Ralph Heyward Isham papers, 1780-1976 (inclusive), 1917-1954 (bulk).

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Ralph Heyward Isham papers, 1780-1976 (inclusive), 1917-1954 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702170925

The papers consist of correspondence, topical files, business and financial documents, photographs, and printed material which document Ralph Heyward Isham's British army service and his collecting and publishing of the James Boswell Papers.

4 linear ft.

Yale University Library

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Yale University Library

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Boswell, James, 1740-1795

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James Boswell (1740-1795) was the author of one of the most influential biographies in the English language, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. He also wrote two successful travel books: An Account of Corsica, and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. He worked intermittently as a lawyer, and in 1782 succeeded his father as Laird of Auchinleck in Scotland. From the description of James Boswell letters, 1762-1795. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612839330 Boswell wa...

Isham, Ralph Heyward, 1890-1955

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Ralph Heyward Isham was born in New York City on July 2, 1890. He attended Cornell University (1908), Yale College (1910-1911), and New York Law School. He served in the British army during World War I, and following the armistice in November of 1918 he was named head of an intelligence unit which investigated and suppressed Bolshevik activities among militiary personnel. For his army service he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and retired at the rank of Lieutenant Colone...