Van Doren and the memory of a literary era
The piece profiles Mark Van Doren and family including Carl and Dorothy, noting Van Doren’s scholarly career, teaching, and influence. it also covers the New York high fidelity show highlighting stereo records, tape cartridges, and compact speaker systems with major brands like Audio Fidelity RCA Victor Capitol and KLH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Carl
Irita
Charles
Mark
van Doren
Hope
Ill
Urbana
University of Illinois
Columbia
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
W. G. Rogers
New York
Audio Fidelity
RCA Victor
Capitol
Westminster
London
Sutton Place
Acoustic Research
KLH
Electro-Voice
New 4 cent Fort Duquesne Stamp Aims Nov 25 Release
The Fort Duquesne commemorative stamp depicts the 1758 British occupation with General Forbes, Virginia militia, and a burning stockade. First day covers available by sending envelopes to Pittsburgh 19 Pa with payment before November 25. Also notes Christmas Island stamps overprinted for Queen Elizabeth II, Brazil Old Peoples Day stamp, and the 1959 American stamp catalog listing U S possessions and United Nations listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Fort Duquesne
Pittsburg
Fort Duquesne
T. B. Smith
New York Public Library
Western Pennsylvania Historical Society
John Forbes
Ares
Virginia
Martha Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Pittsburgh
Christmas Island
Indian Ocean
Australian Postal Department
U. S
United States
U. S. Administration
Danish West Indies
Guam
Hawaii
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Ryukyu Islands
United Nations
Railroader Seeks Government Aid for Commuter Service
George Alpert, president of the New Haven Railroad, argues for government subsidies to fund commuter passenger service. He cites a recent Massachusetts subsidy as a model and warns that fares alone cannot cover operating costs. Alpert, a Boston-born lawyer and financier, rose to railroad leadership amid cost-cutting and lobbying in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
George Alpert
The
New Haven Railroad
Cra
Alpert
New Haven
Massachusetts
Boston
New England
West Side
Foreman
Boston University
Pat McGinnis
McGinnis
Man Records World’s Smallest Tarpon Catch
Brownsville reporter Hal Roche claims the world’s smallest tarpon, 4% inches long and weighing three ounces, was caught on a line. Local sportsmen recall no tarpon that small. Roche plans to mount the fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Hal Roche
Roche
Cost of experience climbs with price of living
A reflective line noting that experience costs have risen alongside general price increases, suggesting a broader trend of higher expenses for lessons learned and time spent gaining skills.
Bizet and Carmen in a World of Music and Passions
Mina Curtiss profiles Georges Bizet and his era from the Prix de Rome to Carmen. The study traces influences from his mother and Gounod to Halevy and Meyerbeer, notes his puritanical views on women, and chronicles Bohemian Paris and La Mogador. Curtiss also leverages newly found letters surrounding Bizet and Emile Strauss for richer life details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bizet
Paris
Gounod
Fromental Halevy
Faust
Halevy
Genevieve
Rome
Italy
Meyerbeer
Offenbach
Rossini
Oo Wagner
Benioz
la Mogador
Alfred de Musset
Perles
Marcel Proust
Mme
Emile Strauss
Duchesse de Guermantes
Sibilat
Curtiss
Reading List Mentions From A To Z Classics
A mixed list references works and authors including Nabokov Traver Pasternak Heyerdahl Kerr and Boyington. The compilation names novels memoirs and children titles with provocative phrasing and scattered capitalization.
Photo sculpture a French invention linked to Willeme
The article recounts Francois Willeme’s 1860 photo sculpture method in Paris, using 24 hidden cameras to create a 3D likeness. A center plumb bob and lantern slides guided clay figures on a revolving platform, but the venture failed by 1867 despite earlier success. Beaumont Newhall helps recover the forgotten tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Image
George Eastman House
Rochester
Beaumont Newhall
Chicago
British Columbia
Paris
Newhall
Francois Willeme
Willeme
Photosculpture Company
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By L. J. Kramp
By Syd Kronish
Brazil
Washington
Carmen
Bizet and His
Mina Curtiss
Knopf
Auntie Mame
Dennis
Lolita
Nabokov
Traver
Weidman
Doctor Zhivago
Pasternak
Golden
Akuaku
Heyerdahl
Russia
Gunther
Kerr
Boyington
By Irving Desfor
AP Newsfeatures
RSV
Straughan
Stor
N. Main
High Point
N. CG
Christ
City
Maytag
S. Wrenn ST
Household Appliance Co
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