Douglas Huntly Gordon collection, 1845-1975.

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Douglas Huntly Gordon collection, 1845-1975.

The collection of Baltimore collector, Douglas Huntly Gordon, Jr., consists largely of items related to his interest in art and books. Included are catalogs, society memberships, and notices of exhibits. Also in the collection are student papers of his father, Douglas Huntly Gordon, Sr., from classes taught by Professor Richard T. Ely, 1884-1890, at Hopkins. A final item is a letter written to Judith Page Aylett in King William County, Virginia from her son in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 12, 1845.

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Aylett, Judith Page Waller, 1804-1860

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Ely, Richard T. (Richard Theodore), 1854-1943

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Epithet: American economist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000366 Richard T. Ely received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his doctorate in economics from the University of Heidelberg. He held the professorship of economics at Johns Hopkins University from 1881 to 1892, and was subsequently professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ely took an active part in t...

Gordon, Douglas Huntly, 1867-1918.

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Gordon, Douglas Huntly, 1903-1986.

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Biographical Note: Douglas Huntly Gordon, Jr. was a collector of art and books. He was born in Baltimore in 1903 and graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1928. After a brief career in politics and academia, Gordon devoted himself to collecting and historic preservation in Baltimore, MD. He was particularly interested in French Renaissance studies and published "The Censoring of Diderot's Encyclopedie and the Re-Established Text" in 1947. Gordon's father, Douglas Hunt...

Johns Hopkins University. Dept. of Political Science.

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