Lucien Levy-Bruehl, Albert Einstein, Franz Oppenheimer, Arthur Liebert and his son, Paul Tillich, unidentified woman and Mrs. Charles Blondel outside the Grand Hotel Curhaus during the Davoser Hochschulkurse; Davos, Switzerland Portraits Groups

The Davoser Hochschulkurse took place for the first time in 1928. Mainly university teachers from Germany, France, Switzerland (perhaps elsewhere) offered lectures to students recovering from tuberculosis at the health resort in the Swiss mountains. The lecturers were accommodated at the Grand Hotel Curhaus, where the lectures also took place.

A representação da estética simbolista e sua receptividade no contexto cultural e literário do Brasil e de Portugal

O Simbolismo surge na França em meio a um turbilhão de transformações advindas da modernidade. Estas transformações levaram os indivíduos a repensarem os pressupostos racionalistas e cientificistas. Desta maneira, o espírito da decadência, que está na base do movimento simbolista, se instaura em 1857, quando Charles Baudelaire lança sua obra As flores do mal, desenvolvendo uma poesia voltada para a inovação do estilo e para uma temática nova. Para isso, aborda assuntos tabus naquela sociedade, fala da monotonia dos tempos modernos, da solidão existencial e inclui coisas consideradas sórdidas e repugnantes em seus versos. O movimento, então, se desenvolve pelo mundo seguindo os pressupostos decadentistas inaugurados por Baudelaire e chega a Portugal e ao Brasil. Nestes países, veremos que a estética do Simbolismo não terá o mesmo prestígio que na França, porque se desenvolverá em oposição ao espírito nacionalista, patriótico e positivista, praticado pelo Realismo na prosa e o Parnasianismo na poesia. Assim, o movimento simbolista não terá um lugar de destaque dentro do campo literário nesses dois países, permanecendo à margem dos cânones hegemônicos. Observaremos como o gênero gótico de Álvares de Azevedo e A Geração do Trovador, anteriores ao Simbolismo no Brasil e Portugal, respectivamente, se constituem como precursores desse movimento estético. Analisamos ainda o lugar, a poética e a crítica de Nestor Vítor no campo literário brasileiro e o lugar e a poética de Camilo Pessanha no campo literário português, buscando, com base nas conceituações teóricas de Pierre Bourdieu e Dominique Maingueneau sobre a gênese do campo literário e o discurso literário, os diferentes posicionamentos dos agentes, suas cenas de enunciação e seus espaços, responder ao porquê do desprestígio do movimento simbolista no Brasil e em Portugal

Charles Henry Gilbert (1859-1928), Naturalist-in-Charge: the 1906 North Pacific Expedition of the Steamer Albatross

Fishery science pioneers often faced challenges in their field work that are mostly unknown to modern biologists. Some of the travails faced by ichthyologist and, later, fishery biologist Charles Henry Gilbert (1859-1928) during his service as Naturalist-in-Charge of the North Pacific cruise ofthe U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross in 1906, are described here, as are accomplishments of the cruise. The vessel left San Francisco, Calif., on 3 May 1906, just after the great San Francisco earthquake, for scientific exploration of waters of the Aleutian islands, Bering Sea, Kamchatka, Sakhalin, and Japan, returning to San Francisco in December. Because the expedition occurred just after the war between Japan and Russia of 1904-05 floating derelict mines in Japanese waters were often a menace. Major storms caused havoc in the region, and the captain of the Albatross, Lieutenant Commander LeRoy Mason Garrett (1857-1906), U.S.N., was lost at sea, apparently thrown from the vessel during a sudden storm on the return leg of the cruise. Despite such obstacles, Gilbert and the Albatross successfully completed their assigned chores. They occupied 339 dredging and 48 hydrographic stations, and discovered over 180 new species of fishes and many new species of invertebrates. The expedition's extensive biological collections spawned over 30 descriptive publications, some of which remain today as standards of knowledge.

Le Journal vrai : organe des amis de Charles Péguy... / sous la direction de Marcel Péguy

Etat de collection : N° 1 (1932)-n° 10 (1934)

Percy Carruthers Band fonds, 1857-2005, n.d. (non-inclusive)

Percy Carruthers Band was born on November 27, 1892 in Toronto, Ontario to Charles Walter Band, a grain merchant and Jessie Camp Shaw Band. He graduated from Upper Canada College and became a broker. He worked at the Dominion Bank and then at Maple Leaf Milling Company. He was stationed at Port Colborne for a while. Before leaving for the front, he was with Bankers Bond Company of Toronto and is also listed as working with the firm of Bailey, Wood and Cross. Lieutenant Band received a Certificate of Military Qualifications on Dec. 24th, 1914. He received his Certificate of Military Instruction on Nov. 30, 1915. He received these certificates while with the 48th Regiment (Highlanders). He enlisted in 1914 and went overseas in August of 1915 as an officer in the 35th Battalion. By August 26, 1915, he is listed as being with the 23rd Reserve Battalion. A year later, in August of 1916 Lieutenant Band arrived in France and was posted to the 2nd Battalion – “The Second Iron”. In 1916, Band was the victim of shell shock received during a charge. He was wounded in April of 1917 at Vimy Ridge yet he remained on duty. At this time he received a gunshot wound to his right jaw. He earned a promotion to Captain on September 16th, 1917. He was wounded again in November of 1917 at Passchendaele where he suffered a gunshot wound to the ear. For his courage and determination Percy Band received the Military Cross on February 18, 1918. He led his company under difficult circumstances even though he was wounded. He was awarded a bar to the Military Cross for gallantry during a successful attack on two villages on December 2nd, 1918. During this attack he led his company against enemy machine guns. It is said that he displayed exceptional leadership qualities and skill during this time. On the 30th of August in 1918, he made a daring reconnaissance to the front under heavy fire in an attack on Upton Wood. He was also commended on his gallantry during attacks on Cagnicourt and the Canal du Nord in September of 1918. He was awarded the second bar to the Military Cross on February 1, 1919. The award of the Croix de Guerre was conferred on Captain Percy Carruthers Band by the President of the French Republic on December 15th, 1918 for distinguished service rendered during the course of the campaign. His general demobilization took place on April 25, 1919. Percy Band married Margaret Julia Woodruff on November 25, 1919, and they had three children: Charles Woodruff Band (1921), Margaret Elizabeth Band (1924) and Robert DeVeaux Woodruff Band (1927). After the war, Mr. Band was a manager at Geo. Weston Bread and Cakes Limited, St. Catharines. Percy Band was also an avid collector. His collections included antique toys and art. He died suddenly on May 19, 1961. The Toronto Telegram published this about him: “Captain Percy Carruthers Band, M.C. with two Bars, Croix de Guerre with Palm – was an officer whose buoyant spirit and gallantry mirrored the vibrant soul of the Battalion. Blythe of heart, yet endowed with a fine sense of responsibility, he gave inspired leadership of No. 3 Company.”

Charles Reznikoff: By the Waters of Manhattan [Rezension]

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Catharine Waugh McCullouch papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon collection, 1869-1945

Collection primarily documents McCulloch's research on women's legal status, and her work with the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the League of Women Voters. There is also documentation of women in the legal profession, of McCulloch's friendships with the other women suffragists and lawyers, and some biographical material. The papers contain little information about her family or social life.

Brachiopod genera of the suborders Orthoidea and Pentameroidea, by Charles Schuchert and G. Arthur Cooper.

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Chants historiques et populaires du temps de Charles VII et de Louis XI.

Mode of access: Internet.

The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth : with an account of the Emperor's life after his abdication /

Mode of access: Internet.