Papers, 1941-1978.

Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980

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Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) was one of the most brilliant practitioners of the art of the short story. Her literary reputation rests on the stories in her Collected Stories (1964) rather than on her best-selling novel Ship of Fools (1962). Born Callie Russell Porter on May 15, 1890, she was the fourth of Harrison and Mary Alice Porter's five children. When her mother died in March 1892, her father moved the four surviving children from his farm in the central Texas community ...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Lilly, Eli, 1885-1977

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Epithet: philanthropist and pharmacologist, President Eli Lilly and Company British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000837.0x00033f Eli Lilly was an Indianapolis pharmaceutical heir and magnate, philanthropist, and avocational archaeologist and historian. From the description of Papers, 1937-1961. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 27350174 Lilly was an Indianapo...

Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of James William Fulbright : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743979 From the description of Reminiscences of James William Fulbright : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743991 Epithet: Senator Chairman United States Senate Committee for Foreign Relations British Library Archives and Manuscripts C...

Wells, Herman B.

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Before becoming president of Indiana University, Herman B Wells served as an assistant cashier at the National Bank of Lebanon before going on to work for the Indiana Bankers Association, the Indiana Commission for Financial Institutions, and the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions. He was named dean of the Indiana University School of Business administration in 1935 by IU President William Lowe Bryan. In 1937 he was named acting president of the university and president the following y...

Eldridge, James Anthony, 1920-1978.

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Editor and critic. From the description of Papers, 1941-1978. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 49521126 James Anthony Eldridge, 1920-1978, was a lecturer, editor, and critic. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he attended Cathedral High School and Butler University. His early career was that of a lecturer on literary subjects and as a WPA employee under State Administrator John Kaley Jennings. Following a year in the army at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin during World War II, ...

Yoho, Robert O.

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Macmillan, Nellie Belles.

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Bayh, Birch, 1928-....

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The Patent and Trademark Act Amendments of 1980, introduced as the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act and commonly known as the Bayh-Dole Act, were enacted on December 12, 1980 (P.L. 96-517). The Bayh Dole Act established procedures through which universities, small businesses, and non-profit corporations could control intellectual property resulting from federally funded research. Co-sponsored by Senators Birch Bayh of Indiana and Robert Dole of Kansas, it was the culmination o...

Barr, Joseph W. (Joseph Walker), 1918-1996

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Joseph Walker Barr, 1918-, a native of Vincennes, Indiana, and an alumnus of DePauw University and Harvard University, served as a member of the 86th Congress from Indiana, 1959-1960, as assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-1964, as chairman of the FDIC, 1964-1965, as Under Secretary of the Treasury from April 29, 1965 to December 20, 1968, and as 79th Secretary of the Treasury until January 20, 1969. From the guide to the Barr mss., 1958-1971, (Lilly Library (Indiana Uni...

Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967

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Editor, publisher, and philanthropist. From the description of Henry Robinson Luce papers, 1917-1967 (bulk 1945-1967). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979868 Epithet: American publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000705.0x0000d4 Biographical Note 1898, Apr. 3 Born, Shantung Provi...

Jennings, John Kaley, 1883-1972.

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Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986

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Biographical/Historical Note Prime minister of Great Britain, 1957-1963. From the guide to the Harold Macmillan speech, 1960, (Hoover Institution Archives) Prime minister of Great Britain, 1957-1963. From the description of Harold Macmillan speech, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869741 Publisher and later British Prime Minister. From the description of Letter : London, to Ralph Ho...

M. Madeleva (Mary Madeleva), Sister, 1887-1964

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Sister M. Madeleva (1887-1964), CSC, born Mary Evaline Wolff, was an American poet and nun. She was president of Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana from 1934-1961. From the guide to the Sister Mary Madeleva Papers, 1938-1961, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...