Monson Academy collection, 1804-1971 (bulk 1860-1970).

Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965

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Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was an American sociologist and workers-rights advocate who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. She and Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes were the only original members of the Rooseve...

Munn, Orson Desaix, 1824-1907

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Colton, Simeon, 1785-1868

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Simeon Colton (1785-1868), native of Connecticut, was a Congregational and Presbyterian minister, who lived for some time near Fayetteville and Asheboro, N.C., where he taught at schools and preached to Presbyterian and Methodist churches. From the guide to the Simeon Colton Papers, ., 1840-1861, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Norcorss, Joel, 1776-1846.

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Hammond, Charles, 1813-1878

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Auditor General of Michigan. From the description of Charles G. Hammond papers, 1842-1843. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418310 ...

Brown, Samuel, 1810-1875

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Epithet: actuary and statist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000704.0x0002e9 Epithet: Dr; of Philadelphia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000704.0x0002ed Epithet: Commander; RN; engineer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000704.0x000363 Epithet...

Wilbraham & Monson Academy.

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Monson Academy, incorporated 1804 in Monson, Mass., opening in 1806; in 1971 merged with Wilbraham Academy in the adjoining town, to become Wilbraham & Monson Academy, a residential co-educational preparatory school; first headmaster was Rev. Simeon Colton; first trustees included Rufus Flynt and Joel Norcross; after 1840s foreign students were admitted including Yung Wing, the first Asian to earn a college degree in the U.S., in 1854. Under laws at the time of incor...

Beach, Alfred E. (Alfred Ely), 1826-1896

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Monson Academy

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Cushman, Thaddeus L., 1865-1937

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Wilbraham Academy

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Yung, Wing, 1828-1912

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First Chinese student to graduate from Yale University (1854); served in Imperial Customs Translating Department, Shanghai; worked under the Viceroy Tsang Kwoh Fan, 1863-1865; involved with education in China and in sending Chinese students to the U.S.; held various posts in the Chinese government until 1902, when he moved permanently to the U.S. From the description of Yung Wing papers, 1848-2001 (inclusive), 1848-1910 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122562677 From t...