[Subjects on Bickel microfilm, reel 1] [microform].

Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866

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Born near Champlain, New York, Curtis graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1831. He was stationed at Fort Gibson in the Indian Territories (present-day Oklahoma) before resigning from the Army in 1832. He moved to Ohio, where he worked as a civil engineer on the Muskingum River improvement projects and also became a lawyer in 1841. During the Mexican–American War, he was appointed colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Ohio Volunteers and served as military governor of several occupied c...

Belknap, William Worth, 1829-1890

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William Worth Belknap was born in Newburgh, New York on September 22, 1829, the son of career soldier William G. Belknap and Anne (Clark) Belknap. Belknap's father had fought with distinction in the War of 1812, Florida War, and Mexican–American War. Belknap attended the local schools in Newburgh, and graduated from Princeton University in 1848. In addition to attending Princeton with Hiester Clymer, the Democratic Congressman who later led the investigation into Belknap's War Department corrupt...

Younker Brothers

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Harrington, Kate

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Calhoun, Mary Roberts

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Writing under the name Mary Calhoun, Mary Huiskamp Wilkins has written juvenile and young adult books chiefly in four broad categories: historical themes on the Mississippi River Valley, elfin folklore, the "Katie John" books and her animal books, ranging from Wobble (1958) to her Henry books (1990s). She is the recipient of SLJ Best Books citation, the California Young Readers Medal, the Cholorado Children't Book Award (1981), among other awards and honors. From the description of M...

Maxwell, Elinor

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Pollard, Rebecca S. (Rebecca Smith), 1831-1917

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Kelly's Industrial Army.

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Maxwell, Elsa, 1881-1975.

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Clagett, Sue Harry.

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Peck, Campbell K.

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Honce, Charles F.

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Meigs, Cornelia, 1884-1973

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Cornelia Meigs was born at Rock Island, Illinois, in 1884. She received a public school education before going to Bryn Mawr College, where she received her A.B. degree in 1908. She taught English in Davenport, Iowa, at St. Katherine's School until 1913. She taught in the English Department at Bryn Mawr from 1932 to 1950. Meigs published her first book for children, The Kingdom of the Winding Road, in 1915. She wrote over thirty books for children. She sometimes wrote under the pseudonym of Adair...

Younker family.

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Elliott, Francis Perry, 1861-1924

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Barr, Granville Walter.

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Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956

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Rupert Hughes was born in Lancaster, MO on January 31, 1872, and grew up in Keokuk, Iowa. He attended the Western Reserve Academy, and received a BA from Adelbert College, Cleveland, in 1892, and an MA from Yale University in 1893. His writing career began with a book for boys which was serialized in the highly regarded St. Nicholas magazine, and he was an assistant editor for several magazines. He eventually wrote more than 50 books. Hughes served in the New York National Guard during the Spani...