Correspondence, 1973-1974.

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Correspondence, 1973-1974.

Correspondence between a number of people, including Donald F. Tingley, about an article Tingley published in the Summer 1973 issue of the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, "Allan Nevins: A Reminiscence." The article provoked both commendations and criticisms from others who knew Allan Nevins's character.

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Billington, Ray Allen, 1903-1981

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Historian; teacher of American history at Clark University, Smith College, and Northwestern University; research associate at the Henry E. Huntington Library; author of Westward Expansion (1949) and Frederick Jackson Turner (1973). From the description of Ray Allen Billington papers relating to the fourth edition of Westward expansion, 1967-ca. 1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80908689 From the description of Ray Allen Billington papers relating to the fourth edition of ...

Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

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Historian, journalist and educator. He attended the University of Illinois where he earned a B. A. 1912 and an M. A. in English, 1913. Nevins moved to New York to work and eventually was made a Professor of History at Columbia University. Wrote numerous biographies and articles on history. President of the American History Association in 1959. Helped found the Society of American Historians. From the description of Commencement address, June 1953. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Librar...

Lewis, Mort R.,

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Nevins, Mary Ellen

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Whitney, Ellen M.

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Simon, Paul, 1928-2003

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U.S. Senator, Congressman, presidential candidate, Illinois lieutenant governor and member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois State Senate, author. Bought a newspaper in Troy, Ill. when he was 19 and eventually owned 14 newspapers. Authored books on Elijah Lovejoy and Abraham Lincoln as well as issues like world hunger and the environment. After retiring from the senate he founded the Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where he taught and con...

Alderfer, William K.,

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Kohlmeyer, Fred W.

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Tingley, Donald F. (Donald Fred), 1922-2004.

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Tingley, a PhD graduate of the University of Illinois, was a history professor at Eastern Illinois University (1953-1985), and author of several books on Illinois history. From the description of Correspondence, 1973-1974. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 477283284 ...