Garvan-Sheldon collection, 1796-1943 (inclusive).

Young, Filson, 1876-1938

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Filson Young was born in County Antrim and was a war correspondent, musician, journalist and soldier. His works include: Ireland at the Cross Roads (1903), and When the Tide Turns (1908). From the description of Filson Young fonds. [1912-1913]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676808666 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x00020b ...

Lyell, Denis David, 1871-

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Williams, A. Bryan.

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Robinson, Henry Mauris, 1868-1937

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Henry Mauris Robinson (1868-1937), lawyer and banker. He was born in Ravenna, Ohio, son of George Foreman Robinson (1844-1917), judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the 2nd subdivision of the othe Judicial District of Ohio. Henry Mauris Robinson was educated at Western Reserve Academy and Cornell University and practiced law in Ohio and New York City before moving to Southern California in 1905. He was chairman of the board of Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles and also was on board of...

Jeffrey, W. J.

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Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 1796-1871

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Raymond, George B., 1841-

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Turnbo, Silas C.

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Wise, Lewis L. A.

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Fish, Frederick Studebaker.

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Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1880-1951

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Lincoln Ellsworth (b. May 12, 1880, Chicago, Illinois-d. May 26, 1951, New York City), American explorer, engineer, and scientist. Ellsworth led the first trans-Arctic (1926) and trans-Antarctic (1935) air crossings. He first attempted to fly over the North Pole in 1925 with Roald Amundsen. Their planes were forced down onto the ice short of their goal, and the explorers spent 30 days trapped on the surface. In 1926, Ellsworth accompanied Amundsen on his second effort to fly over the Pole in th...

Sheldon, Charles, 1867-1928

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Charles Sheldon (1867-1928), big game hunter, conservationist, and authority on mountain sheep, was a close personal friend of Edward William Nelson. Nelson was co-editor of Sheldon's posthumously published "The Wilderness of Denali," and the author of a biographical memoir on Sheldon. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_212_pid_EACP209 Hunter, naturalist, and conservationist Charles Sheldon (1867-1928) collected, photographed, and...

Menger, Rudolph, 1851-

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Mather, Amasa Stone, 1884-1920

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Phillipps-Wolley, Clive, 1854-1918

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Newall, David John Falconer.

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Harrison, George Leslie, 1887-1958

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Lawyer, financial expers. Harrison was legal secretary to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1913-1914; Assistant General Counsel, and the Counsel, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C., 1914-1920; Counsel and Deputy Governor, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1920-1928; Governor and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1928-1941; President, New York Life Insurance Company, 1941-1948; and Chairman of the Board, New York Life Insurance Company, 1948-1953. His career ...

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938

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George Bird Grinnell was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on 20 Sept. 1849. His father prospered after the Civil War with a wholesale dry goods business. He eventually developed an investment firm in which he hoped his son would develop an interest. While a student at Yale University, however, young Grinnell went on a fossil and dinosaur expedition to the west led by Professor O.C. Marsh. By 1874 Grinnell dissolved the investment firm his father had founded and moved to New Haven, Conn., to work with Mar...

Dresser, H.E. (Henry Eeles), 1838-1915

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Pringle, Walter, 1789-1834.

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Lovell, Jonathan M.

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Whelen, Townsend, 1887-

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McGuire, J. A. (John Albert), 1931-

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Phillips, W. S. (Walter Shelley), 1867-1940

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McLellan, Isaac, 1806-1899

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Taylor, Lee

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Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000447.0x0000ac English-American author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newark, N. J., to A. Hart, 1845 May 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270470954 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newark, 1845 Sept. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270470989 American author and editor. Fr...

Deane, Ruthven, 1851-1934.

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Bradley, Mary Hastings.

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Mary Hastings Bradley (1882-1976) was a Chicago author, lecturer, journalist and traveler. Bradley was the author of numerous pieces of short fiction and novels, several of which were inspired by her expeditions to Africa in the 1920s. In 1945, Bradley became a war correspondent for Colliers Magazine reporting on women in the military in Italy, France, and Germany. Her experiences touring concentration camps after the close of the war became the basis for a feature series on the Holocaust. Mrs. ...

Webster, Edward Barton, 1868-1936

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Leask, Thomas, 1839-1912

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Colburn, Frederick S.

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Carter, James Morland.

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Hallock, Charles, 1834-1917

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Musters, Lina Chaworth.

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Wagner, Henry Raup, 1862-1957

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Wagner was born on Sept. 27, 1862 in Philadelphia, PA; A.B. (1884), LL. B (1886), L.H.D. (1946), Yale Univ.; D. Litt. (1935), Pomona College; LL. D (1949), UC Berkeley; admitted to Missouri bar in 1887 and began practicing in Kansas City; became member of the executive committee (1918-20), the vice president (1920-21), American Smelting and Refining Co., New York; began to collect books, and made contributions to the history and bibliography of Latin America and the American West; member, Americ...

Fleischmann, Maximilian Charles.

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Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895

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Charles Lanman, writer, journalist and amateur painter, was born in Monroe, Michigan, June 15, 1819. He spent much of his career working as a journalist in Monroe and Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Washington DC in 1848 and worked as a librarian in various branches of government, including the War Department, the Copyrights Division of the Department of State, the executive library of President Fillmore, and the Interior Department. He wrote several books in his career on topics of travel and wil...

Hazelton, William Chester, 1870-

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Tabler, Edward C.

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Edward C. Tabler (1916-1977) was an engineer who received his B.S. degree from the University of West Virginia in 1938, and his M.S. degree in 1940. He held various positions with Union Carbide, and was the author of many books on the history of South Africa and big game hunting. From the description of Edward C. Tabler papers, 1863-1977 (inclusive), 1940-1977 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78374151 From the description of Edward C. Tabler papers, 1863-1977 (inclusiv...

Uhagoń y Guardamino, Francisco Rafael de, marqueś de Laurenciń, 1858-1927.

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Bannon, Henry Towne, 1867-1950.

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Garvan, Francis P. (Francis Patrick), 1875-1937

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Francis P. Garvan (1875-1937) was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University and studied law at Catholic University in Washington D.C. and New York Law School. After graduating in 1899, he practiced law for one year when he was appointment to the staff of the District Attorney's Office of New York City. As Assistant District Attorney for eight years he distinguished himself as an investigator of crime and prosecutor of criminals. During World War I, Garvan was Chief of the ...

Werich, Jacob Lorenzo, 1860-

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Shoemaker, William Lukens, 1822-

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Sheffield, Frank

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Burlace, J.B.

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Baillie-Grohman, William A. (William Adolph), 1851-1921

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Epithet: writer on sports and art British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000071 ...

Wroe, William E.

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