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Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945

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Maurice Baring was born on April 27, 1874, as the eighth child and fifth son of Edward Charles Baring, first Baron Revelstoke and Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel. Born in the West End of London, Baring attended Eton College and then Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1898, he joined the diplomatic service. In 1904, he became a journalist and reported on the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria for the Morning Post. Later, he was a correspondent in Russia and Istanbul (Constantinople). During World War ...

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935

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Social reformer; founder of Hull House settlement, Chicago. From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Louis J. Keller, Chicago, 1912 May 13. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496308 From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Paul M. Angle, Springfield, Ill., 1932 June 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496294 Founder of Hull House in Chicago. From the description of Cor...

Adams, J. Q. (Joseph Quincy), 1881-1946

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Barnet, I. Cox (Isaac Cox), 1773-1833

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Ampthill, Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell, 2d Baron, 1869-1935.

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Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964

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Born Nancy Witcher Langhorne, of Richmond, Va., and "Mirador," Albemarle co., Va. Married Robert Gould Shaw, 1897; divorced, 1903; one son, Robert Gould. Married Waldorf Astor (1879-1952) of Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 1906; five children: William Waldorf (b. 1907), Nancy Phyllis Louise (b. 1909), Frances David Langhorne (b. 1912), Michael (b. 1916), and John Jacob (b. 1918). Elected first woman to Parliament, 1919, serving twenty-five years. From the description of Pa...

Anderson, Judith, 1897-1992

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Actress. From the description of Reminiscences of Judith Anderson: oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632281 ...

Anspacher, Louis Kaufman, 1878-1947

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Louis Kaufman Anspacher (1878-1947), Columbia University A.M., 1899; Ll.B., 1902, was an American author, playwright, director, and public lecturer. From the guide to the Lois Kaufman Anspacher Papers, 1897-1948., (Columbia Unviersity. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Louis Kaufman Anspacher was an American playwright and director. From the description of Louis Kaufman Anspacher collection of papers, 1912-1924. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 12...

Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935

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George Pierce Baker was an American drama educator. He graduated from Harvard University in 1887 and from 1888 to 1924 was a faculty member in the English Department. While at Harvard, he played a key role in starting the Harvard Theatre Collection at Harvard University Library; he created the Harvard Dramatic Club; and he founded Workshop 47 to provide a forum for the performance of plays developed for his English 47 class. Baker was unable to convince Harvard to offer a degree in playwrighting...

Ayscough, Florence Wheelock, 1878-1942

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Babcock, Conrad Stanton, 1904-

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Anderson, Celia Rousseau

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Ashcroft, Peggy, Dame

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Armfield, Maxwell, b. 1862

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Aynesworth, Allan, 1864-1959

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Born in 1887, Allan Aynesworth began his acting career in Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's 1887 production of The Red Lamp . In 1895 he played Algernon in the premiere production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at the St James' Theatre, London. He went on to appear in many productions, mainly in London theatres, and in 1912 became an actor-manager at the New Theatre with Ready Money . The following year he took over the Garrick and in 1914, with Bronson Albery, the Crite...

Agate, James, 1877-1947

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Allshorn, W. M.

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Armstrong, William, 1882-1952

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Epithet: actor and director British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000138 ...

Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955

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Produced May 18, 1942. From the description of Tomorrow's sun; a play, 1942. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365838 British actor, director, producer, and co-founder of the Chicago Little Theatre. From the description of Morley's First Sketch of English Literature papers, 1909 and 1936. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34491672 ...

Arthur, George, Sir, 1860-1946

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English historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Pretoria, to Mary Frances Ronalds, 1900 Nov. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270127105 ...

Ashford, Kathleen.

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Agate, May, 1892-

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Arbach, Vera.

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Arent, Arthur

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American playwright and television and screenwriter; b. 1904; d. 1972. From the description of Arthur Arent collection, 1895-1968. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969637 ...

Arntzenius, Perone.

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Van Volkenburg, Ellen.

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Director, actress, and puppeteer in Engliand and the United States, and co-founder of the Chicago Little Theatre with her husband, Maurice Browne. From the description of Letters, to her parents, 1913-1937. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34366255 ...

Anglin, Margaret, 1876-1958

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Canadian actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [Wilmington, 9 March 1915], and [New York, n.d.], to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1915, 9 March. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680597 Margaret Anglin (1876-1958) was a Canadian-born actress, director, and producer who was considered one of the finest actresses of her day. Anglin performed on Broadway and around the country from 1889 to 1936. Like many of Broadway's stars at the beginn...

Ashmole, Bernard, 1894-1988

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Armstrong, John, 1893-1973

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Ahlefeldt-Laurvig, Preben Ferdinand, greve, b. 1872.

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Aiken-Smith, Pearle.

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Barnes, Cyril B.

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Allen, John, Cambridge student.

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Adam, Ronald, 1896-1979

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Armour, J. Ogden (Jonathan Ogden), 1863-1927

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Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977.

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Epithet: Knight; film producer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x0003cb Film producer. From the description of Reminiscences of Sir Michael Balcon : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451253 ...

Ackland, Rodney, 1908-1991

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Arntzenius, Constance.

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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 ...

Anderson, Garland

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Ainley, Henry, 1879-1945

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English actor-manager. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : 61 Princes Gardens, West Acton, to Denys Blakelock, 1943 Aug. 5, 1944 Aug. 14, and 1945 Feb. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870199 British actor-manager. From the description of Letter, 1904[?]. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31187635 ...

Arliss, George, 1868-1946

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 8 Bloomsbury Place, London, to Mr. Beringer, 1907 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870220 George Arliss (1868-1946), English stage and screen actor, was best known for portraying historical figures such as British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Alexander Hamilton, Cardinal Richelieu, and French author Voltaire. Following Arliss' success with the stage version of Louis Napoleon Parker's DISRAELI (19...

Anand, Mulk Raj, 1905-2004

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Mulk Raj Anand was a popular and prolific Indian novelist known for his realistic portrayal of India's poor. While living in London, he became politically active in India's independence movement, and wrote numerous tracts about Indian art and culture. From the description of Mulk Raj Anand letter and photographs, ca. 1950? (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52281215 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : P...