Papers, 1849-1959.

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Papers, 1849-1959.

Correspondence, personal and professional papers, legal and financial papers, speeches, newspaper clippings, and other papers related to the activities of the N.H. forestry commissioner and governor, Robert Perkins Bass. Includes material related to his work as forestry commissioner and governor (1911-1913), as well as material related to his leadership of the Progressive Party in N.H., his support of Theodore Roosevelt as a presidential candidate in 1912, and his organization of John G. Winant's campaign for governor in 1924. Also includes some material on the First World War. H. Styles Bridges, Winston Churchill, Grenville Clark, Ernest Martin Hopkins, Franklin Knox, John Roy McLane, Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., George H. Moses, Gifford Pinchot, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles William Tobey, and John G. Winant are among his correspondents.

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Knox, Frank, 1874-1944

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William Franklin "Frank" Knox (January 1, 1874 – April 28, 1944) was an American politician, newspaper editor and publisher. He was also the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936, and Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. On December 7, 1941, Knox flanked by his assistant John O’Keefe walked into Roosevelt's White House study at approximately 1:30 p.m. EST announcing that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor. Knox was mentioned by name in Adolf Hitler...

Bridges, H. Styles (Henry Styles), 1898-1961

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Henry Styles Bridges (September 9, 1898 – November 26, 1961) was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire. He served one term as the 63rd Governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four-year career in the United States Senate. Bridges was born in West Pembroke, Maine, the son of Alina Roxanna (Fisher) and Earle Leopold Bridges. He attended the public schools in Maine. Bridges attended the University of Maine at Orono until 1918. From 1918 he held...

New Hampshire. Governor

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Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

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First director, United States Forest Service (1905). He changed the name of protected "forest preserves" to "national forests" and advocated a controversial "wise use" policy for the resources of the national forests, whereby a greater use of forest resources, such as tree harvests and grazing rights could be permitted. From the description of Correspondence, 1905-1945. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 40804560 Forester and governor of Pennsylvania. F...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947

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American writer. From the description of Letter, 1898 Apr. 22 : Clifton Springs, N.Y., to Oscar Fay Adams, Boston. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 24726625 New Hampshire author. From the description of Letters from Winston Churchill, 1899-1951. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32173472 American author and reformer. From the description of Papers of Winston Churchill [manuscript], 1897-1933. (University of Virginia). Wor...

McLane, John Roy, 1886-1969.

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Bass family.

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New Hampshire. Forestry Commission

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Bass, Robert P. (Robert Perkins), 1873-1960

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Bass was born in Chicago, Ill. in 1873 and lived in Peterborough, N.H. He received his A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1896. In 1906 he was appointed State Forestry Commissioner and began to redesign the N.H. forestry laws. He also participated in national efforts for conservation of natural resources and was elected director, then president, of the American Forestry Association. In 1904 and 1906 Bass was elected to the N.H. House of Representatives. In 1908 he was elected to the N.H. sen...

Winant, John G. (John Gilbert), 1889-1947

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John Gilbert Winant (1889-1947) was born in New York City. He attended St. Paul''s School in Concord, New Hampshire, and entered Princeton University as a member of the Class of 1913. After withdrawing from Princeton in late 1912, Winant returned to St. Paul''s School as a history teacher. He became active in local politics and was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1917. When the United States entered World War I, Winant enlisted in the American Expeditionary Forces and wa...

Progressive Party (1912)

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Easton, Edwin G.

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Republican Party (N.H.)

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Moses, George H. (George Higgins), 1869-1944

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New Hampshire. General Court

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The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was established in 1866 in Hanover, NH and affiliated with Dartmouth College. Problems arouse in the relationship between the two schools and it became necessary to explore alternatives for the agricultural college. The Governor and Council appointed a committee to research the removal of New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts from Hanover and to propose possible sites for its relocation. The New Hampshire College...

American Forestry Association.

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Clark, Grenville, 1882-1967

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Grenville Clark : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131473 Clark was born in New York City in 1882. He received his A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1903 and his LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School in 1906. In 1906 he was admitted to the New York Bar, and in 1909 he opened a law practice in New York City with Elihu Root Jr. and Francis W. Bird. During 1...

Lafollette, Robert

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Tobey, Charles W. (Charles William), 1880-1953

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Hopkins, Ernest Martin, 1877-1964

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Ernest Martin Hopkins, the eleventh president of Dartmouth College, was born in Dunbarton, N.H. in 1877. He received his AB from Dartmouth in 1901 and his AM from Dartmouth in 1908. From 1901 to 1905 he was secretary to the president of College, and from 1905 to 1910 he was secretary of the College. He served as president from 1916 to 1945. He died in 1964. From the description of Papers, 1916-1945. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237296423 ...