Material for the Public Occasions Committee file [manuscript].

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Material for the Public Occasions Committee file [manuscript].

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The collection includes two letters to William S. Weedon from W. H. Auden, 1949 September 2 and 23 concerning his Page Barbour lectures. The collection also contains a letter from Reinhold Neibuhr, 1949 December 6, declining to give a Page Barbour lecture. The collection also contains a letter from Igor Stravinsky, 1949, declining to give a Page Barbour lecture as he is "completely tied up for a long time to come by a very important compositon on which I have to work without recess."

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Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

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Russian born composer and conductor. From the description of Audio materials [sound recording]. 1931-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723194 Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer. From the description of Sketchbook, [1917?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465769 Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress, set to the libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, was inspired by William Hogarth's series of paintings. Stravinsky had wan...

Weedon, William Stone, 1908-1984.

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Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. From the description of Oral history interview of William S. Weedon by Charles E. Moran [manuscript], December 22, 1976. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920669 From the description of Oral history interview of William Stone Weedon by Charles E. Moran [manuscript], September 26, 1979. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920671 ...

University of Virginia. Public Occasions Committee.

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Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

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Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Reinhold Niebuhr and his wife, Ursula Niebuhr. From the description of Letters, 1935-1982, n.d., to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155873776 Theologian, philosopher, and author. From the description of Papers of Reinhold Niebuhr, 1907-1994 (bulk 1930-1990). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063622 Theologian. From the description of Reminiscences of Reinhold Niebuhr...