Papers, 1907-1954.

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Papers, 1907-1954.

Papers of historian and editor Stewart Mitchell include a miscellaneous scrapbook containing clippings on a variety of subjects of interest to Mitchell (1907-1939); a scrapbook of clippings on his book, "Horatio Seymour of New York" (1938); correspondence, clippings, and papers related to Mitchell's article on the idolization of Abraham Lincoln, "Lincoln and The Devil's Advocate"; and papers related to a poll of historians rating the U.S. Presidents which appeared in Life Magazine in Oct. 1948 and in which Mitchell participated. Correspondents include F. Lauriston Bullard, Samuel Eliot Morison, and Arthur M. Schlesinger.

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Mitchell, Stewart, 1892-1957

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1892 Nov. 25, born, Cincinnati. 1915, A.B. Harvard. 1916, M.A. 1916-1917, English instructor, U. of Wisconsin. 1917-1919, U.S. Army, France. 1919-1920, editor, The Dial. 1933, Ph. D., Harvard. 1928-1937, editor, N.E. Quarterly. 1929-1939, editor, Collections and Proceedings, M.H.S. 1957 Nov. 3, died, Brookline. From the description of Papers, 1839-1957. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14967774 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Morison, Samuel Eliot

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Morison graduated from Harvard in 1908 and taught American history at Harvard. From the description of Course material for History 161b, the discovery of America, 1940. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512193 Morison earned his Harvard AB in 1908, his Harvard AM in 1909, and his Harvard PhD in 1912. He taught history at Harvard. From the description of Notes in English 28, second half year, 1904-1905. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074686...

Bullard, F. Lauriston (Frederic Lauriston), 1866-1952

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Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1888-1965

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Schlesinger taught history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Sr., 1908-1965 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973175 Historian, author. From the description of Reminiscences of Arthur Meier Schlesinger : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309724638 Epithet: Jr, US political analyst British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue...