Letter : to Mr. Kenneth Porter, Eugene, Or., 1952 May 3.

Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana

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Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981

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Kenneth Wiggins Porter was a professor of history at several colleges and conducted research on African-American frontiersmen and cowboys, Black Seminoles, and American folklore and folk history. He also wrote poetry and was a Socialist, maintaining an active correspondence with both groups of people. Born in Kansas, Porter graduated from Sterling College in Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1926, and obtained his Master of Arts degree the following year from the ...

Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964

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J. Frank Dobie was a noted Texas author and English professor at The University of Texas at Austin. He was also editor of the Texas Folklore Society's publications during the 1930's and 1940's. From the description of Letter : to W.A. Philpott, 1938 April 12. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22699684 Historian, author, folklorist. Born in 1888 on a ranch in Live Oak County, Texas, Dobie was awarded his B.A. by Southwestern University (1910), M.A. by Co...

Hunt, Frazier, 1885-1967

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Graff, Everett D. (Everett Dwight), 1885-1964

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Chicago steel company executive, philanthropist, Western Americana book collector and Newberry Library President of the Board of Trustees, 1953-1964. Under Graff's leadership, the Newberry Library modernized its facilities and refined its collecting policies. In 1960, Graff bequeathed his Western Americana books, pamphlets, manuscripts and maps, which he had acquired over a fifty year period, to the Newberry Library. Graff was also active in numerous library associations...

Buffalo Child Long Lance, 1890-1932

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