Additional papers, 1872-1975 (inclusive).

Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1899-1979

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Cornelia Otis Skinner was an American writer, monologist, and actress. Born on either May 30, 1899 or 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, Skinner was the daughter of actors Otis Skinner and Maud Durbin. Skinner attended Bryn Mawr College, but left during her sophomore year to move to Paris, where she attended the Sorbonne and studied acting at the Jacques Copeau School and the Comedie Francaise. Skinner began her acting career in 1921, debuting as Dona Sarasate in the stage adapt...

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–...

James, William, 1882-1961

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William James, Jr. (1882-1961), son of famous psychologist William James, was an American painter who worked as a painting critic for the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and as its director from 1930-1937. While at the Museum School, James met Mrs. Kathryn A. Hodgman of Kalamazoo, Michigan through Edward W. Forbes. James and Hodgman studied together at his summer home in Chocorua, New Hampshire during the summer of 1934. From the guide to the Papers, 1930-1937, (Harvard Art...

Howe family.

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Howe, Helen, 1905-1975.

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Monologuist and author (Radcliffe, 1927) Howe studied acting with Georges Vitray in France, joined the New York Theater Guild, performed to critical acclaim in the U.S. and London, toured with "Community Concerts" during WWII, and wrote several novels and a family history. Her parents, Mark Anthony Dewolfe Howe and Fanny Quincy Howe, were writers. Her brothers were Quincy Howe, an editor and radio commentator, and Mark DeWolfe Howe, a Harvard law professor. Howe married Reginald Allen, curator o...

Davis, Mabel Quincy, d. 1958.

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Howe, Fanny Quincy, 1870-1933

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Biography Fanny Howe was born into a distinguished Boston family in 1940. Her father, Mark De Wolf Howe, taught Law at Harvard University and was the first Charles Warren Professor in the History of American Law. He also was in the process of writing a multi-volume biography of Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes. At the time of his death in 1967 he had completed two volumes. Fanny Howe's mother, Mary Manning Howe, was born in Dublin, Ireland and h...

Copeland, Charles Townsend, 1860-1952

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Copeland (1860-1952) graduated from Harvard in 1882 and taught rhetoric and oratory at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Charles Townsend Copeland, 1862-1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973011 Educator, editor, and author. From the description of Charles Townsend Copeland papers, 1898-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449796 Copeland (A.B. 1882) became an assistant professor of English at Harvard University in 1...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...

Howe, Quincy, 1900-....

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Journalist. From the description of Reminiscences of Quincy Howe : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740310 ...

Starr, Polly Thayer.

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Allen, Reginald

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Manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, July 11, 1979 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862153 From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Oct. 17, 1977 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862479 Allen is a black member of the Mormon Church. From the description of Oral history, 1986-1987...

Bancroft, Mary R.

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Mary Bancroft, author and intelligence officer for the Office of Strategic Services, was born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1903, the daughter of Mary Agnes Cogan and Hugh Bancroft, later publisher of the Wall Street Journal. Bancroft studied at Smith College, and married Sherwin Badger; they had three children: a son who died in infancy, Sherwin Jr., and Mary Jane. Bancroft later married Jean Rufenacht, a Swiss businessman, and in the 1930s moved to Switzerland where she was analyzed by C.G. Jung. Sh...