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    • Author/Creator:Anderson, Luther, 1880-1940.
    • Title:Luther Anderson papers, 1899-1940 (inclusive).
    • Physical Description:6 linear feet (8 boxes)
    • Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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    • Notes:Gift of Helen Carlson Anderson, 1967.
    • Access and use:The collection is open for research. Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Additional information is provided in the finding aid.
    • Biographical / Historical note:Taught school in Kansas and became principal of the Lindsborg, Kansas, high school, 1901-1903; 1907-1911, taught European history at the Imperial University in Peking; returned in 1911 as special correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, and travelled through China and the Philippines until 1915; 1915-1920, taught at High School of Commerce in Springfield, Mass.; taught part-time at Northeastern University, 1920-1928; 1928 began teaching at American International College in Springfield.
    • Summary:Teacher and journalist. Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks and photographs relating to his career as a journalist in Peking (1911-1914) and his post as teacher of English and aesthetics at the American International College in Springfield, Mass. (1928-1940). He also lectured on Scandinavian culture and on Chinese politics. Manuscripts and advertising brochures document this aspect of his life. Although his correspondence is mostly routine, there are a number of letters of interest from William Lyon Phelps and Sven Birger Sandzen, head of the art school at Bethany College (Kansas) where Anderson had studied.
    • Other formats:Scrapbooks also available on microfilm (402 frames on 1 reel, 35mm.) from Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, at cost. Order no. HM128.
    • Format:Archives or Manuscripts
    • Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid is available in the repository and on the Internet.
    • Cite as:Luther Anderson Papers (MS 36). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
    • Subjects:Anderson, Luther, 1880-1940.
      Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943.
      SandzeĢn, Birger, 1871-1954.
      Chinese letters.
      Journalism.
      Scandinavian literature.
      Asia.
      China--Description and travel.
      China--History--Revolution, 1911-1912.
      Philippines--Politics and government--1898-1935.
      United States--Travelers.
    • Genre/Form:Photographic prints.
      Scrapbooks.
    • Occupation:Educators.
      Journalists.