New York World's Fair 1939-1940 records, 1935-1945, bulk (1939-1940).

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

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"Negro Week" was a program on the contributions of blacks to American culture held at the New York World's Fair in July 1940, and consisted of festivals, exhibitions, song and dance recitals, choral and symphonic music, concerts, religious services, guest speakers, and a children's program. From the description of New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122580393 From the guide to the New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940, (The...

Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962

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Eugene Speicher, born in New York in 1883, was best known for his portraits of women. From the description of Letter to Julian Street, ca. 1912. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499606 Portrait, figure, landscape, and still life painter and draftsman; New York, N.Y. From the description of Eugene E. Speicher papers, 1906-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355097 Eugene Edward Speicher (1883-1962) ...

United States

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Bloom, Sol, 1870-1949

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Sol Bloom (March 9, 1870 – March 7, 1949) was a songwriter, real estate investor, and American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served fourteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the West Side of Manhattan representing the 19th (1923-1945) and 20th (1945-1949) congressional districts. Born in Pekin, Illinois, he and his parents soon moved to San Francisco, California. Bloom first went to work in San Francisco at the age of seven and made his way up from the factor...

Adamič, Louis, 1899-1951

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Political writer and literary figure. From the description of ALS, 1939 March 21, Milford, New Jersey, to Edward Hoyt. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935383 Adamic was an author deeply concerned with American immigrants and their experiences in the "melting pot", and was the first editor of Commond Ground. From the description of Louis Adamic papers, 1848-1951 (bulk 1921-1951). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122561726 ...

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942

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Born in Minden, Germany, on July 8, 1858, the anthropologist Franz Boas was the son of the merchant Meier Boas and his wife, Sophie Meyer. Raised in the radical and tradition of German Judaism, Franz's youth was steeped in politically liberal beliefs and a largely secular outlook that he carried with him from university through his emigration to the United States. At the universities of Heidelberg and Bonn, Boas studied physics and geography before completin...

Kohn, Robert D. (American architect, ca. 1870-1953)

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Duffield, Frank P.

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McAneny, George, 1869-1953

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Banker, civic leader. From the description of Reminiscences of George McAneny : oral history, 1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309736380 Banker and lawyer; president of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society; of New York, N.Y. From the description of Notes on the acquisition and preservation of the Princeton battlefield, [194-]. (Historical Society of Princeton). WorldCat record id: 70962202 McAneny ...

Macleish, Archibald

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Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet. Kaiser is a professor of comparative literature at Harvard. From the description of Letters to Walter Jacob Kaiser, 1955-1957 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367921 MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard (1949-1962). From the description of Scratch : manu...

Lie, Jonas, 1880-1940

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Osborn, Fairfield, 1887-1969

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Zoologist and conservationist. From the description of Papers of Fairfield Osborn, 1924-1969 (bulk 1948-1968). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131073 President, New York Zoological Society. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1947-1951. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122613271 Biographical Note 1887, Jan. 15 ...

Bardell, Rowland P.

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Anderson, Harvey W., 1907-

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Smith, George P., 1941-....

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Taylor, C. Stanley.

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Hogan, John P.

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Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965

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Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962 and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to New York City at the age of 12. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Frankfurter worked for Secretary of War Henry ...

Hyer, Harold.

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Buck, Frank, 1884-1950

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Walsh, Christy

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Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960

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Writer, art director. From the description of Reminiscences of Holger Cahill : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309729309 Art administrator; New York, N.Y. National director of Federal Art Project, administered under Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration). The FAP provided work to unemployed artists. Cahill was the director throughout its existence. ...

Lewis, Mary S., 1934-

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Wilke, Edward F.

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Additon, Henrietta

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McInerney, John

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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...

Lammers, H. M.

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Vogelgesand, Shepard.

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Bihler, J. A.

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Goodyear, A. Conger (Anson Conger), 1877-1964

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B.A., Yale, 1899; served in World War I; vice president for the Susquehanna Railroad Co., Great Southern Lumber Co., and managing director of the Goodyear Lumber Co. From the description of Anson Conger Goodyear collection, 1813-1890 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166188 Colonel, United States Army; president, Allied Coal Mission to Central Europe, 1918-1919; member, Inter-Allied Commission in Upper Silesia, 1919. From the description of A. Conger...

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964

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Stuart Davis (1892-1964) was a painter and teacher, from New York. From the description of Stuart Davis correspondence with Francis Henry Taylor, 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821083 Painter; New York, N.Y. Birthdate also cited as 1894. From the description of Stuart Davis interview, 1962 May-June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220202540 Painter and teacher, New York. From the description of Stuart Davis correspondence with Francis...

Sullivan, John J., 1906-1997

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Flower shop owner until 1959 when he was elected first selectman of Fairfield, Conn., and retained that office until 1983. From the description of Honorable John J. Sullivan collection, 1948-1983. (Fairfield Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 75382731 ...

Collins, Claude R.

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Gregory, John.

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Monaghan, Frank, 1904-1969

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Historian. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1930]-1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122600434 Frank Monaghan (Cornell University Class of 1927, M.S. 1928) was a Professor of History at New York University. From the guide to the Frank Monaghan papers, 1894-1968., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) Frank Monaghan was a Professor of History at New York University....

Hauck, Mary B. B. (Mary Barnum Bush), -1989

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Rose, Billy, 1899-1966

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American lyricist. From the description of Autograph block of four postage stamps, each signed : [n.p.], [194-?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270924811 ...

Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953

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Etcher. From the description of John Taylor Arms papers, 1923-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122606 John Taylor Arms was an American artist, known for his architectural etchings. Born in Washington, D.C., he attended Princeton as a pre-law student, but transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study architecture. He moved to New York, and was working as an architectural draftsman when his wife bought him an etching kit as a Christmas gift, revealing...

Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955

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Cordell Hull was a Tennessee state representative (1893-1897), a judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Tennessee (1903-1906), U.S. Representative for Tennessee (1907-1921, 1923-1931), chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee (1921-1924), U.S. Senator for Tennessee (1931-1933), Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1944), and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. From the description of Cordell Hull letter, 1941 Dec. 12. (Loui...

Straus, Percy S.

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Nolan, Dennis Edward, 1872-1956

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Dennis E. Nolan was a United States (U.S.) Army officer during World War I (WWI). He was a brigadier general in the 55th Infantry Brigade. From the description of The Dennis E. Nolan papers, 1872-1956. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 50598018 ...

Moses, Robert, 1888-1981

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Robert Moses (1888-1981) was a public official in New York from 1919 to the mid-1970s. He held many offices, of which the most notable among them were: President, Long Island State Park Commission; Chairman, New York State Council of Parks; Commissioner, New York City Department of Parks; New York City Planning Commissioner and Construction Coordinator; and Chairman, New York State Power and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authorities. He was responsible for the construction of many major public pr...

McNair, Laurence N.

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Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965

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Young, John S.

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Spice dealer, of Railroad, Pa. From the description of John S. Young papers, 1893 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70978241 ...

Parmelee, Patricia

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Aannestad, Elling.

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Leicester, Louise Bonney.

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Carroll, P. Leonard

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Whalen, Grover A. (Grover Aloysius), 1886-1962

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Municipal official. From the description of Reminiscences of Grover A. Whalen : oral history, 1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528301 ...

Le Gros, Marcel.

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Cole, J. Gerald.

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Pope, Bayard F.

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Roosevelt, E. F.

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Standley, William Harrison, 1872-1963

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Naval officer and U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union. From the description of William Harrison Standley papers, 1895-1963 (bulk 1940-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060353 William Harrison Standley (1872-1963) was a naval officer, and Chief of Naval Operations from July 1, 1933 to January 1, 1937. From the description of Standley, William Harrison, 1872-1963 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10576083 William H. Standley ...

Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961

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Benjamin Sumner Welles (1892-1961) graduated from Harvard University in 1914 and began his diplomatic career in 1915 as Secretary of the United States Embassy in Tokyo. From 1917 to 1919 he served in a similar post in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was Assistant Chief of the Latin American Affairs Division of the Department of State from 1920 to 1921, and Chief of the Division from 1921 to 1922. From 1922 to 1925, he was Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Dominican Republic, an...

Flanigan, Howard A. (Howard Adams), 1889-1967

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Bosworth, Francis

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Bosworth was long involved with the theatre and the arts. He worked with the Federal Theatre Project, established under the Works Progress Administration in 1935. Bosworth acted as director of the Play Bureau which reviewed scripts offered by American authors. He remained associated with the Theatre Project until 1938. From the description of Papers, 1934-1956. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122579599 ...

Kehr, Ernest A. (Ernest Anthony), 1911-1986

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Litchfield, Elizabeth.

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Burdick, Virginia Mason

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Tuerk, John.

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Holde, Nicholas.

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Cottrell, Robert

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Mermey, Maurice

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Geddes, Norman-Bel 1893-1958

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American designer, author and theatrical producer. From the description of Letter, 1916 May 25, to "Wiff" [i.e., Helen Belle Sneider Geddes]. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122648343 American stage designer and industrial designer. From the description of Norman Bel Geddes Theater and Industrial Design Papers, 1873-1964 (bulk 1914-1958). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University...

Kenton, Edwin C.

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White, William Allen, 1868-1944

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American journalist known as the "Sage of Emporia"; owner and editor of the "Emporia Gazette." From the description of Papers of William Allen White, 1890-1940 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837106 Journalist. From the description of Letters, 1889-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644557 Pulitzer Prize-winning Emporia, Kansas, newspaper editor and author. From the description of William Allen White letter...

Ford motor company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...