Correspondence, 1953 Dec. 31-1954 June 18, concerning Robert Frost's birthday celebration at Amherst College, 1954.

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Correspondence, 1953 Dec. 31-1954 June 18, concerning Robert Frost's birthday celebration at Amherst College, 1954.

Correspondence, 1953-1954, concerning the plans for the celebration, the gift of an Andrew Wyeth painting, and post-celebration details. The painting is now part of the permanent collections of the Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, accession #W.987.20.

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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....

Cole, Charles Woolsey, 1906-....

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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978), Amherst College Class of 1927, received M.A. and Ph.D degrees from Columbia University and taught economics at Amherst (1935-1940) and history at Columbia University (1928-1934, 1940-1946). As the 12th President of Amherst College (1946-1960), he oversaw the introduction of the "New Curriculum," which included new distribution requirements for students. In 1948 Cole was appointed an advisor to the Hoover Commission's Committee on the National Security Organizati...

Canfield, Curtis, 1903-1986

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Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-1990

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Barrett, Clifton Waller, 1901-1991

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Bibliophile. From the description of Photoprints of Barrett's personal library in New York City [manuscript], ca. 1955. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805897 Rare book collector. From the description of Letter: 1981 June 1, [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647826922 From the description of Notebook [manuscript], 1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810688 From the description of Addr...

Wyeth, Andrew, 1917-2009

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Andrew Wyeth (b. July 12, 1917, Chadds Ford, PA–d. Jan. 16, 2009, Chadds Ford, PA) was a realist painter and one of the best known American artists of the 20th century. He is the son of artist N.C. Wyeth and began drawing at a young age. In 1937, at age twenty, Wyeth had his first one-man exhibition of watercolors at the Macbeth Gallery in New York City....

Morrison, Kathleen, 1898-

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Nash, Ray, 1905-1982

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Whicher, George Frisbie, 1889-1954

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Hewlett, Horace W.

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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963

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American poet from New England. Winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. From the description of Letters, 1931-1943. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464432 American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Beggen [?], 1928. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129842 Robert Frost was an American poet. From the description of Papers concerning the Kenned...

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