American Press Association correspondence, 1890-1899.

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American Press Association correspondence, 1890-1899.

Correspondence addressed primarily to the managing editors of the American Press Association from writers of stories and articles relating to the publication of their material or to other literary matters. Also includes several letters from managing editors of the association's branch offices. Correspondents include John Aulde, L.H. Bailey, Rolla C. Carpenter, William Eleroy Curtis, Charles A. Custis, Allan Forman, Moses P. Handy, John Langdon Heaton, Bart Kennedy, Alfred E. Lee, Lida Rose McCabe, Hiram Powers, John Gilmer Speed, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Kate Jordan Vermilye, Rufus Rockwell Wilson, John Russell Young.

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Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908

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Ainsworth Rand Spofford (September 12, 1825 – August 11, 1908) was an American journalist and the sixth Librarian of Congress. Spofford was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. Ill health prevented him from attending Amherst College. He instead, at age 19, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became a bookseller, publisher, and newspaper man. In 1849 Spofford founded the Literary Club of Cincinnati with John Celivergos Zachos, Stanley Matthews (judge) and 9 others founded. One year later Ruthe...

Custis, Charles A.

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Carpenter, Rolla C. (Rolla Clinton), 1852-1919

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Kennedy, Bart, 1861-1930

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Speed, John Gilmer, 1853-1909

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Author, journalist, managing editor for the New York World, America Magazine and Leslie's Weekly, biographer of Keats. From the description of Letter to Mr. Phillips, 1894 February 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49803219 ...

Heaton, John Langdon, 1860-1935

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Lee, Alfred E. b. 1838

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Aulde, John, 1846-

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Handy, Moses P. (Moses Purnell), 1847-1898

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American newspaper editor; chief of the Department of Publicity & Promotion of the Chicago International Exposition of 1893. From the description of M. P. Handy letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1893 February 3. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 774711546 ...

McCabe, Lida Rose, 1865-1938

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Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873

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American sculptor. From the description of Horatio Nelson Powers letter to the Rev. W. Ware [manuscript], no year August 12. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647997942 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Florence, to Bayard Taylor, 1845 Oct. 9 and 1846 Feb. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618884 Sculptor; United States and Italy. From the description of Hiram Powers letters, 1852 Apr. 4-Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat r...

American Press Association

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When Theodore Roosevelt came home from his African expedition in June of 1910, he made attempts to cure the growing division within his Republican party. He went on a speaking tour in the late summer and early fall to support Republicans and Republicanism in the election of 1910. From the description of Colonel Roosevelt's western and southern trips, Aug. 23-Sept. 11 & Oct. 6-15, 1910, not before 1910. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612800248 ...

Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.

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Liberty Hyde Bailey was instrumental in separating Horticulture from Botany and establishing it as a distinct scientific pursuit. Born on a farm in Michigan in 1858, Liberty Hyde Bailey graduated from the Michigan Agricultural College with a degree in botany. After working with the renowned botanist Asa Gray at Harvard, he returned to Michigan to teach horticulture and landscape gardening. In 1888, he came to Cornell to build a new curriculum in practical and experimental horticulture. In 1904, ...

Kennedy, Bart

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Lee, Alfred E. (Alfred Emory), 1838-

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Wilson, Rufus Rockwell, 1865-1949

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Newspaper journalist and magazine writer; known for books about Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Rufus Rockwell Wilson lettersh[manuscript], 1895. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647999168 ...

Young, John Russell, 1840-1899

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x000334 Irish American journalist, author, diplomat and Librarian of Congress. From the description of John Russell Young letters [manuscript], 1867-1891. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174958754 Journalist, editor, diplomat, and Librarian of Congress. From the description of John Russell Young paper...

Curtis, William Eleroy, 1850-1911

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American journalist. From the description of Typed letters signed (4) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1891 Apr. 27-July 28. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 81020876 Curtis was chief of the Latin-American department of the Chicago Record . From the guide to the William Eleroy Curtis Scrapbooks, 1874-1911, 1885-1911, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Traveling correspondent for two...

Forman, Allan, 1860-1914

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Vermilye, Kate Jordan, -1926

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Handy, Moses P. (Moses Purnell), 1847-1898

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American newspaper editor; chief of the Department of Publicity & Promotion of the Chicago International Exposition of 1893. From the description of M. P. Handy letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1893 February 3. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 774711546 ...