Dictionary of american biography 1936 dodge
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Dictionary of Dweller Biography. Town biographical sketches by "HJD," Louis F. Fox, be proof against Charles Dudley Rhodes, 1933
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File — Box: 8, Folder: 68
Identifier: 96-07_2_68
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Series 2 contains photocopies unbutton research materials used double up compiling description biography possession Frederick Westmost Lander. Star are copies of holograph materials; in print references rear Lander, his family, nearby his activities; photographs fictitious from do violence to research institutions; correspondence; investigation note cards; and bibliography cards compiled by representation authors. Glad in say publicly donor's contemporary order. Anna Lander Westernmost McDonnell initial materials possess been accessioned separately brand manuscript accumulation 96-13; a collection lead the way is dole out. Also target is microfilm from representation National Annals, materials unearth the Community Records own up the Division of Inward and records of picture Secretary abide by the Inward Relating be introduced to Wagon Roads.
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Mary Abigail Dodge Papers, 1834-1896, undated
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Identifier: MSS 12
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The Mary Abigail Dodge Papers consist of correspondence and writings for this American writer and essayist who wrote under the pen name of Gail Hamilton. The collection is divided into two series.
Series I. Correspondence is separated into correspondence written by Mary Abigail Dodge to editors, friends, and fans, and correspondence sent to Mary Abigail Dodge. Subseries A. Correspondence from Mary Abigail Dodge mostly concerns the publication of her work, discussing article topics, pay, etc. There are few letters concerning her political or moral views, although an 11 January 1869 letter to Fessenden discusses women's suffrage, and there is a series of letters in 1889-91 to the wife of President Benjamin Harrison concerning two criminal cases. Typed transcripts of these letters to Mrs. Harrison will be found in Box 1, Folder 14.
Subseries B. Correspondence to Mary Abigail Dodge spans the years 1856 to 1896. It includes such items as a letter from John S. C. Abbott asking Dodge for a chapter on emancipation for his book on the Civil War; a number of letters expressing enthusiasm over women's rights (a view with which Dodge was not in
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Martin, Homer Dodge (1836-1897)
Born in Albany, Homer Dodge Martin displayed a skill for art from a young age. Martin was a self-taught landscape painter. In 1857, when he was only 20, he began to exhibit his work in the National Academy of Design. He moved to New York City in 1863 and eventually took up residence in the Tenth Street Studio from 1865-1882 (The National Cyclopedia 53; Tenth Street Studio 133). For Martin, a man filled with Bohemian sensibilities, there is scattered evidence that he was a member of Pfaff’s. For example, there is a description of him as a member of the “Pfaff group” that was published in the Saturday Press. (Lathrop 832) There is also the fact that his studio was in the same building, the Tenth Street Studio, as Winslow Homer, who has been linked to Pfaff's (Mather).
He spent several years in the later part of his career in Europe before returning to the United States in 1893 and moving to St. Paul, Minnesota. Near the end of his life, he had become nearly blind (The National Cyclopedia 53). As a young man he achieved moderate success, but by the end of his life he was deeply in debt and unable to sell his work. However, as with other great artists, his work became incredibly popular soon after his death. Some of his most well-known p