Papers, [ca. 1891-1941].

Cercle Français de l'Université Harvard

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jf5ph5 (corporateBody)

The first organization at Harvard University to use the name "Cercle Français" was established in November 1873 to encourage the study of French language and literature. The club, whose official name was Le Cercle Français des etudiants de l'Université de Harvard, met for readings of selected prose, verse and dramatic pieces and original essays, and discussion of current events. The club was in existence until 1875. There is no clear link between this club and the Cercle Français f...

Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65h81qd (person)

James Henry Breasted was a scholar, author, and explorer; as America's first Egyptologist, he pioneered the Oriental Instiutute at the University of Chicago. After graduating from Yale, he studied Egyptology in Berlin before teaching at the University of Chicago. During a long sabbatical from teaching he undertook the field work that formed the foundation of his reputation and scholarship, leading to a groundbreaking series of widely-read books and articles. His pioneering efforts, personal ener...

Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6445r9g (person)

Marshal of France, taught at the Ecole de Guerre, strategist at the battles of the Marne and Ypres during World War I and commander of the Alllied Armies in 1918. From the description of Letter, 1923. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41416593 Marshall of France, and commander of the Allied forces at the end of World War I. From the description of Notes, 1919 Oct. 14-Nov. 19, to the Paris Peace Conference. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 13917422 Fr...

Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fb5ffd (person)

Bergson was a leading French philosopher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. From the description of [Calling card] / Henri Bergson. [late 19th cent. or early 20th cent.] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 166268388 1881-1883 professor of Philosophy, Lycée d’Angers; 1883-1888 Lycée de Clermont-Ferrand; 1888-1889 professor, Collège Rollin; 1889-1897 Lycée Henri IV; 1897-1900 professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure; 1900-1921 professor, the College of France;...

Prévost, Marcel, 1862-1941

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p28zsn (person)

French author and dramatist. From the description of Les demi-vierges : autograph manuscript signed : Château de La Roche [near Vianne], 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618995 ...

Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv0rjj (person)

Médecin, Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) entra dans la carrière politique au lendemain de la journée révolutionnaire du 4 septembre 1870 et devint maire de Montmartre. Député radical en 1871, il siégea ensuite à l’extrême gauche de l’Assemblée (1876), où, après s’être opposé à la politique de Mac-Mahon, il contribua à provoquer la chute de plusieurs ministères (Gambetta, 1882 ; Jules Ferry, 1885). Après avoir soutenu la candidature de Boulanger au ministère de la Guerre, il dénonça ses prétention...

Berthelot, Philippe, 1866-1934

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vb29xm (person)

Andrew, A. Piatt (Abram Piatt), 1873-1936

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q53d96 (person)

Massachusetts representative in Congress. From the description of U.S. House of Representatives pass, 1924 March 19, to Perry Walton. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184903442 American politician; assistant secretary of the treasury, 1910-1912; director, American Field Service, 1914-1917; Republican United States representative from Massachusetts, 1921-1936. From the description of A. Piatt Andrew papers, 1832-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 75487286...

Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hd83hm (person)

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a prominent industrialist and art collector, commissioned architect Thomas Hastings of the firm Carrère & Hastings to design and build his New York residence in 1912. Located at One East 70th Street, the three-story Beaux-Arts mansion featured a 100-foot gallery for his art collection. Charles Allom of White, Allom & Co. and Elsie de Wolfe were selected to furnish the rooms. Frick, along with his wife and daughter, took up residence in the house in November...

Coolidge, Archibald Cary, 1866-1928

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67948nf (person)

Archibald Cary Coolidge (1866-1928) was an American educator. He was a Professor of History at Harvard College and the first Director of the Harvard University Library from 1910 until his death. Coolidge was also a scholar in international affairs. Elizabeth Bateman Partington was the wife of Frederick Eugene Partington (Brown '79) and was Coolidge's grandmother. From the description of Archibald Cary Coolidge letters to Elizabeth Bateman Partington, 1885-1924. (Harvard University). ...

Ochs, Adolph S. (Adolph Simon), 1858-1935

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68c9xn6 (person)

President of the New York Times. From the description of Letter, 1921 Sept. 12, New York, to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904887 Publisher and President of the New York Times Company, 1894-1935. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1880-1940] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155540212 Newspaper publisher, of New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1892-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960312 ...

Hyde, James H. (James Hazen), 1876-1959

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6057hpc (person)

James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959) was a businessman, francophile, and expatriate. He graduated from Harvard in 1898. In 1899 he was left in charge of his father's (Henry Baldwin Hyde, 1834-1899) life insurance company, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. In 1905 Hyde lost control of the company in a publicity scandal that resulted in an investigation of the insurance industry by the New York State. In late December 1905 Hyde sailed for Paris, where he lived until the Nazi occup...

Weill, Felix, b. 1871.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66b15q0 (person)

Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pp0bc0 (person)

George Westinghouse was a well-know investor and businessman in various fields including railroads and electricity. George and Marguerite Westinghouse were prominent citizens of Pittsburgh and also owned houses in Lenox, MA, New York City, and Washington, D.C. These materials came from descendants of the Uptegraff family, who worked for both Mr. and Mrs. Westinghouse for many years. From the description of George and Marguerite Westinghouse Collection 1898-1914. (Historical Society o...

American Red Cross in France

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tj3038 (corporateBody)

Barthou, Louis, 1862-1934

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v42q5n (person)

Depew, Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell), 1834-1928

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q81qtx (person)

Charles Ranlett Flint (1850-1934) was a financial capitalist, merchant and industrial consolidator. He entered the shipping business and worked for commission merchants in New York City. Popularly known as the "Father of Trusts", he was responsible for many industrial consolidations and mergers. From the guide to the Charles R. Flint papers, 1872-1930, 1885-1915, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) was a lawye...

Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6th8q5d (person)

Anson Phelps Stokes was born on April 13, 1874, in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. He received degrees from Yale University (B.A., 1896) and the Episcopal Theological School (B.D., 1900). He served as Secretary of Yale University (1899-1921) and was active on several University committees and organizations. Phelps also served as Canon of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Washington, D.C. (1924-1939) and was active on a variety of educational commissions and as a trustee of the Phel...

Barrés, Maurice 1862-1923

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rz05dr (person)

French author and politician, known for his fierce nationalism. From the description of Letter, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122645466 ...

Peabody, Endicott, 1857-1944

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m90v6j (person)

American educator and theologian. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : Rome, etc., to Dr. Baldwin, 1895 Jan. 15-1903 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270860140 Endicott Peabody co-founded the Groton School for Boys (Groton, Mass.) and served as its headmaster. Rosalind Richards was a daughter of novelist Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards and granddaughter of Julia Ward Howe. From the description of Letters to Rosalind Richards, 1909-1946. (Ha...

Lebrun, Albert, 1871-1950

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61k3ctf (person)

President of France. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to [Mr. Heineman] as president of the comité d'entente Franco-Belge, 1931 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270597090 ...

Allen, Henry T. (Henry Tureman), 1859-1930

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68p6n1s (person)

Army officer. From the description of Papers of Henry T. Allen, 1806-1933 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 66095804 Henry Tureman Allen (1859-1930), U.S. Army officer, was born at Sharpsburg, Kentucky, the thirteenth child and ninth son of Ruben Sanford and Susannah Shumate Allen. The immigrant ancestor on his father''s side went to Virginia in 1636; his mother descended from a Huguenot settler in Virginia whose name, de la Soumatte, was transformed to Shumate. Al...

Forain, Jean-Louis, 1852-1931

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pv7tvf (person)

Poincaré, Raymond, 1860-1934

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w608771k (person)

President and statesman, and author of France. From the description of Address of Raymond Poincaré, 1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449397 President of the French Republic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to an unidentified correspondent, 1908 Mar. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617750 ...

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67w6qhn (person)

American sculptor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (6) : New York, N.Y., to Messrs. Schell and Bradley of Harper & Brothers, 1890 May 12-1892 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659398 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York, N.Y.], to an unidentified correspondent, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659388 Sculptor, New York City. From the description of John Quincy Adams Ward papers, 1857-1915. (Ne...

Hyde, Annie F.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pg5t2k (person)

American Field Service

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6255gtm (corporateBody)

The American Field Service (AFS) was founded in 1914 as a volunteer ambulance corps. It served with the French Armies in World War I. In 1939 the American Field Service volunteer ambulance service was reactivated. It served first with French forces in France, then with British forces in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and India/Burma. From the description of World War II records, [ca. 1939-1945] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155490917 The American Field ...

Federation of French Alliances in the United States and Canada

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sj86x3 (corporateBody)

Azan, Paul, 1874-1951

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg54vh (person)

Carrel, Alexis, 1873-1944

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr20wn (person)

Untermyer, Samuel, 1858-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hh782h (person)

Lawyer and civic and communal leader. From the description of Papers, 1912-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70947168 ...

Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d50nzp (person)

Rodin was a French artist most noted for his work as a sculptor. Delaunay was a French painter. From the description of [Notes] / Rodin. [between 1880 and 1917?] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191101211 French sculptor. From the description of Letters, 1882-1916. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84214109 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Davis, 1903 Dec. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Ferrero, Guglielmo, 1871-1942

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx1smr (person)

Italian historian, novelist, & social scientist. From the description of Papers, 1893-1942. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122611312 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Italian journalist, historian and novelist Guglielmo Ferrero (1871-1942) wrote for several European and Latin American newspapers and published more than ten books on ancient and modern European history. His interests included history, criminology, politics, religion, and li...

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq109f (person)

Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...

Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65t8bwg (corporateBody)

The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (ELAS) was founded in 1859 by Henry Baldwin Hyde (1834-1899). It became, by the year of Hyde’s death, the largest life insurance company in the world. Hyde sought to guarantee that his son, James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959), would continue family control of the company after his death, but in 1905 the younger Hyde lost control in a struggle which resulted from an investigation of the insurance industry by New York State. From the g...