Papers, 1862-1935.

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Papers, 1862-1935.

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Business and personal correspondence, legal briefs, literary manuscripts, and miscellaneous papers. The letters, about half of the collection, are concerned with Chaloner's attempts to have himself declared sane after a brief internment in Bloomingdale Asylum at White Plains, N.Y., by his family because of his excessive interest in spiritualism; efforts to obtain possession of his estate; verdicts from psychologists concerning his mental condition; the fostering of motion pictures for rural areas; the circulation of some of his poems on European politics prior to 1914; and congratulations to Chaloner on obtaining a favorable verdict regarding his sanity in the U.S. Supreme Court. The literary manuscripts are generally confined to treatises on the lunacy laws of various states. The briefs and legal notes are concerned with trials and appeals against the state of New York, and against the Washington Post for slander. Included also are canceled checks; telegrams; invitations and clippings, the latter largely confined to the career of his divorced wife, Amélie Rives, who later married Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, and to the comment caused by the popular phrase coined by Chaloner: "Who's looney now?" Among the correspondents are Philip Alexander Bruce, Richard Evelyn Byrd, J.H. Choate, Walter Duranty, A.C. Gordon, Joseph Jastrow, Claude Kitchin, Lee Slater Overman, and W.L. Phelps.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6964832

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Gordon, Armistead C. (Armistead Churchill), 1855-1931

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Armistead Churchill Gordon, a Virginia native, attended schools in Charlottesville and later became a successful attorney and historian in Staunton, Va. From the description of Papers, 1868-1875. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 34272410 Rector of the University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Armistead Churchill Gordon [manuscript], 1887-1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647884483 Attorney ;Rect...

Jastrow, Joseph, 1863-1944

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Joseph Jastrow (1863-1944), was a psychologist and professor at the University of Wisconsin. He was married to Rachel (Szold) Jastrow. From the guide to the Joseph Jastrow papers, 1875-1961, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Psychologist and professor at the University of Wisconsin. From the description of Papers, 1875-1961. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19933817 ...

Kitchin, Claude, 1869-1923

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Claude Kitchin (1869-1923) was a United States Representative from North Carolina. From the guide to the Claude Kitchin Papers, ., 1879-1923, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) U.S. Representative from North Carolina. From the description of Claude Kitchin papers, 1879-1923 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23289542 U.S. representative of North Carolina and lawyer. From the description of P...

Duranty, Walter, 1884-1957

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Journalist and author. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122636581 English-born journalist and author, correspondent for the New York Times assigned to the Baltic States around 1919 and in Moscow from 1921-1935. From the description of Russia : I write as I please : typescript manuscript, 1919-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384013 Duranty was a Britis...

Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943

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William Lyon Phelps was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 2, 1865. He received a B.A. degree from Yale in 1887, an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1891, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1891. Phelps taught English at Yale from 1892 until 1933 and was a popularizer of literature through his public lectures, radio addresses, and syndicated newspaper columns. He died in New Haven on August 21, 1943. From the description of William Lyon Phelps papers, 1826-1944 (inclusive), 1887-1943 (bulk)...

Bruce, Philip Alexander, 1863-1945.

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Rives, Amélie 1863-1945

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Amélie Rives was born into an aristocratic Virginia family, and exhibited precocious writing talent. As a young writer, she published The Quick or the Dead?, which became a controversial bestseller; modernists derided the naive plot and theme, while traditional romanticists were scandalized by the sensual content. After a short marriage to Virginia lawyer John Armstrong Chanler ended, she met and married exiled Russian painter Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy and led a privileged life in America and E...

Chaloner, John Armstrong, 1862-1935

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Great-grandson of John Jacob Astor; from Cobham (Albemarle County), Va. From the description of Papers, 1862-1935. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19465007 Albemarle County, Va., philanthropist and eccentric. From the description of Letter to George Perkins, 1907 December 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958766 ...

Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...

Overman, Lee S. (Lee Slater), 1854-1930

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Lee Slater Overman, lawyer, legislator, and U.S. senator, was born in Salisbury, N.C., where he opened a law office and served as president of the Salisbury Savings Bank. In 1878, he married Mary Paxton Merrimon, and they had three daughtrs. In 1882, he was elected to the state House of Representatives and was reelected four times, serving as speaker of the House for the 1893 session. In 1914, Overman became the first U.S. senator from North Carolina to be elected by popular vote, h...

Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917

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Lawyer, author, and diplomat. From the description of Joseph Hodges Choate papers, 1745-1929 (bulk 1852-1917). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79700965 Prominent New York lawyer, diplomat, and leader in humanitarian and cultural affairs. From the description of Letter : New York, N.Y., to John H. Stephens, Chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 1916 Apr. 3. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34241616 Choate...