Letter, the White House, Washington, to John M. Thomas, President, State College, 1922 May 22.

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Letter, the White House, Washington, to John M. Thomas, President, State College, 1922 May 22.

U.S. President Warren G. Harding writes to Pennsylvania State College President John M. Thomas concerning Thomas's efforts to develop Penn State into a state university and the lack of campus facilities; Harding wishes him success in private and public fund raising. Includes three reprints of the letter used in the Pennsylvania State College Emergency $2,000,000 Building Fund campaign and a photocopy of Harding's retained copy.

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Harding, Warren Gamaliel, 1865-1923

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Warren Gamaliel Harding (b. November 2, 1865, Blooming Grove, Ohio-d. August 2, 1923, San Francisco, California) was an American politician who served as the 29th President of the United States from March 4, 1921 until his death in 1923....

Pennsylvania State College

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Thomas, John Martin, 1869-1952

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Dr. John Martin Thomas was born at Fort Covington, New York, on December 27, 1869. He received degrees from Middlebury College, in Vermont (B.A., 1890; A.M., 1893). He studied at Union Theological Seminary and at the University of Marburg in Germany. Upon graduation from Union Theological Seminary, he was ordained a Presbyterian minister and served as pastor for the Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church at East Orange, New Jersey for fifteen years. He was a member of Chi Psi, Phi Beta Kappa, and ...