Fifty years ago, 1943.

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Fifty years ago, 1943.

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Fifty years ago, 1943. Speech (copy) given on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Ladies Literary Society of Montgomery (Mich.) on March 16, 1943. The speech describes life in the 1890s in the United States. An undated letter notes that the speech was donated to the Clarke Historical Library, via John Cumming, by Floyd Dain.

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Dain, Floyd R. (Floyd Russell), 1910-

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Dain was born Nov. 20, 1910. He earned an A.B. and a M.A., both in history and both from Wayne State University (WSU). During World War II he served as a communications officer in the U.S. Navy. Dain taught in Detroit Public Schools for 29 years and as a special instructor at WSU for 15 years. Dain was hired as an administrative assistant at Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University (CMU) in 1966. He later took a part-time position as an assistant professor and was eventually prom...

Masters, Maud.

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Masters died at the age of 97 in 1968. She was a member of the Ladies Literary Society of Montgomery (Mich.). (Information from the collection.) For further information on Dain and Cumming, see the collections of their papers and books at the Clarke Historical Library. From the description of Fifty years ago, 1943. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 44175856 ...

Cumming, John, 1915-

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Cumming, born in Mass. in 1915, served as Director of the Clarke Historical Library at CMU, 1961-1982. He was an early member and president of the Michigan Archival Association. He earned degrees from Eastern Michigan University and attended Wayne State University and Michigan State University. The author of numerous books and articles, his private press won an Award of Merit in 1982 from the Historical Society of Michigan. He lives with his wife, Audrey, in Mount Pleasant. From the ...

Ladies Literary Society (Montgomery, Mich.)

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