Raven Society papers [manuscript] 1945-1946.

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Raven Society papers [manuscript] 1945-1946.

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The collection contains 5 postal card invitations to Atcheson L. Hench to attend Raven Society meetings including speeches by H. L. Alden on telescopes and John Yoe on his observations at the atomic bomb experiments on Bikini. Also a formal invitation in conjunction with the Lychnos Society to hear Jacques Barzun and attend a reception afterwards. The collection also contains a letter, 1946, enclosing two tickets(not present) to the Kroll String Quartet concert, 1946.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012

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Born in France on November 30, 1907, critic-historian Jacques Barzun came to the United States in 1920 and received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University. He taught at Columbia until his retirement in 1975, having also for a decade been Dean of Faculties and Provost. From 1975 to 1993 he was Literary Adviser to Charles Scribner's Sons. Among his forty books are biographical-critical studies of William James and Hector Berlioz, several volumes of literary and cultu...

Raven Society (University of Virginia)

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Virginius Dabney was a University of Virginia graduate, member of the Raven Society, author, and former editor of The Richmond Times Dispatch. From the description of Papers of the Raven Society [manuscript], 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 647906414 ...

University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Lychnos Society.

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Alden, H. L. 1890-

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Kroll Quartet

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Yoe, John H. (John Howe), 1892-

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