Papers of Francis Pickens Miller, 1915-1976.

Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971

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Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State, born Dean Gooderham Acheso, in Middletown, Connecticut, on April 11, 1893. After being educated at Yale University (1912-1915) and Harvard Law School (1915-18) he became private secretary to the Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis from 1919 to 1921. A supporter of the Democratic Party, Acheson worked for a law firm in Washington, D.C., before President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him Under Secretary of the Treasury in 1933. During World War II (1941),...

Miller, Helen Hill, 1899-1996

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Helen Hill Miller, economist and writer, daughter of Russell Day and Lucia (Elliott) Hill was born in Lake Forest, Illinois. She received her A.B. from Bryn Mawr in 1921, Diploma in Economics and Political Science from Oxford in 1922 and Ph.D from the University of Chicago in 1928. She married Francis Pickens Miller in 1927. For three summers (1921, 1923, 1926) she tutored at the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry and from 1927-1930 she travelled and studied in E...

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978

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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. At one point he helped run his ...

Tuck, William M. (William Munford), 1896-1983

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William Munford Tuck was born 28 September 1896 in Halifax County, Virginia, to William Robert James Tuck (1863-1930) and Virginia Susan Fitts Tuck (1860-1909). He was the grandson of the William Munford Tuck (1832-1899) of the biographical sketch he wrote. Tuck attended the College of William and Mary, but left to enlist in the United States Marine Corps during World War I. After the War he returned to Virginia and graduated from Washington and Lee University. He returned to Halifax County and ...

Haley, William 1901-1987

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Epithet: editor of 'The Times' Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x00022d ...

Boorstin, Daniel J., 1956

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Librarian of Congress, author, educator, and historian. From the description of Daniel J. Boorstin papers, 1882-1995 (bulk 1944-1994). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070411 Biographical Note 1914, Oct. 1 Born, Atlanta, Ga. 1934 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ...

Davis, Lambert

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Historic Lexington Foundation

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Ward, Barbara, 1914-1981

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English economist, author, teacher, and lecturer; b. Barbara Ward and wrote under that name; married Robert Gillman Allen Jackson; made life peeress of House of Lords in 1976 with title Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth; d. 1981. Wrote on economic development, international economic relations, population policy, human ecology, and other subjects. From the description of Barbara Ward collection, 1954-1968. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969762 Economist, ...

Brownlow, Louis, 1879-1963

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Journalist and public administrator. Director of the Public Administration Clearing House and, earlier, president of the Board of Commissioners for the District of Columbia. From the description of Louis Brownlow speech, 1941 June 2. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 230814504 Louis Brownlow (1879-1963), journalist and political scientist, wrote The President and the Presidency in 1949, A Passion for Politics in 1955, A Passion for Anonymity in 1958, and Anat...

Douglas, Paul, 1892-1976

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Howard Douglas : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309732848 From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Howard Douglas : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527416 U.S. Senator (Democrat, Illinois). From the description of Paul H. Douglas papers, 1932-1971. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat ...

Goode, Virgil H.,

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Couch, William T. (William Terry), 1901-1988

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William Terry Couch was director of the University of North Carolina Press, 1932-1945; director of the University of Chicago Press, 1945-1950; editor-in-chief of Collier's Encyclopedia and Yearbooks, 1952-1959; editor of the American Oxford Encyclopedia, 1959-1963; and co-director of the Center for American Studies in Burlingame, Calif., 1963-1964. From the description of William T. Couch papers, 1926-1988. WorldCat record id: 27190223 Publisher. From the descrip...

United States., Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was created by the merger of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and the Presbyterian Church in the United States on June 10, 1983. From the description of Presbyterian Church U.S.A. records, 1920-1980. (Johnson C Smith University, J B Duke Memorial Library). WorldCat record id: 70970093 ...

Glass, Meta, 1880-1967

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Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-1999.

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Historian. From the description of Reminiscences of C. Vann Woodward : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419190 C. Vann Woodward was born in Vanndale, Arkansas, on November 13, 1908. He received his Ph.B. from Emory University in 1930; his M.A. from Columbia University in 1932; and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1937. He began his professional career as an assistant professor of history at the Univer...

Rémy, 1904-1984,

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Brooks, Hays, 1898-

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Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995

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Newspaper editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Virginius Dabney : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513091 Virginia newspaper editor and author. From the description of Papers of Virginius Dabney [manuscript], 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806495 From the description of Papers, 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958583 Editor...

Cairns, Huntington, 1904-1985

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Author, government official, and lawyer; died 1985. From the description of Papers of Huntington Cairns, 1780-1984 (bulk 1925-1984). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71065994 Biographical Note 1904, Sept. 1 Born, Baltimore, Md. 1922 Graduated, Baltimore City College (high school), Baltimore, Md....

Maunsell, R. J.,

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Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead), 1897-1981

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President of the University of Virginia, 1947-1959; former Governor of Virginia; Lawyer; Farmer; Teacher; Businessman; United States House of Representatives; member of the United States Delegation to the U.N. during the Eisenhower Administration. From the description of Oral history interview of Colgate W. Darden by Ann L. S. Southwell and Michael F. Plunkett [manuscript], [1972?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920804 University of Virginia president, Gov...

American revolution bicentennial commission

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The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to the historical events leading up to the creation of the United States as an independent republic. The Bicentennial culminated on Sunday, 4 July 1976, with the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. From the guide to the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission papers MSS. 0074., 1974-1976, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The ...

Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

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Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn Dalton. he received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's Attorney for Radford, Virginia and state senator from 1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the Western District of Virginia. His adopted son was John N. Dalton who served as governor of...

Merton, George M., 1899-

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Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986

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United States ambassador to India, 1951-1953 and 1963-1969. From the description of The Indo-American development program : the problems and opportunities : mimeograph, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867525 Chester Bowles was born on April 5, 1901, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale University in 1924 (B.S.) and established the advertising firm of Benton and Bowles, with William Benton, in 1929. Bowles served in the Office of Price Administration ...

Norrington, Thomas,

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Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004

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Davis, Richard Beale

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Bruce, David K. E., 1898-1977

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Diplomat, U.S. Army officer. From the description of Papers : of David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce, 1918-1971. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29489768 David K. E. Bruce was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 12, 1898. During the Truman Administration, he served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 1947 to 1948; Chief of the Economic Cooperation Administration to France, May 1948 to 1949; United States Ambassador to France, 1949 to 1952; and Under S...

World Council of Churches

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The World Council of Churches is an ecumenical organization that was founded in Amsterdam in 1948. From the description of World Council of Churches records, 1937-1989 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702164061 The desire of the World Council of Churches to open a dialogue with Hindus, Buddhists, Jews and Muslims resulted in the 1971 Dialogue with People of Living Faiths and Ideologies (DFI) program. This program supports interreligious multi-lateral and b...

Smith, R. Harris (Richard Harris), 1946-

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American historian. From the description of R. Harris Smith papers, 1934-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870897 Biographical Note American historian. From the guide to the R. Harris Smith papers, 1934-1995, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Vissr t'Hooft, Willem Adolph, 1900-

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Reston, James, 1909-1995

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James Barrett Reston, along with such writers as Eric Sevareid, Joseph Alsop, and Walter Lippmann, had a tremendous influence on shaping twentieth-century American journalism. After graduating from the University of Illinois, Reston worked in publicity and reporting before taking a job with the Associated Press. In 1937, he went to London to cover news and sports for the A. P. During this assignment, Reston met Arthur Hays Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times . Soon after their encoun...

Michie, Thomas Johnson, 1795-1873

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Cohen, Kenneth P

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Boothe, Armistead L. (Armistead Lloyd), 1907-

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Alexandria, Va. lawyer and politician. From the description of Papers : of Armistead L. Boothe, 1803-1990. (Alexandria Library). WorldCat record id: 29916991 Armistead Lloyd Boothe (1907-1990), member of the House of Delegates and of the Senate of Virginia, was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Gardner Lloyd Boothe and Eleanor Harrison Carr Boothe. He attended the University of Virginia and was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and spent two years studying law at Oxford Un...

Malone, Dumas, 1892-1986

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American historian and editor. From the description of Address books [manuscript] ca. 1925-1934. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647963645 Historian, biographer, University of Virginia professor. From the description of Papers of Dumas Malone [manuscript], 1913-1986. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816236 Professor of History at the University of Virginia; Editor of the "Dictionary of American biography," and biographer of ...

Pierce, Neil R.,

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Robinett, Paul M. (Paul McDonald), 1893-1975

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Brigadier general, United States Army. From the description of Paul McDonald Robinett papers, 1947-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867100 Army officer. From the description of Papers of Paul M. Robinett, 1915-1972 (bulk 1943-1957). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061308 Biographical Note 1893, Dec.19 Born, Mountain Grove, Mo. ...

Williams, Murat W. (Murat Willis), 1914-1994

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U.S. ambassador to El Salvador; state chairman: Virginians for McCarthy. From the description of Virginians for McCarthy papers [manuscript], 1968 January-November. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816539 Career Diplomat and Virginia politician, involved with: World War II Naval Service; Foreign Service Office; Ambassador to El Salvador; diplomatic career in Spain, Romania and Israel; Richmond Times-Dispatch; University of Virginia; Oxford University; Virgini...

Clarke, Edward H., 1939-

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Miller, Francis Pickens, 1895-1978

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Government official. From the description of Papers of Francis Pickens Miller [manuscript], 1885-1976. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825652 ...

Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955

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John Raleigh Mott was born on May 25, 1865 in Livingston Manor, New York to John Stitt and Elmira Dodge Mott. John R. was the third of four children, having two older and one younger sister. The family soon moved to Postville, Iowa, where the elder Mott prospered as a retail lumber and hardware merchant and became mayor. In this conservative, ethnically diverse environment, young Mott grew to mid-adolescence in a home warmed by Methodist "holiness," which faith he confessed...

Ogburn, Charlton, 1911-1998

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Charlton Ogburn, author, was born March 15, 1911 in Atlanta, Georgia. Ogburn held various posts in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs including that of political advisor to the United States Delegation to the United Nations Security Council's Committee of Good Offices in the Indonesian Dispute and Chief of the Division of Research for the Near East, South Asia, and Africa. After resigning from government work (1957), he devoted his time to writing, focusing on wildlife and on the true identity of...