrimage". He served as a correspondent for ABC during World War II, interviewing soldiers for human interest stories. Malone worked for all of the major networks during his approximately 50-year career. From the description ...

Peters, Thelma

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Muir, Helen, 1911-

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Muir worked as a columnist for the Universal Service Syndicate from 1935-1938, and wrote for the Miami News and Miami Herald newspapers until 1965. In addition to writing columns, she was the children's book editor for the Miami Herald and the drama critic and women's editor of the Miami News. She also wrote for the national magazines, such as the Saturday Evening Post, Nation's Business, and Women's Day. Helen Muir was also active in the local community, especially libraries. She served on the ...

Tanner, Fran

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Angoff, Charles, 1902-1979

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American author, editor, lecturer, and professor; editor of H.L. Mencken's periodical The American Mercury (1925-1935, 1943-1950); b. in Russia; d. 1979. From the description of Charles Angoff collection, 1927-1978. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 79379637 ...