Frans Blom papers, 1919-1941.

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Frans Blom papers, 1919-1941.

Correspondence, writings, and other papers pertain largely to the development and work of the Middle American Research Institute, to Pre-Columbian Central America, and to contemporary Latin America. Writings are by Blom and other unidentified authors. Scripts for radio and film programs, engravings, photographs, and clippings are included. The scrapbook volume contains articles about Latin America by Isaac Marcosson which appeared in the SATURDAY EVENING POST, 1925.

159 items.1 ms. v. ; 29 x 22 cm.

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Blom, Frans Ferdinand, 1893-1963

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Frans Ferdinand Blom (born August 9, 1893, Copenhagen, Denmark – died June 23, 1963, Chiapas, Mexico), Danish explorer and archaeologist. He was most associated with his research of the Maya civilization of Mexico and Central America....

Tulane University. Middle American Research Institute

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Marcosson, Isaac Frederick, 1876-1961

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Isaac Frederick Marcosson (1876-1961), a journalist and author, was city editor of the Louisville "Times" from 1894-1903 and associate editor of "World's Work" from 1903-1907. From 1907-1910 he was financial editor of the "Saturday Evening Post" and then associate editor of "Munsey's Magazine" from 1910-1913. After 1913 Marcosson was a contributer to the "Saturday Evening Post" and also wrote "Anaconda" a history of the Anaconda Mining Company in 1957 and "Before I Forget" in 1959. F...