Papers, 1915-1960.

Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966

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Margaret Louise Higgins was born in Corning, New York, on September 15, 1879, the sixth of eleven children and the third of four daughters born to Anne Purcell Higgins and Michael Hennessey Higgins, a stone mason. Her two elder sisters worked to supplement the family income, and financed her education at Claverack College, a private coeducational preparatory school in the Catskills. After leaving Claverack, Higgins took a job teaching first grade to immigrant children, but decided after a short ...

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Eisenhower, Milton Stover, 1899-1985

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Milton Stover Eisenhower was born on September 15, 1899 in Abilene, Kansas, the son of local creamery worker David Eisenhower and Ida Stover. His younger brother, Dwight D. Eisenhower, became U.S. President (1952-1960). Milton Eisenhower graduated from Kansas State College in 1923 with a B.S. in industrial journalism before serving as the American vice-consul in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 1924 to 1926. In 1926, he entered the Department of Agriculture as an administrative assistant and became its...

Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965

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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the 33rd vice president of the United States, and the 10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was also the presidential nominee of the left-wing Progressive Party in the 1948 election. The oldest son of Henry C. Wallace, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Henry A. Wallace was born in Adair County, Iowa in...

Davis, Joseph Stancliffe, 1885-1975

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American economist; chief economist, Federal Farm Board, 1929-1931; director, Food Research Institute, Stanford University, 1921-1952. From the description of Joseph Stancliffe Davis papers, 1918-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868190 ...

Anderson, Clinton D.

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United States. Federal Farm Board

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Ezekiel, Mordecai, 1899-1974

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Agricultural economist. From the description of Reminiscences of Mordecai Joseph Brill Ezekiel : oral history, 1956. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309731649 Economist, teacher, author. Ezekiel worked with the Dept. of Agriculture, 1922-1947, and was involved in formulations of Franklin D. Roosevelt's farm program. From 1947 to 1962 he worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Ezekiel...

Benedict, Murray R. (Murray Reed), 1892-

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Murray Reed Benedict was born in 1882 in Wisconsin. Benedict received his B.S. degree at the University of Washington. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1931 at which point he joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley. He taught Agricultural Economics at the University of California until his retirement in 1961. Dr. Benedict died in 1980. From the description of Murray R. Benedict papers, 1910-1984 (bulk 1931-1961). (University of Cal...

Ruml, Beardsley, 1894-1960

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Educator and businessman. A.B., Dartmouth College, 1915. Ph. D., University of Chicago, 1917. Director, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, 1922-1929. Dean of Social Sciences, University of Chicago, 1931-1933; professor of education, 1931-1933. Treasurer, R.H. Macy & Company, 1934-1945; Chairman of the Board, 1945-1951. From the description of Papers, 1817- 1960. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52246985 Beardsley Ruml (1894-1960), probab...

Lenroot, Irvine Luther, 1869-1949

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Jurist, lawyer, and U.S. senator from Wisconsin. From the description of Papers of Irvine Luther Lenroot, 1890-1971 (bulk 1900-1944). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84953134 Biographical Note 1869, Jan. 31 Born, Superior, Wis. 1887 1889 Atten...

Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001

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Lawyer; governor. From the description of Reminiscences of Harold Edward Stassen : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513413 American politician. From the description of Letter, 1945 April 30, San Francisco, to Helen M. Taft, Mendon, Mass. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315953452 Stassen was born in Minnesota in 1907. His political career began in 1930 when he was elected as Dakota County at...

Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984

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American. From the guide to the George D. Aiken letter to Leo M. J. Manglaviti, 1972, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of George David Aiken : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451163 U.S. senator from and governor of Vermont. From the description of George D. Aiken proclamation, 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Black, John D. (John Donald), 1883-1960

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Lubin, Isador, 1896-1978

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Statistician, industrial economist. From the description of Reminiscences of Isador Lubin : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726824 From the description of Reminiscences of Isador Lubin : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512990 Economist, statistician, educator, government official. Lubin studied with Thorstein Veblen. ...

Patton, James G. (James George), 1902-

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Agriculturist. From the description of Reminiscences of James G. Patton : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309724296 From the description of Reminiscences of James G. Patton : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309724275 ...

Kellogg, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1902-

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Bean, Louis H. (Louis Hyman), 1896-1994

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Economist. From the description of Reminiscences of Louis Hyman Bean : oral history, 1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309720822 Louis Hyman Bean (1896-1994) was born in Russia (Courland). His father came to the United States in 1905, eventually settling in Laconia, New Hampshire. Bean followed with his mother and siblings in 1906. After attending elementary and high schools in Laconia, Louis Bean entered the University of Rochester in ...

Commons, John R. (John Rogers), 1862-1945

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In academic circles, John R. Commons is most remembered for his histories of the labor movement and as founder of what is commonly called the "Wisconsin School" of labor history. As an economist and student of government he was responsible for the design of reforms during the Progressive era and after, which drastically changed the role of government and paved the way for the New Deal. From the description of John Rogers Commons papers, 1859-1967, bulk 1887-1945. [microform]. (Unknow...

National Planning Association

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McKay, Douglas, 1893-1959

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A descendant of Oregon pioneers, Oregon Governor James Douglas McKay (he later dropped the first name) was born in Portland, Oregon, on June 24, 1893, the son of E.D. and Minnie A. Musgrove McKay. He was elected mayor of Salem in 1932. In January 1934, Douglas McKay announced his candidacy for the State Legislature as a Senator from Marion County. He was elected for the terms 1935-1937, 1939-1941, 1943-1945, and after World War II service, for 1945-1947. McKay was elected governor of Oregon in 1...

Gray, L. C. (Lewis Cecil), 1881-1952

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Galbriath, John Kenneth, 1908- .

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Tennessee Valley authority

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The TVA was created in 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act creating a federal agency to develop the Tennessee Valley region, then suffering from soil depletion, flood damage, and economic depression. Fifty years later, over 30 electricity-producing dams controlled the Tennessee and its tributaries, and a navigation channel had been created from Paducah, Ky., to Knoxville, Tenn. In addition TVA had carried out programs to prevent pollution, improve forest and farm management, ...

Slichter, Sumner H. (Sumner Huber), 1892-1959

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Slichter taught business economics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Sumner H. Slichter, 1932-1959 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973187 From the description of Case problems on labor unions, 1946-1947. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512631 ...

Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943

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Lawyer, politician, landowner. A.B., University of Iowa, 1885. LL. D., Union College of Law, 1887. Congressman from Illinois, 1906-1911. Governor of Illinois, 1916-1921. Advocate for scientific farming and farmers' interests. From the description of Papers, 1885-1943 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 55818931 U. S. Congressman from Illinois (1906-1911) and Illinois governor (1917-1921). From the description of Letter, January 9, 19...

Brannan, Charles F. (Charles Franklin), 1903-

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Government attorney, secretary of agriculture, and general counsel of the National Farmers Union; d. 1992. From the description of Papers, 1933-1991 (bulk 1944-1953). (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70958770 Lawyer. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1948-1953). President of Rocky Mountain Power Company (1963-1992) which was incorporated in 1958; bought and sold water rights. From the description of Papers, 1958-1996. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat r...

Wilson, Meredith L.

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Tolley, H. R. (Howard Ross), 1889-1958

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Agricultural economist. From the description of Reminiscences of Howard Ross Tolley : oral history, 1954. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309733417 ...

Altmeyer, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1891-1972

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Administrator. From the description of Reminiscences of Arthur Joseph Altmeyer : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527063 ...

Benson, Ezra Taft

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under Eisenhower, apostle and later president of the LDS church. From the description of Speeches, 1966-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122462756 Ezra Taft Benson was United States Secretary of Agriculture January 21, 1953 – January 20, 1961. From the guide to the AV 14 Ezra Taft Benson U. S. Secretary of Agriculture audio recordings collection 1954-1977 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) ...