Word: antiquarianism
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From very early times the visible remains of the vast empires that centered between the Tigris and Euphrates have been a cause for wonder to the antiquarian--great rock carvings and huge mounds, clearly the sites of deserted cities, had been pious dissertations by travelers even before the time of Marco Polo...
Died. Esther Singleton, author (A Guide to the Opera, Social New York Under the Georges, The Shakespeare Garden, The Story of the Universe, The Wild Flower Fairy Book), since 1923 editor of The Antiquarian; at Stonington, Conn...
Pundit, patron, promoter of the New York Antique show is white-haired, amiable George W. Harper, Wesleyan graduate, onetime corporation lawyer and Belmont Estate attorney, rabid antiquarian. Four years ago Mr. Harper had a nervous breakdown, was ordered by his doctors to give up his business, travel, find and ride a hobby. He already had a hobby: antique furniture. With his wife he went to London hunting Hepplewhites. He arrived just as a great antique exhibition, organized by the London Daily Telegraph, opened at the Crystal Palace. Never before had Mr. Harper seen so many works of art assembled...
American Philosophical Society, 1727; American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1780; American Antiquarian Society, 1812; American Oriental Society, 1842; American Philological Association, 1869; Archaeological Institute of America, 1879; Society of Biblical Literature and Exegsis, 1880; Modern Language Association of America, 1883; American Historical Association, 1884; American Economic Association, 1885; American Philosophical Association, 1900; American Political Science Association, 1904; American Sociological Society, 1905; Bibliographical Society of America, 1907; History of Science Society, 1924; Linguistic Society of America, 1924; Mediaeval Academy of America...
Elected. Calvin Coolidge; to be president of the American Antiquarian Society (general historical objects...