The Temple of Religion and Tower of Peace scrapbook, Golden Gate International Exposition, 1938-1939.
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Parr, Fred D.
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Fred D. Parr, 1885-1964, a native Californian and Methodist layman, was successful in ship building and port trade on the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay. Involved in church work, he served on charitable boards and commissions. In 1938, Parr became president of the Temple of Religion Committee coordinating all efforts to include the Temple and Tower in the 1939 Golden Gate International Exhibition. Work included planning and constructing the building, coordinating exhibits and art work, an...
Reinhardt, Aurelia Henry, 1877-1948
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President, Mills College. From the description of Aurelia Henry Reinhardt letters, 1917-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552878 Biographical Note Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, educator and social activist, was born in San Francisco in1877. Her career began in California and she never strayed far from her native soil nor lost what many came to refer to as her characteristic Western qualities: energy, expansiveness, and a...
Hunter, Stanley Armstrong, 1888-1959
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Stanley Armstrong Hunter (1888-1959); Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. missionary to India, 1910-1912, later pastor; pastorates: Central Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.); Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church (Bryn Mawr, Pa.); North Presbyterian Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.); St. John's Presbyterian Church (Berkeley, Calif.); Centennial Presbyterian Church (Oakland, Calif.); also briefly associate editor of the Presbyterian Banner. From the description of Papers, 1892-1941 (bulk, 1901-1924)....
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
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History It has been said that with two great bridges in the course of construction, there began in San Francisco, in about 1933, a substantial feeling that a celebration or exposition should be held to commemorate their completion. As the plans for an exposition developed, it seemed fitting that its theme should be man's progress in communication, transportation, trade and industry, since these were the fields symbolized by the bridges. The S...
Bergmann, Frank W. (Frank Walter), 1898-1977
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