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Willard, Daniel, 1861-1942

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Oncken Lovejoy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0038
Abstract Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (October 10, 1873 – December 30, 1962) was an American philosopher and intellectual historian, who founded the discipline known as the history of ideas with his book The Great Chain of Being (1936). The papers of Arthur O. Lovejoy span the years 1872 to 1963 and include correspondence, manuscript notes for lectures, notebooks, diaries, newspaper clippings, reports, speeches, photographs, drafts, typescripts, galley proofs, and books owned and...
Dates: 1872-1963; 1872 - 1963

Daniel Willard papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0401
Abstract

Daniel Willard was born on January 28, 1861 in Hartland, Vermont and became president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in 1910. The collection consists of correspondence, the Stevens Commission, photographs, and biographical information spanning 1899 to 1942.

Dates: 1899-1942

Eduard Reményi letter

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030051407]
Identifier: MS-0219
Scope and Contents The collection consists of two holographic letters, one of Eduard Reményi and one of Milward Adams.The letter of Reményi is written on the letterhead of the Chicago Auditorium and dated "12th, 1892." It is addressed to Milward Adams who was manager of the Chicago Auditorium at that time. Apparently, Reményi had performed there in 1892 and asked that Adams not forget "your old fiddler friend."The letter of Milward Adams is dated January 16 (no year) and...
Dates: 1892

Edward E. Ayer typescript memoir

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030118909]
Identifier: MS-0719
Abstract Edward Everett Ayer (1841-1927) was an American business magnate, best remembered for the endowments of his substantial collections of books and original manuscripts to the Newberry Library and Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He had over time built an immense fortune out of supplying timber to the 19th century's fast-growing railroad industry. The collection contains a bound volume of a memoir written by Ayer, titled Reminiscences and Travels of Edward E....
Dates: circa 1924

Ira Remsen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0039
Abstract

Ira Remsen, American chemist, educator and second President of Johns Hopkins University was born in New York City on February 10, 1846. The collection spans the years 1868 - 1938. The material consists of correspondence, speeches, publications, lectures and lecture notes, notebooks, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, reprints, books annotated by Remsen, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1846 - 1927

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