Elinor Cogswell papers circa 1896-1976

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Elinor Cogswell papers circa 1896-1976

Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photograph album and photographs, diploma, memorabilia, and diaries (1912-1916, 1931) largely pertaining to her association with Stanford University. Correspondence includes letters from David Lamson, 1933-1937, partially concerning his prison experiences; letters from Prof. David Harris, 1968-73, concerning his research and experiences in England, death of his wife Christina, and his return to Palo Alto; and one letter from Kay I. Kitagawa, 1943, concerning experiences of a Nisei in the Armed Services. Other correspondents include Albert Guérard, Herbert Hoover, E.B. "Sam" MacDonald, and Edith R. Mirrielees.

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Lamson, David

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Mirrielees, Edith Ronald, 1878-1962

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Edith R. Mirrielees was Professor of English at Stanford 1909-1944, emeritus 1944-1962. From the description of Edith R. Mirrielees papers, 1870-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448781 Biographical/Historical Sketch Mirrielees was Professor of English at Stanford 1909-1944, emeritus 1944-1962. From the guide to the Edith R. Mirrielees papers, 1863-1964, (Department of Special Collections and University ...

Guérard, Albert Léon, 1880-1959

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American educator; broadcaster, United States Office of War Information, 1942-1945. From the description of Albert Léon Guérard papers, 1942-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868930 Albert Léon Guérard, born in Paris in 1880, came to the United States in 1906 to teach at Williams College. He taught at Stanford from 1907 until 1946 when he retired, except for 12 years between 1913 and 1925 when he was at Rice University and served in the war. He died in Palo Alto, N...

Harris, David, 1900-....

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American historian; associate chief, Central European Affairs Division, United States Department of State, 1943-1947; professor of history, Stanford University, 1930-1966. From the description of David Harris papers, 1926-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869184 History professor at Stanford University. From the description of David Harris letters, 1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 705271794 Biographical Note ...

Kitagawa, Kay I.

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Cogswell, Elinor.

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Biographical/Historical Sketch Elinor Cogswell received her A.B. in English at Stanford in 1916, her M.A. in 1917; she was a journalist with the PALO ALTO TIMES and served as editor from 1938 to 1954. She was one of the first women to become a Stanford Associate; she died in 1983 at the age of 90. From the guide to the Elinor Cogswell papers, circa 1896-1976, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives) ...

Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

MacDonald, Emanuel B.

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