Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

Stark, Freya

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English explorer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bay of Salamis, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1937 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574464 Epithet: traveller and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000129 ...

Szechenyi, Gladys Vanderbilt, Countess, 1887-1965

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Gladys Moore Vanderbilt, Countess Széchenyi (August 27, 1886 – January 29, 1965), was an American heiress from the Vanderbilt family and wife of Hungarian Count László Széchenyi. Her parents were Cornelius Vanderbilt II and Alice Claypoole Gwynne; her father was the president and chairman of the New York Central Railroad and part of the prominent Vanderbilt family. She grew up in the one of the Vanderbilt family mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York City and at their summer "cottage" called The...

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

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Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1878. Sinclair was an American author, novelist, journalist, and political activist who wrote many books in several genres. He is most well-known for his exposé, The Jungle regarding conditions in Chicago's meat packing plants, which influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Much of Sinclair's writing was related to the economic and social conditions of the early twentieth century. He was heavily in...

Sharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James), 1859-1924

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Epithet: folk music collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001a9 English musician and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dragonfield, Uxbridge, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1914 Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662515 English folk music collector and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Dragonfield, Uxbridge, ...

Ranney, Dudley P.

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Sidwell, Frances H.

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Ramhorst, Ella Lemoa.

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Sayler, Oliver M., 1887-1958

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American dramatic critic and writer on the theater. From the description of Letter : to Norman Bel Geddes, 1929 Mar. 22. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122494173 Oliver Martin Sayler (b. 1887), American theater critic. From the description of Oliver Martin Sayler letters, 1908-1956 (bulk 1913-1930). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193152 ...

Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965

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1896 Dec.15 Born to John Goode and Eslanda Cardozo Goode in Washington, D.C., the third of three children; brothers John and Frank. Maternal grandfather was Francis Lewis Cardozo, who served as South Carolina's Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury during Reconstruction Days. 1912 Graduated from Urbana High School, Urbana, Illinois. ...

Speaight, Robert, 1904-1976

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English actor, author, and lecturer; b. Robert William Speaight; d. 1976. From the description of Robert Speaight collection, 1942-1977. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969804 ...

Rea, Alec L., 1878-1953

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Stirling, Michael.

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Sillman, Leonard Dexter, 1908-

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Rothkowitz, Mark, 1903-1970.

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Shaw, Howard van Doren, 1869-1926

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Edward Morris was President of Morris & Company, one of the three main meat-packing companies in Chicago at a time when that city was known as the meatpacking capital of the world. Upon his death, Morris was said to have amassed a personal fortune of $40 million. Morris was born in Chicago on October 1, 1866. His father, Nelson Morris, founded Morris & Co. Edward was educated in Chicago public schools, and his natural aptitude and interest in his father's busines...

Rice, Warner Grenelle, 1899-

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Professor of English at the University of Michigan and director of the University Library. From the description of Warner Grenelle Rice papers, 1916-1995 (bulk 1924-1970) (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82029488 From the description of Warner Grenelle Rice papers, 1950-1970. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420302 Chairman of the English Dept. and Director of Library, University of Michigan. From the description of Correspond...

Scofield, Paul, 1922-2008

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Paul Scofield (1922-2008) was educated at Varndean School for boys, Croydon Repertory School and the London Mask Theatre School. He started his stage career in the 1940s, unable to sign up due to medical reasons. He's career which soon became synonymous with Classical theatre began first with the Eileen Thorndike and Herbert Scott Group and secondly the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Further on in his career Scofield worked closely with the Royal Shakespeare Company for a number of years as well ...

Reid, Norah.

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Stickney, Dorothy

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Dorothy Hayes Stickney, actress and writer, was born in Dickinson, ND, on June 21, 1900, the daughter of Victor Hugo and Margaret (Hayes) Stickney. On August 13, 1927, Miss Stickney married Howard Lindsay. Miss Stickney is a member of Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Miss Stickney belongs to the Actors Fund of America and the Cosmopolitan Club. She was a theatre representative for Zonta International. She was voted in th...

Straus, Bertram Stuart, 1867-1933.

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Saroyan, William, 1908-1981

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Frances Ring was Editor at WESTWAYS in Los Angeles. From the description of Letters (and manuscripts and photos) to Frances Ring, 1970-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863419 Goldie Weisberg was a fellow writer whose work Saroyan had discovered in a literary magzine. Saroyan initiated the correspondence, which focuses on their respective reading, writing, and work lives. From the description of Correspondence with Goldie Weisberg, 1930-1938. (Unknown). Wor...

Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938

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Rubinstein, Harold F., 1891-1975

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Playwright, editor, and attorney with London firm of Rubinstein, Nash & Company. From the description of Letters to Harold Frederick Rubinsteïn, 1914-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80695595 From the description of Letters to Harold Frederick Rubinsteïn, 1914-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162552 ...

Scaife, Gillian.

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Simpson, L. E. (Lilian Eva)

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Schlesinger, Kathleen

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Smith, Mollie

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Staniland, Mair.

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Smedmore, Rodney.

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Stevens, Harold Charles Gilbard, 1892-

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Sarg, Tony, 1882-1942

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Tony Sarg was an inventor, designer, and author and artist of children's books, and is primarily remembered for designing marionettes and producing plays with puppet casts. Born in Guatamala, Sarg's father was in the German diplomatic service, and the family later returned to Germany. Sarg later lived in England and the United States; among his many accomplishments is designing the first balloons used in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. From the description of Tony Sarg biographic...

Scott-Garry, Alexander, 1876-1937.

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Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945

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Arthur Symons was an English critic and poet. From the description of Arthur Symons collection. [1906-1929]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800282 Epithet: poet and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x0001cd Arthurs Symons was an accomplished poet, critic, short story writer, travel writer, playwright, and editor. An important figure in the developmen...

Van Volkenburg, Ellen.

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Director, actress, and puppeteer in Engliand and the United States, and co-founder of the Chicago Little Theatre with her husband, Maurice Browne. From the description of Letters, to her parents, 1913-1937. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34366255 ...

Reynolds, James, 1891-

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Epithet: of Red Lion Square, London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x00003c James Reynolds, Irish painter and author and admirer of architect Andrea Palladio. Traveled extensively in Europe and the United States. From the description of Sketches for Palladio and of Monticello [manucript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 57466769 Epithet: called 'E L A Berwick', of...

Ravitch, Helen.

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Sheldon, William.

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Reicher, Hedwiga.

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Sheldon, Edward, 1886-1946

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American playwright. From the description of Letter to Alexander Woollcott [manuscript], n.y. March 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814540 Sheldon was an American playwright. He helped to bring social consciousness and seriousness of purpose into U.S. drama of the early 20th century. From the description of Correspondence, 1899-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82576657 From the guide to the Edward Sheldon correspondence, 1899-1959...

Sanders, Dorothy.

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Riefstahl, Mary Elizabeth.

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Sargent, Franklin H., d. 1923.

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Sewell, Emma.

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Robson, Flora, 1902-1984

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) and typed letter signed : [n.p.], to Denys Blakelock, 1949 July 22, 1960 June 22 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872180 Epithet: DBE, actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x000043 ...

Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0000fc British composer. From the description of The Roger Quilter collection, 1908-1952 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702173846 ...

Sandor, Marian N.

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Rees, Phoebe Meirion.

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Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955

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Produced May 18, 1942. From the description of Tomorrow's sun; a play, 1942. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365838 British actor, director, producer, and co-founder of the Chicago Little Theatre. From the description of Morley's First Sketch of English Literature papers, 1909 and 1936. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34491672 ...

Roth, Leonard, ca. 1904-1968.

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Sims, E. Florence Wykes.

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Ray, Eleanor Kamb.

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Somerset, Dorothy.

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Swing, Raymond, 1887-1968

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Raymond Gram Swing (Mar. 25, 1887, Cortland, N.Y.-d. Dec. 22, 1968, Washington, D.C.), American print and broadcast journalist. From the description of Swing, Raymond Gram, 1887-1968 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 12012081 Epithet: US journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00010c Journalist and radio commentator. Full name: Raymond Gram Swing. ...

Rogers, Rosemary

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Springer, Ada E.

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Spencer, Marian G.

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Sax, Carol M., 1885-1961.

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Rutherford, Kathleen Isabel

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Shaw, Glen Byam 1904-1986

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Epithet: theatrical producer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0000e5 ...

Scott, Cyril

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Composed 1947.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Hymn of unity : oratorio for chorus, contralto, baritone and orchestra / text & music by Cyril Scott. [1947]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 64695157 Originally composed as a piano solo, 1923; orchestrated 1923.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Souvenir de Vienne / Cyril Scott. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54350713 ...

Saint-Denis, Michel, 1897-1971

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Schaeffer, William C. (William Christ), 1851-1921

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Routh, H.V. (Harold Victor), 1878-1951

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Stedman, Jeannette, 1880-1924.

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Schick, Hedi.

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Sofaer, Abraham, 1896-1988

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Sobieniowsky, Floryan.

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Riev, Nelly.

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Robertson, Donald, 1860-1926

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Robertson was a stage actor, director, and one of the leading figures in the repertory movement in the American theater ca. 1900. From the description of Donald Robertson papers, 1825-1947 (bulk 1900-1926). (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 712675048 ...

Stormont, Elsie.

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Stephens, James, 1882-1950

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Irish poet and story writer. From the description of What Thomas said in a pub [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814436 Epithet: of Add MS 33979 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x00017e James Stephens was an Irish poet, short story writer, and novelist. From the description of James Stephens collection of papers, 1908-1939 bulk (1911-1938...

Sen, Gertrude Emerson, -1982

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Roberts, Kathleen A., 1862-1932

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Reed, Henry, of Stonegrave, York.

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Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955

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American author. From the description of Daphne : an autumn pastoral : manuscript, [1903?] / by Margaret Sherwood. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 60397436 ...

Quinn, John S.

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John Quinn, playwright. From the description of The beatification of Saint Dymphna : typescript, 1973. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122687110 ...

Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1893

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Sim, Alastair, 1900-1976

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000109 ...

Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955

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American playwright. From the description of Letter, Surrey, England, to Malcolm Wells, New York City [manuscript], 1948 August 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817235 Sherwood was a noted American dramatist. He was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., graduated from Harvard in 1918, and served in World War I. He wrote for Vanity Fair and Life magazines, serving as editor of the latter from 1924 to 1928. His first play, written in 1927, was an immediate success. H...

Stern, Ernst, 1876-1954

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Composer Ralph Benatzky and designer Ernst Stern worked with director Erik Charell at the Grosse Schauspielhaus in Berlin in the 1920s. From the description of Set designs for the operetta Casanova, [1928]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 712599047 ...

Sherwood, Lydia

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Smallwood, Stella

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Saintsbury, H. A. (Harry Arthur), 1869-1939

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Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958

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English poet, literary critic, and magazine editor. From the description of Rivers, 1917. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31042218 Jack Squire was an English poet. He also edited "The London Mercury: a Monthly Review of Literature & the Arts". From the description of Jack Squire collection. [1933]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800204 Squire was born in Plymouth, England on Apr. 2, 1884; educated at St. John'...

Rarig, Arthur.

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Rosmer, Milton, 1882-1971

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Stocker, R. Dimsdale (Richard Dimsdale), 1877-

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Steloff, Frances, 1887-1989

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Ridgeway, Peter, 1894-1938.

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Straight, Michael Whitney.

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Art administrator, art collector; Washington, D.C. From the description of Michael Whitney Straight interview, [ca. 1971]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220190485 The donor, Michael Straight, grew up at Dartington Hall, Devonshire, England, an experimental community founded by his mother, Dorothy Whitney Straight and her second husband Leonard K. Elmhirst. The community included a progressive coeducational boarding school and a cluster of art centers. In the early 1930s, St...

Symons, Rhoda, 1874?-1936

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Spencer, Mowbray.

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Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh), 1859-1933

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Actor. From the description of E. H. Sothern papers. 1914-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980499 Edward Hugh Sothern (1859-1933) was an American actor and author who appeared on the New York and London stages; Julia Marlowe (1865-1950) was a successful actress in New York. They became co-stars in 1904, were married in 1911, and toured, mainly in Shakespeare plays, until her final retirement in 1924. Sothern devoted much of his later years to public readings, lectures ...

Schevill, Ferdinand, 1868-1954

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American historian. Taught at the University of Chicago, 1892-1937. From the description of Papers, [195-?]-1960. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248395 Ferdinand Schevill graduated from Yale in 1889 and finished his PhD at Freiburg in 1892. That same year he arrived with Professor Von Holst at the University of Chicago. As a junior professor he began writing the texts books that would come to define his career. The first edition of Schevi...

Stringer, Arthur, 1874-1950

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Sill, Louise Morgan (Smith)

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American poet and novelist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : Boise and Paris, to F. A. Duneka, 1908 May 26-1911 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664376 ...

Rorke, Kate, 1866-1945

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Simonson, Lee, 1888-1967

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Lee Simonson and his wife, Carolyn Simonson. From the description of Letters, 1928-1962, n.d., to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155876028 Simonson (1888-1967) was an American scenographer. He graduated from Harvard College in 1909. From the guide to the Papers, 1919-1938., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library) Simonson (1888-1967) was an Amer...

Shove, John.

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General Manager, Royal Festical Hall, London. From the description of Letters, to Maurice Browne, 1950-1951. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365592 ...

Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967

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British stage, screen, and radio actor; b. in Johannesburg, South Africa. From the description of Basil Rathbone collection, 1924-1950. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70925636 Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of Basil Rathbone : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512788 Huxley was an English novelist and Rathbone an English actor. Rathbone played a character in The giaconda smil...