Victoria Lincoln papers, 1833-1986.

Lincoln, Victoria, 1904-1981

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Biographical Note: Victoria Lincoln was an American writer of fiction, poetry, and journalistic articles. She was born in Fall River, MA in 1904, the daughter of Jonathan Thayer Lincoln (1869-1942) and Louise Sears Cobb Lincoln. She graduated from Radcliffe in 1926 and later married Victor Lowe, a professor of philosophy. She was a frequent contributor to "New Yorker," "Vogue," and "Collier's." Miss Lincoln authored several novels and investigated the legends surrounding...

Lowe, Victor, 1907-1988

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Biographical Note: Victor Lowe was professor of Philosophy, The Johns Hopkins University and the biographer of mathematician and philosopher, Alfred North Whitehead. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1907 and trained as an engineer at Case University. He left science for graduate studies in the Dept. of Philosophy at Harvard where Whitehead was a faculty member. He received his Ph. D. in 1935. Lowe came to Hopkins in 1947, retiring as professor emeritus in 1973. Victor L...

Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582

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Thurber, James, 1894-1961

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James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894. Considered one of the 20th century's more prominent humorists, he wrote nearly forty books of stories, essays, autobiography, and a Broadway play. Thurber passed away in 1961. From the description of James Thurber letters to Mrs. Robert Sterling, 1946-1950. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 181589252 Epithet: author and cartoonist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person ...

Saroyan, William, 1908-1981

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Frances Ring was Editor at WESTWAYS in Los Angeles. From the description of Letters (and manuscripts and photos) to Frances Ring, 1970-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863419 Goldie Weisberg was a fellow writer whose work Saroyan had discovered in a literary magzine. Saroyan initiated the correspondence, which focuses on their respective reading, writing, and work lives. From the description of Correspondence with Goldie Weisberg, 1930-1938. (Unknown). Wor...

Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...

Borden, Lizzie, 1860-1927

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Lizzie Borden was born July 19, 1860 in Fall River, Massachusetts, to a wealthy family. Her mother, Sarah, died when she was a child. Her father, Andrew, later married Abby Durfee Gray. On August 4th, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered at home. Lizzie was arrested after making contradictory statements to the police about the murders. She was put on trial for murder on June 5, 1893. The prosecuting attorneys were Hosea M. Knowlton and William H. Moody. The defending attorneys were Andrew...

Lincoln, Leontine, 1846-1923.

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Lincoln, Jonathan Thayer, 1869-1942.

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Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010

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Jerome David Salinger is infamously reclusive, and there are few known facts about his life. He was born on January 1, 1919, to an upper-middle–class family in New York City. His Jewish father, Sol, worked as an importer of ham. His mother, Miriam (born Marie Jillich), was of Scotch-Irish descent. His one sister, Doris, is eight years his senior. As a child, Salinger attended schools near his home in Manhattan. In 1932 he was enrolled in the McBurney School, a private institution t...

Harold Ober Associates

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Literary agency. From the guide to the Harold Ober Associates Letters, 1933-1977., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Literary agency. From the description of Correspondence with Paul Gallico, 1933-1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122412081 ...

Sarton, May, 1912-1995

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By Source, Fair use, Link May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995), poet and novelist, was born Elanore Marie Sarton in Wondelgem, Belgium, the daughter of George Sarton, a noted historian of science, and Eleanor Mabel Elwes, an English portrait painter and designer. Sarton moved with her parents to England, and in 1916 the family immigrated to the United States. All three became naturalized Americans in 1924, by which time Sarton's name had been Americanized to Eleanor May. Sart...

Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951

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Sinclair Lewis (b. Feb. 7, 1885, Sauk Centre, MN–d. January 10, 1951, Rome, Italy) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. ...