Correspondence, 1882-1952.

McMurtrie, Douglas C. (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944

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American typographer, known principally as an authority on typography and the history of printing and also as an authority on provisions for crippled children and disabled soldiers. From the description of Letter, 1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122608887 Douglas C. McMurtrie, bibliographer and historian of printing, served as national editor of the American Imprints Inventory (1939-1942) of the nationwide Historical Records Survey, a Work Project Administration (WPA) p...

Putnam, Herbert

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Herbert Putnam (b. Sept. 20, 1861, New York City–d. Aug. 14, 1955, Woods Hole, MA) was the eighth Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939. Putnam was born in New York City to parents Victorine and George Palmer Putnam; his father owned publishing house, G. P. Putnam's Sons. He married Charlotte Elizabeth Munroe and had two daughters, Shirley and Brenda Putnam. Putnam graduated from Harvard University in 1883. He served as librarian at Minneapolis Athenaeum, later Minneapolis Public Library, a...

Rollins, Carl Purington, 1880-1960

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Rollins was a book designer long associated with the Yale University Press (1918-1948). From the description of [Letters] 1935 / Carl P. Rollins. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 352927040 Carl Purington Rollins was born in 1880 in West Newbury, Massachussets. He attended Harvard University from 1897-1900, and worked at Heintzemann Press in Boston before joining New Clairvaux, a rural Utopian community, in Montague, Massachusetts,in 1903. Rollins taught prin...

Streeter, Thomas W. (Thomas Winthrop), 1883-1965

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Thomas Streeter was a collector of Americana; Dr. Mumey was a noted physician, Western historian, aviator, author, inventor and woodcarver. From the description of Letters 1959-1960. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 43482440 Thomas Winthrop Streeter (1883-1965) of Morristown, N.J., was an attorney financier, and businessman before becoming a bibliographer, rare-book dealer, and owner of one of the largest collections of Americana in the country. His collection in...

Cole, Theodore Lee, 1852-1932.

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Vail, R.W.G. (Robert William Glenroie), 1890-1966

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Director of the New-York Historical Society, 1944-1960. From the description of Knickerbocker birthday : a sesqui-centennial history of the New York Historical Society 1954. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58773027 ...

McCombs, Nelson Wilbor 1890-

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Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776

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Nathan Hale (b. June 6, 1755, Coventry, CT-d. September 22, 1776, New York City, NY) was born and raised in Coventry, Connecticut, and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. In 1776 he landed at the town of Huntington in Long Island, New York on an intelligence-gathering mission that ultimately resulted in his capture and execution by the British Army....

Keogh, Andrew, 1869-1953

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Andrew Keogh: reference librarian, Newcastle (Eng.) Public Libraries, 1892-1898; librarian of Linonia and Brothers Library at Yale University, 1899-1900; Yale University reference librarian, 1900-1916; Yale Librarian, 1916-1938; librarian emeritus, 1938-1953; lecturer and then professor of bibliography, 1902-1938; professor emeritus, 1938-1953. From the guide to the Andrew Keogh papers, 1898-1938, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Bates, Albert Carlos, 1865-1954

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Brigham, Clarence S. (Clarence Saunders), 1877-1963

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Clarence Saunders Brigham (1877-1963) began his distinguished library career while a student at Brown University. After graduation in 1899 he was appointed librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society and in 1908 he left that position to accept the offer of the librarian's post at the American Antiquarian Society. He was named director of the Society in 1930 and was made its president in 1955. He resigned fifty-one years after he began working in Worcester. Brigham was a dedicated librarian ...

Randall, David Anton, 1905-1975

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Randall was a special collections librarian at Indiana University, and interested in Brooks's papers. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1957. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 183402559 ...

Shipton, Clifford Kenyon, 1902-1973

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Batterson, James G. (James Goodwin), 1823-1901

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Hartford, Connecticut businessman and founder of Travelers Insurance. From the description of James Batterson Union State Central Committee papers, 1864-1866. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 163570494 ...

Nichols, Charles L. (Charles Lemuel), 1851-1929

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Holmes, Thomas James, 1874-1959

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Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935

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William Fowler Hopson (1849-1935): artist and engraver; in 1870 moved to New York City to work as book engraver; in 1872 moved to New Haven, Ct., in partnership with Roger Sherman as professional engravers; engraver of many bookplates. From the description of William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166107 From the guide to the William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Acorn Club.

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Paltsits, Victor Hugo, 1867-1952

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Manuscript curator, historian, bibliographer. From the description of Bibliographical papers, 1903-1944. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155477427 Archivist and librarian. From the description of Paltsits Ulster County collection, 1643-1829. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58779526 From the description of Victor H. Paltsits manuscript collection, ca. 1903 - ca. 1928. (New York University, Group Batch...