League of Vermont Writers papers, 1928-1942.

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early 20th century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong education. Eleanor Roosevelt named her one of the ten most influential women in the United States. In addition to bringing the Montessori method of child-rearing to the U.S., she presided over the country's first adult education program and shaped literary taste...

Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951

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Sinclair Lewis (b. Feb. 7, 1885, Sauk Centre, MN–d. January 10, 1951, Rome, Italy) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. ...

Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984

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American. From the guide to the George D. Aiken letter to Leo M. J. Manglaviti, 1972, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of George David Aiken : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451163 U.S. senator from and governor of Vermont. From the description of George D. Aiken proclamation, 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

McWain, Donald.

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Grenfell, Anne, 1885-1938

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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963

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American poet from New England. Winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. From the description of Letters, 1931-1943. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464432 American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Beggen [?], 1928. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129842 Robert Frost was an American poet. From the description of Papers concerning the Kenned...

Morrison, Theodore, 1901-1988

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Morrison graduated from Harvard in 1923 and taught English at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Theodore Morrison, 1940-1951 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973137 ...

Moody, Paul D.

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Cady, Daniel L. (Daniel Leavens), 1861-1934

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Walter, Dorothy Charlotte, 1889-1967

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Dorothy Charlotte Walter was born April 27, 1889, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., the eldest child of Charles True and Sarah Mabel (Hall) Walter. She received her early education at Lyndon Academy and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University in 1912. Her career included teaching, research work, proof reading and editing, writing, home nursing, and many other activities. Although she traveled quite extensively, the main focus of her life was Vermont and Providence, R.I. She died in 1967. ...

Whalon, Mark Edward, 1948-....

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Eastman, Elaine Goodale, 1863-1953

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Warde, Beatrice

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English writer on typography. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York], to F.B. Adams, Jr., 1969 Jan. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659511 Epithet: Mrs née Becker typographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001e7 ...

Crane, Charles Edward, 1884-....

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Charles Edward Crane began his career as a correspondent and feature writer. After 15 years with AP he returned to Vermont and bought and edited the "Middlebury Register." In 1920 he became associated with Vermont Printing Company in Brattleboro. For none years he was an editor and columnist for the "Brattleboro Reformer," and edited the periodical "With Interest" for the Vermont Peoples National Bank of Brattleboro. Carne became Nations Life's first director of publicity in 1832. He retired in ...

Nason, Leonard Herbert

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Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944

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Ida M. Tarbell was an investigative journalist best known from her The History of the Standard Oil Company published in 1904. She wrote for American Magazine, which she also co-owned and co-edited, from 1906 to 1915. From the guide to the Ida M. Tarbell papers, 1916-1930, (Ohio University) Historian, journalist, lecturer, and muckraker, (Allegheny College, A.B., 1880). For further information, see Notable American Women (1971). From the description of The nationa...

Orton, Vrest, 1897-1986

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Peach, Arthur Wallace, 1886-1956

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Stafford, Wendell Phillips, 1861-

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Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; d. 1953. From the description of Wendell Phillips Stafford letter, 1910 Dec. 30. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 700944699 ...

Gardyne, Mary Elkins

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Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969

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Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States devoted primarily to the investigation of disease. Cole's medical research centered on problems relating to immunity to diseases of the respiratory system, particularly pneumonia From the guide to the Rufus Ivory Cole papers, ca. 1900-1966, 1900-1966, (American Philosophical Society) Ordaine...

Ripley, Thomas Emerson

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Bessie, Alvah Cecil, 1904-1985

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Alvah Bessie (1904-1985) was an author and screenwriter who fought with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain, and was later blacklisted as one of the "Hollywood Ten" cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions at the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings on the influence of the Communist Party in the motion-picture industry. From the description of Papers, 1937-1991 (bulk 1936-1939, 1967-1985). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476413154 ...

Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 1885-1970

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Frances Parkinson Wheeler Keyes (1885-1970), born in Virginia, was married to Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938); they had three children. Henry W. Keyes became governor of New Hampshire in 1917 and a United States senator in 1919. The family maintained multiple residences. Frances Parkinson Keyes wrote popular romantic novels emphasizing local color, descriptions of life among the upper classes, and generation-spanning sagas. She wrote over fifty books, alternating between books about Louisiana wit...

Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959

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American author who wrote poetry, short fiction, novels, essays; interested in many social issues including socialism, pacifism,and working conditions of laborers. From the description of Letters of Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn [manuscript], 1915-1938. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874776 Cleghorn was an author and poet. From the description of Papers, 1936-1945 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007193 ...

Safford, Henry Barnard, 1883-

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Flower, J. Howard (James Howard), 1883-1967

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Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983

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Radical professor; socialist; pacifist during World War I era; author and lecturer; leader of "back-to-the-earth" movement. From the description of Papers, 1943-1988. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 20061606 American sociologist. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Toledo, Ohio, to Eckstein Case, Cleveland, Ohio, 1917 April 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806119 Scott Nearing began his career as a t...

Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963

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American author and critic. From the description of Typed letter signed : Westport, Ct., to Stark Young, 1937 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874884 Van Wyck Brooks was an author and educator, known for his study of, and influence on, American culture. After graduating from Harvard, he sought a literary career in New York and London, writing chiefly for magazines. While teaching at Stanford he developed his first books of criticism, leading up to his first signifi...

Owen, H. G. (Hugh Gwyn)

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Canfield, Mary Grace, 1864-1946

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Mary Grace Canfield (1864-1946) was a native of Vermont and the wife of the Reverend Harry Lee Canfield (1860-1942), a Universalist minister working in North Carolina. The Canfields came to North Carolina in the 1920s. From the description of Mary Grace Canfield photographic collection, circa 1920s. WorldCat record id: 43034506 From the guide to the Mary Grace Canfield Photographic Collection, circa 1920s, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina...

Becker, May Lamberton, 1873-1958

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Authority on children's literature, editor, author, and literary critic, Becker was a contributing editor to the book section of the New York Herald Tribune and to Scholastic Magazine. For further biographical information, see American Women, 1935-1936 (1935). From the description of Letter, 1927. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007142 May Lamberton Becker (1873-1958) was a writer of the "Books" column in the New York Herald Tribune. From the descrip...

League of Vermont Writers.

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The idea of an association of Vermont writers was discussed informally in 1928 by Arthur Wallace Peach, Walter John Coates, and Daniel L. Cady and the group was officially organized as the League of Vermont Writers at the Vermont Library Association annual meeting in Springfield on 25 September 1929, with Peach as President and Coates as Secretary. Constitution and by-laws were adopted in Goshen in 1932. From the description of League of Vermont Writers papers, 1928-1942. (Vermont Hi...

Simpson, Mary Jean, 1941-

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Eaton, Walter Prichard, 1878-1957

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Author, drama critic, and educator. From the description of Correspondence of Walter Prichard Eaton [manuscript] 1901-56. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647942999 Walter P. Eaton: worked in the drama department, New York Tribune, 1902-1907; drama critic, New York Sun, 1907-1908; drama critic, American Magazine, 1909-1918; professor of playwriting, Yale University, 1933-1947; free-lance drama and theater critic; author. From the description of Walte...

Flanders, Helen Hartness, 1890-1972

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Corliss, Anne Parrish.

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