Weeks, David, 1786-1834. David Weeks and family papers, 1782-1957 (bulk 1830-1957). - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Laughlin, James, 1914-1997

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James Laughlin was an American publisher and poet, and founder of the New Directions press. The son of a steel manufacturer, Laughlin attended Choate School in Connecticut and Harvard University (B.A., 1939). In the mid-1930s Laughlin lived in Italy with Ezra Pound, a major influence on his life and work; returning to the United States, he founded New Directions in 1936. Initially he intended to publish writings by ignored yet influential avant-garde writers of the period; Pound’s The Cantos ...

Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859

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William Hickling Prescott, born in Salem, Massachusetts to a prominent family, wrote romantic and highly-regarded works of Spanish and Latin American history. From the guide to the Letters to Richard Bentley, 1837-1858., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Moore, Lewis B. (Lewis Baxter), 1866-

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Lewis B. Moore was a United States (U.S.) soldier. He was a private, Medical Corps, on duty at Fort Sam Houston and with the 51st (463rd) Aero Squadron, Camp Hospital 14, and the 8th Aviation Instruction Center. From the description of Lewis B. Moore papers, 1 January 1918-9 June 1919, undated. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 50140636 ...

Post, Emily, 1873?-1960

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Author and radio commentator. Full name: Emily Price Post (Mrs. Edwin M. Post). From the description of Scripts of Emily Post, 1930-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981978 ...

Linton, John

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John Linton was active as an upholsterer in Charleston, South Carolina and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ca. 1775. From the description of Sofa, 1775-1785. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379418 ...

Roman, André Bienvenu, 1795-1866

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Governor of Lousiana. From the description of Letter of André Bienvenu Roman, 1839. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015397 ...

Griffith, D.W. David Wark 1875-1948

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Motion picture producer. From the description of War : typewritten transcript, circa 1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454336 Pioneer American movie director and producer. Griffith was influential in the development and popularity of American cinema. From the description of Papers [microform] 1872-1969, 1897-1954 (bulk). (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 83085079 Pioneer American movie director ...

Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972

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Franklin Watkins (1894-1972) was a painter from Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Oral history interview with Franklin Watkins, 1971 Aug. 18 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596773 Painter; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Franklin C. Watkins papers, 1909-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80156589 From the description of Franklin Watkins interview, 1971 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220195954 ...

Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac, 1878-1961

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J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton (1878-1961) was a historian; founder of the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.; and professor and chair of the History Department at the University of North Carolina. From the description of Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton papers, 1895-1961. WorldCat record id: 27190178 Joesph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton, son of Daniel Heyward and Frances Gray Roulhac Hamilton, was born in Hillsb...

Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.

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Novelist. From the description of Papers, 1952-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457225 Henry Miller (1891-1980) was an American author. He was known for his experimental, surrealist novels, such as Tropic of Cancer, which mixed fiction and autobiography. His writing was controversial for its graphic depictions of sexuality, leading to a 1964 obscenity trial in the United States, Grove Press, Inc. v. Gerstein. From the guide to the Henry Miller Letter, unda...

New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company

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Captain E. A. Morse, Assistant Quartermaster General, Department of the Gulf, was the superintendent of the Opelousas Railroad. From the description of New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company account books, 1863-1865. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 260090753 ...

Weeks, David, 1786-1834

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David Weeks was a planter, plantation owner, and sugar manufacturer of New Iberia, La. The son of William Weeks and Rachel Hopkins Swayze, Weeks was born in Feliciana, Spanish West Florida, in 1786. He purchased Parc Perdu Plantation and assumed management of the Weeks family estate upon his father's death in 1819. In 1825 he purchased the site of Shadows on the Teche Plantation in New Iberia but did not move into the completed house until 1834, the year of his death. Weeks owned a ...

Biddle, Francis, 1886-1968

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Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968) was a graduate of Groton and Harvard. After Harvard Law School he served for one year as secretary to Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. A practicing attorney in Philadelphia for twenty-five years, Biddle was named the first chairman of the National Labor Relations Board in 1934, filling the post for one year. In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1940, he was appointed Solicitor General of the U...

Street, Julian, 1879-1947

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Julian Street (1879-1947) was an American author, journalist, enologist, gastronome. From the guide to the Julian Street Papers, 1899-1966, 1910-1947, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Newspaperman and author. From the description of Papers, 1926-1950. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 30803372 Julian Leonard Street, American author and playwright, was born in Chicago, Ill. He moved to Manhattan, th...

Conrad, Charles Magill, 1804-1878

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U.S. secretary of war, U.S. senator and representative of Louisiana, and Confederate army officer. From the description of Charles Magill Conrad appointment, 1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456101 Lawyer; member of U.S. Congress; Secretary of War under President Fillmore. From the description of Letters, 1848-1853. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32878741 American lawyer and statesman; Secretary of War. From the descript...