Letters regarding the Tournament of Roses parade, 1933.

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Letters regarding the Tournament of Roses parade, 1933.

Series of 5 letters regarding the proposed participation of Richard E. Byrd as Grand Marshall of the 1934 Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, California. Includes two letters from Max Farrand and one from Cyril Bennett regarding the possibility of Byrd's participation, and two letters from Byrd writing that he will be in Antarctica at the time specified and therefore unlikely to be able to attend.

5 letters.

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Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...

Farrand, Max, 1869-1945

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Max Farrand was born in Newark, N.J., into the family of Samuel Ashbel Farrand and Louise Wilson Farrand. He graduated from Princeton University, where he also received his Ph.D.; later he continued further graduate work in Leipzig and Heidelberg, and at Wesleyan and Yale Universities. He became professor of history at Wesleyan, Stanford, Cornell, Harvard, and Yale Universities (1896-1925), Incorporator and Director of the Commonwealth Fund (1918-1927) and Director of the Huntington Library (192...

Bennett, Cyril,

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Tournament of Roses

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