Louisa C. Hooper Thoron correspondence, 1933-1966

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Louisa C. Hooper Thoron correspondence, 1933-1966

Photostats, typescripts and manuscript letters written to and from Louisa C. Hooper Thoron, 1933-66, providing insight to the life of Henry Adams for published biographies. Also includes correspondence with Thomas Wilson, George C. Homans, Harold D. Carter, Henry Adams, and Adams biographers Ernest Samuels and Van Wyck Brooks.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7791498

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Homans, George C. (George Caspar), 1910-1989

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George Caspar Homans (1910-1989) was Professor of Sociology at Harvard University from 1953 to 1980. From the description of Papers of George Caspar Homans, ca. 1940-1989 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76976740 ...

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918

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Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, was educated at Harvard and served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, when he was Minister to England. He rejected a political career to teach history at Harvard and edit The North American review, 1870-1877, then returned to Washington. He wrote prolifically on many subjects and is best known for his Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1904) and The education of Henry Adams (1907). From the description of Henry Adam...

Carter, Harold D., 1904-1973.

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Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963

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American author and critic. From the description of Typed letter signed : Westport, Ct., to Stark Young, 1937 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874884 Van Wyck Brooks was an author and educator, known for his study of, and influence on, American culture. After graduating from Harvard, he sought a literary career in New York and London, writing chiefly for magazines. While teaching at Stanford he developed his first books of criticism, leading up to his first signifi...

Samuels, Ernest, 1903-....

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Scholar of American literature, author of THE YOUNG HENRY ADAMS (1948); HENRY ADAMS: THE MIDDLE YEARS (1958); HENRY ADAMS: THE MAJOR PHASE (1964); and BERNARD BERENSON: THE MAKING OF A CONNOISSEUR (1979). From the description of Ernest Samuels Papers, 1918-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122335493 Ernest Samuels was born on the south side of Chicago on May 19, 1903. His parents were Albert (also known as Alexander) and Mary (Kaplan) Samuels. He attended Chi...

Wilson, Thomas James, 1902-1969

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Wilson was director of the Harvard University Press. From the description of Papers of Thomas James Wilson, 1949-1970 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973279 Wilson was the director of the Harvard University Press. He was the translator for the American edition of: Letters of Romain Rolland and Malwida von Meysenbug, 1890-1891. New York: H. Holt and Co., 1933. From the description of Photographs of Romain Rolland, 1933. (Harvard University...

Thoron, Louisa C. Hooper, 1874-1975.

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Adams, Henry, 1875-1951

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