Donald Beaty Bloch papers, 1942-1967.
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Harlow, Alvin F. (Alvin Fay), 1875-1963
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Alvin F. Harlow was born in Sedalia, Missouri.He started working as a youth of eighteen in an express office, eventually went to Franklin College in Indiana, graduated, and entered business, becoming an officer in a large Tennessee corporation. During this period of his life, he studied and wrote about the Southern Appalachian people and produced many "educational" motion pictures illustrating their folk life. As a writer Mr. Harlow is widely known as the author of "Old Towpaths: The Story of th...
Fort, Charles, 1874-1932
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American newspaperman and author who gathered amazing stories of strange and apparently inexplicable happenings to show that science was limited in its ability to explain certain phenomena. From the description of Papers of Charles Fort [manuscript], 1920-1951. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806510 ...
Thayer, Tiffany, 1902-1959
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Tiffany Ellsworth Thayer (1902-1959) was an American actor, reporter, motion picture scenarist, and author of thirteen novels. He founded the Fortean Society, an organization dedicated to continuing the work of Charles Fort (1874-1932), a journalist, writer and investigator of occult phenomena. From the description of Tiffany Thayer papers, ca. 1914 - ca. 1956. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615928 From the guide to the Tiffany Thayer papers, ca. 1914 - ca...
Bloch, Donald Beaty, -1984
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Antique book dealer. Born September 18, 1904 in Evanston, Indiana. Graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. Reporter for the Washington Post, Washington Star. Aviation editor for the Chicago Tribune. Moved to Denver, Colo. in 1944 as an information specialist for U.S. Forest Service. Member of the Denver Posse of the Westerners. Opened an antiquarian bookstore, The Collectors' Center, in Denver, Colorado in 1950. Died May 16, 1984. From the description of P...
Fortean Society
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Society organized in 1931 by admirers of journalist Charles Fort; founders included Tiffany Thayer, Booth Tarkington, Theodore Dreiser, and Alexander Woollcott; society dedicated to "the frustration of science." From the description of Papers of the Fortean Society [manuscript], 1927-1952. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805117 ...
