Letters of Ida M. Tarbell [manuscript] 1898-1909.

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Letters of Ida M. Tarbell [manuscript] 1898-1909.

Miss Tarbell sends George Rice an autographed copy of "Standard oil" and comments on another author's plagiarism of the book, and the possibility that the Dept. of Commerce & Labor will take action against Standard Oil. She also thanks Fannie Hardy Eckstorm for a letter to S.S. McClure concerning [the Standard Oil?] book. In addition she invites Curtis Brady for a visit, and asks him to arrange transportation for W.H. Garland; thanks Thomas Lansing? Masson for birthday greetings; and requests Emanuel Hertz to supply her with a list of Jewish writers on Lincoln.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Standard Oil Company

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The Standard Oil Company was established by John D. Rockefeller in 1868 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first Standard Oil Company in Minnesota was established in 1886....

Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy, 1865-1946

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Historian, of Brewer, Me. From the description of Fannie Hardy Eckstorm correspondence, 1941-1943. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978327 Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, naturalist, historian, folklorist, and writer, was born on June 18, 1865, in Brewer, Maine. She attended Bangor High School, Abbott Academy in Andover, Mass., and graduated from Smith College in 1888. In 1893 she married Rev. Jacob A. Eckstorm of Chicago and they had two childre...

Rice, George A.

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Hertz, Emanuel, 1870-1940

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Lincoln biographer and New York City lawyer who handled the Herndon-Weik papers used in writing his book and coveted by many Lincoln historians. Wrote and lectured prolifically on the topic of Lincoln. From the description of Manuscript of the hidden Lincoln, ca. 1938. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 46592572 Hertz was a writer, collector of Lincolniana, and an alumnus of City College, Class of 1892. From the description of Papers, [ca...

Brady, Curtis,

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Masson, Thomas L.

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American humorist and editor. From the description of Letter to Will Orton Tewson [manuscript], [1925]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874649 ...

Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944

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Ida M. Tarbell was an investigative journalist best known from her The History of the Standard Oil Company published in 1904. She wrote for American Magazine, which she also co-owned and co-edited, from 1906 to 1915. From the guide to the Ida M. Tarbell papers, 1916-1930, (Ohio University) Historian, journalist, lecturer, and muckraker, (Allegheny College, A.B., 1880). For further information, see Notable American Women (1971). From the description of The nationa...

United States. Department of Commerce and Labor

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