Works of Edmund Pearson

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Be and hereby are constituted and made a separate and distinct town, the act was approved by Governor Francis Bernard on February 4, The new town was the smallest in Massachusetts, covering an area of acres, the town prospered and became a city in Situated near the mouth of the Merrimack River, it was once a fishing, shipbuilding and shipping center, Merrimack Arms and Brown Manufacturing Company made Southerner Derringer pistols in their Newburyport factory from to The captains of old Newburyport had participated vigorously in the trade, importing West Indian molasses.

The distilleries were located around Market Square near the waterfront, caldwells Old Newburyport rum was manufactured locally until well into the 19th century. Newburyport had never been comfortable with slavery and it had been a frequent topic of pulpit rhetoric. After the Revolutionary War, abolitionism took a firm hold, several citizens are recognized by the National Park Service for their contributions to the Underground Railroad. The abolitionist movement reached a peak with the activities of William Lloyd Garrison and his statue stands in Brown Square, which was the scene of abolitionist meetings.

Newburyport once had a fleet that operated from Georges Bank to the mouth of the Merrimack River. Harvard University — Although never formally affiliated with any denomination, the early College primarily trained Congregationalist and Unitarian clergy. Its curriculum and student body were gradually secularized during the 18th century, james Bryant Conant led the university through the Great Depression and World War II and began to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions after the war.

Harvard is a large, highly residential research university, the nominal cost of attendance is high, but the Universitys large endowment allows it to offer generous financial aid packages. Harvards alumni include eight U. It was never affiliated with any denomination, but many of its earliest graduates went on to become clergymen in Congregational. The leading Boston divine Increase Mather served as president from to , in , John Leverett became the first president who was not also a clergyman, which marked a turning of the college toward intellectual independence from Puritanism.

When the Hollis Professor of Divinity David Tappan died in and the president of Harvard Joseph Willard died a year later, in , in , the natural history lectures of Louis Agassiz were acclaimed both in New York and on the campus at Harvard College. Agassizs approach was distinctly idealist and posited Americans participation in the Divine Nature, agassizs perspective on science combined observation with intuition and the assumption that a person can grasp the divine plan in all phenomena.

When it came to explaining life-forms, Agassiz resorted to matters of shape based on an archetype for his evidence. Eliot, president —, eliminated the position of Christianity from the curriculum while opening it to student self-direction.

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While Eliot was the most crucial figure in the secularization of American higher education, he was motivated not by a desire to secularize education, during the 20th century, Harvards international reputation grew as a burgeoning endowment and prominent professors expanded the universitys scope. Rapid enrollment growth continued as new schools were begun and the undergraduate College expanded. Radcliffe College, established in as sister school of Harvard College, Harvard became a founding member of the Association of American Universities in In the early 20th century, the student body was predominately old-stock, high-status Protestants, especially Episcopalians, Congregationalists, by the s it was much more diversified.

Librarian — A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library, providing access to information and sometimes social or technical programming. In addition, librarians provide instruction on information literacy and they are usually required to hold a graduate degree from a library school such as a Masters degree in Library Science or Library and Information Studies. Traditionally, a librarian is associated with collections of books, as demonstrated by the etymology of the word librarian, the role of a librarian is continually evolving to meet social and technological needs.

Appreciation for librarians is often included by authors and scholars in the acknowledgment sections of books, for history in North America, see Librarians in North America. The Sumerians were the first to train clerks to keep records of accounts, Masters of the books or Keepers of the Tablets were scribes or priests who were trained to handle the vast amount and complexity of these records.

The extent of their duties is unknown. Sometime in the 8th century BC, Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, Ashurbanipal was the first individual in history to introduce librarianship as a profession.

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All of these tablets were cataloged and arranged in order by subject or type. It was notable for its famous librarians, Demetrius, Zenodotus, Eratosthenes, Apollonius, Aristophanes, Aristarchus and these scholars contributed significantly to the collection and cataloging of the wide variety of scrolls in the librarys collection. Most notably, Callimachus created what is considered to be the first subject catalogue of the library holdings, the pinakes contained scrolls arranged into ten subject classes, each class was then subdivided, listing authors alphabetically by titles.

The librarians at Alexandria were considered the custodians of learning, near the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire, it was common for Roman aristocrats to hold private libraries in their home. Many of these aristocrats, such as Cicero, kept the contents of their libraries to themselves. Others, such as Lucullus, took on the role of lending librarian by sharing scrolls in their collection, many Roman emperors included public libraries into their political propaganda to win favor from citizens.

While scholars were employed in librarian roles in the various emperors libraries, for example, Pompeius Macer, the first librarian of Augustus library, was a praetor, an office that combined both military and judicial duties. A later librarian of the library was Gaius Julius Hyginus. Christian monasteries in Europe are credited with keeping the institution of libraries alive after the fall of the Roman Empire and it is during this time that the first book enters popularity, the parchment codex. Within the monasteries, the role of librarian was often filled by an overseer of the scriptorium where monks would copy out books cover to cover, a monk named Anastasias who took on the title of Bibliothecarius following his successful translations of the Greek classicists.

Lizzie Borden — Lizzie Andrew Borden was an American woman who gained infamy in being tried and acquitted for the axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. Borden was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and her father, Andrew Jackson Borden, grew up in very modest surroundings and struggled financially as a young man, despite being the descendant of wealthy, influential local residents. He eventually prospered through the manufacture and sales of furniture and caskets and he directed several textile mills including the Globe Yarn Mill Company, Troy Cotton, and Woolen Manufacturing Company.

For instance, the Borden home lacked indoor plumbing on its ground and second floors and was located near Andrews businesses, Lizzie and her older sister, Emma Lenora Borden, had a relatively religious upbringing and attended Central Congregational Church. As a young woman, Lizzie was very involved in related to her church. Lizzie stated, during questioning and during the inquest, that she called her stepmother Mrs. Lizzie believed that Abby was after her fathers money, during the inquest, the Bordens live-in maid Bridget Sullivan testified that Lizzie and Emma rarely ate meals with their parents.

In May , Andrew, believing that pigeons in the barn were attracting local children to hunt them, Lizzie had recently built a roost for the pigeons and was upset at their deaths. A family argument in July prompted both sisters to take extended vacations in New Bedford, returning to Fall River the week before the murders, Lizzie chose to stay in a Fall River rooming house for four days before returning to the family residence. Tension had been growing in the family in the months before the murders, the night before the murders, John Vinnicum Morse, the brother of Lizzie and Emmas deceased mother, visited and was invited to stay for a few days to discuss business matters with Andrew.

Some writers have speculated that their conversation, particularly about property transfer, for several days before the murders, the entire household had been violently ill. A family friend later speculated that mutton left on the stove for use in meals over several days was the cause, of note, the Bordens did have an icebox and some historians believe that the hot weather at the time makes it unlikely it was not used.

Abby and Andrew Borden were murdered at their home on the morning of Thursday, August 4,, Abby between 9,00 a. Although cleaning the guest rooms was one of Lizzie and Emmas regular chores, John Morse had slept in the room the previous night, according to the forensic investigation, Abby was facing her killer at the time of the attack. Theodore Roosevelt — Theodore Roosevelt Jr. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century.

Born a sickly child with debilitating asthma, Roosevelt successfully overcame his health problems by embracing a strenuous lifestyle and he integrated his exuberant personality, vast range of interests, and world-famous achievements into a cowboy persona defined by robust masculinity. Home-schooled, he began a lifelong naturalist avocation before attending Harvard College and his first of many books, The Naval War of , established his reputation as both a learned historian and as a popular writer.

Upon entering politics, he became the leader of the faction of Republicans in New Yorks state legislature. Returning a war hero, he was elected governor of New York in , the state party leadership distrusted him, so they took the lead in moving him to the prestigious but powerless role of vice presidential candidate as McKinleys running mate in the election of Roosevelt campaigned vigorously across the country, helping McKinleys re-election in a victory based on a platform of peace, prosperity.

Following the assassination of President McKinley in September , Roosevelt succeeded to the office at age 42, making conservation a top priority, he established a myriad of new national parks, forests, and monuments intended to preserve the nations natural resources. In foreign policy, he focused on Central America, where he began construction of the Panama Canal and he greatly expanded the United States Navy and sent the Great White Fleet on a world tour to project the United States naval power around the globe.

His successful efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War won him the Nobel Peace Prize, elected in to a full term, Roosevelt continued to promote progressive policies, but many of his efforts and much of his legislative agenda were eventually blocked in Congress. Roosevelt successfully groomed his close friend, William Howard Taft, to succeed him in the presidency, after leaving office, Roosevelt went on safari in Africa and toured Europe. Returning to the United States, he became frustrated with Tafts approach, failing to win the Republican presidential nomination in , Roosevelt founded his own party, the Progressive, so-called Bull Moose Party, and called for wide-ranging progressive reforms.

The split among Republicans enabled the Democrats to win both the White House and a majority in the Congress in , Republicans aligned with Taft nationally would control the Republican Party for decades. Frustrated at home, Roosevelt led an expedition to the Amazon basin. During World War I, he opposed President Woodrow Wilson for keeping the country out of the war, and offered his military services, although planning to run again for president in , Roosevelt suffered deteriorating health and died in early Roosevelt has consistently ranked by scholars as one of the greatest American presidents.

Historians admire Roosevelt for rooting out corruption in his administration, but are critical of his libel lawsuits against the World and his face was carved into Mount Rushmore, alongside those of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. The system includes 25 individual libraries including Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, the library was founded in by an act of Congress after a lobbying effort by Theodore W. Noyes, editor of the Washington Evening Star newspaper.

Noyes served on the board of trustees for 50 years. President Theodore Roosevelt attended the dedication of this building in , several of the branch libraries still in use were also built with funds donated by Carnegie. The budget is determined by the Council of the District of Columbia based on a request submitted by the Mayor as part of the annual budget process for the entire municipal government. The United States Congress also has to approve of the Districts budget as a part of their oversight of the District of Columbia as the nations capital.

The Chief Librarian is often invited to attend the Mayors Cabinet meetings, the Districts Chief Financial Officer provides a fiscal officer from that office to ensure that financial practices within DCPL meet with District requirements. DCPL also has independent procurement authority, allowing them to contracts for books, electronic resources, furniture, equipment.

Library of Congress Public libraries in Washington, D. C, Martin Luther King Jr. Library of Congress — The Library of Congress is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States, the Library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.

The Library of Congress claims to be the largest library in the world and its collections are universal, not limited by subject, format, or national boundary, and include research materials from all parts of the world and in more than languages. Two-thirds of the books it acquires each year are in other than English.

The Library of Congress moved to Washington in , after sitting for years in the temporary national capitals of New York. Beckley, who became the first Librarian of Congress, was two dollars per day and was required to also serve as the Clerk of the House of Representatives. The small Congressional Library was housed in the United States Capitol for most of the 19th century until the early s, most of the original collection had been destroyed by the British in , during the War of To restore its collection in , the bought from former president Thomas Jefferson his entire personal collection of 6, books.

After a period of growth, another fire struck the Library in its Capitol chambers in , again destroying a large amount of the collection. The Library received the right of transference of all copyrighted works to have two copies deposited of books, maps, illustrations and diagrams printed in the United States. It also began to build its collections of British and other European works and it included several stories built underground of steel and cast iron stacks.

Although the Library is open to the public, only high-ranking government officials may check out books, the Library promotes literacy and American literature through projects such as the American Folklife Center, American Memory, Center for the Book, and Poet Laureate. And for fitting up an apartment for containing them. Books were ordered from London and the collection, consisting of books and 3 maps, was housed in the new Capitol, as president, Thomas Jefferson played an important role in establishing the structure of the Library of Congress.

The new law also extended to the president and vice president the ability to borrow books and these volumes had been left in the Senate wing of the Capitol. One of the only congressional volumes to have survived was a government account book of receipts and it was taken as a souvenir by a British Commander whose family later returned it to the United States government in Within a month, former president Jefferson offered to sell his library as a replacement.

The New York Times has won Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper, the papers print version in had the second-largest circulation, behind The Wall Street Journal, and the largest circulation among the metropolitan newspapers in the US. The New York Times is ranked 18th in the world by circulation, following industry trends, its weekday circulation had fallen in to fewer than one million.

Morgan and Edward B. We do not believe that everything in Society is either right or exactly wrong, —what is good we desire to preserve and improve, —what is evil, to exterminate. In , the started a western division, The Times of California that arrived whenever a mail boat got to California. However, when local California newspapers came into prominence, the effort failed, the newspaper shortened its name to The New-York Times in It dropped the hyphen in the city name in the s, One of the earliest public controversies it was involved with was the Mortara Affair, the subject of twenty editorials it published alone.

Tweed offered The New York Times five million dollars to not publish the story, in the s, The New York Times transitioned gradually from editorially supporting Republican Party candidates to becoming more politically independent and analytical. In , the paper supported Democrat Grover Cleveland in his first presidential campaign, while this move cost The New York Times readership among its more progressive and Republican readers, the paper eventually regained most of its lost ground within a few years.

However, the newspaper was financially crippled by the Panic of , the paper slowly acquired a reputation for even-handedness and accurate modern reporting, especially by the s under the guidance of Ochs. Under Ochs guidance, continuing and expanding upon the Henry Raymond tradition, The New York Times achieved international scope, circulation, in , the first air delivery of The New York Times to Philadelphia began.

The New York Times first trans-Atlantic delivery by air to London occurred in by dirigible, airplane Edition was sent by plane to Chicago so it could be in the hands of Republican convention delegates by evening. In the s, the extended its breadth and reach. The crossword began appearing regularly in , and the section in With nearly 53 million items, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States and it is a private, non-governmental, independently managed, nonprofit corporation operating with both private and public financing.

The branch libraries are open to the public and consist of circulating libraries. The New York Public Library also has four libraries which are open to the general public as well. After Astors death in , the board of trustees executed the wills conditions. The library created was a reference library, its books were not permitted to circulate. An act of the New York State Legislature incorporated the Lenox Library in , the library was built on Fifth Avenue, between 40th and 42nd streets, in The library and the librarian: Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions. Book from Project Gutenberg: Theodore Roosevelt Library of Congress Classification: Roosevelt, Theodore, Source: Libraries -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. Librarians, Libraries -- Anecdotes. Book digitized by Google from the library of University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. The library and the librarian; a selection of articles from the Boston evening transcript and other sources.

Librarians, Libraries -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. Edmund Lester Pearson Coll. The Merrimack River; its source and its tributaries. Embracing a history of manufactures, and of the towns along its course; their geography, topography, and products, with a description of the magnificent natural scenery about its upper waters.

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