Newberry Library - Davis Howes III interview, John Blew collection on Wright Howes, Zoe Howes, and U.S.iana, 1997

Davis Howes III interview, John Blew collection on Wright Howes, Zoe Howes, and U.S.iana, 1997

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Davis Howes III interview, John Blew collection on Wright Howes, Zoe Howes, and U.S.iana, 1997

Title Davis Howes III interview, John Blew collection on Wright Howes, Zoe Howes, and U.S.iana, 1997

Date 1997

Subject Americana, Antiquarian booksellers, Book collecting, Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.), Genealogy, Midwest collections, Oral histories, World War, 1914-1918

Description Children of Davis Howes I; Bibb Manufacturing Company; the children's education; Potential business partner of David Howes I; move from South to North; Henry Wright Howes's estrangement from his father; Zoe's needlepoint; children of Davis Howes II; marriages of Suzelle France Howes; family of Mary Zoe "May" Howes; England; Suzelle's education; Emily's estate; Uncle Wright's estate and Suzelle's inheritance; Davis Howes III; his education; time in army and medical discharge; graduation from Yale; PhD in psychology from Harvard; Wright Howes's watch; teaching at Tulane University; the Korean War; transfer to Wright Patterson Air Base; Felt Research Institute; time in Cincinnati; the Air Force; Wright Howes and his siblings; church; Suzelle's visit to Chicago during the Century of Progress; Zoe's cat Dynamo; getting drinks from the kitchen; trips with WH and Zoe; WH in Boston and the book business; move to Rogers, Arkansas; Silas O. Howes; time at the Galveston News; Silas's bookstore in Galveston; book of Henley's poems; the Great Flood; consulting the Howes 1892 genealogy.

Duration 1h34m34s

Archival Collection Title John Blew collection on Wright Howes, Zoe Howes, and U.S.iana

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Midwest MS Blew

BibID 9911524481805867

Size 216.45 MB

Original file name MMS_BLEW_CASS002.mp3

Unique Identifier NL14C2I

Visibility Class Public

Date Digital 06/25/2015

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