Friendly Names in the Dictionary of American Biography

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FRIENDLY NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY By Anna B. Hewitt IN 1944, Supplement One of the Dictionary of American Biography was published, bringing the work down to the end of 1935 and including also "a certain number of memoirs which failed to be included in the earlier volumes, although their inclusion would have been appropriate." Printed below is a list, of Friends, or those with Friendly connections, whose biographies appear in this volume. Previous lists have appeared in the Bulletin as follows: vol. 18 (1929), p. 104 (Allen-Bradford); vol. 19 (1930), p. 41 (Brown-Cuffe), p. 99 (Darlington-Easton) ; vol. 20 (1931), p. 33 (Eddy-Foster), p. 94 (Furnas-Grellet) ; vol. 21 (1932), p. 36 (Griscom-Hewes) ; vol. 24 (1935), pp. 94-98 (Hicks-Sellers); vol. 26 (1937), pp. 112-114 (Sharpless-Zane). Francis Greenleaf Allinson (1856-1931)—Classicist and universityprofessor. William Arnold Anthony (1835-1908)—Physicist and electrical engineer. Roland William Boyden (1863-1931)—Lawyer and statesman. Walter Leighton Clark (1859-1935)—Mechanical engineer, painter, art patron. William Morris Davis (1850-1934)—Geographer, geologist, teacher. Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (1842-1932)—Orator, actress, playwright. Charles Burke Elliott (1861-1935)—Lawyer, jurist, writer. William Dudley Foulke (1848-1935)—Lawyer, author, leader in civic reform. Charles Burleigh Galbreath (1858-1934)—Librarian. Austin Bruce Garretson (1856-1931)—Labor leader. Herbert Adams Gibbons (1880-1934)—Foreign correspondent, author, lecturer. James Williams Gidley (1866-1931)—Vertebrate paleontologist. William Brown Hodgson (I80I-1871)-OrientaIist. DeWoIf Hopper (1858-1935)—Actor. Anthony Woodward Ivins (1852-1934)—Mormon leader. Florence Kelley (1859-1932)—Social worker. Rayner Wickersham Kelsey (1879-1934)—Quaker minister, historian, teacher. Elizabeth Price Martin (1864-1932)—Civic leader. Charles Elwood Mendenhall (1872-1935)—Physicist. 87 88 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Cuthbert Winfred Pound (1864-1935)—Jurist. Eli Kirk Price (1860-1933)—Lawyer and civic leader. Frederick Leslie Ransome (1868-1935)—Geologist. Walter Roscoe Stubbs (1858-1929)—Contractor, stockman, governor of Kansas. Martha Carey Thomas (1857-1935)—Educator, college president. James Field Willard (1876-1935)—Historian. Francis Wilson (1854-1935)—Actor. William Wright (1829-1898)—Journalist, author. The following names were omitted from the lists previously published in the Bulletin. Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879)—Anti-slavery crusader and advocate of women's rights. Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873)—Anti-slavery crusader and advocate of women's rights. William Thornton (1759-1828)—Architect, inventor and public official. 'THE Abraham Lincoln Association, First National Bank Building, *¦ Springfield, Illinois, solicits information concerning the present private ownership and location of any document composed by Abraham Lincoln, whether or not it has been published hitherto. Documents in public institutions are readily accessible, but many of those held by individuals have not been located to date. The preparation of a complete edition of Lincoln 's writings from original sources will be greatly facilitated by information leading to procurement of photostatic copies of documents held by private individuals. Acknowledgment of assistance will be fully made upon publication. A N EXCHANGE of staff members is now in process between Friends ^*" Library in London, and the Friends libraries at Swarthmore and Haverford. Muriel A. Hicks, assistant librarian in London, is spending two months during the fall and winter in each of the two American libraries, while Dorothy G. Harris of Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore worked in London in August and September, and Anna B. Hewitt, of the Quaker Collection at Haverford, hopes to spend some time there next summer. Vol. 36, Autumn 1947 ...