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5 signed tls's to Mehmed A. Simsar, a scholar and teacher of Near East languages and a former motion picture director. 5 TLsS to Mehmed A. Simsar, each 1p, 4to, on letterhead. ++ Secretary of State Cordell Hull, on Dept of State letterhead, Feb. 8, 1939, in part, ''Your recent courtesy in furnishing the Department with translation of certain documents written in Persian and Turkish script... Has been brought to my attention. Your translations are an interesting addition to the record of early relations between the United States and Iran...' ' Stapled with carbon copy of TL by Walter R. Moore praising Simsar's translations. ++ Archibald MacLeish, as Librarian of Congress, Oct. 28, 1941, acknowledging Simsar's application for a job. ++ Pearl S. Buck, Feb. 11, 1942, on East and West Association letterhead, she as President, inviting Simsar to join The East and West Association's Intercultural Committee. ++ Pearl S. Buck, Feb. 27, 1942, thanking Simsar for joining Intercultural Committee. ++ Pearl S. Buck, Nov 4, 1942, encouraging Simsar to recruit new members of The East and West Association and enclosing membership blanks (not present)." , ... Read more

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Title: Letter from Archibald MacLeish about relocating the charters of freedom during World War II: protecting our founding document in war and peace.(Teaching with Document)
Author: Michael Hussey
Publication: Social Education (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2003
Publisher: National Council for the Social Studies
Volume: 67Issue: 5Page: 248(6)

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!Archibald MacLeish (7 May 1892 - 20 April 1982) wasan American poet, writer and the Librarian ofCongress. He is associated with the Modernist schoolof poetry. He received three Pulitzer Prizes for hiswork. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Herbert Putnam, Archibald Macleish, Lawrence Quincy Mumford, James H. Billington, Daniel J. Boorstin, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, John J. Beckley, Luther H. Evans, John Russell Young, George Watterston, Patrick Magruder, John Gould Stephenson, John Silva Meehan. Excerpt:Ainsworth Rand Spofford Ainsworth Rand Spofford (12 September 1825 11 August 1908) was an American journalist and publisher. He was the sixth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1864 to 1897. Biography Early years Ainsworth Rand Spofford Spofford was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire . Ill health prevented him from attending Amherst College . He instead, at age 19, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio , where he became a bookseller, publisher, and newspaper man. In 1851, in response to the Fugitive Slave Law, he published the pamphlet The Higher Law, Tried by Reason and Authority which argued that "Injustice is the only treason; no law can legalize it, no constitution can sanction it." Readers included Ralph Waldo Emerson, who shared Spofford's antislavery principles. In 1859 Spofford became associate editor of the Cincinnati Commercial . He was also active in Republican party politics and was a delegate to the nominating convention of John Charles Frémont in 1856. While in Washington D.C. in 1861, shortly after reporting on the First Battle of Bull Run for The Cincinnati Commercial , Spofford accepted the position of Chief Assistant Librarian of Congress. Once Spofford learned of the retirement of Librarian of Congress John G. Stephenson , Spofford gathered enough political endorsements for the job which later led President Abraham Lincoln to promote Spofford to the post of Librarian of Congress in 1864. Library of Congress The Library of Congress began as a comprehensive collection under the donation of Thomas Jeff... ... Read more