Farrand, Max, 1869-1945

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Max Farrand was born in Newark, N.J., into the family of Samuel Ashbel Farrand and Louise Wilson Farrand. He graduated from Princeton University, where he also received his Ph.D.; later he continued further graduate work in Leipzig and Heidelberg, and at Wesleyan and Yale Universities. He became professor of history at Wesleyan, Stanford, Cornell, Harvard, and Yale Universities (1896-1925), Incorporator and Director of the Commonwealth Fund (1918-1927) and Director of the Huntington Library (1927-1941), remaining as Research Associate after 1941. He was also a Trustee of the California Institute of Technology from 1931, President of American Historical Society (1940), Trustee of the American Academy in Rome, and member of a number of scholarly and honorary societies and clubs. Farrand was married to Beatrix Cadwalader Jones, niece of Edith Wharton and a well-known landscape gardener.

From the description of Papers of Max Farrand, 1816-1947. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122593584

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referencedIn Stanford University, Registrar's Office, records, 1891-1955, 1891-1928 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Brown, Everett Somerville, 1886-1964. Everett S. Brown papers, 1923-1955. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Stanford University, Department of History, faculty photographs, circa 1910-1966 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K. Houghton Library
referencedIn Bingham family papers Yale University Library
referencedIn Stanford University. Dept. of History. Stanford University, Dept. of History, faculty photographs circa 1910-1966. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn University of Chicago. Office of Public Relations. Records, 1924-1926 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
referencedIn Solon J. Buck Papers, 1778-1962, (bulk 1934-1957) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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referencedIn Edward Gaylord Bourne papers, 1874-1970 (inclusive), 1885-1907 (bulk). Yale University Library
creatorOf Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957. Letters regarding the Tournament of Roses parade, 1933. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Claude Halstead Van Tyne papers Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Papers of Paul J. Sachs, 1903-2005 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
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referencedIn Letters relating to the Merrymount Press, 1913-1955. Houghton Library
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referencedIn Anson Phelps Stokes family papers, 1761-1960, 1892-1958 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
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referencedIn Seymour, Charles, 1885-1963. Charles Seymour papers, 1912-1963 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Charles Seymour papers, 1912-1963 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Farrand, Max, 1869-1945. Papers of Max Farrand, 1816-1947. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn University of Chicago. Office of Public Relations. Records, 1924-1926. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
referencedIn Arthur Twining Hadley, president of Yale University, records, 1899-1921 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Farrand, Max, 1869-1945. Correspondence relating to his edition of the records of the Federal convention of 1787 : and photocopy of his handwritten copy of W.T. Franklin's memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin : mss., [ca. 1900-1910]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Mackall, Leonard L. (Leonard Leopold), 1879-1937. Leonard Leopold Mackall papers, 1900-1937. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
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referencedIn Edmund Cody Burnett Papers, 1765-1967, (bulk 1907-1936) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Charles Henry Hull papers, 1850-1945. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Munro, William Bennett, 1875-1957. Papers of William Bennett Munro, 1806-1959 (bulk 1877-1959). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Bingham family papers Yale University Library
referencedIn Wallace Notestein papers, 1899-1969 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Read, Georgia Willis. Papers of Georgia Willis Read, 1849-1951 (bulk 1932-1951) Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. Miscellany Collection of John A. Schutz, 1693-1959. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
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referencedIn Wallace Notestein papers, 1899-1969 (inclusive) Yale University Library
referencedIn Burnett, Edmund Cody, 1864-1949. Papers, 1765-1967 (bulk 1907-1936). Library of Congress
creatorOf Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932. Papers of Frederick Jackson Turner, 1862-1976 (bulk 1889-1932). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
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associatedWith Reeves, Jesse Siddall, 1872- person
associatedWith Robinson, Edgar Eugene, 1887-1977. person
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associatedWith Yale University. corporateBody
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Birth 1869-03-29

Death 1945-06-17

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