Papers of Robert Henning Webb, 1920-1930.

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Papers of Robert Henning Webb, 1920-1930.

The collection consists of Webb's work on Greek authors; his correspondence with other classical scholars concerning his translations; correspondence regarding University of Virginia faculty, and biographical sketches and notes on Milton Wylie Humphreys. Correspondents include Francis G. Allison, Campbell Bonner, Edward Capps, James S. Constantine, Herbert N. Couch, A.K. Davis, Jr., Dunlap, James E., A.D. Fraser, Albert W. Giles, Richard M. Gummere, Ernest L. Highbaiger, G.J. Laing, Dean P. Lockwood, Ralph V. Magoffin, John C. Metcalf, Walter A. Montgomery, W.A. Oldfather, Charles W. Peppler, Rodney P. Robinson, William Fletcher Smith, Dixon Wecter, and Arthur M. Young.

12 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7934105

University of Virginia. Library

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Capps, Edward, 1866-1950

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Humphreys, Milton W. (Milton Wylie), 1844-

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Humphreys was a Civil War soldier and faculty at Washington and Lee University and the University of Virginia. From the description of Letters : to Mrs. Winifred Brent Russell, 1915-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 122465527 Milton Wylie Humphreys earned his MA in 1869, from Washington College and a LLD in 1914, from Washington and Lee University, where he was a classics professor from 1866-1875. In his later years he was a professor at Vanderbilt Universi...

Dunlap, James E. (James Eugene), 1889-1983

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Wecter, Dixon, 1906-1950

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Dixon Wecter (Yale Ph.D., 1936), professor of American literature, was the author of several works on aspects of American society, including Saga of American Society (1937), When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1944), which was a Life-in-America prize book, and Age of the Great Depression, 1929-1941 (1949). He was literary editor of the Mark twain estate from 1948 until his death in 1950. From the description of When Johnny comes marching home, [1944]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7021...

Giles, Albert William, 1885-

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Young, Arthur M. (Arthur Milton), 1900-

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Metcalf, John Calvin, 1865-1949

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University of Virginia professor of English. From the description of Papers of John C. Metcalf [manuscript], 1904-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823087 ...

University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Gummere, Richard M. (Richard Mott), 1883-

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Gummere (Harvard, Ph.D., 1904) taught Latin at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Richard Mott Gummere, 1918- ca. 1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973052 ...

Constantine, James Stuart, 1900-

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Peppler, Charles William, b. 1872.

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Peppler was a Professor of Greek at Trinity College and Duke University. From the description of Papers, 1913-1946, 1968 (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 229341435 ...

Robinson, Rodney Potter, 1890-

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Fraser, A. D. (Allan D.)

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Oldfather, William Abbott, 1880-1945

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Davis, Arthur Kyle, 1897-1972

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University of Virginia professor. From the description of Papers, 1956-1963 pertaining to "More traditional ballads of Virginia" [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825695 ...

Laing, Gordon Jennings, 1869-1945

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Professor of Latin and Roman history, University of Chicago, 1899-1935. From the description of Papers, 1894-[1935?]. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248260 Gordon Jennings Laing was born in 1869. He received his B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1891 and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1896. Laing had a long academic career, which began with an appointment as Instructor of Latin at Bryn Mawr College from 1897 to 1899. Lang...

Montgomery, Walter Alexander, d. 1949.

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Lawyer, Confederate soldier, and N.C. Supreme Court justice, of Warrenton and Raleigh, N.C. From the description of Walter A. Montgomery papers, 1861-1921 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24007766 University of Virginia professor. From the description of A southern village of the 70's and 80's [manuscript], 1957. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647987150 From the description of A southern village of the 70's and 80's, 1957. (University of ...

Allison, Francis Greenleaf, 1856-

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Nelson, Wilbur A. (Wilbur Armistead), 1889-

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Geologist. From the description of Papers of Wilbur Armistead Nelson [manuscript] 1913-37. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647938026 ...

Highbarger, Ernest Leslie, 1885-

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Couch, Herbert Newell, 1899-1959

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Lockwood, Dean Putnam, 1883-

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Dean P. Lockwood was Professor of Latin, 1919-49 and 1951-52, and Librarian of Haverford College, 1920-49. From the description of The first hundred years of the library and Alumni Hall [at Haverford College]. [1964]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 77203606 ...

Magoffin, Ralph van Deman 1874-1942

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Smith, William Fletcher,

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Smith earned his Harvard AB in 1911, his AM in 1922 and his PhD in 1925. From the description of Notes in Classical Philology 36 : Cicero and humanism, 1923-1924. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075537 From the description of The history of classical culture in the Middle Ages / by Wm. Fletcher Smith. [1924-1925] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075574 From the description of History of the pastoral : class notes in Comparative Literature 16a,...

Bonner, Campbell, 1876-....

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Professor of Greek language and literature at the University of Michigan. From the description of Campbell Bonner papers, 1918-1954. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 79975769 From the description of Campbell Bonner papers, 1918-1954. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420134 Campbell Bonner was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 30, 1876. He received his bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University in 1896, and his A.M. (...