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Carl Sandburg's Prairie Years and War Years are drawn upon, as are the biographies by Lord Charnwood, Beveridge, Tarbell, etc. But some of the most vivid passages are from rarely read 19th Century sources, among them Donn Piatt's Memories (1887), Elizabeth Keckley's Behind the Scenes (1868). Sample glimpses...
...appointees also include Harold C. Harrison to research fellow in Mineralogy, Robert E. Olson, to instructor in Nutrition, and Bertram D. Donn to teaching fellow in Astronomy...
...also discussed, and the committee hopes to sponsor and dance at the end of the summer, if the number of Freshmen who can bring girls assures its success. The following Freshman have been appointed to the committee; Nelson D. Batchelder, Jr., James Bernstein, Morrill Cole, Ralph Davis, Stephen Davis, Donn, Dugan, Bernard Edison, John B. Jones, Jr., Donald Louiria, Buel S. Smith, Richard VanKleeck, and Conont Webb...
...Donn Byrne...
...Donn Casey, from Australia, cracked at his sister: "Jane's scared but I'm not." A barely audible "I'm not either" came over the air. Said Donn: "We send our love to you and to the boys and girls in Australia and to our Granny in Melbourne, Australia, who is listening for us. Hello, Granny-lots and lots of love from us and [Jane and Donn shouted together] a GREAT big kiss." Twelve-year-old Elizabeth Pirie, of the British Embassy, said solemnly: "To my young fellow countrymen in Great Britain...