Philip Allison Shelley correspondence related to the Simmons Series, 1947-1959.

Viëtor, Karl, 1892-1951

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Vietor was Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture at Harvard University. From the description of Notes, 1916-ca.1945. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122564044 Vietor taught German art and culture at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Karl Vietor, 1920-1948 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973204 Viëtor was Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture at Harvard University. From the guid...

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

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Sir Stephen Harold Spender (February 28, 1909 - July 16, 1995) was an English poet and novelist who worked with the themes of social injustice and class struggle. Spender was born in London and educated at University College, Oxford. He was mentored by W. H. Auden with whom he maintained a life-long friendship. He edited Horizon with Cyril Connolly from 1939-1941. Following WW II, Spender devoted his time to criticism, co-editing the magazine Encounter from 1953-1966. Spender also held a number ...

Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977

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American poet Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV was born in Boston on March 1, 1917, to Robert Traill Spence Lowell III and Charlotte Winslow Lowell, a relation of writers James Russell Lowell and Amy Lowell. In addition to being the descendant of poets, Lowell encountered and was taught by numerous prominent poets during his classicist education. Lowell attended St. Mark's School (1930-1935), where he was influenced by Richard Eberhart, and Harvard University (1935-1937). In 1937, Boston psychiatr...

Zipf, George Kingsley, 1902-1950

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Harsányi, Janice

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Ransom, John Crowe, 1888-1974

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American poet and educator. From the description of Letter to Mrs. F.E. Lund [manuscript], 1968 February 12. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833566 John Crowe Ransom, noted poet, critic, educator and editor, was born April 30, 1888 in Pulaski, Tennessee. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1909, was a Rhodes Scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, 1910-1913, and joined the faculty of Vanderbilt in 1914, where he taught English until 1937. While at Vanderbil...

Moore, John C. (Architect)

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Tudor Singers of Montreal,

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Engle, Paul, 1908-1991

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Paul Engle was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on October 12, 1908. Engle attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, where he graduated cum laude in 1931, emphasizing English literature, American history and languages. In 1932, Paul Engle received his M.A. from the University of Iowa. In the fall of 1933, Paul Engle received the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. He sailed for England, enrolled in Merton College at Oxford University, and began studies under the poet Edmund Blunden. He was awarded a second M...

Kibler, Belva, 1913-1983

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Morgan, Donald (Baritone)

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Oates, Whitney J. (Whitney Jennings), 1904-1973

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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

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Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), novelist and playwright. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82555916 From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165470 Thornton Wilder was an American playwright, novelist, and essayist. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975 bulk (1926-1967). (New York Public Library). WorldCat rec...

Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-....

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John Malcolm Brinnin (1916-1998) was a poet, critic, anthologist, and teacher who, among other accomplishments, helped to popularize Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in the United States as well as establishing the 92nd Street Y in New York City as a center for literary activity. A successful poet, Brinnin also authored a number of biographies as well as several works on travel. From the description of John Malcolm Brinnin papers, 1930-1981. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record i...

Simmons, Ernest J., 1839-1895

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Wagoner, David

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Author David Wagoner was born in Ohio. He received a B.A. from Penn State, where he later taught, and where he came under the charismatic influence of Theodore Roethke. From his position at the University of Washington, Wagoner has created an inconspicuous but remarkable body of work, including novels, stories, and especially poems. A writer's writer, Wagoner remains little-known, but his readable, praiseworthy, and influential body of work is known and admired by his colleagues. Fro...

Blackmur, R. P. (Richard P.), 1904-1965

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American literary critic, author, and professor of English at Princeton University from 1951. From the description of Manuscripts. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122529910 Blackmur was an American literary critic and poet. From the description of Poems, 1921-1964. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505745 From the guide to the R. P. (Richard P.) Blackmur poems, 1921-1964., (Houghton Library, Harvard College L...

Brumbaugh, G. Edwin, 1890-1983

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G. Edwin Brumbaugh was a restoration architect. Born in 1890 in Huntington, Pa., he was the son of former Pennsylvania Governor Martin Grove Brumbaugh and Anna Konigmacher. He graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia and received his B.S. in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1913. From 1912 to 1914, he was a draftsman for Mellor & Meigs. In 1915, Brumbaugh began working for Charles Barton Keen and as late as 1923 supervised the work of Keen's office w...

Capp, Al, 1909-1979

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Cartoonist, illustrator; New York, N.Y. Creator of the comic strip "Lil' Abner". Full name is Alfred Gerald Caplin. From the description of Al Capp cartoon drawings, 1950-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515753 ...

Kray, Elizabeth D., 1916-1987

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Shelley, Philip Allison, 1907-....

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Philip Allison Shelley was born in York, Pennsylvania, on 7 August 1907. He earned degrees from Penn State (1929) and Harvard (M.A., comparative literature, 1930; Ph.D., Germanic philology, 1938). With the aid of an Ottendorfer Memorial Fellowship, he studied at the German universities in Berlin and Goettingen in 1933 and 1934. Philip Allison Shelley became a member of the Penn State faculty in 1939 and headed the German Department from 1942 to 1962. He was named professor of comparative literat...

Tate, Allen, 1899-1979

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Allen Tate was an American poet, essayist, literary critic, novelist, and translator. From the description of Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652060 From the guide to the Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) John Orley Allen Tate was born in Winchester, Clarke County, Kentucky, in 1899. He atte...

Schreiber, Carl F. (Carl Frederick), 1886-

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Carl F. Schreiber (1886-1960) was a professor in the German Department at Yale University from 1909 to 1954 and curator of the William A. Speck Collection at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library from 1928 to 1960. From the description of Carl F. Schreiber papers, circa 1910-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702186811 Carl F. Schreiber was born in Saginaw, Michigan. His father, Hugo Friedrich, was a merchant; his mother was Adelaide Rueter. Schreiber received his ...

Mertner, Edgar

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Levin, Harry, 1910-1965

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Muller, Herbert Joseph, 1905-....

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Corporal, German army. From the description of Herbert Müller correspondence, 1941-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123379368 Biographical/Historical Note Corporal, German army. From the guide to the Herbert Müller correspondence, 1941-1945, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Bowra, C. M. (Cecil Maurice), 1898-1971

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Boldereff, Frances M. (Frances Motz), 1905-

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Kahler, Erich, 1885-1970

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Historian. Von Kahler taught at the New School for Social Research. From the description of Erich (Von) Kahler papers, 1906-1968. (University at Albany). WorldCat record id: 77821576 German scholar. From the description of Letters : Princeton, to Kurt Struss, 1958-1962. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80271895 Erich Kahler (originally von Kahler) was born on October 14, 1885 in Prague and grew up in Vienna, Austria. Both citi...

Viereck, Peter, 1916-2006

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Peter Viereck (1916-2006) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, and a professor of history at Mount Holyoke College. From the guide to the Peter Viereck Manuscripts, 1963-1965, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Peter Viereck is an accomplished American poet, historian, and scholar. His verse features a unique gift for rhyme, lyricism, and an almost metaphysical infatuation with ideas. His combination of traditional forms with intelle...

Hyslop, Lois Boe, 1908-2003

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Daiches, David, 1912-2005

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The writer and critic Professor David Daiches was born in Sunderland on 2 September 1912. He was the son of the author Rabbi Dr. Salis Daiches (1880-1945), Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation. The younger Daiches was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and studied at Edinburgh University and Balliol College, Oxford. Between 1935 and 1936 he was an Assistant in English at Edinburgh University and then from 1936 to 1937 was a Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford. Daiches began to be published a...