Anderson family papers, 1901-1933.

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Anderson family papers, 1901-1933.

Personal and business correspondence to Melville Best Anderson (1851-1933). Approximately half the correspondence is dated 1931 and relates to publication of Anderson's translation of Dante's Divine Comedy. Correspondents include Anderson's son, Robert Anderson, L. Ward Bannister, and Paget Toynbee. Also includes Anderson's reminiscences of David Starr Jordan and Paget Toynbee, reprints of articles by and about M. B. Anderson, and miscellaneous memorabilia.

.5 linear foot (ca. 200 items).

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Anderson, Melville Best, 1851-1933

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American literary scholar, primarily of Dante. From the description of Melville Best Anderson papers, 1926-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552958 Head of English Dept. at Stanford University and Dante scholar. From the description of Melville Best Anderson letters to Franklin E. Perham and other papers, 1901-1928. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 215099758 Biography Me...

Anderson family.

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Family of Scottish-English origins which came to the United States in the middle of the nineteenth century. The family settled on the East Coast, later moving West; the Andersons contributed to society in the fields of theology, education and literature. Melville Best Anderson was an author, translator and teacher whose particular interest was the work of Dante. From 1891-1910, he taught in th English Department at Stanford University, serving as first chairman of the department. Fro...

Toynbee, Paget Jackson, 1855-1932

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Paget Jackson Toynbee (1855-1932) was a Dante scholar. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Paget Toynbee's concordances to Dante's, Convivo, Vita nuova, and part of the, Canzoniere, 1898, (University of Oxford, Taylor Institution Library) ...

Anderson, Malcolm Playfair, 1878-1919.

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Hall, Howard Judson, 1869-

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Baptist living in Orem, Utah. From the description of Interview, 1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536572 Professor of English, the first librarian at the University of Arizona, and acting University of Arizona President, 1903. From the description of Papers of Howard Judson Hall, 1892-1904. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 41087641 ...

Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931

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Educator, author, and naturalist. From the description of Papers of David Starr Jordan, 1861-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068098 Zoologist David Starr Jordan was elected president of Indiana University in 1885. He left IU in 1891 to become Stanford University's first president. Jordan died in 1931. From the description of David Starr Jordan papers, 1874-1929, bulk 1895-1929. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 61225195 American ichthyolog...

Anderson, Hattie Mabel, 1887-1965

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Anderson, Robert van Vleck, 1884-

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Robert Anderson was a geologist and archeologist. From the description of Costa Rica : Photographs, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122595390 ...

Bannister, L. Ward (Lucius Ward), 1871-

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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

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Prolific poet, Florentine exile, and advocate of the Italian vernacular's destined role in the diffusion of literature, philosophy, and political thought. Dante's Divine Comedy proves its importance as a testimony to the beliefs, customs, and the contemporary experience of the late medieval period whose sense of vision prefigures the first signs of Renaissance civilization. This collection original works, criticial works, and memorabilia remains the largest of its kind outside of Italy (Enciclop...

Anderson, Edward Playfair, 1856-1951.

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