Family papers, 1878-1904.

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Family papers, 1878-1904.

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Horticulturist and resident of Wellesley, Mass. Letters received by Shaw and his wife from their children in Paris, containing news of their personal and professional activities. The children include Francis George Shaw, who was engaged in the harvesting machinery business; Isabel Pelham Shaw, who was studying piano under Harold Bauer; and Thomas Mott Shaw, an artist who was studying architecture at the Beaux Arts. Also includes an account book of architectural commissions of Shaw, architect, in association with his brother Robert Gould Shaw (1850-1931); and diaries and sketchbooks kept by Shaw and his wife Emily Mott Shaw during a fishing trip to Nova Scotia in 1890-91.

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Shaw, Thomas Mott.

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Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951

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Harold Bauer, born Apr. 28, 1873, Kingston-on-Thames, near London, died Mar. 12, 1951, Miami, Fla. Throughout his career he was regarded as one of the greatest living pianists, a successor to the tradition of Liszt, Paderewski, and Brahms, and a celebrated interpreter of the music of Schumann, Brahms, and Franck. He was one of the first to champion the music of Debussy and of Ravel. Bauer also had considerable fame in chamber music, performing with Pablo Casals, Fritz Kreisler, Jacques Thibaud, ...

Shaw, Francis George.

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Shaw, Isabel Pelham.

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Musée du Petit Palais (Paris, France)

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Shaw, George Russell, 1848-

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Shaw (1848-1937) was educated at Harvard (A.B. 1869 and A.M. 1872) and traveled to Mexico between 1903 and 1905 to study pines. His book The Pines of Mexico (1909) appeared as the first publication of the Arnold Arboretum; and the Genus Pinus as no. 5 (1914). From the description of Papers of George Russell Shaw, 1903-1931 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499032 George Russell Shaw (1848-1937), a native of Parkman, Maine was a 1869 graduate of Harvard Universit...

Shaw, Robert Gould, 1850-1931

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Robert Gould Shaw (1850-1931) was born in Maine to Samuel Parkman (1813-1869) and Hannah Buck (b. 1820) Shaw, and spent much of his life in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a cousin to famous military commander of the same name. Shaw was a prominent figure in the theater in Boston and the first curator of the Harvard Theatre Collection, appointed 1915. He was married to Isabella Pratt Hunnewell Shaw (1849–1934); they had three children: Robert Gould Shaw (1877–1931), Hollis Hunnewell Shaw (1878–193...

Shaw, Emily Mott.

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