Miles, Walter R. Research concerning Eadweard Muybridge, 1928-1932

Cowan, Lester

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Lester Cowan (1907-1990) was an independent producer of motion picture films during the 1930s and 1940s. He was hired by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1928 and shortly thereafter became active in organizing industry events in California, including the annual Academy Awards and a lecture series on film studies at the University of Southern California. Cowan also assembled the film industry's research council, which was responsible for developing technical standar...

Woods, Frank

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Epithet: son of Edward Woods MICE British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000296.0x0000b1 ...

Isaacs, John D.

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Stillman, J. D. B. (Jacob Davis Babcock), 1819-1888

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Physician, of San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Papers, 1849-1898. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28420175 Stillman was a physician who came to Calif. from New York in 1849. He practiced medicine in Sacramento and then San Francisco, where he was involved in various aspects of public life. He also served as Leland Stanford's personal physician. Stillman conducted research for Eadweard Muybridge's animal locomotion studies, which were commiss...

Miles, Walter R. (Walter Richard), 1885-1978

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Dealer in general merchandise in Levita, Texas. From the description of Papers, 1893-1936. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24728496 Walter Miles, a professor of experimental psychology at Stanford University, endeavored to memorialize Muybridge's work by establishing a permanent exhibit at the Stanford Museum and correspondingly hosting a 50th anniversary event. From the description of Research concerning Eadweard Muybridge, 1928-1932. (Unknown). Wor...

Mayer, Louis B. (Louis Burt), 1855-1957.

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Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893

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Lawyer born in Albany, New York but moved to California where he became active in the Republican Party, running for governor and losing in 1860. Later president of the Union Pacific Railroad and founder of Stanford University. From the description of Letter, March 14, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55662301 Leland Stanford was born March 9, 1824 in Waltervliet Township, New York. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1848 and married Ja...

Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904

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The California Street Cable Railroad began operation in April, 1878. From the description of [California Street Cable Railroad Co. [graphic] : power house at California and Larkin streets]. [ca. 1878] (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 48150769 American photographer known especially for his landscape views of the western United States, South and Central America, and for his photographic studies of animals in motion, Muybridge worked closely with Senato...