Letters to Rogers from other authors [manuscript] 1938-1973.

Graham, Billy, 1918-2018

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Evangelist, radio preacher, and author; born William Franklin Graham on November 18, 1918 in Charlotte, N.C.; graduated from Florida Bible Institute (1940 and Wheaton College (1943); ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, 1940; achieved national prominence in 1949 through his evangelistic meetings in Los Angeles; founded Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1952; had extensive evangelistic ministry throughout the world, 1949- ; authored many books and received many awards and honors; organiz...

Fraley, Ed. S.,

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Jahoda, Gloria.

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Teacher, author. Gloria Jahoda was born Glorida Adelaide Love, in Chicago, Illinois, October 6, 1926. She earned a B.A. in English and a M.A. in Anthropology at Northwestern University and attended the University of Wisconsin. After teaching anthropology at Fairleigh Dickinson University, she retired to write full time. Among her writings are Annie, Delilah's mountain, The other Florida, The road to Samarkand: Frederick Delius and his music, The river of the golden ibis,...

Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

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Author b. 1899, John Wesley, in coal mining camp near Moberly, Mo.; proletarian writer of the 30's, activist involved in labor unions and worker's rights. Published in Northern Lights and New Masses; gained recognition with Disinherited. From the description of Papers, 1947-1981. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 13347087 Poet, editor of The Spider. From the description of Letters, to Joseph A. Labadie, 1924-1928. (University of Michigan). World...

Mauldin, Bill, 1921-2003

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Bill G. Mauldin was from Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He was a lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force in the late 1960s and was stationed at White Sands Missle Range, New Mexico. Clark County records show that he married Janet C. Felling in 1966. From the description of Bill Mauldin letters, 1965-1966. (Ouachita Baptist University). WorldCat record id: 741328734 Cartoonist. Full name: William Henry Mauldin. From the description of Papers of Bill Mauldin, 1941-1968. (Unknown...

Belitt, Ben, 1911-2003

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Poet. From the description of Reminiscences of Ben Belitt : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147329 American writer. From the description of Papers of Ben Belitt, 1967-1978. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959455 ...

Brown, Dee, 1908-2002

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College of Agriculture Librarian (1948-1972) and noted author From the guide to the Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown Publications, 1972, (University of Illinois Archives) ...

Edmunds, Murrell, 1898-1981

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American author. From the description of Behold, thy brother : [proof], 1950 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833269 ...

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...

Rogers, John C., -1895

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Born in Henderson, KY, on February 26, 1882, Husband Edwards Kimmel was a 1904 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. Appointed to command the Pacific Fleet in 1941, he was in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with most of the fleet, when the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941. Kimmel was relieved of his post after the attack and was found guilty of "dereliction of duty." He was retired. Later (1946) a Congressional Investigating Committee reported that he had committed "errors of judgment" not "de...

Fabre, Michel

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Michel and Genevieve Fabre founded the Center for Afro-American Studies at the University of Paris, and have been leading scholars of African American culture in France. Michel Fabre is the foremost biographer of Richard Wright, and intimately fimiliar with the Wright family and with African American artists, writers, and musicians throughout Europe. Genevieve Fabre is a scholar of African-American theater and literature, and co-chaired the first Harvard University Du Bois Institute Working Grou...

Rayford, Julian Lee

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