Walpole Society papers, 1934-1967.

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Walpole Society papers, 1934-1967.

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Papers relate to membership and programs of the Walpole Society and include meeting announcements, new member nominations and elections, memoriam cards, pamphlets for society outings, photographs, and letters received from members Chauncey C. Nash, Edwin J. Hipkiss, Henry F. DuPont, Bertram K. Little, Wilmarth Lewis, William A. Jackson and others.

1 box ; 26 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Jackson, William A. (William Alexander), 1905-1964

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Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard University.. From the description of William A. Jackson diplomas and certificates, 1927-1962. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 663976597 Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard. From the description of William A. Jackson letters to Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 1945. (Harvard University). WorldC...

Dupont, Henry, 1894-

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Hipkiss, Edwin James

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Little, Bertram K., 1899-1993

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Sizer, Theodore, 1892-1967

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Society named after Horace Walpole (1717-1797), founded in 1910 to promote the study and appreciation of British art. From the description of Walpole Society papers, 1934-1967. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 550528065 Theodore Sizer was born on March 19, 1892 in New York City. He received a B.S. degree from Harvard in 1915. He worked in the import-export business from 1915 until 1922 and served as a first lieutenant in the Army in World War I. He was curator at the ...