Papers of L. R. Glavis, 1907-1971 (bulk 1933-1935).

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Papers of L. R. Glavis, 1907-1971 (bulk 1933-1935).

Correspondence, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks relating to Glavis's duties as director of Investigations for the Dept. of the Interior, his removal during the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, and his subsequent reinstatement. Correspondents include Richard A. Ballinger, J. S. Cullinar, Norman Hapgood, Ben B. Lindsey, George W. Norris, Amos Pinchot, and Gifford Pinchot.

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Ballinger, Richard Achilles, 1858-1922

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Richard Achilles Ballinger was mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1904–1906 and United States Secretary of the Interior from 1909–1911. He was born on July 9, 1858 in Boonesboro, Iowa, and graduated from Williams College in 1884. After serving as mayor of Seattle, Ballinger attracted the attention of President Theodore Roosevelt's administration and was appointed commissioner of the General Land Office from 1907 to 1909. In 1909, President William Howard Taft appointed him Secretary of the Interi...

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Norris, George William, 1861-1944

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Glavis, L. R. (Louis Russell), 1883-1971

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Cullinar, Joseph Stephen, 1860-1937.

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Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

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Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937

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Norman Hapgood: editor, diplomat, and author. Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood (1894-1974): editor and translator. From the description of Papers of Norman Hapgood and Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, 1823-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132030 Norman Hapgood was an editor and critic, best remembered for his influential editorials for Collier's Weekly. Born in Chicago, he had a distinguished tenure as a student at Harvard University, culminating in a law degree. He practiced law...

Lindsey, Ben B. (Ben Barr), 1869-1943

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