Records, 1940-1942.

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Records, 1940-1942.

Correspondence, chiefly with chapters in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire; financial records; proceedings of luncheons, conferences, and radio programs; printed matter; and other records of the organization, also known as the New England Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. Correspondents include James B. Conant, Will Durant, Hamilton Fish, Mayo and George Cheever Shattuck, Maurice J. Tobin, and William Allen White.

15 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6917643

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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...

Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. New England Division.

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Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978

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James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was a chemist, educator and public servant. Conant taught chemistry at Harvard from 1917-1933; he served as Harvard's president from 1933-1953. He was the national director of defense research from 1941-1945, and was instrumental in the creation of the atomic bomb. He continued as President of Harvard until 1953, at which time he was made United States High Commissioner for Germany. When allied military occupation of Germany ended in 1955, Conant became the U.S. A...

Durant, Will, 1885-1981

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Also contains correspondence from Ariel Durant, wife of Will Durant. From the description of Correspondence : with W.A. Swanberg, 1963. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155896493 American historian. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : Los Angeles, to Mrs. W.L. Graves, 1945 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742337 ...

Shattuck, George Cheever, 1879-1972

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Shattuck (Harvard, M.D. 1905) was clinical professor of tropical medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1938 to 1947. His research interest was the clinical aspects of exotic and tropical diseases. From the description of Papers of George Cheever Shattuck, 1829-1970 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281437161 Shattuck (Harvard, M.D. 1905) was assistant professor of tropical medicine, 1921-1938, and clinical professor of tropical medicine,1938-1947, at Harvar...

Shattuck, Mayo Adams, 1898-1952

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New England Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies.

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Tobin, Maurice J.

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Maurice Joseph Tobin was born on May 22, 1901, in the Mission Hill section of Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Boston College before entering politics as a protégé of James Michael Curley. In 1926, he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and served from 1927 to 1929. He served on the Boston School Committee from 1931 to 1937. In 1937, he defeated Curley to be elected Mayor of Boston, and served as Mayor from 1938 to 1945, during which time he advocated the Fair Emplo...

Fish, Hamilton, 1888-1991

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Republican Party politician in New York State, and member of United States House of Representatives, 1920-1945. From the description of Correspondence, 1921-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122346649 Republican politician, member of Congress. Fish's ancestors included his great-grandfather Nicholas Fish (1758-1833), his grandfather Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), and his father Hamilton Fish (1849-1936). From the description of Papers, 171...