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William Bennett Munro papers
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Description: The collection consists primarily of letters to Munro from his academic colleagues, dealing with reactions to his research and publications, with his professional and social activities, and with the administration of universities and other institutions in which Munro was interested. A few letters after Munro's death are addressed to Professsor Harvey Eagleson concerning a memoir of Munro. Correspondents include Charles Austin Beard, Max Farrand, Herbert Hoover, Walter Lippman, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Robert A. Millikan, and George Walter Prothero.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1806-1959.
Call number: mssHM 27998-28161
Creator: Munro, William Bennett (1875-1957)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of William Bennett Munro and Caroline Munro, August 1954 and January 1960.

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Bard, Charles Austin, (1874-1948.)

Beard, Charles A. (1874-1948.)

Eagleson, Harvey, (1869-1945.)

Farrand, Max, (1874-1964.)

Hoover, Herbert, (1889-1974.)

Lippmann, Walter, (1856-1943.)

Lowell, A. Lawrence (1868-1953.)

Millikan, Robert Andrews, (1848-1922.)

Prothero, G. W.

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