Papers, 1916-1948.

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Papers, 1916-1948.

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Business records (1916-1934) of Voynich's New York shop, including account books, invoices and vouchers. Also correspondence between Anne M. Nill, manager of the New York shop, and Herbert Garland, manager of the London shop. Also, records of books and manuscripts bought and sold by Voynich and a small group of letters he wrote in Russian about 1891 which may concern his involvement with the Society of the Friends of Russian Freedom. Collection includes some research files of Anne M. Nill and her correspondence, including that with Myrtle Crummer, wife of an important Voynich client. Also, correspondence from William Romaine Newbold (1919-1928) regarding Baconian parallels in cipher manuscript. Also, original manuscript, revised drafts, and galleys for Put off thy shoes, a novel by Ethel L. Voynich published in 1945 with editorial assistance from Nill. Her research files contain material on the index she created for Seymour De Ricci's Census of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the U. S. and Canada (1935-1940), as well as correspondence from Bell da Costa Greene of the Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Greene, Belle da Costa, 1883-1950

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Belle da Costa Greene (December 13, 1883 – May 10, 1950) was the librarian to J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian under his son, Jack Morgan. In 1924 the private collection was incorporated by the State of New York as a library for public uses, and the Board of Trustees appointed Greene first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Born Belle Marion Greener in Washington, D.C., Greene grew up there and in New York City. Her biographer Heidi Ardizzone lis...

Nill, Anne M

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Voynich, E. L. (Ethel Lillian), 1864-1960

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Ethel Lillian Voynich (b. May 11, 1864 in County Cork, Ireland; d. July 27, 1960 in New York City) was a social activist, novelist, translator, and composer. From the description of Ethel L. Voynich papers, 1928-1948 (bulk 1935-1948). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 651155333 Biographical Note Ethel Lillian Voynich (1864-1960) was a social activist, novelist, translator, and composer. Born May 11, 1864, in County Cork, Ire...

Garland, Herbert, 1885-

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Crummer, Myrtle A.

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Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930

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Epithet: bookseller, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000701.0x000086 Antiquarian bookseller. Voynich, a Polish revolutionary, left Polandfor London and eventually settled in New York, where he became a dealer in rare books and manuscripts with shops in New York and London. The business was liquidated after his death. The "Voynich Manuscript," a manuscript in code that he disco...

Newbold, William Romaine, 1865-1926

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Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1887, and subsequently pursued graduate work there in philosophy, earning a Ph.D. in 1891; taught at Penn from around 1892, becoming a full professor in 1903; in 1907 named the Adam Seybert Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, a position he held until his death. From the description of Annotations in a copy of Cicero's De natura deorum, edited by Joseph B. Mayor (1880-1885), ca. 1892-1926. (University of Pennsylvania Library). ...