Papers of John Towner Frederick, 1908-1975.

Darrow, Clarence S. (Clarence Seward), 1857-1938

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Clarence Seward Darrow, prominent Chicago trial lawyer, was born in Kinsman, Ohio on April 18, 1857. He attended Allegheny College, after which he studied one year at the University of Michigan Law School. He then worked as a lawyer in Youngstown, and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1878. He practiced in Ohio for nine years, before moving to Chicago, where he practiced privately before being appointed assistant corporation counsel for the City of Chicago. For four years he served as Chi...

Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Federal writer's project

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Hinton was a former slave who was living in North Carolina at the time of the interview. From the guide to the Martha Adeline Hinton interview, 1937, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) One of the first actions by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s was to extend federal work relief to the unemployed. One such relief program was the Works Progress Administration, which FDR established in 1933. By 1941 the WPA had provided empl...

Hearst, James, 1900-1983

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American poet, author and instructor at the University of Northern Iowa. From the description of Letters, 1968-1983. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 148539749 J.S. Hearst: poet and professor. From the description of [Hearst family papers], 1895- (University of Northern Iowa). WorldCat record id: 60036791 ...

Muilenburg, Walter J., 1893-

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Hunt, Percival, 1878-1968

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Percival Hunt was a professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh from 1921 until his retirement in 1948. He was chair of the English Department from 1922 until 1941 and built it into one of the country's foremost. Hunt was born on January 9, 1878 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Henry Clay Hunt and Helen Marr Garrison Hunt. He was a graduate of the University of Iowa and began teaching English at that university in 1904. He was in charge of the English Department at Iowa when he resigned...

Ward, Leo R. (Leo Richard), 1893-

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Priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, professor of philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 1928-1984, poet, and historian of the cooperative movement in the United States. From the description of Papers, 1935-1984. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 24481039 Reverend Leo R. Ward was born in 1893 in Melrose, Iowa. He earned an A.B. degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. from the Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Later he studied at Oxford an...

Bush, Sargent.

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Lottinville, Savoie, 1906-1997

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Selby, John.

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Murphy, Donald R.

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Agriculturalist. Donald R. Murphy was born in Des Moines, Iowa and attended Oregon State College. He joined Wallace's Farmer in 1919 and was editor from 1933-1955. He also served as a contributing editor until his retirement in 1968. Murphy was a pioneer in farm opinion polls, establishing them in the Wallace's Farmer in 1937. He also published What Farmers Read and Like, and for almost a half century he was an associate, close friend, and confidant of Henry A. Wallace. From the desc...

Petersen, William John, 1901-

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O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1890-1941

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Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973

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African-American poet, critic, playwright, novelist, author of children’s books, librarian. From the guide to the Arna Bontemps Papers, 1927-1968, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Teacher in New York, N.Y., and Huntsville, Ala.; head librarian, Fisk University; professor, University of Chicago; curator of James Weldon Johnson Collection and visiting professor of English, Yale University; writer in residence, Fisk University; and author. ...

Field, Iduna Bertel.

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Andrew Gustaf Bertel (born in 1861) migrated to the United States from Sweden in 1877, and after living for a time in Nebraska, moved to a Swedish settlement outside Pillager, Minnesota. From the description of The influence of a Swedish settler, Andrew G. Bertel on the Swedish community south of Pillager, Minnesota. 1957. (Tri-College Library). WorldCat record id: 24956511 ...

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000173 German author. From the description of Land of good will : typewritten article signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609625 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Bad Tölz, to Herr Fischer, his publisher, 1909 Aug. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607913 From the description...

Suckow, Ruth, 1892-1960

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Author and pacifist. From the description of Papers of Ruth Suckow, 1887-1988. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233105070 Author Ruth Suckow was born in Iowa and moved to Denver, Colo. to join her sister Emma (.d 1923) who had moved to Denver to seek relief from tuberculosis. Suckow graduated from the University of Denver, earning a B.A. degree (English) in 1917 and an M.A. in 1918. She worked as a graduate assistant for Dr. Ida Kruse McFarlane, head of th...

Sandeen, Ernest Emanuel, 1908-

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Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Author & publisher. Columbia A.B. 1919; Litt.B. 1920. From the guide to the Bennett Cerf Papers, ca. 1898-1977., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Publisher and editor. Founder of Random House, New York, with Donald S. Klopfer; president, 1927-1966; and chairman of the board, 1966- Other publishing affiliations include Bantam Books (New York) and Modern Library, Inc. (New York). From the description of Calling card : N...

Davidson, Donald, 1893-1968

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Author, poet, teacher, and editor. Member of the Fugitive and Agrarian Groups. From the description of Donald Davidson Papers, 1917-1968. (Vanderbilt University Library). WorldCat record id: 17789409 ...

Nuhn, Ferner, 1903-

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McDonald, Julie.

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Frederick, John T. (John Towner), 1893-1975

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English professor, author, founder and editor of The Midland. From the description of Papers of John Towner Frederick, 1908-1975. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233105040 John T. Frederick gained wide renown as a radio book critic, literary critic, author and educator. In 1937 Frederick conducted a weekly book review program, Of Men and Books, sponsored by Northwestern University. Frederick taught at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalis...

Brack, O M

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Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936

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Poet and founding editor of Poetry: a Magazine of Verse. From the description of Papers, 1873-1944 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 56101856 American editor, critic, and poet. Harriet Monroe was born in Chicago in 1860, and she remained identified all her life with the city. After gaining some local recognition as a poet, a newspaper critic and a lecturer on poetry, Monroe's literary reputation was based on her concep...

Spence, Hartzell, 1908-2001

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Born in Clarion, Iowa, the son of a minister, Hartzell Spence graduated magna cum laude from the University of Iowa in 1930. From 1930 to 1941 he was the United Press bureau manager in Des Moines, and saw service during WW II in the Army Air Force where he was the founder and first editor of Yank, the Army weekly newspaper. He was removed as editor after fifteen months because of creative differences. After the war, he worked as a free-lance writer, particularly noted for his reporting on religi...

Coleman, Carroll D.

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Printer and proprietor of the Prairie Press in Muscatine and Iowa City, Iowa. From the description of Papers of Carroll Coleman, 1927-1985. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233105422 Fine printer (Prairie Press) and professor of journalism and director of publications at the University of Iowa. From the description of Oral history interview with Carroll Coleman, 1976 Sept. 7. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233109741 ...

Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941

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Author, newspaper editor. From the description of Letter to Maurice Hanline, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56349777 American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. From the guide to the Sherwood Anderson miscellany, 1981, undated, (The New York Public Library. New York Public Library Archives.) Author. From the description of Death in the woods : annotated short story, circa 1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Nathan, Robert, 1894-1985

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Author Robert Nathan was born in New York City and educated in New York, Switzerland, the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, and Harvard. He worked in advertising and education before earning a living as an author; he has written poetry, essays, and drama, but is chiefly known for popular novels. His books are distinguished by charming, delicate prose, which creates a unique mood of mild fantasy; often sentimental, his work is also gently satirical. He also wrote screenplays, and several ...

Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964

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English and journalism professor, dean and author. From the description of Papers of Frank Luther Mott, 1918-1963. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233135576 ...

Kissane, Leedice McAnelly

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Sigmund, Jay G., 1885-1937

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Author, poet, and insurance agent. From the description of Papers of Jay Sigmund, 1911-1975. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233105086 Author, of Iowa. From the description of Papers, 1911-1975. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28410559 ...

Craig, Hardin, 1875-1968

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Hardin Craig (1875-1968) was a Shakespearean and English Renaissance scholar and professor of English at several universities, including Stanford, 1928-1942, and the University of North Carolina, 1942-1949. He published numerous books on these subjects and also on Lord Byron and Edgar Allen Poe. Craig was educated at Centre College, Danville, Ky., and Princeton University. From the guide to the Hardin Craig Papers, circa, ., 1900-1968, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Li...

Ansley, Clark Fisher, 1869-1939.

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Gerber, John C.

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Professor of English at the University of Iowa. From the description of Oral history interview with John C. Gerber, 1977 Jan. 6. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233109843 ...

Childs, Marquis W. (Marquis William), 1903-1990

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Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of Marquis Childs, 1939-1978. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233110775 Journalist, author. From the description of Reminiscences of Marquis W. Childs : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309729711 From the description of Reminiscences of Marquis W. Childs : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldC...

Dodson, Own, 1914-

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Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993.

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Recorded in Stegner's home. From the description of Interview by John Milton : cassette audio tape, June 20, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398049 Robert Pepper taught in the English Department at San Jose State University. From the description of Typed letter signed to Robert D. Pepper, 1982 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83291245 Mormon school teacher and author. From the description of Letter, 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Wedel, Mildred Mott

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Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Alfred A. Knopf and his wife, Blanche Knopf. From the description of Letters, 1928-1944, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155870929 Publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Alfred A. Knopf : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743309 American publisher. From the description of Typed letters signed (1...

Andrews, Clarence A.

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Literary researcher; b. Clarence Adelbert Andrews, 1912. From the description of Papers, 1966-1984. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28409046 ...

Santee, Ross, 1888-1965

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Western painter and illustrator. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1947-1948. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122613275 Arizona author, artist and cowboy. From the description of Ross Santee papers, 1926-1977. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31876958 From the guide to the Ross Santee papers, 1926-1977, (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections) ...

Mossman, Dow

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Harter, Evelyn

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Corey, Paul, 1903-

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Paul Corey and his wife, Ruth Lechlitner Corey. From the description of Letters, 1938-1965, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155867488 Author, environmentalist, and animal activist. Best known for his mid-western farm novels and "how-to" books. From the description of Papers of Paul Corey, 1920-1992. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233104966 ...

Long, Haniel, 1888-1956

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Haniel Long was born in Burma in 1888 and brought to Pittsburgh at the age of three. He went on to graduate from Harvard and came back to Pittsburgh to teach literature at Carnegie Tech. Seeking a healthier climate than industrial Pittsburgh, he eventually went to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1929. He was the author of many books, chiefly on poetry and the Southwest. From the description of Haniel Long papers 1888-1956. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 45421794...