William Kent family papers [microform] : scrapbook. 1980-1982.

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William Kent family papers [microform] : scrapbook. 1980-1982.

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Scrapbooks, 1866-1920, recording Kent's political career and interests, including newspaper clippings, reports, and articles on local politics in Chicago, 1896-1907, and of political events in California together with bills, petitions and other material related to his terms as congressman, 1911-1917. One scrapbook, 1908-1911, in on the preservation of Muir Wood. Also included are literary, biographical, and personal items, among them a scrapbook of events at Yale College, 1881-1885, and appointment books and calendars, 1912-1952, kept by his wife Elizabeth Thacher Kent.

15 microfilm reels : ill. ; 35 mm.

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Kent, William, 1864-1928

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William Kent was born on March 29, 1864 in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from Yale (B.A., 1887). From 1895 to 1897 he was a member of the Chicago City Council and was a founding member of the Municipal Voters' League. Kent moved to California in 1907. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from California (1911-1917) and served on the U.S. Tariff Commission (1917-1921). He lost the nomination in the California senatorial election of 1920. Kent died on March 13, 1928 in K...

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Eli Whitney was born in Westborough, Massachusetts in 1765. Even as a child he showed an aptitude for mechanical work, repairing violins and taking on other mechanical work as it presented itself. Whitney set up shop making nails and when the demand for nails declined, he changed his business to manufacture hat pins, a commodity with increasing demand. Whitney eventually enrolled at Yale College in May 1789, and graduated three years later. He intended to further his education and become a lawye...