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Frank Swinnerton : the life and works of a bookman
No full textFrank Swinnerton worked as a clerk for J.M. Dent & Co. between 1901 and 1907 and as a publisher's reader for Chatto & Windus from 1907 until 1926, during which time he began his career as a writer of fiction, became influential as a reviewer and commentator on literary fashions, and began close friendships with Arnold Bennett, HG Wells and Hugh Walpole. In 1926 he left London to live in Cranleigh, Surrey, as a full-time writer of novels, short stories, critical works, book and theatre reviews, and miscellaneous articles for newspapers and periodicals. He died at the age of ninety-eight in 1982. This is the first biography of Frank Swinnerton to be undertaken in Great Britain. An analysis has been made of each of his works, both novels and non-fiction. His influence in literary circles has been assessed, and his contribution to the book world is placed within the background of literary output and trends in the twentieth century. Swinnerton was not a great writer, but his temperament, circumstances and talent combined to produce a respected literary figure whose strength was his perception and understanding of the progress of the British literary world through the centuries.
Swinnerton's numerous friendships are dealt with as they occurred, although major relationships are examined more fully at the point where the friend died. For example, details on HG Wells can be found with his death in 1946 and on Compton Mackenzie with his death in 1972. Greater space has been given to his involvements with Arnold Bennett and Hugh Walpole, in separate chapters placed close to the time of their deaths in 1931 and 1941. One other chapter stands out of sequence. This examines Swinnerton's relationship with his two wives: his complex courtship of Helen Dircks and his second marriage to Mary Bennett. This period, between 1917 and 1924, which also includes a
description of his first lecture tour of the USA in 1923, has been placed immediately after chapters 7 and 8, which examine Swinnerton's general life and work during the same period. Apart from published works and newspaper and periodical articles, the main material used has been Swinnerton's personal diaries, which date from 1910 to 1978, and the correspondence and miscellaneous papers in his personal possession. Also consulted has been a doctoral thesis by Jesse Franklin McCartney presented to the University of Arkansas in 1965, which annotates the large collection of correspondence by Frank Swinnerton to writers, publishers, boakmen and other literary figures, as well as their
replies, which are housed in the University library. Full texts of these letters have been obtained where appropriate and used in this work. Professor Blair Rouse of the University of Arkansas wrote a critical appreciation of Swinnerton's work in the 1960s and his widow has allowed use of the unpublished manuscript and letters exchanged between Rouse and Swinnerton, and has sent correspondence between Swinnerton and the Pinker family. Finally, Swinnerton's friends and family have provided facts, opinions and reminiscences
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David Grahame Shane Guest Lecture
No full textArchitectural projects and/or sites mentioned: Battistero di San Giovanni (1059-1150) (Florence,
Italy) ; Piazza della Signoria (1200-1299) (Florence, Italy) ; Palazzo Vecchio (Arnolfo di Cambio, 1292) (Florence, Italy) ; Palazzo degli Uffizi (Giorgio Vasari and Bernardo Buontalenti, 1560-1580)
(Florence, Italy) ; Teatro Olimpico (Andrea Palladio and Vincenzo Scamozzi, 1580-1585) (Vicenza,
Italy) ; Brandenburg Gate (Daniel Chodowiecki and Carl Gotthard Langhans, 1764-1791) (Berlin, Germany) ; Altes Museum (Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1822-1830) (Berlin, Germany) ; Cleveland Arcade (John Eisenmann and George H. Smith, 1888-1890) (Cleveland, Ohio) ; Bradbury Building (George Herbert Wyman, 1889-1893) (Los Angeles, California) ; Los Angeles City Hall (John Parkinson and John Corneby Wilson Austin and Albert C. Martin, 1928) (Los Angeles, California) ; Rockefeller Center (Raymond Mathewson Hood, 1933) (New York, New York) ; Bullock's Westwood (Welton David Becket, 1952) (Los Angeles,
California) ; Disneyland (1953-1955) (Anaheim, California) ; Century Towers (I.M. Pei & Partners, 1955-1965) (Los Angeles, California) ; Gulfgate (John Graham and Company, 1962) (Houston, Texas) ; Albany Mall (Harrison and Abramovitz, 1965-1975) (Albany, New York) ; The Galleria (Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, 1970) (Houston, Texas) ; Pacific Design Center (Gruen Associates and Cesar Pelli, 1975) (West Hollywood, California) ; Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites (John Portman & Associates, 1975-1977) ; (Los Angeles, California) ; Embarcadero Center (Jan Lubicz-Nycz and Sidney Leiken Enterprises and Tishman Cahill Renewal Associates and John Carl Warnecke and Associates and Gardner Daily and Welton Becket and Associates and Kern County Land Company and Perini Associates and Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons and Demars and Reay and John Portman, 1976) (San Francisco,
California) ; Loyola Law School (Frank O. Gehry, 1978-1991) (Los Angeles, California) ; Santa Monica Place (Frank O. Gehry, 1980) (Santa Monica, California) ; Crocker Court (Lawrence Halprin, 1981-1983) (Los Angeles, California) ; Beverly Center (Welton David Becket, 1982) (Los Angeles, California) ; Horton Plaza (Jerde Partnership International, 1983-1987) (San Diego, California) ; Library Tower (I.M. Pei & Partners, 1983-1989) (Los Angeles, California) ; Westside Pavilion (Jon A. Jerde, 1985) (Los Angeles,
California) ; Mall of America (Maurice Sunderland Architecture and Jerde Partnership International and Robert Luchetti and Associates, 1985-1992) (Bloomington, Minnesota) ; Pershing Square (unbuilt) (Kevin Bone and Guido Zuliani,
1986) (Los Angeles, California) ; Pershing Square (unbuilt) (Michael Sorkin, 1987) (Los Angeles, California) ; Metropolis Tower Two (unbuilt) (Michael Graves, 1987-1991) (Los Angeles, California) ; Steel Cloud (Los Angeles West Coast Gateway) (unbuilt) (Asymptote,
1988) (Los Angeles, California) ; Two Rodeo Drive (Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz ; Brand & Allen Architects, 1990) (Beverly Hills, California) ;
Walt Disney Concert Hall (Frank O. Gehry, 1991-2003) (Los Angeles, California) ; West Hollywood Civic Center (unbuilt) (Janek Bielski) (West Hollywood, California)Audio files are EID restricted. Individuals without an EID should send an email request to [email protected] Librarie
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Letter from Unknown to William C. Brice, February 18, 1963
No full textUnknown author (Frank ??) proposes to Brice a number of changes to his upcoming article in Kadmos concerning ideographic and phonetic scripts.Classic
Frank C. Cummings, circa 1978
No full textFrank C. Cummings with a minister seated at a table.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
EDITORIAL Renaming taxa on ethical grounds threatens nomenclatural stability and scientific communication
No full textCeríaco, Luis M P, Aescht, Erna, Ahyong, Shane T, Ballerio, Alberto, Bouchard, Patrice, Bourgoin, Thierry, Dmitriev, Dmitry, Evenhuis, Neal, Grygier, Mark J, Harvey, Mark S, Kottelat, Maurice, Kluge, Nikita, Krell, Frank-T, Kojima, Jun-Ichi, Kullander, Sven O, Lucinda, Paulo, Lyal, Christopher H C, Pyle, Richard L, Rheindt, Frank E, Luisa Scioscia, Cristina, Welter-Schultes, Francisco, Whitmore, Daniel, Yanega, Douglas, Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, Zhou, Hong-Zhang, Pape, Thomas (2023): EDITORIAL Renaming taxa on ethical grounds threatens nomenclatural stability and scientific communication. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197 (2): 283-286, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac107, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/197/2/283/699447
Frank Zhang: Hipster Extraordinaire
No full textAfter the delicate deliberation of the characters of the series Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan, it was decided by both writers that Frank Zhang, son of Mars, is the ultimate hipster demigod. The structure of this essay was based on a simple argument, and carefully dissects the full series in order to really convey who Frank Zhang really is. It was additionally concluded by both writers that as complicated and intricate a character as Frank Zhang is, we wanted the audience to be able to not only imagine the illustrations of the character, but to further empathize with the character\u27s emotions. Through the attendance of two separate classes, a review from the professor, and careful editing, the essay comes to a complete conclusion demonstrating our perspective on the author\u27s ultimate purpose
Scientific Principles of Gymnastic Coaching (c. 1967-1968)
No full textThis is a two page document that lists ten scientific principles of gymnastic coaching, likely produced during the 1967-1968 academic year. The principles covered are center of gravity, equilibrium, strength, timing, acceleration and deceleration of angular velocity, diminishing the force of a fall, momentum, and newton’s laws. The author is not known. The document is part of the Frank Wolcott papers.For biographical information on Frank Wolcott, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/54
Lately at the Library: Frank Williams Interviews William C. Davis
No full textJustice Frank Williams, president of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Association, interviews publisher and author, William C. Davis, the third lecturer for the Frank and Virginia Williams Lecture Series. In the interview, Mr. Davis discusses how he got his start in the publishing industry, how he and Frank Williams first became friends, his twenty year career in the publishing industry and his career as an editorial vice president of publishing for over 30 magazines, his time spent as an editor of the Civil War Times and an anecdote on how the Civil War Times got it\u27s start as a magazine. Davis goes on to discuss his current book and how he chose the topic of Jefferson Davis in comparison to Abraham Lincoln, the differing strategies of General Grant and General Lee and how that worked in Grant\u27s favor as a later president, the toll the war took on Abraham Lincoln and how connected he was with his people versus how dry and unbeloved Jefferson Davis was. He describes Jefferson Davis\u27s childhood and personal life and how it affected him as a person and a leader. The interview concludes with Mr. Davis\u27s take on the current issue of confederate and other problematic statues in the United States
Letter from C. W. Pence, Colonel, 442nd Infantry Regiment, Commanding, Headquarters, 442nd Combat Team, to Kiku Saito, May 20, 1943
No full textA letter from C. W. Pence, Colonel, 442nd Infantry Regiment to Kiku Saito incarcerated in the Granada camp, Colorado. It informs her of her son, Minoru Frank Saito's arrival at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. It congratulates her for his enlistment and quoted the President Roosevelt's statement, "Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry. A good American is one who is loyal to this country and to our creed of liberty and democracy.
Dr. Frank Fu, c. 1979
No full textA portrait photograph of Dr. Frank H. Fu (Fu Haojian). The photograph was used in news stories on Dr. Fu for his work and his appointment as Director of Springfield College's International Center.An author of 17 textbooks and more than 100 journal articles, Frank H. Fu, G’73, DPE’75, has worked across the world in China, Canada, and the United States. Throughout his career, he has received many distinguished honors, including the Medal of Honor in 2009 by the SAR Government of Hong Kong.
Fu has held positions at institutions such as the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Springfield College, where he served as director of the International Center starting in 1978. Five years later, Fu returned to Hong Kong, but has since remained actively involved with Springfield College, participating in talks on the campus and even hosting a gathering of nearly 60 alumni in Hong Kong.
Currently, Fu is the associate vice president of Hong Kong Baptist University, where he also works as the director of the Dr. Stephen Hui Research Centre of Physical Recreation and Wellness. In addition, Fu is president of the Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness, chairperson of Hong Kong Coach Education Committee, a research fellow of the Research Consortium of SHAPE America, and an international fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology
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