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Atwood,
Albert William Papers
(1879-1975) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
| 1879 |
Born on February 25th in Jersey
City, New Jersey. |
| 1903 |
Received B.A. degree from
Amherst College. |
| 1903-1906 |
Reporter for New York Sun. |
1906-1912
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Financial editor for New York
Press. Contributed regularly to the Hearst's Magazine, the American
Magazine, the Review of Reviews for several years. |
| 1908-1915 |
Financial and insurance editor
for McClure's Magazine. |
| 1913-1917 |
Financial editor for Harper's
Weekly. |
| 1914-1937 |
Editorial writer for Saturday
Evening Post. |
| 1920 |
Received honorary degree of M.A.
from Amherst College and Princeton University. |
1933-1970
|
Mr. Atwood was elected to the
Board of Trustees of the District of Columbia Public Library and was
President of the Board of Trustees from 1946 to 1970, then he retired as
President. |
1941-1962
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Mr. Atwood was elected to the
Board of Directors of Washington Gas Light Company, was Director of the
company from 1941 to 1955. From 1955 to 1962 he was a member of the company. |
1944-1968
|
Mr. Atwood joined the Board of
Trustees of Gallaudet College in 1944,
was Chairman of the Board of
Directors from 1947 to 1968 when he resigned. He had been a member and chairman of the Board
of Directors for 24 years. |
1951
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Received honorary degree of
Doctor of Laws (LL.D) from Gallaudet
College. |
1953
|
Received honorary degree of
Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) from Amherst College. |
1967
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Named as "Man of the Year" by Gallaudet College's Alpha Sigma Pi
Fraternity. |
| 1975 |
Died on January 23rd, at the age
of 95 in Washington, D.C. |
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Albert William Atwood
Collection consists of material related to his work for the Board of Directors
of Gallaudet College. The collection consists of approximately 2500 items dating
from 1948 to 1975. The majority of the papers date from the 1960's. The bulk
of the collection consists of clippings, newsletters, correspondence of the
Board of Directors and others, funds, expenses, and salaries,
Gallaudet Centennial Fund, "Gallaudet College: It's First One Hundred Years",
general correspondence, Middle States Association, printed materials,
publication notes, and a commencement hood.
The correspondence and
general correspondence are arranged chronologically. Financial statements and
letters are included in the folder of Funds, Expenses, and Salaries. In the
folder of Gallaudet Centennial Fund one can find correspondence, “the Gallaudet
Centennial Newsletters” and pamphlets.
Included in the folder
related to the publication, "Gallaudet College: Its First One Hundred Years"
there are receipts, letters related to the book, and copyright registration.
In the folder of printed
materials there is a book titled “Growing with Washington” which was published
by Washington Gas Light Company in 1948 and edited by Mr. Atwood, when he was
President of that company. The large group of publication notes relate to Mr.
Atwood's work for his book “Gallaudet College: Its First One Hundred Years”
which was published in 1964.
FOLDER LIST
|
Box |
Folder |
Title of Folder |
Date |
|
1 |
1 |
Clippings -
Newsletters |
1964 |
|
1 |
2 |
Correspondence -
Alumni Association |
1960-1966 |
|
1 |
3 |
Correspondence -
Board of Directors |
1962-1968 |
|
1 |
4 |
Correspondence -
Cohen, S. |
1961-1964 |
|
1 |
5 |
Correspondence -
Detmold, G. |
1962-1964 |
|
1 |
6 |
Correspondence -
Elstad, L. |
1952-1964 |
|
1 |
7 |
Correspondence -
Faculty |
1949-1964
|
|
1 |
8 |
Correspondence -
"Gallaudet College: It's First One Hundred Years" |
1964-1965 |
|
1 |
9 |
Correspondence -
State Schools for the Deaf |
1960-1964
|
|
1 |
10 |
Correspondence -
Thornberry, H. |
1963-1964 |
|
1 |
11 |
Funds, Expenses
and Salaries |
1959-1964 |
|
1 |
12 |
Gallaudet
Centennial Fund |
1960-1964 |
|
2 |
1 |
"Gallaudet
College: It's First One Hundred Years" |
1962-1965
|
|
2 |
2 |
General
Correspondence |
1954-1975
|
|
2 |
3 |
Middle States
Association |
1963 |
|
2 |
4 |
Printed Materials |
1948-1963 |
|
2 |
5 |
Publication Notes |
1960's
|
|
2 |
6 |
Publication Notes |
1960's
|
|
2 |
7 |
Publication Notes |
1960's
|
|
2 |
8 |
Publication
Notes |
1960's
|
|
2 |
9 |
Publication Notes |
1960's
|
|
2 |
10 |
Publication Notes |
1960's
|
|
2 |
11 |
Publication
Notes |
1960's
|
|
2 |
12 |
Publication Notes |
1960's
|
|
2 |
13 |
Publication Notes |
1960's
|
|
3 |
1 |
Publication Notes |
1960's |
|
3 |
2 |
Publication Notes |
1960's |
|
3 |
3 |
Publication
Notes |
1960's |
|
3 |
4 |
Publication
Notes |
1960's |
|
3 |
5 |
Publication
Notes |
1960's |
|
3 |
6 |
Publication
Notes |
1960's |
|
3 |
7 |
Publication
Notes |
1960's |
|
3 |
8 |
Publication
Notes |
1960's |
Box 4
--Hood
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