Monroe
Monroe names 7 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Monroe JAMES, an American statesman and 5th President of the United States
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JAMES, an American statesman and 5th President of the United States; born in Westmoreland co., Va., April 28, 1758. Completing his education at William and Mary College, he joined the Continental army in 1776. Took part in the battle of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, rising to rank of colonel. Elected to the Assembly of Virginia, and in 1783 became a delegate to the Continental Congress. In 1785 he moved a resolution in Congress empowering that 1 JAMES MONROE body to regulate interstate trade, and the discussion and adoption of this resolution led to further efforts toward the formation of a national government, that culminated in 1787 in the framing of the Constitution. While serving in Congress he married Miss Kortright. On leaving Congress after three years of service he was immediately elected to the Virginia Legislature, and in 1788 became a delegate to the Virginia convention that ratified the Constitution in which he opposed its adoption. As United States Senator he acted with the Republican party, with Jefferson and Madison, and denounced Washington's neutrality proclamation relative to the European conflict, advocating the cause of France as that of America's natural ally. Washington appointed him minister to France in 1794. On his return, in 1799, he was elected governor of Viriginia. In 1802 he was sent to France as envoy extraordinary by Jefferson to negotiate the LOUISIANA PURCHASE (q. v.). He was minister to Great Britain in 1803-1807, where he negotiated a treaty that proved unacceptable to the people and Congress of the United States. He retired to Virginia, but was again elected governor in 1811, and the same year appointed Secretary of State under Madison, combining also the functions of Secretary of War. In 1817 he succeeded Madison as President, and was re-elected to a second term. His administrations were noted for the purchase of Florida from Spain, the adoption of the Missouri Compromise, and the enunciation of the MON- ROE DOCTRINE (q. v.). Died in New York, July 4, 1831.
Monroe FORT, the most extensive work of a defensive character in the United States
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FORT, the most extensive work of a defensive character in the United States, formerly known as Fortress Monroe. It is situated at the end of the peninsula of Old Point Comfort, Va., between the York and the James rivers. The work was begun in 1817 (the year of the election of President Monroe for whom it was named). At the outbreak of the Civil War, it covered an area of 65 acres; the garrison consisted of 300 men, and the ordinance comprised 400 great guns. It was known that the Confederates had designs upon the fort, and Butler, commander of the of Viriginia, made it his and reinforced the garrison. continued in possession till the war. Since then an important artillery school has been located
Monroe a city and county-seat of Monroe co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and county-seat of Monroe co., Mich.; on the Raisin river, and on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Detroit and Toledo Shore and Père Marquette railroads; 40 miles S. W. of Detroit. It contains a public library, high school, St. Mary's Academy, electric lights, National and other banks, and several weekly newspapers. There is a large trade in glass-sand and grain. The city city has foundries, machine shops, extensive nurseries, and tanneries, and large interests in lumber, grist, paper, woolen goods, plaster, etc. Here, after the battle of Raisin river, in 1813, between an American force and the English and Indians, several hundred American prisoners were massacred. Pop. (1910)
Monroe WILL SEYMOUR, educator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILL SEYMOUR, educator; born Hunlock, Hu Pa., in 1863; attended Stanford, and Jena, Paris, and Leipsic universities, becoming in 1896 professor of psychology at the Massachusetts State Normal School, Westfield. Since 1909 has taught at the New Jersey State Normal School, Montclair. He lectured before many universities in the United States and abroad, and has been delegate to many congresses and expositions. His works include: "Poets and Poetry of the Wyoming Valley"; "Educational Labors of Henry Barnard"; "Commenius' School of Infancy"; "Turkey and the Turks"; "In Viking Land"; "Sicily, Garden of the Mediterranean"; "Bohemia and the Czechs"; "Bulgaria and her People." be
Monroe PAUL, educator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
PAUL, educator; born in North Madison, Ind., in 1869, attended Franklin College, Ind., and Chicago and Heidelberg universities. He became instructor of history at Columbia University, later speculating in education in its historic aspect, and lecturing at Yale and California universities as well as Columbia. During 1912-1913 reported on the condition of education in the Philippines. Edited "Encyclopedia of Education." His works include: "Source Book in the History of Education," and "Principles of Secondary Education."
Monroe a city of Louisiana
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Louisiana, the parish-seat of Ouachita on the Ouachita river, the Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf, the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific, the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroads. It has government buildings, a sanitarium, city hall, good schools, and parks. There is a considerable trade in cotton, and there are cotton seed mills, cotton compressors, manufactories of automobiles, wagons, bricks, lumber, etc. Pop. (1910) 10,209; (1920) 12,675.
Monroe HARRIET, an American poet
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HARRIET, an American poet; born in Chicago, Ill., Dec. 23, 1860. She wrote "Columbian Ode" (1892), composed for the opening of the World's Columbian Exposition; "Valeria," etc. (1892); "John Wellborn Root" (1896); "Passing Show" (1903); "Dance of the Seasons" (1911); "You and I" (1914) Editor "Poetry" magazine since 1912.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Of the seven Monroes Collier's gathered in 1921, the two that grew most are the ones it treated most briefly. Harriet Monroe, whose entry breaks off mid-sentence, had already founded Poetry magazine in Chicago in 1912, and it is that magazine, still publishing and endowed with a bequest of roughly 200 million dollars from Ruth Lilly in 2002, that keeps her name alive rather than her own verse. Fort Monroe, called here the most extensive defensive work in the United States, was decommissioned by the Army in 2011 and made a national monument the same year, remembered now less for its guns than for Butler's 1861 decision to treat escaped slaves as contraband of war; Monroe, Louisiana, a cotton town of 12,675 in 1920, sits on a great natural gas field and was where Delta Air Lines took shape in the 1920s. James Monroe's doctrine is still invoked in American foreign policy debates, while the two educators, Paul Monroe of Columbia and Will Seymour Monroe of Montclair, have faded from general memory.
Written for this edition, 2026.