Overview
Correspondence of American editor and author Oswald Garrison Villard.
Dates
- Creation: 1926-1930
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.1 linear feet (1 folder in 1 box)Letters include correspondence between Harold D. Jacobs, the editor of the Baltimore Daily Post, and Villard concerning a lecture Villard gave concerning several newspapers, including the Nation, the New York Evening Post, the United Press and Scripps Howard Papers. Letters to others address suffrage, the Wisconsin Political Equality League, and letters to the Governor of Wisconsin John J. Blaine concerning the Wisconsin senatorial race.
Biographical / Historical
Oswald Garrison Villard, Harvard graduate (B.A. 1893; M.A. 1896), was an American editor and author.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
61M-223F. Gift of Professor Sterling Dow, 690 Widener; received: 1962 January.
Processing Information
Shelved with MS Am 2166-2170.
- Title
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949. Oswald Garrison Villard correspondence, 1926-1930: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01116
Repository Details
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