Lillian Adele Kibler papers, ca. 1937-1978 ; (bulk, 1937-1949).

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Lillian Adele Kibler papers, ca. 1937-1978 ; (bulk, 1937-1949).

Correspondence, notes, drafts, newspaper clippings, 4 volumes, and other papers relating chiefly to the research and publication of Kibler's dissertation on Benjamin F. Perry, South Carolina Unionist, including letters from her advisor, Prof. Allan Nevins, Columbia University, together with responses to Kibler's published work, including text of review, 5 Feb. 1947, broadcast over radio by R[obert] L[ee] Meriwether, and letter, 3 Mar. 1947, from Charles Beard. Contains Columbia University materials, including lecture notes for classes taught by European historian Carlton J.H. Hayes; master's thesis, 1937, "Unionist Sentiment in South Carolina in 1860" (221 pp.); and undated seminar paper written for "Professor Nevins," "Unionist Sentiment in Mississippi, 1850-1856" (142 pp.). Also includes "The Diplomatic Career of William Henry Trescot;" "The History of Converse College, 1889-1971," published in 1973; and several research papers of Kibler's students.

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Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

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Kibler, Lillian Adele, 1894-1978

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College professor and historian at Converse College, Spartanburg, S.C. From the description of Lillian Adele Kibler papers, ca. 1937-1978 ; (bulk, 1937-1949). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28409810 College teacher and historian at Converse College, Spartanburg, S.C. From the description of Papers, ca. 1937-1978 ; (bulk 1937-1949). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133810 ...

Hayes, Carlton J.H. (Carlton Joseph Huntley), 1882-1964

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Historian. From the description of Reminiscences of Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes : oral history, 1956. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574531 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Historian, author, diplomat. Hayes was Seth Low Professor of History at Columbia University, 1935-1950. From the guide to the Carlton J. H. Hayes Papers, 1920-1962, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Historian, author, diplo...

Trescot, William Henry, 1822-1898

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Charleston and Pendleton, South Carolina attorney, plantation owner, historian, and politician. From the description of Letters to W.W. Humphries, 1868-1871. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140211 ...

Perry, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1805-1886

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Soldier stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri at the time of the Mexican War, with family in Woodford County, Illinois. From the description of Letter, July 14, 1846. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53791408 B.F. Perry, of Greenville, S.C., was a lawyer and editor, anti-secessionist, and governor of South Carolina during Reconstruction. From the description of B.F. Perry papers, 1822-1960. WorldCat record id: 23765279 Prom...

Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

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Historian, journalist and educator. He attended the University of Illinois where he earned a B. A. 1912 and an M. A. in English, 1913. Nevins moved to New York to work and eventually was made a Professor of History at Columbia University. Wrote numerous biographies and articles on history. President of the American History Association in 1959. Helped found the Society of American Historians. From the description of Commencement address, June 1953. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Librar...

Meriwether, Robert Lee, 1890-1958

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