Papers, 1887-1977 (bulk 1920-1968).

Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Beard, Charles Austin, 1874-1948

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American historian and educator From the guide to the Charles Austin Beard letters, undated, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Historian, political scientist. From the description of Austin Charles Beard letters, 1929-1939. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 465279213 Charles Austin Beard was born in 1874 and died in 1948. He was a political science professor and historian at Columbia Univer...

Kimmel, Husband Edward, 1882-1968

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Husband Edward Kimmel (February 26, 1882 – May 14, 1968) was born in Henderson, Kentucky. He was nicknamed variously "Kim", "Hubbie" and "Mustafa", the last being a reference to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, due to the similar homophone between "Kimmel" and "Kemal". Kimmel graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1904. Before reaching flag rank, he served in several battleships, commanded two destroyer divisions, a destroyer squadron and USS New York (BB-34). He also held a number of important posi...

Shotwell, James T., 1874-1965

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Historian. From the description of Reminiscences of James Thompson Shotwell : oral history, 1952. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734188 From the description of Reminiscences of James Thompson Shotwell : oral history, 1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608356 American historian. From the description of A visit to the Canadian battle fields : typescript, 1919. (Unknown). WorldC...

Adams, Henry Mason, 1907-....

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Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958

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Historian, feminist, and author. Married historian Charles Beard. From the description of Papers, 1935-1958 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006703 From the description of Letters, 1937-1942 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008676 Beard was an American author and historian. From the description of Correspondence: [1938?]-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155180912 Mary Ritter Bear...

Barnes, Harry Elmer, 1889-1968

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Barnes taught economics, sociology and history at various colleges and universities, including Harvard, Columbia, Smith, Amherst, Temple, Colorado, and the New School for Social Research from 1918-1955. He was with the editorial department of Scripps-Howard newspapers from 1929-1940 and was a consultant on criminology and penology to federal and state government agencies. A noted revisionist historian, Barnes questioned conventional views of orthodox religion and the origins of World War I, and ...

Teeters, Negley K. (Negley King), 1896-1971

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Negley K. Teeters taught sociology at Temple Univ. for 37 years during which time he authored numerous articles on capital punishment and prison reform. From the description of Papers, 1937-1971. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122417832 Negley K. Teeters (1896-1971) was a leading academic figure in the penal reform movement. He published works on prisons and punishment from 1937 to 1967. From the description of Home town hangings in the county...

Hiles, Charles C.

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Hiles (1896-1979), a career naval officer, served from 1914-1947 and retired with the rank of lieutenant commander. While serving in China as a naval paymaster from 1930-1932, he began the study of cryptography under Captain Laurance F. Safford. Hiles was stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941. After his retirement he devoted his energies to researching and writing about the events leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack and U.S. entry into World War II. ...