Robert Housum collection, 1909-1975.

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Robert Housum collection, 1909-1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702152147

A collection of items from friends of Housum's, including letters, manuscripts and photographs from Charles Hopkins and Meade Minnigerode; a drawing by Arthur Sturges Hildebrand; a letter from John Strong Newberry; and a file of letters concerning Housum's research into the origin of the Whiffenpoof Song, which contains letters from Philip H. Collins, James M. Howard, and Meade Minnigerode.

0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8019236

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Howard, James M. (James Merriam), 1886-1971

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Ordained as a minister in 1914 and installed at Bedford Park Presbyterian Church; in 1917 was commissioned Chaplain and assigned to the 304th Field Artillery; in 1919 promoted to Captain, and served as Acting Senior Chaplain of the 77th Division; in 1918 moved from Bedford Park to the South Street Presbyterian Church of Morristown, New Jersey, remaining until 1936. From the description of James Merriam Howard papers, 1916-1969 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702167132 ...

Newberry, John Strong, 1883-

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Hopkins, Charles, 1664?-1700?

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Housum, Robert, 1886-1986

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Minnigerode, Meade, 1887-1967

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Minnigerode was an American biographer and historical novelist. From the guide to the Meade Minnigerode Collection on, The Terror of Peru, 1940, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Co-author of the words of the Whiffenpoof song. From the description of Autograph postcard, signed : [Essex, Conn.], to Mr. [James] Fuld, 1963 July 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270924789 ...

Hildebrand, Arthur Sturges, 1887-1924?

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Whiffenpoofs (Musical group)

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The Whiffenpoofs, a Yale student singing group, was founded in 1909 by four members of the University Quartet: George Pomeroy (1909), James M. Howard (1909), Meade Minnigerode (1910), Carl A. Lohmann (1910), and Denton Fowler (1909). The founders took their name from a fish story told by Joe Cawthorn, a popular comedian of the time. In a musical show called "Little Nemo," he described a fabulous creature which he caught by boring a hole in the lake and putting cheese around the hole. The Whiffen...