Pensive sonnets : typescript, 1909-1940.

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Pensive sonnets : typescript, 1909-1940.

Poems by Grimes composed while an undergraduate at Harvard; with letters from William Lyon Phelps, Henry C. Kittredge, Walter Lippmann and others endorsing his publication, Verri-Tasse; and an introduction by Grimes concerning the poems and his Harvard experience.

35 leaves ; 29 cm.

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Houghton Library

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943

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William Lyon Phelps was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 2, 1865. He received a B.A. degree from Yale in 1887, an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1891, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1891. Phelps taught English at Yale from 1892 until 1933 and was a popularizer of literature through his public lectures, radio addresses, and syndicated newspaper columns. He died in New Haven on August 21, 1943. From the description of William Lyon Phelps papers, 1826-1944 (inclusive), 1887-1943 (bulk)...

Grimes, Willard Mudgette.

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The title Verri-Tasse is a play on the Harvard motto, veritas. From the description of Pensive sonnets : typescript, 1909-1940. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612849329 ...

Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974

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American journalist and author. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Washington, D.C., 23 September 1960, to Joan Peyser, 1960 Sept. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270992594 Lippmann was an American journalist and author. From the description of Walter Lippmann letters to Hazel Albertson, 1910-1982. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612206746 From the guide to the Walter Lipmann letters to Hazel Albertson, 1910-1982., (H...

Kittredge, Henry Crocker, 1890-1967

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Educator, historian, author and collector. Born Cambridge (Mass.) 1890. Married (1917) Gertrude Livingston, served in U.S. Army in France in 1918; taught English at Adirondack-Florida School and St. Paul's School in Concord (NH); summered on Cape Cod (Mass.) and moved to Barnstable (Mass.) permanently in 1954. Kittredge collected historical documents and conducted research on Cape Cod history. He authored three books. From the description of Henry Crocker Kittredge maritime collectio...