Word: collectors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. John Avery Lomax, 80, pioneer collector of U.S. folksongs; of a heart attack; in Greenville, Miss. Portly, amiable Lomax recognized American balladry as folk art, traveled through cow country and mining camps, saloons 'and prisons, discovered and recorded such classics as Home on the Range and Goodbye Old Paint...
...skill at caricature," Samuel Sherwood '76, "a clever draughtsman," and Arthur Sherwood '77, "the life of every party which he joined," put their moustaches together in a back room of Matthews Hall and founded "The Harvard Lampoon, or Cambridge Charivari Illustrated, Humorous, Etc." One of the earliest issues--a collector's item if that's your idea of a good time--carried, in addition to advertisements for "Silk Smoking Caps, Japanese" and "Brier-wood and Meershaum Pipes, Gambier Bowls, and Toilet Articles," and pen-and-ink drawing of two typical Harvard students ensconced in a gaslit chamber. One gentleman, collared...
...appreciation of the "training and inspiration" that he received here as an undergraduate, famous Detroit art collector John S. Newberry, Jr. '33 is loaning part of his collection of drawings and water colors to the Fogg Museum. The exhibit will open on February 12 in Galleries II and III at the Museum and will continue throughout the month of March...
...train leaving London's grimy King's Cross station each morning at 2:34 a.m. But 15 minutes before the train was scheduled to leave one morning a man climbed aboard it and settled himself in a car reserved for railroad employees. "No passengers," said a ticket collector. The traveler refused to budge. The ticket collector fetched a guard. The traveler refused to budge. The guard fetched an assistant stationmaster...
...medical society's council stands ready to expel any member found guilty of accepting rebates from any source. The A.M.A.'s Journal promised that an editorial denouncing kickbacks to doctors would appear in next week's issue. A warning also came from Los Angeles' Collector of Internal Revenue Harry C. Westover; he said that he would see whether doctors had reported their rebates to the tax collector...