Letters to Eleanor Elkins Widener from collectors and libraries : manuscript, 1914-1915.

Hellman, George S. (George Sidney), 1878-1958

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George Sidney Hellman (1878-1958) was an author, editor, and art, book, and manuscript dealer and collector of New York City. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Columbia University in 1899 and 1900 and maintained a close connection with that institution. With fellow student William Aspenwall Bradley he founded and edited the literary magazine, East & West, 1900-1901, and remained a prolific freelance writer and editor for most of his life. However, he earned his living as a rar...

Field, William Bradhurst Osgood, 1870-1949

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William Bradhurst Osgood Field (1870-1949) was a landowner, collector and philanthropist from a New York family. He was the son of William Hazard Field and Augusta Currie Bradhurst Field, and the nephew of Osgood Field, a society figure in London and Rome. William's sister, Mary Pearsall Field, was also a socialite.In 1902 he married Lila Vanderbilt Sloane Field, the great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt. They divided their time between their three family properties, 645 Fifth Avenue in Ma...

Greene, Belle da Costa, 1883-1950

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Belle da Costa Greene (December 13, 1883 – May 10, 1950) was the librarian to J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian under his son, Jack Morgan. In 1924 the private collection was incorporated by the State of New York as a library for public uses, and the Board of Trustees appointed Greene first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Born Belle Marion Greener in Washington, D.C., Greene grew up there and in New York City. Her biographer Heidi Ardizzone lis...

Hagen, Winston H. (Winston Henry), 1859-1918

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Chew, Beverly, 1850-1924

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Beverly Chew (B. A., Hobart College, 1869), a founding member of the Grolier Club, served as its librarian from 1887 to 1892 and as president from 1892 to 1896. From 1887 on, Chew was associated with the Metropolitan Trust Company of New York, retiring as vice-president in 1920. After his death, Chew's extensive library was dispersed at auction at the Anderson Galleries in New York City on 8-9 December 1924 and 5-7 January 1925. From the description of Papers, 1883-1926. (Unknown). W...

Prideaux, W. F. (William Francis), 1840-1914

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British army officer and author. From the description of Letters, 1913-1914. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36115920 English army officer serving in the Indian army; served also in Indian civil service; author of books and papers on literature, numismatics and archeology. From the description of Letter : to [Edmund] Gosse, 1909 Sept. 26. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122472751 ...

Livingston, Luther Samuel, 1864-1914

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Luther Samuel Livingston was the first curator of the Harry Elkins Widener Collection in the Harvard College Library. In 1912 Livingston published a set of "Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson, said to have never been published in the 1885 issue of "A Child's Garden of Verses." From the description of Letters sent to Luther Samuel Livingston, 1900-1912. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612840031 American bookseller and bibliographer. From the description o...

Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940

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A. Edward Newton was an authority on book collecting during the first half of the 20th century. His correspondence with Alfred Blake Trott, president of Daniels & Fisher Company of Denver, Colo. from 1929-1944, details book collecting as well as travels, and reflects on the political and economic climate of the time in Europe and the United States. Newton also sent Trott copies of articles, most published in the Atlantic monthly between 1922 and 1938. Some articles were privately printed by ...

Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928

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Edmund Gosse, a well known man of letters, librarian to the House of Lords (1904-1914), and author of the autobiography, Father and Son (1907), was a pioneering translator of Ibsen and author of numerous volumes of poetry, criticism and biography. Charles Edmund Merrill was an active member of the Grolier Club from 1910 until his death in 1942. From the description of Letters : to Charles E. Merrill, 1910-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577035 English poet and man of...

Widener, Eleanor Elkins,

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Gribbel, John,

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Smith, Harry Bache, 1860-1936

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Lyricist. From the description of Harry Bache Smith correspondence, 1895-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980474 American writer of short stories, plays, and librettos. A collector of rare books, manuscripts, and autographs, Smith also wrote about his collecting activities. From the description of Papers, 1773-1935, (bulk 1890-1930). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122648359 ...

Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926

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Shorter worked as an editor with a number of British papers and journals, such as the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, before founding and editing three early twentieth century journals: SKETCH, SPHERE, and the TATLER. Shorter also wrote critically about Victorian literature and published bibliographies about prominent British writers. From the description of Letter-Manuscript, 1920. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122348081 British writer. The letters are written...

Winship, George Parker, 1871-1952

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Winship graduated from Harvard in 1893 and taught history of printing and served as librarian at Harvard. From the description of Papers of George Parker Winship, 1899-1953 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973222 Winship (A.B. 1893) was the first Librarian of the Harry Elkins Widener Collection. From the description of Bibliographical notes, compositions, and other papers, [19--] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612868810 ...

Jastrow, Morris, Jr., 1861-1921

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Jastrow was professor and librarian in Semitic languages at the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1892-1898. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226050946 ...

Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931

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William Keeney Bixby was born in Adrian, Michigan, in 1857. His career in the railroad industry began with a job as baggageman and concluded with his position as president and chairman of the board of the American Car and Foundry Co. He retired from that company in 1905 at the age of 48. After retirement he pursued his interests in traveling and in collecting first editions, original manuscripts, and works of art. He continued to be active in the community as board member and officer of a number...

Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927

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Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927), founder of the Huntington Library, was born in Oneonta, New York. In 1892 he went to San Francisco to work for his uncle, Collis Potter Huntington, who was President of the Southern Pacific Railway Company. After Collis's death in 1900 and Henry's purchase of the Shorb ranch in 1902, Henry moved his business interests to the Los Angeles area, organizing the Pacific Electric Railway Company, the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, and other real estate a...

Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927

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Epithet: art critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00029d English literary and art critic; keeper, Dept. of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum; friend and editor of Robert Louis Stevenson. From the description of Letters to Elizabeth N. Fairchild [manuscript], 1896-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647996389 Sir Sidney Colvin was an art professor, critic, ...

McCutcheon, George Barr, 1866-1928

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American novelist. From the description of Courage, [1916-1917]. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29547103 Author. From the description of George Barr McCutcheon, 1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983984 George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) was an American novelist best known for his fictional works such as Graustark (1901). McCutcheon was born on July 26, 1866 to John Barr and Clara (Glick) McCutcheon in Tippecano...

De Puy, Henry Farr, 1859-1924

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Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937

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Epithet: of Add MS 38794 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x00005c Thomas James Wise was an English book collector, printer, bibliographer, and literary forger. From the description of Thomas James Wise collection of papers, 1876-1937. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455235 From the guide to the Thomas James Wise collection of papers, 1876-1937, (The New York Public ...