Personal letter books, 1904-1906.

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Personal letter books, 1904-1906.

Letter books containing personal correspondence from James to his wife, Margaret James, sons Anthony J. and Herman G. James, brothers George F., Benjamin B., and John N. James, and other relatives, on family matters, and to Johannes Conrad, Shelby M. Cullom, Charles De Garmo, Charles S. Deneen, Charles W. Eliot, Abram W. Harris, Harry Pratt Judson, James R. Mann, William B. McKinley, Simon N. Patten, Theodore Roosevelt, Leo Rowe, and other public figures, on education, politics, and other topics. Includes capsule biography (2 p.) of Edmund James.

.3 cubic ft.

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James family.

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Harris, A. W. (Abram Winegardner), 1858-1935

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Abram W. Harris, Sr. (1858-1935) Abram Winegardner Harris, Sr., was born on November 7, 1858, in Philadelphia, son of James Russell and Susan Reed Harris. He received the Bachelor of Arts (1880) and Master of Arts (1883) degrees from Wesleyan University. Harris was given the Doctor of Science degree by Bowdoin College in 1894, and Doctor of Laws and Letters degrees by the University of New Brunswick (1900), University of Maine (1901), and Wesleyan (1904). In ...

James, Margaret L. (Margaret Lange)

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James, Herman G. (Herman Gerlach), 1887-1959

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Professor of government, University of Texas, Austin. From the description of Papers, 1904-1910. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28419105 ...

Judson, Harry Pratt, 1849-1927

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Harry Pratt Judson was Professor, Department of Political Science, and head dean, the Colleges, University of Chicago,1892 to1894; professor and head, Department of Political Science, and dean of the Faculties of Arts, Literature, and Science, 1894 to1907; acting president of the University of Chicago, 1906-1907; and president, 1907-1923. From the guide to the Judson, Harry Pratt. Papers, 1889-1901, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Str...

James, John N.

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James, Benjamin B.

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James, George F. (George Francis), 1867-1932

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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...

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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Eliot served as president of Harvard University (1869-1909). From the description of Correspondence of Charles W. Eliot, 1870-1920. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339031 Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was President of Harvard University from March 12, 1869 to May 19, 1909. He also taught mathematics and chemistry at Harvard University (1858-1863) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1865-1869). Eliot was one of the most influential educa...

McKinley, William Brown, 1856-1926

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William Brown McKinley, businessman and congressman, was born in Petersburg, Illinois, September 5, 1856, the son of George and Hannah (Finley) McKinley. After attending local public schools, he enrolled at the University of Illinois, Urbana, for two years. In 1881 he married Kate Frisbee of Chicago. McKinley began a business career in the family firm of J.B. & W.B. McKinley. The company originally specialized in private banking and mortgages, then expanded into publ...

Mann, James R. (James Robert), 1856-1922

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Lawyer and U.S. representative from Illinois. From the description of Papers of James R. Mann, 1887-1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80911537 ...

Conrad, J. (Johannes), 1839-1915

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James, Edmund J. (Edmund Janes), 1855-1925

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College president, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). From the description of Diaries, 1894-1924. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28420312 From the description of Personal letter books, 1904-1906. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28418301 ...

Cullom, Shelby M. (Shelby Moore), 1829-1914

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Springfield (Sangamon Co.), Ill. republican politician. From the description of Papers, 1910. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38386302 U.S. senator and representative from and governor of Illinois. From the description of Shelby M. Cullom correspondence, 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984527 Governor of Illinois, 1877-1883, and U.S. Senator, 1883-1913. From the description of Autograph. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Lib...

University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)

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Deneen, Charles Samuel, 1863-1940

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Illinois governor (1905-1913). Lawyer from Lebanon, Illinois; state representative to the General Assembly (1892-1894); attorney for the Sanitary District of Chicago (1895-1896); Cook County state's attorney (1896-1904); U. S. senator from Illinois (1925-1930). From the description of Papers, 1897-1930. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 23588906 Governor of Illinois, 1905-1913. From the description of Papers, 1905-1926. (Abraham Lincoln ...

Rowe, L.S. (Leo Stanton), 1871-1946

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L. S. Rowe was associated with the University of Pennsylvania and was President of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Philadelphia. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1916. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884411 ...

Patten, Simon N. (Simon Nelson), 1852-1922

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James, Anthony J.

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De Garmo, Charles, 1849-1934

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Charles De Garmo became the fourth President of Swarthmore College in 1891. He believed in the Herbartian method of teaching and taught in Illinois many years before arriving at Swarthmore as Professor of Modern Languages and Reading. While President, he developed two fellowships and established a Department of Economics and Social Science. Following conflict with the Board of Managers, he returned to his teaching position in 1898, retiring in 1914. From the description of Papers, 18...