Allan Abbott. Papers, [ca. 1920-1961].

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Allan Abbott. Papers, [ca. 1920-1961].

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Letters, ca. 1920-1922, to Abbott from poets, teachers, and editors of literary magazines, relating to tests which were developed by Abbott for judging poetry. Correspondents include C.H. Ward, Alfred Noyes, John Erskine, Louis Untermeyer, Amy Lowell, Harriet Monroe, Herbert Vaughan Abbott, Francis Hackett, and others. Also, copies of Abbott's books and pamphlets; clippings of reviews of his books; photographs of Abbott and others; and miscellaneous printed material. Constitution, minutes, bibliographies, and newsletters, ca. 1952, relating to Allan Abbott Associates, an organization composed of members of the Teachers College Department of English and Foreign Languages, and devoted to professional development and fellowship. Printed English tests, published by Teachers College in 1931, written by Amy Shaw and others; and a photograph of William Heard Kilpatrick on his 90th birthday, 1961, and a program, 1951, from a dinner held to celebrate Kilpatrick's eightieth birthday.

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Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925

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Amy Lowell (1874-1925) was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her brother, Abbot Lawrence Lowell, was president of Harvard University. At age 36, Lowell had her first poem published in the Atlantic Monthly. In 1912, her first book of poems, A dome of many colored glasses was published. She became associated with the Imagists poets when Ezra Pound, whom she had met on a trip to England, included one of her poems in his anthology, Des imagistes. Lowell wrote critical articles for periodicals in add...

Ward, C. H. (Charles Henshaw), 1872-1935

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Kilpatrick, William Heard, 1871-1965

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of William Heard Kilpatrick : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743599 William Heard Kilpatrick (1871-1965), educator and author, prominent in the field of progressive education, served as professor of mathematics (1897-1906) and acting president (1903-1905) of Mercer University, before accepting a position at Columbia University (1909-1938). From the descripti...

Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958

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Poet. From the description of Papers of Alfred Noyes, 1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454022 Author Alfred Noyes was born in England and attended Oxford, although he left without earning a degree. He published his first book of poems at the age of twenty-one, and within ten years had become the most commercially successful poet of his day. Popular and prolific, Noyes wrote disarming, skillful verse in traditional metre, and actively opposed the Modernist movement. He ...

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...

Columbia University. Teachers College. Dept. of English and Foreign Languages.

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Abbott, Herbert Vaughan, 1865-1929

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Abbott, Allan, 1876-

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Abbott was a professor of English literature at Teachers College, 1913-1941. He was married to Amy Shaw. From the description of Allan Abbott. Papers, [ca. 1920-1961]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 252029108 ...

Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977

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Louis Untermeyer was a noted author, editor, and translator. His tastes were eclectic, and his friendships many; he produced more than one hundred books, and volumes of letters. His numerous poetry anthologies have helped introduce verse to generations of schoolchildren. From the description of Heinrich Heine, paradox and poet, 1936. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56550722 From the description of Louis Untermeyer letter to Judith Wright McKinn...

Abbott, Amy Shaw, 1891-

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Erskine, John, 1879-1951

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Epithet: Reverend; DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001087.0x000214 Title: 9th Earl of Mar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001087.0x000219 John Erskine, educator, writer and musician, was born in New York on October 5, 1879. He received an A.B. in 1900, an A.M. in 1901, a Ph.D. in 1903 and an LL.D. in 1929 from Columbia Univ...

Allan Abbott Associates.

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Hackett, Francis, 1883-1962

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Irish-born author and editor in the U.S. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wicklow [Ireland], to Stark Young, 1935 Feb. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870941 ...