Papers of Andrew F. Rolle, 1951-1982.

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Papers of Andrew F. Rolle, 1951-1982.

Correspondence related to the academic career of Andrew F. Rolle. Includes copies of outgoing correspondence from Rolle as well as letters from his colleagues Ray Allen Billington, Louis B. Wright, and K. Ross Toole. Most of the correspondence focuses on Rolle's published books and articles, including those on Italian-Americans in the Western United States, various articles written for the Historical Society of Montana, writings on the history of Occidental College, and notes on "Flight Below the Border" (1959) and "The Historic Past of the Unconscious" (1980). The collection also includes some personal correspondence and references to other historians, including Robert Glass Cleland. Also included are newspaper articles and ephemera, most relating to Billington's death in 1981.

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Montana Historical Society

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A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope and at a lower rate than a letter. The term Postcard refers to cards which were privately produced and were not sold with postage prepaid. Postcards are visual representations of people and places specific to a particular time, providing a record of changes in geography, graphic and artwork styles, social interests, and social concerns. Del...

Wright, Louis B. (Louis Booker), 1899-1984

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Occidental College

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Toole, K. Ross (Kenneth Ross), 1920-1981

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Author, former director of the Montana Historical Society, and professor of history at the University of Montana in Missoula. From the description of Kenneth Ross Toole interview, 1970. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70924269 Kenneth Ross Toole was born August 8, 1920 in Missoula, Montana. After serving in the Navy during World War II, Toole received a B.A. in History in 1946 and M.A. in History, American West, in 1948, both from the U...

Billington, Ray Allen, 1903-1981

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Historian; teacher of American history at Clark University, Smith College, and Northwestern University; research associate at the Henry E. Huntington Library; author of Westward Expansion (1949) and Frederick Jackson Turner (1973). From the description of Ray Allen Billington papers relating to the fourth edition of Westward expansion, 1967-ca. 1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80908689 From the description of Ray Allen Billington papers relating to the fourth edition of ...

Rolle, Andrew F.

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California and Western American historian Andrew F. Rolle graduated from Occidental College in 1943. He served as a military intelligence officer in Europe and as American Vice Consul in Genoa, Italy, from 1945 to 1948. He earned a PhD in history from UCLA in 1953 and taught at Occidental College from 1953 to 1988. Rolle studied psychoanalysis at the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute in 1976 and specialized in psychohistory. His published works include California: a history (1963), Th...

Cleland, Robert Glass, 1885-1957

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Robert Glass Cleland (1885-1957) was an educator, historian and scholar who received his B.A. from Occidental College in 1907 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1912. He served as professor of history and held numerous positions at Occidental College from 1912-1943. Upon retiring from Occidental College, he joined the Permanent Research Group at the Huntington Library. During his career, he also held positions on the Boards of Trustees for Princeton University and Scripps College. ...