Charles Poore letters received from various authors, 1933-1968, undated.

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959

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Bernard Berenson (June 26, 1865 – October 6, 1959) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. His book Drawings of the Florentine Painters was an international success. His wife Mary is thought to have had a large hand in some of the writings. Berenson was a major figure in the attribution of Old Masters, at a time when these were attracting new interest by American collectors, and his judgments were widely respected in the art world. Recent research has cast doubt on some...

Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001

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American author. From the description of Typed letter signed : Jackson, Miss., to Charles Ryskamp, Director of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875021 The short story writer and novelist Eudora Alice Welty was born on April 13, 1909, in Jackson, Miss. In 1946 she published Delta wedding, her first novel. Her novel The optimist's daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969. She was a lecturer and writer-in-residence at numerous colleges....

Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958

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The best-selling novelist, Lion Feuchtwanger, fled Germany in 1933 with the rise of the National Socialists. Living first in exile in France (1933-1940), Feuchtwanger and his wife, Marta, ultimately emigrated to the United States in 1940, coming to Los Angeles in 1941. Lion Feuchtwanger is perhaps best known for his historical novel, Jud Süss (1925; Jew Suess), and his novel Erfolg (1930; Success), the first novel that predicts the reign of terror of National Socialism. Lion Feuchtwanger lived ...

Morison, Samuel Eliot

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Morison graduated from Harvard in 1908 and taught American history at Harvard. From the description of Course material for History 161b, the discovery of America, 1940. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512193 Morison earned his Harvard AB in 1908, his Harvard AM in 1909, and his Harvard PhD in 1912. He taught history at Harvard. From the description of Notes in English 28, second half year, 1904-1905. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074686...

Rama Rau, Santha, 1923-2009

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Rama Rau is an Indian author. Forster was an English author who wrote A Passage to India in 1924. From the guide to the Santha Rama Rau papers concerning, A passage to India, 1960-1962., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Rama Rau was an Indian author. Forster was an English author, who wrote A Passage to India in 1924. From the description of Papers concerning A Passage to India, 1960-1962. (Unknown). Worl...

Mauldin, Bill, 1921-2003

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Bill G. Mauldin was from Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He was a lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force in the late 1960s and was stationed at White Sands Missle Range, New Mexico. Clark County records show that he married Janet C. Felling in 1966. From the description of Bill Mauldin letters, 1965-1966. (Ouachita Baptist University). WorldCat record id: 741328734 Cartoonist. Full name: William Henry Mauldin. From the description of Papers of Bill Mauldin, 1941-1968. (Unknown...

Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947

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Editor at and vice-president of Charles Scribner's Sons. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1938-1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122629156 Maxwell Evarts Perkins was one of the most importnat editors in American literary history. Belinda Dobson Jelliffe, born in Asheville, N.C., became a friend of Thomas Wolfe in 1933. In 1935, Charles Scriber's Sons published her only book, a semi-autobiographical work titled Fo...

Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974

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Physicist, engineer, government official, and science administrator. From the description of Vannevar Bush papers, 1901-1974 (bulk 1932-1955). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980014 Administrator, engineer. From the description of Reminiscences of Vannevar Bush : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569580 Biographical Note ...

Sullivan, Frank, 1892-1976

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Reporter, author. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1942. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122526776 Columnist and humorist; worked for New York World and New Yorker magazine. From the description of Letter to Lola L. Kovener, 1939 May 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54077377 From the description of Frank Sullivan letter to Lola L. Kovener [manuscript], 1939 May 29. (University of...

Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972

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Poet, acting editor of The Dial magazine, 1925-1929. Born Marianne Craig Moore. From the description of Book manuscripts, 1935-1967. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122417395 From the description of Albums, [ca. 1905-1936]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524976 From the description of Family correspondence, 1848-1972, bulk 1905-1972. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540617 From the desc...

Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960

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Franklin Pierce Adams was a journalist and writer. Born in Chicago, he decided to become a writer and moved to New York, where he wrote for various newspapers. His signature column was The Conning Tower, an enormously popular compilation of satire, light verse, literary criticism, politics, and social commentary, all made accessible by Adams' unpretentious wit. His friends in the New York literary circle also contributed to his column, including Dorothy Parker, Sinclair Lewis, Edna Ferber, and G...

Dupee, F. W. (Frederick Wilcox), 1904-

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Lewis, W.S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979

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Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis was born in Alameda, California, on November 14, 1895. He graduated from Yale College in 1918. While at Yale, Lewis was editor of the Lit, and contributed to the Courant and the Record. He served in the army during World War I and in the OSS during World War II. He was a member of many societies and a contributor to multiple magazines, including Atlantic Monthly. He was also an expert and collector of the writings of Horace Walpole, the 18th century English writer. He was ...

Edman, Irwin, 1896-1954

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Professor of philosophy at Columbia University. From the guide to the Irwin Edman Papers, [ca. 1930]-1954., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Professor of philosophy at Columbia University. From the description of Irwin Edman papers, [ca. 1930]-1954. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 493895789 Philosopher, educator, and author. From the description of Irwin Edman paper...

Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1882-1958

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Epithet: of the River Club New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x00016e Bernard Mannes Baruch was a financier and head of several war committees, including chairman of the War Industries Board, 1918-1919, and U.S. representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, 1946. From the guide to the Speech before the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, June 14, 1946, 1946, (Amer...

Macleish, Archibald

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Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet. Kaiser is a professor of comparative literature at Harvard. From the description of Letters to Walter Jacob Kaiser, 1955-1957 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367921 MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard (1949-1962). From the description of Scratch : manu...

Poore, Charles, 1902-

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American author Charles Poore was born in Mexico and educated at Yale. He wrote various pieces for the New York Times, and is probably best remembered for his outstanding work on the New York Times Book Review, where he wrote daily reviews for years as well as holding editorial positions. He also published a biography of Goya, and edited the successful Hemingway reader. From the description of Charles Poore letters received from various authors, 1933-1968, undated. (Pennsylvania Stat...

Davenport, Marcia, 1903-1996

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American writer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated Pebble Beach, Ca., 2 May 1991, to Miss [Joan] Peyser, 1991 May 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270992393 Author and music critic. From the description of Marcia Davenport papers, 1929-1970 (bulk 1932-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131131 Biographical Note 1903, June 9 ...

Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979

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James T. Farrell (1904-1979) was an Irish-American novelist, short story writer, journalist, travel writer, poet, and literary critic. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he attended the University of Chicago and published his first short story in 1929. He is best known for his Studs Lonigan trilogy and for his A note on Literary Criticism, in which he described two types of the American Marxist character. From the guide to the James T. Farrell Collection, 1953-1961, (Special Colle...

Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994

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Illustrator and satiric artist; Salisbury, Conn. Died 1994. From the description of Robert C. Osborn photographs, 1928-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502619 Robert Osborn (1904-1994) was an illustrator and painter of Salisbury, Conn. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Chesley Osborn, 1974 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477514 Illustrator, painter; Salisbury, Conn. Died 1994. From the description of...

Mack, Gerstle, 1894-1983

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San Francisco born author (né Lewis Gerstle Mack) He wrote several books, including The Land Divided, a definitive history of the Panama Canal. His other published works include biographies of French Impressionist painters, histories of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and of the Gerstle family, and books on Spanish architecture. His other research interests included modern architecture and the theater. From the description of Gerstle Mack papers, 1903-1974. (University of Californ...