Herbert L. Jacobson letters, 1939-1975.

Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012

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Born in France on November 30, 1907, critic-historian Jacques Barzun came to the United States in 1920 and received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University. He taught at Columbia until his retirement in 1975, having also for a decade been Dean of Faculties and Provost. From 1975 to 1993 he was Literary Adviser to Charles Scribner's Sons. Among his forty books are biographical-critical studies of William James and Hector Berlioz, several volumes of literary and cultu...

Trilling, Lionel, 1905-1975

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Lionel Trilling and his wife, Diana Trilling. From the description of Letters, 1970-1976, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155876900 Professor. From the description of Reminiscences of Lionel Trilling: oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122394116 Lionel Trilling was a successful author, educator, and scholar, but his greates...

United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

Jacobson, Herbert L., 1913-1995

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United Nations official, international trade specialist. (Columbia University B.A., 1936). From the description of Herbert L. Jacobson letters, 1939-1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102622 ...

Stacton, David, 1925-1968

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David Derek Stacton (Erik), novelist and poet, was born in Nevada in 1925. He is known for thirteen historical novels on topics including Napoleon, Nefertiti, and Lincoln's assassination. The books received critical acclaim, although Stacton received more praise in Europe than in the United States. Stacton died of a stroke in Denmark, in January, 1968. From the description of Papers, 1960-1967. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 48454555 From the gui...

Phillips, William, 1907-....

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American author. From the description of The first printing of Sherwood Anderson's "Winesburg, Ohio, [manuscript] 1943 : galley proof. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833266 ...

Praz, Mario, 1896-1982

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Trilling, Diana

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Writer Diana Trilling spent much of her life carving a niche out for herself that would separate her from her husband, critic and author, Lionel Trilling. Although she was fiercely devoted to their marriage, she maintained her own identity and had a successful career as a literary critic, an author, and a cultural commentator. She was not afraid to shy away from controversy especially if, in her view, her political opinions were being distorted or misunderstood by others. (The name ...