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1413:1876 births
1367:W. K. Brown
1362:Garcia-Febo
977:C. H. Brown
852:W. L. Brown
737:H. M. Utley
58:Preceded by
1407:Categories
1252:Somerville
952:M. G. Wyer
937:Countryman
882:G.B. Utley
857:Montgomery
822:J. I. Wyer
792:Richardson
717:Linderfelt
672:Presidents
627:1935–1936
599:circa 1932
390:References
179:Background
139:Occupation
128:Alma mater
96:1876-12-27
1387:Drabinski
1372:Jefferson
1337:Stripling
1222:Dougherty
1112:McDonough
1107:Mohrhardt
1062:Greenaway
1037:Ludington
1012:McDiarmid
932:Lydenberg
827:Elmendorf
490:cite book
303:in 1932.
197:librarian
193:Methodist
143:Librarian
52:1935–1936
48:In office
1332:Sullivan
1282:Freedman
1237:Franklin
1207:Chisholm
1172:Sullivan
1122:Bradshaw
1092:Castagna
1047:Richards
1002:Rothrock
997:Ulveling
962:Ferguson
927:Rathbone
887:Jennings
837:Anderson
807:Bostwick
777:Billings
767:Thwaites
722:Fletcher
1347:Feldman
1327:Raphael
1322:Stevens
1272:Kranich
1227:Schuman
1212:Summers
1202:Minudri
1187:Sheldon
1182:Nemeyer
1042:Mumford
982:Metcalf
942:Compton
912:Eastman
847:Plummer
842:Wellman
802:Andrews
702:Crunden
674:of the
258:Chaucer
1352:Todaro
1312:Rettig
1302:Burger
1297:Gorman
1287:Hayden
1262:Symons
1247:Turock
1242:Curley
1232:Miller
1217:Berger
1167:Galvin
1147:Martin
1142:Holley
1137:Lowrie
1097:Vosper
1087:Wagman
1077:Morton
1067:Powell
1057:Morsch
1022:Graham
987:Warren
972:Culver
957:Craver
947:Wilson
922:Strohm
897:Belden
867:Hadley
862:Bishop
832:Legler
817:Hodges
787:Putnam
782:Hosmer
757:Putnam
752:Winsor
732:Larned
697:Cutter
687:Winsor
418:
122:, U.S.
105:, U.S.
1342:Young
1317:Alire
1277:Berry
1197:Lynch
1192:Josey
1177:Stone
1162:Shank
1152:Jones
1132:Laich
1102:Gaver
1082:Bryan
1072:Spain
1032:Downs
917:Keogh
907:Roden
902:Locke
892:Meyer
872:Tyler
812:Gould
747:Brett
727:Dewey
712:Green
707:Dewey
692:Poole
233:Dewey
221:Dewey
1392:Hohl
1377:Wong
1357:Neal
1267:Long
1257:Ford
1157:Moon
1127:Doms
1052:Shaw
1027:Fyan
1017:Lord
1007:Rice
992:Vitz
967:Munn
877:Root
797:Hill
772:Carr
762:Lane
742:Dana
496:link
416:ISBN
110:Died
90:Born
1307:Roy
1117:Dix
590:at
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