Elder, Abram P. T. (Abram Peter Turner) Abram P.T. Elder papers
English
10010$aElder, Abram P. T.$q(Abram Peter Turner)
Arranged in four series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1897-1916; Series 2: Biographical Case Files, circa 1890-1916; Series 3: Miscellany, circa 1902-circa 1916; and Series 4: Oversize.
Correspondence, biographical files, business records of the National Biographical Society, illustrated materials, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Elder's creation and publication of biographical directories for the society. Includes research and publication materials for Charles Henry Grosvenor's Book of the Presidents, with Biographical Sketches (1902) and other biographical directories. Also includes materials relating to an exhibit promoting sales of a directory at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco, Calif. (1915), and papers pertaining to the Elder's home in Middletown, R.I.
Biographical files contain correspondence, biographical entries, clippings, printed matter, and photographs regarding prominent local, state, and national politicians, capitalists, and philanthropists. Individuals represented include Charles F. Chickering, W.W. Corcoran, Moody Currier, H.A. Du Pont, Mary Baker Eddy, Isaac E. Emerson, Charles W. Fairbanks, Marshall Field, Julius Fleischmann, Ulysses S. Grant II, Solomon R. Guggenheim, William Guggenheim, Edward Everett Hale, Marcus Alonzo Hanna, David N. Hershey, Christian Heurich, Henry Edwards Huntington, Charles Kellogg, Henry Miles Knowles, Daniel Scott Lamont, Craige Lippincott, Nicholas Longworth, Cyrus Hall McCormick, Darius O. Mills, J. Pierpont Morgan, Levi P. Morton, Gottlieb Muhlhauser, Francis G. Newlands, George Mortimer Pullman, and Matthew Stanley Quay.
1001 $aChickering, Charles F.,$d1827-1891
Corcoran, W. W. (William Wilson), 1798-1888
1001 $aCorcoran, W. W.$q(William Wilson),$d1798-1888
Du Pont, H. A. (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926
1001 $aDu Pont, H. A.$q(Henry Algernon),$d1838-1926
Emerson, Isaac E. (Isaac Edward), 1859-1931
1001 $aEmerson, Isaac E.$q(Isaac Edward),$d1859-1931
Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918
1001 $aFairbanks, Charles W.$q(Charles Warren),$d1852-1918
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Guggenheim, Solomon R. (Solomon Robert), 1861-1949
10010$aGuggenheim, Solomon R.$q(Solomon Robert),$d1861-1949
1001 $aHuntington, Henry Edwards,$d1850-1927
1001 $aMcCormick, Cyrus Hall,$d1809-1884
Mills, Darius O. (Darius Ogden), 1825-1910
10010$aMills, Darius O.$q(Darius Ogden),$d1825-1910
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913
1001 $aMorgan, J. Pierpont$q(John Pierpont),$d1837-1913
Morton, Levi P. (Levi Parsons), 1824-1920
1001 $aMorton, Levi P.$q(Levi Parsons),$d1824-1920
Newlands, Francis G. (Francis Griffith), 1848-1917
1001 $aNewlands, Francis G.$q(Francis Griffith),$d1848-1917
1001 $aQuay, Matthew Stanley,$d1833-1904
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
1112 $aPanama-Pacific International Exposition$d(1915 :$cSan Francisco, Calif.)
Capitalists and financiers--Biography
Capitalists and financiers
Biography
150 $aCapitalists and financiers$vBiography
Directories
Exhibitions
Philanthropists--United States--Biography
Philanthropists
United States
150 $aPhilanthropists$zUnited States$vBiography
Politicians--United States--Biography
Politicians
150 $aPoliticians$zUnited States$vBiography
Presidents--United States--Biography
Presidents
150 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography
Publishers and publishing--United States
Publishers and publishing
History
Grosvenor, Charles Henry, 1833-1917 Book of the presidents, with biographical sketches. 1902
Book of the presidents, with biographical sketches. 1902.
1001 $aGrosvenor, Charles Henry,$d1833-1917.$tBook of the presidents, with biographical sketches.$f1902.
National Biographical Society (Washington, D.C.) National Biographical Society (Washington, D.C.) records
National Biographical Society (Washington, D.C.) records
1102 $aNational Biographical Society (Washington, D.C.)$tNational Biographical Society (Washington, D.C.) records.
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