James Branch Cabell Collection, 1886-1928 - View Resource - Social Networks and Archival Context

Viereck, George Sylvester, 1884-1962

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Poet, novelist, journalist, biographer, and pro-German publicist; biographer of Edward M. House; in March, 1942 convicted of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act and sentenced to prison. From the description of George Sylvester Viereck papers, 1924-1938 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169142 "George Sylvester Viereck," http://www.anb.org (accessed September 27, 2006). Biographical information derived from the collection. ...

Mayer, Edwin Justus, 1896-1960

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Edwin Justus Mayer, playwright. From the description of A Night at Madame Tussaud's: a shocker in the Grand Guignol manner: typescript. 1949. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 60703312 ...

Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980

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American dramatist, humorist, screenwriter. From the description of Letter to Ivan Somerville, [1922] December 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53284516 Donald Ogden Stewart, American playwright, humorist, screenwriter, and political activist, was born in Columbus, Ohio on November 30, 1894 to Gilbert Holland and Clara Landon Ogden Stewart. Stewart attended Philip Exeter Academy (1909-1912) and Yale University (1912-1916), where he was a member ...

Hal Garrott

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Guy Holt

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S. D. Green

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Myra Marini

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Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918

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Editor and American ambassador to Great Britain; of New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1889-1917. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20077806 Walter H. Page was editor of The Atlantic Monthly, 1895-98. Prior, he was with the Forum. Robert Johnson worked at the Century magazine. From the description of TLS, 1896 July 1, Boston, Mass. to Robert Underwood Johnson / Walter H. Page. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 37228165 ...

Barlow, Samuel

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American composer, concert impresario, and writer. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 5, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861671 ...

Branch, Anna Hempstead, 1875-1937

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American poet, of Brooklyn, N.Y. From the description of Anna Hempstead Branch letter to Edith A. Watson, 1891 Dec. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 123945395 Branch was born on March 18, 1875 in New London, Conn. and lived in a house occupied by her grandmother's family since 1640 known as Hempstead House. She was educated at Smith College (1897) and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. While at the Academy she became acquainted with...

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

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Epithet: Mrs; of Add MS 37312 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0001da American author, editor and war correspondent. From the description of Richard Harding Davis Letters concerning South Africa and the Boer War [manuscript], 1899-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 611582020 American newspaperman, war correspondent and novelist. From the description of Letter to Arthur...

C. Ford

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Sam Janney

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Roberts, Walter Adolphe, 1886-1962

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W. Adolphe Roberts (1886-1962), editor of Ainslee's magazine, wrote on the Caribbean and popular novels set in New Orleans, first African-American writer of a mystery novel. Edwin Carty Ranck (b. 1879), wrote articles, author of "Merrymount: an opera in three acts." From the description of Letter to Edwin Carty Ranck, 1919 April 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56908535 ...

K. W. Lane

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Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951

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Sinclair Lewis (b. Feb. 7, 1885, Sauk Centre, MN–d. January 10, 1951, Rome, Italy) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. ...

Finger, Charles Joseph, 1869-1941

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Finger was born in Sussex, England and attended Kings College, London. He became an authority on Wagner, Chopin and Greig. He wrote children's books as well as short stories for H.L. Mencken's, Smart Set and The Century. From the description of Conrad and his style: typescript, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155181120 U.S. editor (Reedy's Mirror and All's Well), writer, music school director, and railroad employee; best known for two collections of folk tales. ...

Edwards, Horace H. (Horace Hall), 1902-

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Born in 1902 in Isle of Wight, Mr. Edwards began his political career shortly after his graduation from the University of Richmond in 1926 with a degree in law. In 1928 he worked on the presidential campaign of Al Smith. When Smith was defeated, Edwards returned to the practice of law but remained active in politics. In 1933 he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates and served three terms. Appointed city attorney in 1938, Edwards held the position for ten years, guiding the city's direct...

Boynton, Henry Walcott, 1869-1947

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Graduate of Amherst College, 1891 (M.A. 1893). Writer and critic, born 1869 in Guilford, Connecticut. Chief reviewer, Atlantic Monthly, 1901-1904; on regular staff of The Nation and the New York Evening Post, 1912- ; wrote criticism for The Bookman,1915- Author or editor of at least 24 books about literature and journalism, sometimes under the pseudonym John Walcott. Died 1947. From the description of Boynton papers, 1897-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 48612302 Author ...

Frank Shay

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Deacon, William Arthur

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Canadian writer & literary critic, William Arthur Deacon was born in Pembroke, Ontario in 1890 and grew up in Stanstead, Quebec. He received his early education in Stanstead and attended McGill & Victoria College, U of T. He was literary editor of Saturday Night, and the Globe & Mail from 1936 until his retirement in 1960. He was also author of a number of books including My Vision of Canada (1933) and th Four Jameses (1953). From the description of William Arthur Deacon ...

Bishop, John Peale, 1892-1944

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American author. From the description of Typed letter signed : South Harwich, Mass., to Stark Young, 1934 Sept. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874880 ...

Franz Blei

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Henry, Alexander

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x000317 ...

C. W. Beale

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Leslie Reed

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Ben Hecht

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Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...

Boyd, Thomas Alvin, 1888-

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Boyd and Kettering were General Motors Corporation men. General Motors Institute of Technology was named for Kettering in the 1990s. The Clarke Historical Library has a published copy of Professional Amateur : The Biography of Charles Franklin Kettering. From the description of Collection, 1919,1976. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 41147186 Ohio State University ('18, '38, '53) noted for his work with Thomas Midgley on the development of ethyl gasoline. He w...

Henry Sell

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Harding, T. Swann (Thomas Swann), 1890-

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Thomas Swann Harding (b. 1890) was a chemist, editor, and writer for USDA for more than 37 years. He received a bachelor of science degree in agricultural chemistry at the Maryland Agricultural College in 1910. After a short period of employment in chemical research work at the Maryland Experiment Station and Agricultural College, he began research on the preparation of rare sugars and carbohydrates for the USDA Bureau of Chemistry in 1910. In 1918 he joined a pharmaceutical firm (Digestive Ferm...

E. Goodhue

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Sept. 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. He began writing while a student at Princeton University. He met his wife, Zelda, while serving in the US Army stationed in Alabama. His novel, This Side of Paradise, was published in 1920 and he became an instant success. He published he Great Gatsby in 1925. Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940 of a heart attack at age 44 while living in Los Angeles and working for the film industry....

Allen, Charles Dexter, 1865-1926

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Epithet: American bibliophile British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0002e4 ...

Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929

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Henry Blake Fuller (1857-1929) was an American poet, essayist, and novelist. His works include The chevalier of Pensieri-Vani, The cliff-dwellers, and With the procession. From the description of Letters to Louise Lawrence Venus Washburn, 1873-pre-1929. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122584605 American author. From the description of Papers of Henry Blake Fuller, 1866-1904 (bulk 1886-1904). (University of Virgin...

Smith, Clark Ashton, 1893-1961

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Clark Ashton Smith was an author of poetry and later of fantastic fiction in pulp magazines. He began correspondence with another author Samuel Loveman in 1913 that would last until 1941. Loveman also acquired skills in book dealing and eventually set up his own shop, the Bodley Gallery (Bodley Press) in the 1930's. From the description of Clark Ashton Smith letters : to Samuel Loveman, 1913-1941. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 50825411 Clark Ashto...

Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961

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Writer, editor, critic. From the description of Reminiscences of Henry Seidel Canby and Amy Loveman : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481130 Epithet: editor of 'Saturday Review of Literature' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001e2 Canby was a critic, editor and Yale University professor (1899-1922). He was one of the founder...

Harry Lucas

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Goldsmith, Alfred F.

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Alfred Francis Goldsmith was born in Atlantic City, N.J. and studied at the University of Pennsylvania. He opened his shop, At the Sign of the Sparrow, in the Gramercy Park area of New York City in the early 1920s. His primary interests were Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allen Poe, and Walt Whitman. Goldsmith helped Carolyn Wells acquire her major collection of Whitmaniana, which she later left to the Library of Congress. Their descriptive bibliography of Whitman's works appeared in 1922. We...

Stone, William L. (William Leete), 1792-1844

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Journalist, proprietor of the New York Commercial Advertiser, and historian. From the description of Letter, 13 Dec. 1831. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49337062 New York journalist and historian. After working for several newspapers and magazines, Stone became proprietor of the New York Commercial Advertiser in 1821. An advocate of the preservation of state historical records, Leete also wrote several works of local history. ...

Chubb, Thomas Caldecot, 1899-1972

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Thomas Caldecot Chubb was born in East Orange, New Jersey, the son of insurance exective Herndon Chubb and his wife, Alice Lee Chubb. He was educated at St. Paul's School and at Yale College, receiving his BA in 1922. It was at Yale that he achieved his first literary successes. His poetry collection, The White God and Other Poems, was published in the Yale Younger Poets series in 1920, and his poem Kyrdoon was the Yale University Prize Poem in 1921. Although he served i...

T. N. Smith

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Rice, Laban Lacy, 1870-

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Rice was the brother of author Cale Young Rice. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, [between 1947 and 1952]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 183651473 ...

Thomas Bell

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Bierstadt, Edward Hale, 1891-

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Edward Hale Bierstadt, nephew of the painter Albert Bierstadt, was a writer, critic, and editor. From the description of Edward Hale Bierstadt scrapbook of miscellaneous writings, 1915-1922. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49562606 ...

Floyd Dell

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Damon, S. Foster

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American poet. Professor in Department of English, Brown University, 1927-1963. Curator of the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays, John Hay Library, Brown University, 1930-1963. From the description of Letter, 1956, January 17, Providence, Rhode Island, to Mr. Jonah. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122639408 Poet, dramatist, Blake scholar. Professor of English at Brown University and Curator of Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays. From the d...

Liebler, H. Baxter (Harold Baxter), 1889-1982

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The Reverend Harold Baxter Liebler established a mission to the Navajo Indians at Bluff, Utah in 1943 named St. Christopher's until his retirement in the middle 1960s. Liebler's mission to the Navajo Indians, however, did not end upon his retirement. Instead, he moved into the Monument Valley area of Arizona and established the Hat Rock Valley Retreat Center and St. Mary's of the Moonlight chapel. He resided here, in Monument Valley, until his death in 1982. Liebler, even though operating this n...

Lewis Chase

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F. Batcher

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W. W. Lange

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Greenberg, Publisher

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Founded in 1924 by Jacob W. & David B. Greenberg. Sold to Chilton Book Company in 1958. Greenberg published in many fields including "how to" books, westerns, inspirational topics, health, cooking, agriculture, early gay fiction, sociology, police techniques, and theater. From the guide to the Greenberg Publisher Records, 1894-1976, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Founded in 1924 by Jacob W. & David B. Greenber...

Boyd, Ernest Augustus, 1887-1946

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A portion of this correspondence is with Madeleine Boyd, wife of Ernest Boyd. From the description of Correspondence with Theodore and Helen Dreiser, 1919-1936. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155895933 Irish critic and essayist, editor of AMERICAN SPECTATOR, 1932. From the description of Autograph letter signed to Mr. B.F. Hart, 1932 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384138 ...

W. E. Baker

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Gilman Hall

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Morse, Willard S. (Willard Samuel), 1856-1935

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Morse was born on June 12, 1856 in Ware, MA; at age 15 he began an apprenticeship in a machine shop in Taunton; moved to the West, where he first worked as a clerk in the Denver post office, and then in the office of the Consolidated Virginia mine at Virginia City, NV; later became a mining executive in the West and Mexico; moved to New York City in 1906, where he was made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Co., Chilean Exploration Co., and Braden...

Ben Moore

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W. D. Mann

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Smith, Lewis Worthington, 1866-1947

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Lewis Worthington Smith was born in Malta, Illinois on November 22, 1866. He studied at Beloit Academy and at Fairfield College in Nebraska, where he took his Ph. D. He did graduate work at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and Cotner College in Bethany, Nebraska. After teaching for some time in Nebraska, he taught for four years at Tabor College. He joined the faculty of Drake University where he became head of the English Department in 1902. He was appointed a dean of Drake University in 1...

Nathan, George Jean, 1882-1958

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Author. From the description of Letter with reply of George Jean Nathan, 1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983742 Editor of The American Spectator. From the description of Letters signed (17) : New York, to Claire Luce, 1933-1955 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270952693 ...

Robinson, James Harvey, 1863-1936

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Professor of history at Columbia University, 1895-1919. Robinson was one of the founders of the New School for Social Research. From the description of Diaries and journals, 1888-1911. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309771731 ...

Liveright, Horace Brisbin, 1886-1933

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The New York City publishing firm of Boni & Liveright began in 1917 with Charles Boni and Horace Liveright issuing the Modern Library Series. Boni's uncle, Thomas Seltzer, quickly became a third partner, but he left four months after Liveright had bought out Boni in July of 1918. Soon afterwards Liveright sold vice presidencies to Julian Messner and Leon Fleischman. Fleischman left the firm in 1920 to be replaced by Bennett Cerf that same year. In 1925 Cerf bought the rights to the Modern Li...

Seymour, George Steele

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Poet. From the description of The taxpayer's lament : typescript poem, circa 1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980768 ...

Mary Plum

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Calvin Neff

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I. H. White

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Van Nosdall, George A.

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Epithet: US book collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000412.0x0000ca ...

Charles, Alexander

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Title: Prince of Thurn and Taxis British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x000306 ...

N. Néonard

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Blair, Emily Newell, 1877-

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Emily Newell Blair was a suffragist, feminist, Democratic Party official, mother and writer. During World War I she worked in the press department of the Missouri Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, eventually becoming vice chair. Representing Missouri on the Democratic National Committee, Blair was chosen national vice chair responsible for organizing women voters and women's activities, and eventually rose to first vice president, organized 2,000 plus Democratic women's clubs...

McNeill, Warren A. (Warren Albert), 1903-1998

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Warren Albert McNeill (1903-1998) was born in Brockton, Mass. in 1903, grew up in Lynchburg, Va., and received B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Richmond. He was a reporter for the Lynchburg News and the Richmond Times-Dispatch in the mid-1920s where he served as city editor before becoming a member of the Associated Press staff in 1930. In 1947 he left AP to become Administrative Assistant to Senator A. Willis Robertson of Virginia. He later moved to Kentucky and became Director of P...

George Macy

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Rice, Thomas Geale, 1905-1962

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Thomas G. Rice, musician, historian, journalist, and photographer, was born in Port Arthur on October 11, 1905, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Rice, of the Thomas Rice Steamship Co. Tommy Rice, as he was known, graduated from Ball High School and attended Rice Institute. He studied music in Europe and after an unsuccessful try at the steamship business, Rice focused on his love of music, history and journalism. Rice became a reporter for the Galveston News and eventually the Houston Post . Pr...

Bowie, Walter Russell, 1882-1969

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Clergymen, author, classmate of FDR at Harvard. From the description of Correspondence, 1931-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155521776 American Episcopal theologian. From the description of Letter : to Dr. L. D. Carman, 1934 Mar. 20. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122601947 ...

Greet, William Cabell, 1901-1972

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Author, editor, lexicographer, professor of English at Columbia University since 1929 (Columbia University M.A. 1924, Ph.D. 1926). From the guide to the William Cabell Greet Papers, 1928-1971., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Author, editor, lexicographer, & professor of English at Columbia University since 1929 (Columbia University M.A. 1924, Ph.D. 1926). From the description of William Cabe...

Ralph Block

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E. Paxton

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Paul Jordan-Smith

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Paul J. Smith (1931-) is Director Emeritus of the Museum of Arts & Design in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Paul J. Smith, 2010 Apr.19-20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 636358583 Art administrator, curator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Paul J. Smith papers, 1955-2006. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220234186 Rossbach: b. 1914; d. 2002. Westphal: b. 1919. Both are fiber artists, Berkeley, Calif.; he the w...

J. E. Adams

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E. Wetmore

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Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919

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Henry Mills Alden, American writer and editor for 50 years of Harper's Magazine and descendent of John and Priscilla Alden of the Mayflower fame, was born in Mount Tabor, Vermont, on November 3, 1836. From the description of Henry Mills Alden papers, 1862-1907. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 667714420 American editor and critic; editor, Harper's Monthly, 1869-1919. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Metuchen, New Jersey, to F...

Cline, Leonard, 1893-1929

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American playwright. From the description of Manuscript for [Will Orton Tewson?], [1925?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 62383054 ...

Clough, Wilson Ober, 1894-1990

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Wilson O. Clough, a poet, author, and scholar, was on the faculty of the University of Wyoming from 1924-1961, and chair of the English Department from 1946-1949. Clough was instrumental in establishing the American Studies program at the University. His book "A History of the University of Wyoming, 1887-1964" commemorated the 75th anniversary of the University's founding. From the description of Wilson Ober Clough Papers, 1875-1994. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center)....

Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950

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American poet, novelist, and editor. From the description of Letter to a dealer [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806176 Editor of The Chimaera. From the description of ALS, [1915]-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500150 This may not really be Benét's writing. Although the verse appears to be signed by him the writer's intent may have been simply to ascribe the verse to him. Also, it is on letterhead engraved "MM...

Helene Gent

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Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970

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Author, educator, and naturalist. Author of social criticism, critical biographies, and later naturalist essays; retired to Tucson in 1952 and completed several works. From the description of Manuscripts, 1952-1970. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 30636793 Epithet: American writer on drama British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x000275 Author, drama critic, and naturalist. ...

Brown, Harold Chapman, 1879-1943

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Biographical/Historical note Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1879, he graduated from Williams College in 1901, and received the Ph.D. degree from Harvard in 1905. At Harvard, he prepared his thesis under the direction of Josiah Royce, who inspired his lifelong interest in the philosophy of science. His teaching career began at Columbia University, and it was from there that he came in 1914 to join the department of philosophy at Stanfo...

Oswald Brod

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Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937

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American author and editor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) and typewritten letter signed : Redding, Conn., to F.A. Duneka, 1908 Jul. 9-1911 Apr. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611536 Author & editor. From the description of Letters of Albert Bigelow Paine [manuscript] 1910, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647934359 Albert Bigelow Paine was born in New Bedford, Mass., but grew up in the Midwest. For ten y...

John Macy

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