Tom Wallace papers, 1925-1960.

Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, 1891-1968

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Arthur Hays Sulzberger (September 12, 1891 – December 11, 1968) was the publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961. He was born in New York City and graduated from Columbia College in 1913; he married Iphigene Bertha Ochs in 1917. In 1918 he began working at the Times, and became publisher when his father-in-law, Adolph Ochs, the previous Times publisher, died in 1935. Sulzberger broadened the Times’ use of background reporting, pictures, and feature articles, and expanded its sections. ...

Braden, Anne McCarty, 1924-2006

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Journalist, civil rights activist; interviewee married Carl Braden. From the description of Reminiscences of Anne Braden : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309721763 Journalist; civil rights activist; interviewee married Carl Braden. From the description of Oral history interview with Anne Braden, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309721830 Anne McCarty was born ...

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies

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The Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies (CDAAA) was an American mass movement, political action group formed in May 1940. The CDAAA shared its leadership with the dissolved Non-Partisan Committee for Peace through Revision of the Neutrality Law (NPC), who was also chaired by White and directed by Eichelberger. Additionally, the CDAAA used ex-NPC offices in the League of Nations building at 8 W. Fortieth Street in New York City, as their central base. This has drawn commentators to r...

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Byrd, Robert C. (Robert Carlyle), 1917-2010

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In every corner of West Virginia, the people of the Mountain State knew that there was one man on whom they could always depend: U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd. He always remained true to his faith and his family, while he worked to build a better future for his state and his country. In the Senate, Robert Byrd worked for the people — better jobs; health care that is affordable and close to home; a good future for our children and grandchildren. Each day in the Senate, Robert Byrd focused on bui...

Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

United States. National Park Service

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U.S. National Park Service has managed the Morristown National Historical Park since 1933. From the description of Morristown National Historical Park resource management records, 1933-1994 (bulk 1938-1970). (Morristown National History Park). WorldCat record id: 71014733 The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. It was created...

Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971

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Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician. Raised in Owosso, Michigan, Dewey was a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. In 1944, he was the Republican Party's nominee for president, but lost the election to incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt in the closest of Roosevelt's four presidential elections. He was again the Republican presidential nominee in 1948, but lost to President Ha...

Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003

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James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American military officer and politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate on a States' rights platform supporting racial segregation. He received 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes, failing to defeat Harry Truman. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Southern De...

Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944

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Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for President. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist: although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor, he favored greater U.S. involvement in World War II to support Britain and other Allies. His Democratic opponent, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940...

Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944

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Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928. Smith was the foremost urban leader of the Efficiency Movement in the United States and was noted for achieving a wide range of reforms as governor in the 1920s. The son of an Irish-American mother and a Civil War veteran father, he was raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bri...

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 ...

Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1881-1968

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Ulysses Simpson Grant III (July 4, 1881 – August 29, 1968) was an American army officer, civil engineer and architect. The grandson of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States, he was born on the Fourth of July and attended Cutler School (1895-1897) and Columbia University (1898), both in New York City. He left in 1898 to fight in the Spanish-American War, and in 1899 entered West Point where he was a classmate of Douglas MacArthur. In 1907 he married Edith Root, daughter of Elihu R...

Vinson, Fred M. (Frederick Moore), 1890-1953

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Frederick Moore Vinson (January 22, 1890 – September 8, 1953) was an American Democratic politician who served the United States in all three branches of government. The most prominent member of the Vinson political family, he was the 53rd United States Secretary of the Treasury and the 13th Chief Justice of the United States. Born in Louisa, Kentucky, he pursued a legal career and served in the United States Army during World War I. After the war, he served as the Commonwealth's Attorney ...

Gainza Paz, Alberto, 1899-

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Garden Club of America

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Friends of the Land (U.S.)

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National Audubon Society.

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BIRD-LORE later became AUDUBON MAGAZINE. From the description of Account book for Bird-lore, 1901-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507194 Callison was Executive Vice President of the National Audubon Society, 1966-1970s. From the description of Charles H. Callison records, 1969-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507203 The Finley and Davis families, related through marriage, lived in Marshall County, Mississippi; in 1834, Mary Ja...

Stearns, Robert L., ca. 1872-1965.

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Meyer, Eugene, 1875-1959

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Newspaperman. From the description of Papers of Eugene Meyer, 1819-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83145968 Financier, newspaper executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Eugene Meyer : oral history, 1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309733277 ...

Tobin, Maurice J.

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Politician. Born in Roxbury, Mass. in 1901, Tobin served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Boston School Committee before being elected Mayor of Boston in 1937. In 1944 he became governor and in 1948 was appointed Secretary of Labor. He died in 1953. From the description of Maurice Tobin Collection, 1928-1953. (bulk 1937-1953). (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 33347251 ...

Olmstead Brothers.

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Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943

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Attorney, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1917-1920, and Secretary of Commerce, 1933-1938. From the description of Papers, 1860-1958 and n.d. (bulk 1933-1938). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20122068 Attorney, commissioner of internal revenue, 1917-1920, and secretary of commerce, 1933-1938. From the description of Papers, 1898-1941 ; (bulk 1928-1938). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 86148078 ...

Pegler, J. Westbrook (James Westbrook), 1894-1969

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James Westbrook Pegler (1894-1969), freelance journalist, was a columnist for Scripps-Howard Syndicate from 1933 to 1944, and a columnist for King Features Syndicate from 1944 to 1962. From the description of Pegler, J. Westbrook (James Westbrook), 1894-1969 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10569759 Conservative syndicated columnist. Won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing labor union corruption. From the description of Letter to Lola Kovener ...

Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-1991

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Lawyer, politician, U.S. senator, and ambassador. From the description of Letters, 1951-1977. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49211527 Judge, U.S. Senator, Ambassador Cooper was born in Somerset, Ky. and educated in the city's public schools. He was a gifted athlete and president of his senior class. In 1918 he entered Centre College and transferred to Yale University after one year. In 1923 he entered Harvard Law School, but qu...

Scholtz, Joseph.

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Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching

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The Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching was organized in Atlanta, Georgia in 1930 under the auspices of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Directed by Jessie Daniel Ames, the group collected thousands of signatures on anti-lynching petitions, worked to change public opinion and educate children away from racism, and assisted southern officials to uphold the law. The organization was dissolved in 1942. From the description of Association of Southern Wo...

Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, 1901-1973

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Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was born in Banes, in the province of Oriente, Cuba, January 16, 1901. Of very humble origins, Batista worked from an early age. An avid reader, he attended public school and Colegio Los Amigos, an American Quaker school, but was primarily a self-educated man. He held a few jobs and in 1921 he joined the Cuban Army. By 1932, he was a military court stenographer with the rank of sergeant major. On September 4 1933, Batista led the so called "sergeant's revolt", takin...

Rhee, Syngman, 1875-1965

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Synman Rhee (1875-1965) was the first and last Head of State of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea and the President of South Korea from 1948-1960. He spent his early life as a Korean revolutionary, with his focus shifting to the Korean independence movement after Japanese occupation. Much of this period was spent in effective exile including while obtaining degrees from George Washington University and Harvard University before ultimately becoming the first Korean to receive...

Benson, Ezra Taft

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under Eisenhower, apostle and later president of the LDS church. From the description of Speeches, 1966-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122462756 Ezra Taft Benson was United States Secretary of Agriculture January 21, 1953 – January 20, 1961. From the guide to the AV 14 Ezra Taft Benson U. S. Secretary of Agriculture audio recordings collection 1954-1977 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) ...

Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966

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Epithet: LLD, Editor-in-Chief 'National Geographic Magazine' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x000388 ...

Fechner, Robert, 1876-1939

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Warren, Earl, 1891-1974

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Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. From the description of Earl Warren papers, 1864-1974 (bulk 1953-1974). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982564 Biographical Note 1891, May 19 Born, Los Angeles, Calif. 1912 B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Calif. ...

Reid, Kenneth A. (Kenneth Alexander), 1895-1956.

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Sauers, Chas. G. (Charles G.)

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Wallace, Henry F. (Henry French), 1915-

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Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016

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Fidel Castro (b. August 13, 1926, Birán, Cuba–d. November 25, 2016, Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state, while industry and business were nationalized and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society. The son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist anti-imper...

Minton, Sherman, 1890-1965

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Sherman "Shay" Minton (October 20, 1890 – April 9, 1965) was a United States Senator from Indiana and later an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was a member of the Democratic Party. After attending college and law school, Minton served as a captain in World War I, following which he launched a legal and political career. In 1930, after multiple failed election attempts, and serving as a regional leader in the American Legion, he became a utility commissioner und...

Coughlin, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1891-1979

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Detroit area priest known for his opposition to President Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal programs. From the description of Charles E. Coughlin photograph collection. 1934-1936. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778938 Father Charles E. Coughlin was Roman Catholic priest, renowned as founder and pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Michigan. Father Coughlin gained a wide following for his Sunday afternoon radio addresses on political and ...

Kent, Raymond Asa, 1883-1943

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Wallace, Augusta, ca. 1913-

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Holland, Ray P. (Ray Prunty), 1884-1973

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Born in Atchison, Kansas, Ray P. Holland was interested in the outdoors beginning in his youth. He became a noted sportsman and writer, was dedicated to the management of wildlife and, as a United States Game Warden during World War I, became a key figure in the Supreme Court case of Missouri v. Holland, decided in 1920, a landmark case in constitutional and conservation law. Active in conservation groups such as the American Game Protective Association and the International Association of Game,...

Bingham, Barry, 1906-1988

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Newspaper publisher and philanthropist. From the description of George Barry Bingham : papers, 1861-1989. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46726142 From the description of George Barry Bingham : miscellaneous papers, 1948-1986. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46726141 Editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Barry Bingham, Sr. : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat ...

Ward, Henry Baldwin, 1865-1945

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Henry Baldwin Ward was a teacher and zoologist. From the description of Correspondence, 1859-1942. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122364943 Henry Baldwin Ward was an instructor and zoologist, frequently remembered as the "father of American parasitology." His distinguished scientific career at the University of Nebraska (1893-1909) and the University of Illinois (1909-1933) was characterized by scholarly publication and research of invertabrate...

Silcox, F. A. (Ferdinand Augustus), 1882-1939

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Buck, Clayton Douglass, 1890-1965.

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Bingham, Mary Caperton, 1904-

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Newspaper executive Bingham (A.B. Radcliffe, 1928) was born in Louisville, Ky. She pursued postgraduate studies at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, 1929. She was vice president and director of the Courier-Journal, Louisville Times, and WHAS, Inc. From the description of Essays, 1928-1929 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007482 Wife of Louisville Courier-Journal publisher, Barry Bingham, Sr., activist, philanthropist, and patron of ...

Voigt, William, 1902-

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William Voigt, Jr. (1902- ), journalist, conservationist, official of Izaak Walton League, director of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission (1955-1960), and director of Interstate Advisory Committee on the Susquehanna River Basin (1963-1968). From the description of William Voigt, Jr. papers, [ca. 1955-1992]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476739 ...

Johnson, Keen, 1896-1970

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Politician, Governor of Kentucky (1939-1943), journalist, businessman, and government official: Undersecretary of U.S. Department of Labor (1946-1947). From the description of Papers, 1896-1970. (Eastern Kentucky University). WorldCat record id: 29343373 Forty-second governor of Kentucky. From the description of Papers, 1870-1970. (Eastern Kentucky University). WorldCat record id: 33257103 ...

Johnson, Lyman T., 1906-1997

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Lyman Tefft Johnson was born in Columbia, Tennessee in 1906. He received a bachelor's degree from Virginia Union College in 1930 and a master's degree in history from the University of Michigan in 1931. In 1933, he joined the teaching staff at Louisville Central High School, beginning many years of service to Louisville's public schools, service that included being elected to the Louisville Board of Education. Lyman Johnson was pivotal in the Civil Rights movement in Kentucky, and particularly i...

Clark, J. Reuben, Jr., 1871-1961

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J. Reuben Clark served as a U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Utah. From the description of J. Reuben Clark letter, 1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368052227 Member of the First Presidency. From the guide to the MS 4265 J. Reuben Clark papers 1933-1961 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) Educator, lawyer, statesman, and Mormon Church leader. From the ...

United States. Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings, and Monuments

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Leland, Waldo Gifford, 1879-1966

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Historian. From the description of Reminiscences of Waldo Gifford Leland : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726749 Leland earned his Harvard AM in 1901. From the description of Notes in Government 4, lectures by E. H. Strobel, 1901-1902. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074498 From the description of Notes in Economics 10, 1900-1901. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074440 ...

Oberholtzer, Ernest C. (Ernest Carl), 1884-1977

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Oberholtzer was well known as an explorer, conservationist and writer. In 1912 he settled in the Rainy Lake area of northern Minnesota. He often traveled the area with Indian companions, particularly Billy Magee, and was a friend of the Indians as well as teller of their stories and legends. He is best known for his ceaseless role in preserving the Quetico-Superior wilderness. He was instrumental in the founding of the Friends of the Wilderness Society. He worked for the establishment of the Bou...

Lieber, Richard, 1869-1944

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De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955

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American educator, novelist, and Literary Editor of the Mark Twain Estate. From the description of Autograph and typed letters signed (11) : Lincoln and Cambridge, Mass. ; White Plains, New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, [n.d.] and 1935-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863883 Betty White was one of De Voto's students at Northwestern in the 1920's. She was literary, and the best friend of Avis MacVicar, whom De Voto shortly married. As a senior at Northwestern, Betty Whi...

Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943

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United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

Transylvanians (Patriotic Society)

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Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921

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Journalist, author, and politician. From the description of Papers of Henry Watterson, 1857-1983, (bulk 1882-1921). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071676 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Louisville, KY, to Hon. D. A. Wells, 1887 Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660897 Watterson was the editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. From the description of Autograph letters signed from Henry Watters...

Drury, Newton Bishop, 1889-

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Conservationist. From the description of Parks and Redwoods, 1919-1971 : oral history, 1972. With introductions by Horace M. Albright and DeWitt Nelson. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122445603 From the description of Reminiscences of Newton Bishop Drury : oral history, 1972. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309744063 Drury (1889-1978), served as director of the National Park Service from 1940 to 1950. From the descripti...

Carhart, Arthur Hawthorne, 1892-

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Author, conservationist, and landscape architect. From the description of Papers of Arthur H. Carhart, 1916-1959. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233110976 In 1919, Carhart became the first landscape architect for the U.S. Forest Service. Starting in the 1930s, he worked as a free-lance writer of western adventures and books on conservation issues such as water rights, the timber industry, and wildlife management. He also wrote under the names Hart Thorne...

Daniels, Josephus, 1894-1964

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Newspaper executive, of Raleigh, N.C. From the description of Josephus, Jr., and Evelina Foster McCauley Daniels papers, 1828-1968. (North Carolina Division of Archives & Hist). WorldCat record id: 70955914 ...

Perón, Juan Domingo, 1895-1974

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President of Argentina, 1946-1955. From the description of Juan Domingo Perón papers, 1931-2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872368 Biographical Note 1895 Born, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina 1911 1937 Enters military school, and ...

Goebel, William, 1856-1900

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Kentucky lawyer, politician and governor. From the description of William Goebel Assassination : records, 1900. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49234335 From the description of William Goebel assassination records, 1900. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49234334 ...

American society of newspaper editors

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The American Society of Newspaper Editors was founded in 1922. The first president was Casper Yost of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat . From the guide to the American Society of Newspaper Editors Records, 1964-1966, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

American Planning and Civic Association

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The National League for Civic Improvement was established in 1900, and merged with the American Park and Outdoor Association in 1904 to form the American Civic Association. In 1935, this organization merged with the National Conference on City Planning to form the American Planning and Civic Association, which was later joined by the National Conference on City Planning. The American Planning and Civic Association later merged with Action, Inc., the State Urban Action Center, and Urban America, ...

Beckner, Lucien, 1872-1963.

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Rauch, Joseph, 1881-1957

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Rabbi, spiritual leader of Temple Adath Israel in Louisville from 1912 to 1957. He was also involved in Louisville civic affairs and represented Louisville in Montpellier, France when the two became twin cities. From the description of Joseph Rauch : papers, 1931-1967. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49301908 ...

University of Kentucky.

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The University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY is a land grant institution founded in 1865. The University evolved through three stages before becoming the University of Kentucky in 1916: the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky University, 1865-78, a private, denominational institution in Lexington created by an act of the legislature on February 22, 1865; the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky, 1878-1908; and State University, Lexington, 1908-1916. A statute in 1916 changed ...

Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982

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Thruston Ballard Morton was a prominent political and business leader in Kentucky during the mid-twentieth century. As a student, Morton attended public schools, the Woodberry Forest School in Virginia, and graduated from Yale University in 1929. He married Belle Clay Lyons in 1931 and had two sons. From 1947 to 1953, Morton served three terms as a representative for Kentucky's Third Congressional District. After his tenure in the House, Morton was appointed Assistant Secretary of State of Congr...

Laffoon, Ruby, 1869-1941

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Clements, Earle C. (Earle Chester), 1896-1985

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Union County's Earle C. Clements Day occurred on October 20, 1973 in Morganfield, Kentucky. The event celebrated the political career of former United States Congressman and Governor of Kentucky, Earle Clements. From the description of Earle C. Clements photograph albums, 1973-1980. (Murray State University). WorldCat record id: 671958792 Earle C. Clements (b. Oct. 20, 1896, Morganfield, Ky.-d. Mar. 12, 1985, Morganfield, Ky.), served in the Kentucky State Senate and as a re...

Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959

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George Catlett Marshall (b. December 31, 1880, Uniontown, Pennsylvania-d. October 16, 1959, Washington, D.C.), had a long and auspicious career in the United States (U.S.) Army and to the United States. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1901 and served his country as U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Envoy to China, Army Chief of Staff, and as President of the American Red Cross. Marshall, America's first five-star general, was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, ...

United States. Forest Service

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The evolution of the USDA Forest Service is rooted in the General Provision Act of l89l in which Congress authorized the President to designate particular areas of the forested public domain to be set aside as "reserves" for future use. The number and size of these reserves increased notably in l897 when the President was authorized to establish reserves in order to protect watersheds, to preserve timber, and to provide lumber for local use. There was no provision for management or...

Ethridge, Mark F. (Mark Foster), 1896-1981

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Mark F. Ethridge was a journalist of Louisville, Ky. From the description of Mark F. Ethridge papers, 1931-1981. WorldCat record id: 26319564 1896 Born in Meridian, Miss. 1913 Reporter for Meridian Star. 1931 1933 M...

Davey, Martin L. (Martin Luther), 1884-1946

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Demaray, Arthur E. (Arthur Edward), 1887-1958

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Demaray was in U.S. government service for forty-eight years, with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1903-1917 and with the U.S. National Park Service from 1917 until his retirement as Director in 1951. He is credited for his pioneering efforts leading to the establishment of several national parks. Originally from Washington, D.C., Demaray died in Tucson, Arizona. From the description of Papers, 1902-1958. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 27408915...

Wallace, Tom, 1874-1961

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Tom Wallace was born November 16, 1874 in Crittenden County, Kentucky. After working as a bookeeper in Kentucky and in New York City, Wallace took an unpaid job as a cub reporter in 1900 at the Louisville Times. He subsequently held a series of brief newspaper jobs at the St. Louis Republic and the Louisville Evening Post among others. In 1905 Wallace joined the editorial staff of The Courier-Journal under the direction of then editor Henry Watterson. In 1923 Wallace was named head of the Louisv...

Cammerer, Arno, 1883-1941.

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Sweetser, Arthur, 1888-1968

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Arthur Sweetser was born on July 16, 1888, in Boston, Mass., to M. Foster Sweetser and Edith Ashton Balch. Prepared at the Boston Latin School, he received his Harvard AB in 1911 and his AM in 1912. After graduation, Sweetser worked as a newspaper reporter. He married Ruth Gregory on Jun 19, 1915; together they had five children. During World War I, he served in the American Air Force. After the war, Sweetser began working for the League of Nations in Geneva. Resigned after the beginning of Worl...

Willis, Simeon S., 1879-1965

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Simeon Willis, governor of Kentucky during 1943-47, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1879, to John H. and Abigail Slavens Wills. His family moved to Greenup County, Kentucky, around 1889. Willis studied law under private tutors and eventually becam a lawyer and opened a practice in Ashland at the turn of the century. He married Idah Lee Millis of Cattlesburg, Kentucky on April 14, 1920. They had one daughter, Sally Lesley Willis, who married Lt. Henry Meigs II on December 30, 1944 and had o...

Tennessee Valley authority

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The TVA was created in 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act creating a federal agency to develop the Tennessee Valley region, then suffering from soil depletion, flood damage, and economic depression. Fifty years later, over 30 electricity-producing dams controlled the Tennessee and its tributaries, and a navigation channel had been created from Paducah, Ky., to Knoxville, Tenn. In addition TVA had carried out programs to prevent pollution, improve forest and farm management, ...

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...

American Forestry Association.

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Du Pont, Francis Victor, 1894-1962

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Francis Victor du Pont was born on May 28, 1894, the eldest son of T. Coleman du Pont and Alice du Pont, and died on May 20, 1962. He was a civil engineer and political figure in Delaware and Maryland. From the description of Francis Victor du Pont family papers, 1804-1961 [bulk, 1915-1960]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 775008334 ...

Inter-American Press Association

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National Conference on State Parks

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McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

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Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961

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Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (b. 24 October 1891, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic–d., 30 May 1961, Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic)was a notorious president of the Dominican Republic. He joined the National Guard in 1918 and was promoted from cadet to general and commander-in chief of the Army in only nine years. During the rebellion against Pres. Horacio Vásquez in 1930, Trujillo cut a deal with rebel leader in order to run for president. He won the presidency in 1930 with 99% of the v...

Garzon, Julio.

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Gannett, Frank E. (Frank Ernest), 1876-1957

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While a student at Cornell University, Frank Gannett worked as a reporter for the ITHACA JOURNAL, correspondent for newspapers in other cities, and editor of the CORNELL DAILY SUN. He accompanied the first United States Commission to the Philippines as secretary to its chairman, Jacob Gould Schurman, then President of Cornell. Returning to Ithaca, New York in 1900, he worked for the ITHACA DAILY NEWS and the CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS. He also worked for a time in New York City and Pittsbu...

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal agency, was created as part of the New Deal in 1935. From the description of Civilian Conservation Corps photograph collection [graphic]. 1936. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38548415 On March 31, 1933, congress passed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. On April 5, the president appointed Robert Fechner of Tennessee as Director of Emergency Conservation Work. Fechner, a vic...

Doering, Otto C. (Otto Charles)

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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...

University of Louisville

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Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.)

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Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935

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Huey Long Pierce, Louisiana governor and United States senator, was born 30 August 1893, near Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, and died 10 September 1935. He studied law and practiced in Winnfield after 1915; served as Louisiana public service commissioner (1921-1926); was elected governor of Louisiana (1928); was elected to the United States Senate (1930); and organized the Share-Our-Wealth Society (1934) for which he had national support. On 8 September 1935 he was shot by Dr. Carl A. Weiss ...

Defenders of Furbearers

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American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society

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Founded in 1895 by conservationist and New York City civic leader Andrew H. Green (1820-1903), the Society's purpose was to protect scenic and historic sites. It acted as a custodian for several New York State parks and historic sites, and as an advocate for numerous other sites located largely in New York State, but also included sites throughout the United States and Europe. From the description of American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society records, ...

Callahan, Patrick Henry, 1866-1940

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Patrick Henry Callahan was born in Cleveland, October 15, 1866. He worked in the varnish manufacturing industry, first in Cleveland, later with the Louisville Varnish Company in Kentucky. In addition, Callahan was involved in several organizations, such as the Catholic Industrial Conference and the National Catholic Charities Conference. Callahan was also involved in other causes, many of these relating to his support of the Prohibition (or Eighteenth) Amendment. He died February 4, 1940. ...

Hoover, J.Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972

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Director of the FBI. From the description of Typed letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Arthur William Brown, 1941 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555861 John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) served from 1924 to 1972 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As its first director, Hoover molded the FBI into his image of a modern police force. He promoted scientific investigation of crime, the collection and analysis of fingerprints and the hiring and ...

Southern Newspaper Publishers Association

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The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association (SNPA), was founded in 1903 with the purpose of advancing the welfare of member newspapers. SNPA serves its more than 400 members in 14 states by acting as a clearinghouse for information relevant to Southern newspapers, sponsoring annual and special topic meetings, and publishing various newsletters. From the guide to the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Records, 1903-1985, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. ...

Louisville Conference of Christians and Jews.

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Chapman, Oscar L. (Oscar Littleton), 1896-1978

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Oscar L. Chapman (b. 1896) was the Secretary of the Interior from 1949 to 1953. Chapman died in 1978. From the description of Chapman, Oscar L. (Oscar Littleton), 1896-1978 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571795 Lawyer and secretary of the Dept. of the Interior. From the description of Papers, 1931-1952. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70943865 ...

Colorado River Storage Project (U.S.)

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Wirth, Conrad Louis, 1899-1993

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Government executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Conrad Louis Wirth : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527269 ...

Handel, Leo A.

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Bullitt, Thomas W. (Thomas Walker), 1914-1991.

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Turck, Charles Joseph, 1890-1989

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Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930

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Biographical Sketch Stephen Tyng Mather, first director of the U.S. National Park Service, was born in San Francisco on July 4, 1867. Here he attended the Boys High School, and went on to the University of California at Berkeley, graduating in 1887. His interest in journalism led to his first job as a cub reporter on the New York Sun in September of that year. He left this employment shortly after his marriage to Jane Thacker Floy in 1893 to ...

Nye, Gerald Prentice, 1892-1971

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Gerald Prentice Nye (1892-1971), newspaper editor and business management consultant, was a U.S. Senator from North Dakota from 1925 to 1945. From the description of Nye, Gerald Prentice, 1892-1971 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581564 ...

Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962

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Journalist and tireless advocate for preservation of the environment, Jay N. "Ding" Darling (1876-1962) spent the majority of his career working as an editorial cartoonist for the Des Moines Register. Twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for syndicated editorial cartoons he drew almost daily between 1900 and 1949, in 1934-1935 he headed what is now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, created the Federal Duck Stamp Program which has since restored thousands of acres of wet lands, and in 1936 founded ...

Bonus Expeditionary Forces

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Andrews, W. L. (William Linton), 1886-1972.

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Hammon, Stratton O. (Stratton Owen), 1904-1997

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Hammon was an architect in Louisville, Ky. for over fifty years. He was also an officer in the Army Corps of Engineers and the Museums, Fine Arts and Archives Division of the Allied Forces during World War II. From the description of Hammon, Stratton Owen, 1904-1997 1929-1996 Papers. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 48985529 ...

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Association.

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Ackerman, Carl W. (Carl William), 1890-1970

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Journalist, educator, and public relations consultant. From the description of Carl W. Ackerman papers, 1833-1970 (bulk 1931-1956). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979841 Biographical Note 1890, Jan. 16 Born, Richmond, Ind. 1911 A.B., Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. ...

United States., Department of the Intérior

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The Alaska Public Works Program was authorized during the 81st Congress through the Alaska Public Works Act, Public Law 264. The Act authorized the General Services Administration to construct public works in Alaska, at a total cost of $70 million, then to sell them to the Territory of Alaska or other public bodies in Alaska at a purchase price that would recover approximately 50% of the total estimated cost. The authority, set to expire June 30, 1955, was extended to June 30, 1959. The program ...

Furman, Lucy S.

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Author and settlement worker. Born 1869; died 1958. From the description of Lucy S. Furman papers, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450369 ...

Sigma Delta Chi

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The Awgwan started publication in 1913 as a humour magazine for the University of Nebraska campus. The publication included articles and cartoons, poetry, short quips, quotations on students, football, homecoming, professors, classes, alumni, and society. Each issue included an editorial. The Awgwan was published first by a small group of students, who later called themselves the Helmet and Quill Society. With the publication of Volume 5, Sigma Delta Chi, the local chapter of a professional jour...

Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970

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American novelist. From the description of One Man's Initiation, 1917, 1968-1969. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937079 American author, From the description of State of the nation [manuscript], 1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807708 American author. From the description of Screenplay by John Dos Passos [manuscript], 1934 October 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647830975 F...

Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955

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Cordell Hull was a Tennessee state representative (1893-1897), a judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Tennessee (1903-1906), U.S. Representative for Tennessee (1907-1921, 1923-1931), chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee (1921-1924), U.S. Senator for Tennessee (1931-1933), Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1944), and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. From the description of Cordell Hull letter, 1941 Dec. 12. (Loui...

Stahlman, James Geddes, 1893-

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Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

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First director, United States Forest Service (1905). He changed the name of protected "forest preserves" to "national forests" and advocated a controversial "wise use" policy for the resources of the national forests, whereby a greater use of forest resources, such as tree harvests and grazing rights could be permitted. From the description of Correspondence, 1905-1945. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 40804560 Forester and governor of Pennsylvania. F...

Albright, Horace M. (Horace Marden), 1890-1987

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Second director of U.S. National Park Service, 1929-1933; conservationist, industrialist. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1949-1951. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122526451 Conservationist. From the description of Reminiscences of Horace Marden Albright : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309720604 From the description of Reminiscences of Ho...

Miller, Neville, 1894-1977

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Neville Miller (1894-1977) was the son of Shackelford Miller, Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and his wife Mary. He attended Louisville Male High School before he earned his bachelor's degree at Princeton in 1916 and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1920. He became first dean of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in 1930. He was mayor of Louisville from 1933 to 1937. In 1945, Miller opened a private law practice in Washington, D.C. ...

Wetherby, Lawrence W. (Lawrence Winchester), 1908-

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Governor. Born in Middletown, Ky., Wetherby was elected Lieutenant Governor of Ky. in 1947, and became the state's 48th Governor in 1950 when Governor Clements was elected to the U.S. Senate. The following year, Wetherby was elected to a full term, during which time he encouraged public education, conservation measures, and mental health reforms. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on school desegregation in 1954 was supported by Wetherby. In 1956 Wetherby was defeated in ...

Americas Foundation

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, established by Andrew Carnegie in 1910, is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Carnegie selected 28 trustees who were leaders in American business and public life; among them were Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot; philanthropist Robert S. Brookings; former Ambassador to Great Britain Joseph H. Choate; former Secretary of Sta...

Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952

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Lawyer and U.S. secretary of the interior. From the description of Harold L. Ickes papers, 1815-1969 (bulk 1933-1951). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980130 Harold Ickes (1874-1952) was a United States administrator and politician. He served as Secretary of the Interior for 13 years, from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and afterwards he became a syndicated columnist writing on political topics. From the guide to the Harold Ickes ...

Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948

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Leopold was born in Burlington, Iowa and received a Master of Forestry degree from Yale University. In 1909 he joined the U.S. Forest Service and from 1914-1924 he supervised national forests in Arizona and New Mexico. He established the first wilderness area in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico and was a founder of The Wilderness Society. In 1933, he accepted the chair of Game Management at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he taught until his death on April 21, 1948....

Bullitt, Wm. Marshall (William Marshall), 1873-

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McKay, Douglas, 1893-1959

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A descendant of Oregon pioneers, Oregon Governor James Douglas McKay (he later dropped the first name) was born in Portland, Oregon, on June 24, 1893, the son of E.D. and Minnie A. Musgrove McKay. He was elected mayor of Salem in 1932. In January 1934, Douglas McKay announced his candidacy for the State Legislature as a Senator from Marion County. He was elected for the terms 1935-1937, 1939-1941, 1943-1945, and after World War II service, for 1945-1947. McKay was elected governor of Oregon in 1...

Flint, Farris, 1900-1995.

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Shivers, Allan, 1907-1985

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Schwellenbach, Lewis B. (Lewis Baxter), 1894-1948

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United States Senator and Secretary of Labor. From the description of Social invitations, 1936-1948. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853954 Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach was born in 1894 in Superior, Wisconsin. In 1902, his family moved to Spokane, Washington. He graduated from the law school of the University of Washington in 1917. During the First World War he served from 1918, as a private in the Twelfth Regiment, United States Infantry, until discharged...

Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974

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Bingham, Robert Worth, 1871-1937

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Lawyer, politician, mayor of Louisville (Ky.), owner of the Courier-Journal, Ambassador to the Court of St. James, 1933-1937. From the description of Added papers, 1894-1944 1895-1913. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46726230 Lawyer, mayor of Louisville, judge, newspaper publisher, and ambassador. From the description of Robert Worth Bingham : papers, 1876-1982 (bulk 1899-1910). (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46726232 ...

Lonergan, Augustine, 1874-1947

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Du Pont, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1863-1930

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In 1902 the control of the hundred year old Du Pont Company passed into the hands of three younger du Pont cousins, T. Coleman, Pierre S., and Alfred I.T. Coleman du Pont, who became president after the 1902 incorporation, had spent the previous two decades involved in the coal, iron, and street railway industries of Kentucky and Western Pennsylvania. His major investment was in The Johnson Company of Johnstown, Pa., and Lorain, Ohio, to which he introduced modern engineering principles and mana...

Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

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Alben Barkley: Congressional Voice of Liberty "A good story," said Alben Barkley, "is like fine Kentucky bourbon, it improves with age and, if you don't use it too much, it will never hurt anyone." One of Congress' most proficient storytellers, Barkley used his booming baritone, endless repertoire of anecdotes, and rousing speech-making ability to propel himself from congressman to senator to majority leader and vice president. Well liked, he earned the esteem of his colleagues in 1944, wh...

Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991

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Happy Chandler was Major League Baseball Commissioner (1945-1951). Jim Gallagher, a sports wirter, had a long career in baseball. He served on the Playing rules Committee and as the Director of Amateur and College Baseball for the Commissioner's office during the tenures of Chandler, Frick, Eckert and Kuhn. prior to his time with the Commissioner's office, he was the General Manager of the Chicago Cubs and Scouting Director for the Phillies. From the description of Letter, 1965, Febr...

Till, Emmett, 1941-1955

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Emmett Till was born in Chicago, Illinois to Louis Till (February 7, 1922-July 2, 1945) and Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley (born Mamie Elizabeth Carthan, November 23, 1921-January 6, 2003). In the summer of 1955 Emmett took a vacation to visit relatives near Money in the Mississippi Delta region, and help them with the cotton harvest. While there, he was accused of harassing a local white woman. A few days later, August 28, 1955, Emmett was abducted at gunpoint, brutally beaten, mutilated, and even...

Butler, Ovid, 1880-

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Krock, Arthur, 1886-1974

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Krock, a journalist, was editor-in-chief of the Louisville (Ky.) Times (1919-23), assistant to the president of the New York World (1923-27), member of the board of the New York Times from 1927 until his retirement, and a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board of the Columbia University School of Journalism (1940-53). From the description of Arthur Krock papers, 1909-1974 (bulk 1920-1968) (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 77805948 Principal political writer and...

Knight, John Shively, 1894-1981

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Born October 26, 1894, in Bluefield, West Va., as the second son of Charles Landon and Clara Irene Scheifly Knight, John Shively grew up in Akron, Ohio. By 1915, Charles Landon Knight acquired full control of the Akron Beacon Journal, having worked his way up from advertising manager to editor and publisher in 1909. His college education at Cornell University was interrupted in 1917 as he left to enlist in the Army, eventually seeing action in the Argonne. Eventually, Knight returned to Akron an...

Cabot, John M. (John Moors), 1901-1981

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John M. Cabot was born on December 11, 1901, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During his career, Cabot was a United States Ambassador to five nations between 1954 and 1965, spending much time in Latin America. During his forty-one year career in the Foreign Service, Cabot served as Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs during the Eisenhower Administration, Consul General in Shanghai, China until its communist takeover, and as charge d'affaires in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. There it is b...

Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

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The Ku Klux Klan was formally incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia on Dec. 4, 1915. The incorporated organization is a continuance of the earlier post Civil War Reconstruction Era unincorporated Ku Klux Klan and of the Knights of the White Camellia. Women of the Ku Klux Klan was incorporated at a late date as a separate entity. The stated purpose of the KKK was to promote an all White, Protestant United States, excluding all other races and religions. From the descript...

United Fruit Company

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Charles Van Wyck Brooks served aboard a United Fruit Company steamship for two weeks in the summer before he entered Harvard. From the description of Correspondence to Charles Van Wyck Brooks, 1929. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191822172 NYC; Boston, MA. From the description of Pamphlets, ca.1935. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122523662 The United Fruit Company was formed in 1899 when the Boston...

Farnsley, Charles P. (Charles Rowland Peaslee), 1907-1990

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James, Harlean, 1877-

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Wyatt, Wilson W. (Wilson Watkins), 1905-1996

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Wilson W. Wyatt : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122440831 ...

Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970

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Julius A. Krug (b. Nov. 23, 1907-d. Mar. 26, 1970), U.S. Navy veteran, served as Secretary of the Interior from 1946 to 1949. From the description of Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10573193 Director, Office of War Utilities, 1943; acting chairman, War Production Board, 1944-45; Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49; also, United States coal mines administrator, 1946-47. Died in Knoxville, Tenn., March 26, 19...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Wallace, Augusta, ca. 1886-

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Arbenz Guzmán, Jacobo, 1913-1971

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Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán (b. Sept. 14, 1913, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala–d. Jan. 27, 1971, Mexico City, Mexico) was a military officer in Guatemala. In 1950 he was elected president of Guatemala in the second democratic election; as president instituted a land reform. However, Árbenz Guzmán was ousted in 1954 in a coup engineered by the US Department of State and the Central Intelligence Agency. He lived in exile in Mexico until his death....

Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965

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Baruch, a financier and public adviser, was a millionaire by the age of thirty thanks to his investments in the stock market. He put his wealth to use in politics and public affairs and became an adviser to Woodrow Wilson, who appointed him chairman of the War Industries Board and a member of the president's war council. After World War I, he took part in the postwar peace conference and later became an adviser to President Roosevelt on defense matters and industrial preparedness for war. After ...

Hersey, John, 1914-1993

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John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, the son of YMCA missionaries. Following his graduation from Yale in 1936, he became a prominent American journalist and novelist. From the description of John Hersey papers, ca. 1900-1985 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702160854 John Hersey was an author and journalist, best known for socially conscious novels such as A Bell for Adano and Hiroshima. Hersey was born in China to missionary parents, and graduated fro...

Brown, John Thomas Street, ca. 1869-

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Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965

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In 1925, Mary Breckinridge founded the Frontier Nursing Service to provide infant and maternal care in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky. She was the granddaughter of Kentucky statesman and former vice-president of the United States, John Cabell Breckinridge. From the description of Letter, 1960, July 12. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 38488930 ...