Word: flagler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...books have been added to her private library. The addition of these new books, however, makes the Poetry Room's collection of modern poetry the equal of any in this country. The books have been purchased from the income of the endowment given in 1931 by Henry Harkness Flagler, in memory of George Edward Woodberry...
Through use of funds with which Henry Harkness Flagler, of New York, endowed the room in 1931 as a foundation to George Edward Woodberry '77, latest editions of contemporary English and American poets have been procured to form a permanent, fairly complete library of modern poetry...
Last summer at Bar Harbor, Mr. Anderson began writing letters to editors and to such wealthy, influential individuals as George Woodward Wickersham, George Wharton Pepper, Harry Harkness Flagler, Bishops William Thomas Manning and Ernest Milore Stires. To Mr. Flagler. he wrote: "Dr. Hartwell has promised us one thousand cases of cancer to be placed in various hospitals. In addition to this we are almost certain of the support of one of the foundations. All I can do is to sing 'Glory on the Glory Road...
Horses appealed to Marshall Field more than music, until last winter when the Philharmonic had to beg for its life. Chairman Clarence Hungerford Mackay, no longer able to take care of its deficits, refused to be its mouthpiece. President Harry Harkness Flagler became the campaign's commander, Marshall Field his gravely alert assistant. Together they underwrote the drive for $500,000. And Marshall Field became so interested in the Orchestra that he subscribed generously to the summer Stadium Concerts, went to many of them, gained a deeper understanding of Bach, Brahms, Beethoven...
Stomach ulcers forced Harry Harkness Flagler to resign last week. Marshall Field III was promptly elected president by a board which has learned to respect his quick decisions, his progressive ideas...