Curtis
Curtis names 5 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Curtis CHARLES, an American public official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CHARLES, an American public official, born in 1860 in Topeka, Kan., of an Indian family. He was educated in the public schools, and admitted to the bar in 1881, served two terms as district attorney of Shawnee county, and from 1893 to 1897 represented the Fourth Kansas district in Congress. From 1897 to 1907 he represented the First Kansas district in the National legislature. When Senator Burton resigned from the Senate in 1907, Curtis was elected to fill out his unexpired term. Although he was again a candidate on the Republican ticket for the term 1913 to 1920, he was defeated by the Democratic sweep of 1912. In 1915, when the Republicans regained control of the State, he was elected to the Senate for the term 1915 to 1921.
Curtis GEORGE WILLIAM, an American author
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GEORGE WILLIAM, an American author; born in Providence, R. I., Feb. 24, 1824. He was an early abolitionist, and a leader in the Republican party from the first; for many years the editor of "Harper's Weekly," and the writer of the "Editor's Easy Chair" in "Harper's Monthly," besides the "Manners Upon the Road" series for "Har per's Bazar" (1867-1873)). He was also a lecturer of great popularity. His works include: "Nile Notes of a Howadji" (1851); "The Howadji in Syria" (1852); "Lotus Eating" (1852); "Potiphar Papers" (1853); "Prue and I" (1856); "Trumps" (1862); and others. He died on Staten Island, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1892.
Curtis CYRUS HERMANN KOTZan American newspaper SCHMAR
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CYRUS HERMANN KOTZan American newspaper SCHMAR, owner and publisher. Born in Maine in 1850, he was educated in the public schools of that State. In the Centennial year he moved to Philadelphia where he began the publication of a magazine entitled "The Tribune and Farmer." A few years later he published the "Ladies' Home Journal," which became one of the most successful magazines in the United States. The Curtis Publishing Company, of which he is the head, publish also the "Country Gentleman" and the "Saturday Evening Post." In 1913 Mr. Curtis took over the Philadelphia "Public Ledger."
Curtis WILLIAM ELEROY, an American journalist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM ELEROY, an American journalist; born in Akron, O., Nov. 5, 1850. He has written: "Capitals of Spanish America" (1888); "The Land of the Nihilist" (1888); "Japan Sketch- ," "Venezuela," "Life of Zachariah es, Chandler," "The Yankees of the East," etc. He was for several years director of the Bureau of American Republics, and was chief of the Latin-American department and historical section of the World's Columbian exposition, 1891-1893. He died in 1911. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
Curtis GEORGE TICKNOR, an American lawyer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GEORGE TICKNOR, an American lawyer; born in Watertown, Mass., Nov. 28, 1912. In addition to his eminence at the New York bar, he was noted as the author of an authoritative "History of the Constitution of the United States"; he published likewise: "Digest of English and American Admiralty Decisions," "American Conveyancer," "Life of James Buchanan," "Life of Daniel Webster," "Creation or Evolution," and "John Charaxes," a novel. He died in New York, March 28, 1894.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's in 1921 could describe Charles Curtis only as a Kansas senator "of an Indian family." Within a decade he was Senate majority leader and then, from 1929 to 1933, Herbert Hoover's Vice-President — the only person of substantial Native American ancestry (Kaw, through his mother) ever to hold that office. Cyrus Curtis's publishing empire, then at its height, has since dissolved: the Saturday Evening Post gave up weekly publication in 1969 and the Ladies' Home Journal ended regular monthly issues in 2014, while the Public Ledger folded in 1942. The literary Curtises — George William of Harper's and George Ticknor, the constitutional historian — are now read mainly by specialists; note that Collier's misprints the latter's birth year, which was 1812.
Written for this edition, 2026.