Henry M. Robert papers, 1860-1989.

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Henry M. Robert papers, 1860-1989.

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Correspondence, clippings, and notes documenting the professional life of Henry M. Robert, originally of Beaufort District, S.C. Original and typescript copies of correspondence include 2 Apr. 1860, Fort Cascades, W[ashington] T[erritory], [to] Col. R. De Russy, Commander, Corps of Engineers, requesting to be relieved from duty with the Corps; and 10 June 1909, Owego, N.Y., [to] Hon. Frank M. Baker, Mayor of Owego, re plans for a dam on the Susquehanna River. Papers chiefly consist of professional and biographical information collected by three researchers: 32 items, 1860-1925 and undated, compiled ca. 1941 by Presbyterian College professor Frank Dudley Jones, of Clinton, S.C., including letters from Robert family members; 98 items, 1867-1977 and undated, re photocopies and abstracts of Robert's papers in the Library of Congress, as used and annotated by Don Harrison Doyle for researching his 1980 book; and bibliography and partial biography, ca. 1989, compiled by Philip W. Ogilvie, including excerpts from Washington, D.C., newspapers, ca. 1890, re a controversy over the enforcement of liquor licensing laws in places of prostitution and District Engineer Commissioner Robert's charges of police corruption. Printed material includes article by Hodding Carter, "The Clubwoman's Best Friend," from Saturday Evening Post, 19 August 1961, re the continued reliance on Robert's book of parliamentary procedure.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Robert, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1837-1923

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Charles Reeder Baker was born on April 8, 1880, in Lansing, Illinois (25 miles south of Chicago), son of Francis Ransom Baker and Luanna Brown Huff Baker. Charles had at least one sister, Carrie. The family moved to Riverdale in 1883, and Francis Baker became a station agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad. After graduating from grammar school in 1894 Charles completed the business and stenography course at the Chicago Business College. He graduated from the Northwestern University De...

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Jones, Frank Dudley, 1874-

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