Correspondence between John Niven and Allan Nevins, 1948-1979.

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Correspondence between John Niven and Allan Nevins, 1948-1979.

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Correspondence between Allan Nevins and John Niven. Also included is correspondence Mary R. F. Nevins and John Nevin who critiqued and edited Nevins' last manuscript.

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Niven, John, 1945-

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John Niven (William John Niven, Jr., 1921-1997), American historian, author of The coming of the Civil War, 1837-1861 (1990), biographies of Gideon Welles, Israel Putnam, John C. Calhoun, Salmon P. Chase, and other works. He received his M.A. (1947) and Ph.D. (1954) at Columbia University. In 1951-1960, he worked for General Dynamics Corporation. From 1965 to his death in 1997, he was associate professor, professor, and professor emeritus at Claremont Graduate School. From the descri...

Nevins, Mary R. F.

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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...