Papers of Charles Fort [manuscript], 1920-1951.

Thayer, Tiffany, 1902-1959

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Tiffany Ellsworth Thayer (1902-1959) was an American actor, reporter, motion picture scenarist, and author of thirteen novels. He founded the Fortean Society, an organization dedicated to continuing the work of Charles Fort (1874-1932), a journalist, writer and investigator of occult phenomena. From the description of Tiffany Thayer papers, ca. 1914 - ca. 1956. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615928 From the guide to the Tiffany Thayer papers, ca. 1914 - ca...

Kendall, Claude,

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Curtis Brown Ltd.

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Incorporated the literary agencies of Willis Kingsley Wing and Collins-Knowlton-Wing, Inc., and others, and was closely associated with the English agencies of Curtis Brown Ltd. (London) and A.P. Watt & Son. From the guide to the Curtis Brown, Ltd. Records, 1914-2006., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Lady Isabella Augusta (Persse) Gregory was an Irish playwright, director, producer, poet, folklorist, translator and historian, co...

Fortean Society

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Society organized in 1931 by admirers of journalist Charles Fort; founders included Tiffany Thayer, Booth Tarkington, Theodore Dreiser, and Alexander Woollcott; society dedicated to "the frustration of science." From the description of Papers of the Fortean Society [manuscript], 1927-1952. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805117 ...

Upton, Morton,

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Bond, Nelson Slade, 1908-

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Babbitt, Irving, 1865-1933

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Irving Babbitt (1865-1933), a Professor of French Literature at Harvard University, was a social and literary critic, essayist, and philosopher. He was the founder of the New Humanism movement. From the description of Papers of Irving Babbitt, 1855, 1881-1965 bulk dates, 1908-1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972760 Irving Babbitt (1865-1933) was a Professor of French Literature at Harvard University. From the description of Lecture notes in Compa...

Fort, Charles, 1874-1932

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American newspaperman and author who gathered amazing stories of strange and apparently inexplicable happenings to show that science was limited in its ability to explain certain phenomena. From the description of Papers of Charles Fort [manuscript], 1920-1951. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806510 ...

Wallack, Nathan N.,

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Reichenbach, Karl, Freiherr von, 1788-1869

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Kamin, Martin

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Martin Kamin (1897 or 1899-1976) was a Polish-American publisher and bookseller, particularly in the areas of dance and drama. Born on November 15, 1897 (or 1899) in Warsaw, Poland, Kamin left Poland to come to the United States while still in his teens. After mastering English he enrolled at the University of Baltimore and continued his studies in linguistics, philosophy and economics at the University of Geneva in Switzerland where he earned his Ph.D. In 19...

D'Agostino, Ruth

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Hubbard, L. Ron (Lafayette Ronald), 1911-1986

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Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), more commonly known as L. Ron Hubbard, was an American author of science fiction and fantasy stories who founded the Church of Scientology. In 1950, Hubbard authored Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health and established a series of organizations to promote Dianetics. In 1952, Hubbard lost the rights to Dianetics in bankruptcy proceedings, and he subsequently founded Scientology. Thereafter Hubbard oversaw the growth of the Ch...

Sussman, Aaron

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Victor Gollancz, Ltd

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