Donald L. Parman correspondence about Bernard De Voto, 1959-1962.

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Donald L. Parman correspondence about Bernard De Voto, 1959-1962.

Consists of 7 letters in 6 envelopes: two in one envelope from Houghton Mifflin dated 15 & 17 Jul. 1959 about sales figures of De Voto's books; one from Little, Brown dated 31 Jul. 1959 about sales figures; one from William B. Hesseltine dated 10 Jul. 1961 about De Voto as a historian; one from Garrett Mattingly dated 15 Jul. 1961 about De Voto as a historian; one from M. Porter (Mrs. Clyde Porter) dated 20 Nov. 1961 about her collaboration with De Voto; and one from Avis De Voto dated 20 Jul. 1962 answering questions about De Voto.

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Little, Brown and Company, 1932, 1966, 1978

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Houghton, Mifflin and Company.

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Boston, Mass., publishing firm. From the description of Houghton, Mifflin and Company note [manuscript], 1899 April 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 715378844 ...

De Voto, Avis MacVicar, 1904-1989

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DeVoto was an editor, specializing in cookbooks, for Alfred A. Knopf, 1956-1958. Prior to that, she had handled the correspondence of her husband, Bernard A. DeVoto (1897-1955) author, editor, historian, and literary critic. She was also House Secretary in Lowell House at Harvard and worked in the dean's office at Radcliffe. The DeVotos had two sons. From the description of Papers, 1952-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006572 De Voto was an edit...

Porter, Mae Reed, 1889-1969

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Historical researcher and author, of Kansas City, Mo. From the description of Mae Reed Porter speech, 1953 Aug. 3. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70924271 Clyde Porter and Mae Reed met as classmates at Iowa State College and married in 1910. Clyde was an executive with Kansas City Power & Light and benefactor of the Kansas City Museum. Mae Reed Porter was an historian of the American West and an art collector. She purchased a collection of sket...

Mattingly, Garrett, 1900-1962

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Author, professor of history at Columbia University, 1948-1962. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1940]-1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515107 ...

De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955

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American educator, novelist, and Literary Editor of the Mark Twain Estate. From the description of Autograph and typed letters signed (11) : Lincoln and Cambridge, Mass. ; White Plains, New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, [n.d.] and 1935-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863883 Betty White was one of De Voto's students at Northwestern in the 1920's. She was literary, and the best friend of Avis MacVicar, whom De Voto shortly married. As a senior at Northwestern, Betty Whi...

Parman, Donald Lee, 1932-

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Donald Parman received his Ph.D. in American History from the University of Oklahoma in 1967 and continued his research on twentieth century Native Americans in the United States. Some of his publications include Navajos and the New Deal and Indians and the American West in the Twentieth Century. A recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities grant in 1972, Professor Parman continued to dedicate his research and writing to understanding the complex relationship between Native Americans...

Hesseltine, William Best, 1902-1963

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