Crane family papers, 1819-1944, bulk (1860-1900).

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Crane family papers, 1819-1944, bulk (1860-1900).

Collection consists of correspondence, journals, military records, legal papers, accounts, writings, photographs, and printed matter.

8.7 linear feet (19 boxes, 6 v.)

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Marsh, George P. (George Perkins), 1801-1882

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George Perkins Marsh was born in Woodstock, Vermont, educated at Dartmouth, and taught Greek and Latin in a local academy, then studied and practiced law. He was elected to the Vermont legislature, then to Congress in 1843, where he actively supported the Library of Congress and the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution. He was appointed Minister to Italy, 1861-1862. He was an active lecturer, and his book Man and Nature (1864) earns him credit today as the first environmentalist...

Marsh, Aurelia Blair

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Crane, Elizabeth Green

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Crane family

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Members of the Crane family included Colonel Alexander Baxter Crane (1833-1930), soldier, lawyer and businessman of Indiana and New York; his wife, Laura Mitchell Crane; and their children, Elizabeth, Caroline, Helen, Aurelia, Laura, and Alexander. Colonel Crane served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, had a prominent law practice in New York City, and was active in Westchester County, N.Y., affairs. From the guide to the Crane family papers, 1819-1944, 1860-1900, (...

Crane, Helen, 1868-1930

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Helen Crane, composer and pianist, was born in New York in 1868. While in New York, she studied with German composers Philip and Xaver Scharwenka, and later moved to Berlin (1906-1917). Her composition Elegy for violoncello and pianoforte, op. 57 (1919) received an award from the National Federation of Music Clubs in 1944. From the description of Helen Crane papers, ca. 1892-1944. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122534794 From the guide to the Helen Crane pape...

Crane, Laura Mitchell, 1833-ca. 1920.

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Crane, Alexander Baxter, 1833-1930.

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Crane, Laura Vernon, 1873-ca. 1960.

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Crane, Alexander Mitchell, 1871-1936?

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