Papers of Clara Bradley Burdette, 1843-1954.

Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906

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Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activ...

Landon, Melville D. (Melville De Lancey), 1839-1910

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American humorist, journalist, and lecturer. From the description of Correspondence, 1903-1908. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122601923 Humorist who used the pseudonym Eli Perkins. From the description of Melville D. Landon papers, 1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983948 ...

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...

Syracuse university

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Syracuse University was involved with the Chautauqua Institution in providing a program of continuing education during the summer in undergraduate as well as graduate fields. From the description of University College, Chautauqua Center records, 1953-1969. 1953-1969. (Syracuse University). WorldCat record id: 122528964 [pending] From the guide to the New York State Publishing and Printing Collection, circa 1800-1950, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse...

Southwest museum Los Angeles, Calif.

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California Federation of Women's Clubs

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Administrative History The California Federation of Women's Clubs (CFWC, http://www.cfwc.org ) is part of an international community service orginization that focuses on projects that "promote education, eliminate illiteracy, encourage productive citizenship, preserve nations natural resources, encourage healthy lifestyles, fight to prevent crime, support the Arts, and contribute to international understanding". The State Federation was found...

Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

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Charles F. Lummis (1859-1928) was born in Lynn, Massachusettts. He became an editor for the Los Angeles Times on February 1, 1884, working for Harrison Gray Otis. He promoted interest in the American Southwest with his photography and articles. Lummis helped found the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles and the School of American Research in Santa Fe. The items from librarian Mary Sarber concern her research of Mr. Lummis' writings. From the guide to the Charles F. Lummis Collection, S27...

Chandler, Harry, 1864-1944

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Harry Chandler was the son-in-law of Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles Times. From the description of Letter of invitation to a luncheon to discuss the building of the Army-Navy YMCA building, 1924, May 12. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122446591 ...

General Federation of Women's Clubs

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Zitkala is the Indian name for Gertrude Bonnin, 1876-1938. From the guide to the National Council of American Indians records, 1926-1938, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

National Republican Party (U.S.)

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Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944

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Lou Henry Hoover served as First Lady from 1929 to 1933 as the wife of the 31st President, Herbert Hoover. An avid Chinese linguist and geology scholar, she was also the first First Lady to make regular nationwide radio broadcasts. Admirably equipped to preside at the White House, Lou Henry Hoover brought to it long experience as wife of a man eminent in public affairs at home and abroad. She had shared his interests since they met in a geology lab at Leland Stanford University. She was a fre...

Otis, Harrison Gray, 1837-1917

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Merritt, Ralph Palmer, 1883-1963

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Merritt was born on Feb. 26, 1883 in Rio Vista, CA; BS, UC Berkeley, 1907; president and managing director, Sun Maid Raisin Growers, 1923-28; project director for US War Relocation Authority (WRA) at Manzanar War Relocation Center, CA, Nov. 1942-Mar. 1946; UC Regent, 1923-30; died on Apr. 3, 1963 in Los Angeles, CA. From the description of Papers, ca. 1940-1950. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39812836 Biography ...

Burdette, Clara Bradley, 1855-1954.

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Clara Bradley Burdette (1855-1954) was a Southern California social, business, and philanthropic leader. She attended Syracuse University, where she was a founder of Alpha Phi Sorority in 1872. After the deaths of her first two husbands, Nathaniel Milman Wheeler and Col. Presley C. Baker, she married Robert Jones Burdette (1844-1914), a humorist and lecturer who moved to the ministry after his marriage to Clara in 1899. He founded the Trinity Baptist Church in Los Angeles, and Clara became a lea...

Alpha Phi (Sorority)

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Trinity Baptist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Reinhardt, Aurelia Henry, 1877-1948

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President, Mills College. From the description of Aurelia Henry Reinhardt letters, 1917-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552878 Biographical Note Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, educator and social activist, was born in San Francisco in1877. Her career began in California and she never strayed far from her native soil nor lost what many came to refer to as her characteristic Western qualities: energy, expansiveness, and a...

Severance, Caroline M. Seymour (Caroline Maria Seymour), 1820-1914

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Caroline Maria Seymour Severance, suffragist, reformer, and social activist, was born in Canadaigua, New York, in January 1820. In 1840 she married Theodoric Severance. The Severances first lived in Cleveland, Ohio, but moved to Boston in 1855. In 1868, Caroline Severance founded the New England Women's Club, the first women's club in the United States earning her the name "Mother of Clubs." The Severances moved to Los Angeles in 1875 where she continued her various reform work including Unitari...

Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946

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Carrie Jacobs-Bond, a native of Wisconsin, lived in Chicago, Illinois about 1895-1920. She was a musician, composer and lyricist of sentimental songs, and music publisher. She moved to California in 1920. From the description of Papers, 1939. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 85582219 Composer, of Iron River, Mich. (1889-1896), Janesville, Wis., Chicago, Ill., and California. From the description of Carrie Jacobs-Bond estate and museum c...

Mills College

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Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916

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American Poet. From the description of Little Orphant Annie. Last stanza : AMsS, [s.d.]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540708 James Whitcomb Riley was an American poet, journalist, and lecturer. From the description of James Whitcomb Riley collection of papers, 1878-[1964] bulk (1878-1915). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122363959 From the guide to the James Whitcomb Riley collection of papers, 1878-[1964, 1878-...

McGroarty, John Steven

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Burdette, Robert J. (Robert Jones), 1844-1914

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American humorist and clergyman. From the description of Letters, 1877-1914. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122561397 American humorist and lecturer. From the description of ALS, [ca. 1885] Mar. 8, San Francisco, to Thomas G. Gentry. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540649 Robert Jones Burdette was an American humorist and lecturer. Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Illinois, he served with distinction in the...

California College in China

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The California College in China was established in 1910 in Peking as the North China Union Language School, a Chinese language school for English-speaking missionaries, businessmen and diplomats. From the description of California College in China records, 1939-1965. (Claremont Colleges Library). WorldCat record id: 37972674 ...