Letters from John C. Bennett, William C. Bower, Crane Brinton, Ernest Erdman Colwell [manuscript] 1943-1953.

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Letters from John C. Bennett, William C. Bower, Crane Brinton, Ernest Erdman Colwell [manuscript] 1943-1953.

Letters from James B. Conant, and Allan Nevins, lecturers for the Page-Barbour and James W. Richard lectures.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

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Historian, journalist and educator. He attended the University of Illinois where he earned a B. A. 1912 and an M. A. in English, 1913. Nevins moved to New York to work and eventually was made a Professor of History at Columbia University. Wrote numerous biographies and articles on history. President of the American History Association in 1959. Helped found the Society of American Historians. From the description of Commencement address, June 1953. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Librar...

Bennett, John C., DOrth

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Brinton, Crane, 1898-1968

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Brinton graduated from Harvard in 1919 and taught history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of C. Crane Brinton, 1926-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972987 The Pennsylvania Four Minute Men was organized to provide men for theaters and other rallies to make short speeches on various designated topics concerning the war. They also participated in the Liberty Loan campaigns. From the description of Collection, 1917-1919. (Hist...

Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978

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James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was a chemist, educator and public servant. Conant taught chemistry at Harvard from 1917-1933; he served as Harvard's president from 1933-1953. He was the national director of defense research from 1941-1945, and was instrumental in the creation of the atomic bomb. He continued as President of Harvard until 1953, at which time he was made United States High Commissioner for Germany. When allied military occupation of Germany ended in 1955, Conant became the U.S. A...

University of Virginia. Public Occasions Committee.

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Colwell, Ernest Erdman,

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Bower, William C.

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Page-Barbour.

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Richard, James W.

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