Correspondence, 1922.

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Correspondence, 1922.

Exchange of letters with Samuel S. Wyer concerning fictitious correspondence in Van Loon's The story of mankind. Pen and ink sketch on Van Loon's response, biblical crêche scene with factory and telephone poles in background.

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Wyer, Samuel S., 1879-1955

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Wyer was an engineer (M.E., Ohio State University '03) who retired to devote himself to world social problems. He established the Better World Fund to finance and distribute materials on world peace, primitive cultures, religion, science, law and democracy. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1945-1955]. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20868013 ...

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944

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Hendrik Willem van Loon was born in Rotterdam, Holland on January 14, 1882. He attended Cornell University, graduating in 1905. In 1906 he married Eliza Ingersoll Bowditch and began working for the Associated Press in New York City, Washington, D.C., Moscow, and Warsaw. His son Henry Bowditch van Loon was born on June 22, 1907, and Gerard Willem van Loon on January 16, 1911. Hendrik van Loon received his Ph.D. from the University of Munich in 1911, and in 1913 his book THE FALL OF THE DUTCH REPU...