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Papers, 1886-1953.

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Papers of Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh (1871-1940), including correspondence, mss. of writings, biography, reports, speeches, lecture notes, photos, and other materials, relating to his career as a political science teacher at State University of Iowa (later University of Iowa), his interest in Iowa history, and his association with State Historical Society of Iowa; and papers of his wife, Bertha M.H. Shambaugh (1871-1953), author, including mss. of Amana (1908), Amana That Was and Amana That Is (1932), and other writings, speeches, 36 vols. of house books (ca. 1902-1941) consisting of notebooks containing Mrs. Shambaugh's records of events in the Shambaugh household, photos, and other materials; together with papers of Alma Hovey, relating to her research and notes made in preparation of the biography of Benjamin F. Shambaugh. Major correspondents include Zoe Akins, Julian P. Boyd, John Drinkwater, Hamlin Garland, Laurence C. Jones, Thomas H. Macbride, and W.W. Waymack.

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Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940

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Hamlin Garland, also known as Hannibal Hamlin Garland, (born September 14, 1860, West Salem, Wisconsin – died March 4, 1940, Hollywood, California), an author who put his own part of the country on the literary map, is best remembered by the title he gave his autobiography, Son of the Middle Border. Gaining his spurs with a successful collection of grimly naturalistic 'down home' stories in 1891, Garland came to prominence just as the "frontier" mentality was losing out to the waves of settlemen...

State Historical Society of Iowa

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Iowa State University

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On March 22, 1948, Iowa State College (University) sponsored a 90th anniversary celebration in honor of the founding of the college, which occurred on the same date in 1858 when the charter act establishing a state agricultural college became law. The celebration included a symposium, luncheon, departmental open houses, and a dinner. From the description of 90th anniversary collection, 1947-1948. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 54799482 In 1958, Iowa State Colle...

Macbride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston), 1848-1934

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Botanist and educator. From the description of Papers, 1845-1954. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28411999 Botanist, educator, and president of the University of Iowa. From the description of Papers of Thomas H. Macbride, 1845-1954. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233108192 ...

Shambaugh, Bertha M. H. (Bertha Maude Horack), 1871-1953

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Shambaugh family.

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Residents of Iowa City, Iowa. From the description of Papers, 1886-1953. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28412553 ...

Jones, Laurence Clifton, 1884-1975

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Boyd, Julian P. (Julian Parks), 1903-1980

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Librarian, Princeton University. From the description of Correspondence : to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1942-1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122619632 Boyd was Princeton University Librarian, 1940-1952, and a professor of history, and he began the Papers of Thomas Jefferson publishing project. From the description of Julian P. Boyd papers, 1935-1980. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 86126836 ...

Amana Society

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Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937

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Drinkwater, a British playwright and poet, worked for an insurance company. In 1909 he became manager of the Birmingham Repertory Company, and his most successful plays included "Abraham Lincoln," "Mary Stuart," and "Bird in Hand." Drinkwater also published several critical literary biographies. From the description of Manuscripts and Correspondence, 1914-1916. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122612764 John Drinkwater was an English author and actor, proba...

Akins, Zoë (1886-1958).

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Zoë Akins (1886-1958) was a dramatist, novelist, poet and screenwriter. Born in Missouri, Akins wrote plays for the better part of two decades before she moved to California in 1928 and worked as a screenwriter under contract to Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She won the Pulitzer prize for her play, The old maid (1936), which she adapted from the story by Edith Wharton. From the description of Papers of Zoë Akins, 1907-1951. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical ...

Shambaugh, Benjamin Franklin, 1871-1940

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Benjamin Shambaugh was born in Elvira, Iowa. He received degrees from the University of Iowa and the University of Pennsylvania. He married Bertha M. Horack in 1897. From 1895 until 1940 Shambaugh was a professor of political science at the University of Iowa, chairing the department from 1900 to 1940. From 1907 until 1940 he served as superintendent of the State Historical Society of Iowa. He edited the Iowa Journal of History and Politics was the author of many political science p...

Hovey, Alma B. (Alma Burnham)

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Waymack, W. W. (William Wesley), 1888-1960

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Waymack was a Pulitzer Prize winning editor of the Des Moines Register and tribune, 1931-1946, and one of the original members of the first Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1949. He also served as chairman of the Economic Policy Committee, 1938-1941, and was a member of the Iowa Farm Tenancy Committee, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Allied Mission for the Observation of Greek Elections (1946). Waymack was involved in over one hundred organizations and projects. His correspo...