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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...large collection of books has just been donated to Widener Library in the form of a bequest from the estate of Edwin Hale Abbot '55. The volumes constitute a miscellaneous group of sets, novels and text books, along with a considerable number of valuable pamphlets. The 1347 books and 247 pamphlets came to the library through his son, E. H. Abbot Jr. '03, a Boston lawyer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS DONATED TO WIDENER LIBRARY | 1/6/1932 | See Source »

...Government Printing Office's official text of the hearing, which became a ''best-seller" overnight, Gen. Dawes's profanity was carefully deleted. But newspaper reports of "the phrase which closed an epoch" were virtually unanimous in giving "Hell & Maria." Apparently he exploded the phrase more than once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 21, 1931 | 12/21/1931 | See Source »

Would TIME'S editor kindly publish the rule for the use of the ampersand (&) in TIME'S text? Does TIME employ a printed style book and is it available to readers interested in both TIME and the printing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 14, 1931 | 12/14/1931 | See Source »

Instead of being primarily a news gathering and disseminating organ, we have become first of all a depository for all sorts of riff--raff that knows no other harbor. Our desk drawers, our cubby-holes, our corners are cluttered up with eyeglasses, ladies, handbags, odd buttons and economic text-books. Our mail slots contain missives that no one else will claim...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Just a Wastebasket" | 12/7/1931 | See Source »

...CRIMSON from A. A. Gleason '86, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Council. Mr. Gleason urges that the project be supported by the Corporation, the Board of Overseers, and the Faculty, to the end that the gift of a suitable building may be received. The text of the letter is as follows...

Author: By Harvard . and Albert A. Gleason, S | Title: A. A. GLEASON PROPOSES A PERMANENT HOME FOR THE DEBATING COUNCIL | 11/30/1931 | See Source »

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