Papers, 1880-1984.

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...

Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981

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Roger Nash Baldwin (January 21, 1884 – August 26, 1981) was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He served as executive director of the ACLU until 1950. Many of the ACLU's original landmark cases took place under his direction, including the Scopes Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti murder trial, and its challenge to the ban on James Joyce's Ulysses. Baldwin was a well-known pacifist and author. Baldwin was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts, the son of Lucy Cushing (...

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965

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Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was an American sociologist and workers-rights advocate who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. She and Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes were the only original members of the Rooseve...

De Sélincourt, Hugh, 1878-1951

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Hugh De Sélincourt was born in London and educated at Oxford. He became a journalist, serving as drama critic and literary critic for various London newspapers. He wrote several plays, but is best remembered for his adventure novels. He was a devoted cricket fan, and wrote two novels that revolve around the game; he also played cricket with several literary friends, including P.G. Wodehouse. From the description of The high adventure, circa 1908. (Pennsylvania State University Libra...

Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952

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English novelist and essayist. Born George Norman Douglas. From the description of South wind : AMs and related material, [1916]-1924 Oct. 25. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122645587 From the description of ALS : London, to Grant Richards, 1917 Oct. 3. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122645586 George Norman Douglas was born Dec. 8, 1868 in Falkenhorst, Thuringen, Austria; recognized as British author, scientist, diplomat...

Doty, Madeleine Z. (Madeleine Zabriskie), 1877-1963

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Lawyer; Journalist; Suffragist; Prison reformer; Pacifist; Teacher. Born Bayonne, New Jersey, 1877; A.B. Smith College, 1900; L.L.B., New York University, 1902; practiced law until 1907; then secretary, Russell Sage Foundation Children's Court Committee. Accompanied Jane Addams and 43 other women to Women's Peace Conference, The Hague, 1915; as traveling correspondent, New York Tribune and Good Housekeeping, was in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution. Published Society's Misfits (1916) on juv...

Madariaga, Salvador de

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Author, historian, Spanish ambassador to the U.S. and France, and chief of the Spanish delegation to the League of Nations. Full name: Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo. Died 1978. From the description of Notebooks of Salvador de Madariaga, circa 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455620 Epithet: Spanish diplomatist and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x000035 ...

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of India's independence from British colonial rule to world attention. His philosophy of non-violence, for which he coined the term satyagraha, influenced both nationalist and international movements for peaceful change. Gandhi's principle of satyagraha (from Sanskrit satya: truth, and graha: grasp/hold), often translated as "way of truth" or "pursui...

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...

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945

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Theodore Dreiser was an American literary naturalist and author of two of the most significant works of early twentieth-century American fiction, SISTER CARRIE (1900) and AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (1925). From the description of The mercy of God : manuscript, [1900-1945?] / by Theodore Dreiser. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 63051908 Editor and author. From the description of Theodore Dreiser papers, 1910-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009534 ...

Osborne, Thomas Mott, 1859-1926

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Phillips, David Graham, 1867-1911

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American journalist and novelist. From the description of David Graham Phillips letters, circa 1911. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122515089 ...

Smith College Junior Year for International Studies

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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

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H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells (b. September 21, 1866, Bromley, Kent, England-d. August 13, 1946, London, England), best remembered for imaginative novels such as The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds, prototypes for modern science fiction, was a prolific writer and one of the most versatile in the history of English letters. He produced an average of nearly three books a year for more than fifty years, in addition to hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. His works ranged from f...

Kerensky, Aleksandr Fyodorovich, 1881-1970

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Full biographical histories of the individual members of the Kerensky family represented in this collection are included in the full catalogue at sub-fonds level: Alexander Kerensky (1881-1970) ; Olga Kerensky (1883-1975) ; their sons, Oleg Kerensky (1905-1984), civil engineer ; Gleb Kerensky (1907-1990), engineer ; and grandson, Oleg Kerensky (1930-1993), ballet critic . From the guide to the Kerensky Family Papers, [Late 19th century]-1991, (University of Birmingham, Cadbury Resear...

Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933

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Novelist. From the description of Letters, 1900-1932. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 708580518 From the description of Papers, 1925-1933. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 708580524 John Galsworthy was an English dramatist and novelist. Educated as a barrister at Harrow and New College, Oxford, he instead decided to travel, attending to his family's shipping business abroad, and then began writing. His first book, From the Four Winds, was a collec...

Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, Baron, 1871-1961

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British Labour Party statesman. From the description of Letter : Gomshall, Surrey, to Laurence Housman, 1932 Sept. 7. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25352239 ...

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

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WILPF developed out of the International Women's Congress against World War I that took place in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1915 and the formation of the International Women's Committee of Permanent Peace; the name WILPF was not chosen until 1919. The first WILPF president, Jane Addams, had previously founded the Woman's Peace Party in the United States, in January 1915, this group later became the US section of WILPF. Along with Jane Addams, Marian Cripps and Margaret E. Dungan were also foundi...

Gorky, Maksim, 1868-1936

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Russian author. From the description of Autograph letter (incomplete at end and lacking signature) : [n.p.], to Walter Mett, 1922 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269563164 Russian novelist. From the description of Maksim Gorky appeal, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869098 Author. From the description of Papers of Maksim Gorky, 1922-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454921 880-11 Russkiĭ...

West, Rebecca, 1892-1983

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Rebecca West was a British author and journalist. Born Cicily Fairfield, of Scots-Irish heritage, she adopted the name of the strong-willed heroine of Ibsen's play, Rosmershmolm. She trained as an actress, but concentrated on writing and contributed to various liberal journals. In addition to social commentary and literary criticism, she wrote novels; her writing was distinguished by passion, intelligence, and style. Her personal life included a decade-long affair with H.G. Wells, affairs with C...

Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline, 1867-

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Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence was born into a large family in Bristol. A rebellious child, she became a social worker in London, organizing a club for young working-class girls. Exposed to extreme poverty, she converted to Socialism; her marriage to wealthy lawyer Frederick Lawrence required his conversion, and an agreement to adopt the joint name Pethick-Lawrence. She was active in the Women's Social and Political Union, until she was expelled for disagreeing with their more radical programs. She r...