Women's National Book Association records, 1917-1989.
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Ribicoff, Abraham A. (Abraham Alexander), 1910-1998
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Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9, 1910 – February 22, 1998) was an American Democratic Party politician from the state of Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives and Senate and was the 80th Governor of Connecticut and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in President John F. Kennedy's cabinet. He was Connecticut's first and to date only Jewish governor. Born in New Britain, Connecticut, to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants from Poland, Samuel ...
Weeks, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1898-1989
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Edward A. Weeks (1898-1989) was an author, essayist, and editor for the Atlantic Monthly . He was also author of more than 10 books, including: Breaking into Print: an Editor's Advice on Writing (1962); In Friendly Candor [1959]; and Writers and Friends (1981). Weeks opposed censorship and, during the 1920's, served as chairman of the Massachusetts Committee to Reform Book Censorship. From the guide to the Edward Weeks Letter to Mrs. Henry Pettit (MS 235), 16 June 1961...
Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973
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Author and biographer. From the description of Catherine Drinker Bowen papers, 1793-1980 (bulk 1934-1972). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062023 American writer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Bryn Mawr, Pa., 9 November 1961, to Mr. [Joseph] Chouinard, 1961 Nov. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906443 Biographical Note 1897, Jan. 1 ...
Chute, Marchette Gaylord, 1909-....
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Marchette Gaylord Chute was born in Wayzata, Minnesota in 1909. She attended the Minneapolis School of Art and the University of Minnesota and spent her career as a writer, mainly of biography and history. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 1, p. 57-59. From the guide to the Marchette Chute Papers, 1932-1974, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]) ...
Women's National Book Association
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A group organized in 1917 as a women's book trade organization, later expanded to promote reading programs and recognize women in literature. From the description of Women's National Book Association records, 1917-1989. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 303022653 BIOGHIST REQUIRED The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) was formed in 1917 as a group to promote reading and the role of women in the book industry. They currentl...
Toklas, Alice B., 1877-1967
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Toklas was a writer and companion to Gertrude Stein. From the guide to the Alice B. Toklas letters to William Alfred, 1951-1961., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Biographical Note Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967) was an author and the life partner of Gertrude Stein. Don Frank is the son of one of Toklas' childhood friends. After his service in the armed forces, he met Toklas in Europe. ...
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
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Pearl S. Buck was the daughter of American missionary parents, and spent the first seventeen years of her life in China. Her third novel, The Good Earth, won the Pulitzer Prize, and a Nobel Prize for literature followed, citing The Good Earth as well as her biographies of her parents. Critical reception for her works has been mixed since these early successes. A prolific and optimistic author, most of her fiction is set in China, and she displays great affection for the place and her characters....
Henry, Marguerite, 1902-1997
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American author of children's and young adult books; Newbery Award winner, 1949 and Kerlan Award winner, 1975. From the description of Papers, 1947-1984. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62448831 Marguerite Henry was born April 13, 1902 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She attended Milwaukee State Teacher's College for two years, and in 1940 published her first book for children, Auno and Tauno : A Story of Finland . During the 1940s, Marguerite Henry also...
Fast, Howard, 1914-2003
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Popular and prolific novelist Howard Fast was born in New York City. His parents were poor immigrants, and he worked odd jobs as a youth, crediting his love of reading to a job as a page at the New York Public Library. He published his first novel at eighteen, and found early success writing adventures set in America's past. He worked for the Office of War Information during World War II, writing for the radio program Voice of America. A Communist from about 1944-1956, Fast appeared before the H...
Warde, Beatrice
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English writer on typography. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York], to F.B. Adams, Jr., 1969 Jan. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659511 Epithet: Mrs née Becker typographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001e7 ...
Van Doren, Irita Taylor, 1891-1966
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Editor, New York Herald Tribune Book Review. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1951. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122690978 Literary editor. From the description of Irita Taylor Van Doren papers, 1920-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063846 Biographical Note 1891, Mar. 16 Born, Birmi...
Chase, Mary Ellen, 1887-1973
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Smith College, Professor, English, 1926-1955. University of Maine, A.B., 1909. University of Minnesota, M.A., 1918; Ph. D., 1922. From the description of Mary Ellen Chase papers, 1893-1995. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 51183526 Maine-born American regional novelist, critic, and memoirist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Northampton, Mass., to Edward Wagenknecht, [no year] Jan. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863385 Mary Ell...
