Papers of the Whitney-Flint family, 1900-1927 (inclusive).

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Papers of the Whitney-Flint family, 1900-1927 (inclusive).

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Collection consists of correspondence principally between Edward W. Flint and his mother Edith. Other correspondents include Edward's brother George, and Edith's brothers, Louis and Clifford. Correspondence reflects life at Amherst College, work on the Wanamaker organ, family deaths and finances, and social activities, etc. More will be added.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7096671

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Flint family.

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Davison, Archibald T. (Archibald Thompson), 1883-1961

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Epithet: alias Bodkin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0002d1 Davison graduated from Harvard (A.B., 1906) and taught music at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Archibald Thompson Davison, 1887-1979 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973043 Musicologist Epithet: Professor of Music, Harvard University British Library ...

Whitney family.

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The central figure in this collection is Edith (Whitney) Flint (1875-1967), the daughter of Louis H. and Martha Fiske Whitney of Kendall Green, Mass. Edith married Ephraim Bemis Flint and lived on a farm in Lincoln, Mass.; they had three children, Edward, George, and Warren. Edward attended Amherst and Harvard colleges and earned an M.A. in music in 1933 from Harvard, where he was assistant organist/conductor to Archibald T. Davison. He worked in Philadelphia in 1925 on the restoration of the Wa...

John Wanamaker (Firm)

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Wanamaker's legendary department stores were oalaces of consumption that turned shopping into an event for ordinary people. Born in Philadelphia in 1838, John Wanamaker pioneered the concept of the department store. In 1861 Wanamaker and his brother-in-law, Nathan Brown, opened Oak Hall, a men's clothing store. In 1876, intending to open a central market like London's Royal Exchange or Paris' Les Halles, he converted an abandoned Pennysylvania Railroad depot into a multipurpose clothing and spec...

Flint, Edith Whitney, 1875-1967.

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Flint, Edward W.

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Edward Flint. From the description of Medical ledgers. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191276213 ...