The education of humanity : as seen in its most ancient civilizations / written on the prairies of Illinois in 1840 by J.W.J., 1840.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Pargellis, Stanley McCrory, 1898-

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Fifth Librarian of the Newberry Library, 1942-1962, and historian. Born in 1898 in Toledo, Ohio, and educated at the University of Nevada, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar), and Yale, Pargellis taught history at Cal Tech, Yale, and Scripps before becoming Librarian of the Newberry in Chicago. Under Pargellis, the Library assumed the outlines of its modern shape. The collection grew markedly through gifts (Graff, Greenlee) and enlarged acquisitions - rarities in the humanities, Mid...

Heartman, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1883-1953

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Bibliographer and author; operated auction and bookselling business from Pelican Galleries in New Orleans, La., and Book Farm in Hattiesburg, Miss. From the description of Charles F. Heartman collection of material relating to Negro culture, 1791-1839. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972576 Charles Frederick Heartman (1883-1953) emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1911. He was in the auction and bookselling business, operating primarily from the Pelican G...

J. W. J.

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