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  Whitelaw Reid - LoveToKnow 1911
WHITELAW REID (1837-), American journalist and diplomatist, was born of Scotch parentage, near Xenia, Ohio, on the 27th of October 1837.
He graduated at Miami University in 1856, and spoke frequently in behalf of John C. Fremont, the Republican candidate for the presidency in that year; was superintendent of schools of South Charleston, Ohio, in 1856-58, and in 1858-59 was editor of the Xenia News.
He declined an appointment as United States minister to Germany in 1877 and again in 1881, but served as minister to France in 1889-92, and in 1892 was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for vice-president on the ticket with Benjamin Harrison.
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 Whitelaw Reid Biography and Summary
Whitelaw Reid was a journalist who achieved fame in Civil War battle reports--some of which stand as classics--and who wielded power and influence as editor of the New York Tribune for more than thirty years.
Whitelaw Reid(October 27, 1837- December 15, 1912) was a U.S. politician and newspaper editor, as well as the author of a popular history of Ohio in the Civil War.
A native of Ohio, Reid graduated from Miami University with honors in 1856.
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  Whitelaw Reid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Whitelaw Reid (October 27, 1837 - December 15, 1912) was a U.S. politician and newspaper editor, as well as the author of a popular history of Ohio in the Civil War.
A native of Ohio, Reid graduated from Miami University with honors in 1856.
Reid Hall is a dormitory, while Harrison Hall houses the Political Science department.
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 Whitelaw Reid
Reid was appointed Special Ambassador of the United States at the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Reid’s literary talents were of a high order, and his style finished and refined, enabling him to deliver admirable addresses in all parts of Great Britain which commanded approval and exercised good influences both there and at home.
Reid in Westminster Abbey and New York, and as a special mark of honour his body was brought to New York on board a British warship.
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 Reid, Whitelaw - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Whitelaw Reid's son, Ogden Mills Reid, 1882-1947, was the next editor of the paper, assisted and succeeded (1947) by his wife, Helen Rogers Reid, 1882-1970.
The Reids' sons, Whitelaw Reid, 1913-, and Ogden Rogers Reid, 1925-, directed the Herald Tribune from 1953 until 1959, after John Hay Whitney acquired control (1958).
Ogden Rogers Reid was U.S. ambassador to Israel (1959-61) and in 1962 was elected to the House of Representatives, where he served 6 terms, retiring in 1975.
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 Reid, Whitelaw. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Whitelaw Reid’s son, Ogden Mills Reid, 1882–1947, was the next editor of the paper, assisted and succeeded (1947) by his wife, Helen Rogers Reid, 1882–1970.
The Reids’ sons, Whitelaw Reid, 1913–, and Ogden Rogers Reid, 1925–, directed the Herald Tribune from 1953 until 1959, after John Hay Whitney acquired control (1958).
Ogden Rogers Reid was U.S. ambassador to Israel (1959–61) and in 1962 was elected to the House of Representatives, where he served 6 terms, retiring in 1975.
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 HarpWeek | Elections | 1892 Biographies   (Site not responding. Last check: )
hitelaw Reid was the longtime editor of the New York Tribune, a diplomat, and the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1892.
Reid gained fame for his coverage of the campaigns of Rosecrans and General George McClellan, and was particularly praised for his accurate and compelling reports of the battles of Shiloh and Gettysburg.
Reid was given the rank of captain, and the title of aide-de-camp.
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 Origins Of Sigma Chi
In the fall of 1854 a disagreement arose in Kappa chapter of DKE at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Six of the 12 chapter members, led by Whitelaw Reid, supported one of the members for Poet in the Erodelphian Literary Society.
Whitelaw Reid was the only one who showed up, accompanied by Minor Millikin.
www.albion.edu /sigma_chi/the_origins_of_sigma_chi.htm   (426 words)

  
 Manhattanville College Library Rare Books and Manuscripts: Whitelaw Reid Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) was a prominent journalist, politician, and diplomat of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Reid was a strong supporter of the new Republican Party and secured the post of librarian of the House of Representatives from 1863-1866.
Bibliography by Missy Bailey, "A Bibliography of Whitelaw Reid." (1977).
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 Castle History | Manhattanville College   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Reid however, remained active in the affairs of her community and her nation, and Ophir Hall reflected this energetic pace.
Reid arranged for the royal entourage to stay at Ophir Hall and then left for one of her frequent trips to France.
In 1947, when Ogden Reid died, the financial burden of maintaining such an extensive property became apparent, and plans were launched to place much of it on the market.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Reid,
Reid, Whitelaw REID, WHITELAW [Reid, Whitelaw] 1837-1912, American journalist and diplomat, b.
Reid, Thomas REID, THOMAS [Reid, Thomas] 1710-96, Scottish philosopher.
Reid, Thomas Mayne REID, THOMAS MAYNE [Reid, Thomas Mayne] (Mayne Reid), 1818-83, British novelist, b.
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 Cedarville Opera House
The original frame of the Cedarville Opera House was constructed in 1886 only to be destroyed by fire within the year.
The architectural plans for the current brick Opera House, built in 1888, were brought to Cedarville from England by Cedarville native Whitelaw Reid.
Whitelaw Reid was a noted publisher and US Ambassador to England and France and his portrait hangs above the Opera House stage.
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 Whitelaw Reid   (Site not responding. Last check: )
REID, Whitelaw, journalist, born near Xenia, Ohio, 27 October, 1837.
Reid succeeded him as editor and principal owner of the paper.
In 1878 he was chosen by the legislature of New York to be a regent for life of the university.
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Whitelaw Reid, wife of an American Minister to France, and the name was changed to Reid Hall in 1928.
Under her leadership during the 1920s and 1930s, Reid Hall became a model of Franco-American cultural cooperation, drawing lecturers and guests from the worlds of art, science, literature and public affairs.
She was a leader in fostering education for women on an international levels.In 1951, Leet became a founder and the first president of the American Women's Group in Paris and served from 1953 to 1956 as president of the International Federation of University Women, which named its international fellowship program in her honor.
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 History
Reid became interested in the site on the rue de Chevreuse since she knew of the Keller Institute and was aware that nearby, on the rue Paul Séjourné, a group of American men artists lived in a club which enabled them to enjoy the benefits of Parisian cultural life.
Reid also built the Grande Salle, which is still used for lectures and exhibitions, to link the new and old buildings.
Reid's daughter-in-law, Helen Rogers Reid, who was educated at Barnard College and later became President of the New York Herald Tribune, supported the project.
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 Whitelaw Reid Cartoons
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 Cedarville Ohio History | CEDARVILLE OHIO   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Reid began his journalism career at the Xenia Gazette and later succeeded Horace Greely as the editor of the New York Herald Tribune.
Reid served as ambassador to England and France.
Whitelaw Reid brought the architectural plans for the subsequent structure which was finished in 1888.
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 Reid Hall Castle   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Reid Castle, once called Ophir Hall, is a six story, eighty-four room granite castle located near the corner of Purchase Street and Anderson Hill Road in Purchase, New York.
Reid was having the castle altered, it caught fire, burning to the stone walls.
The house was rebuilt, on a greater and grander scale with the assistance of the firm of McKim, Mead, and White.
www.dupontcastle.com /castles/reid.htm   (364 words)

  
 Sigma Chi - Gamma Epsilon Chapter
Next, Millikin unfolded a plan he and Reid had concocted by which "justice" could be satisfied with the formal expulsion of the leaders in the rebellion (undoubtedly Runkle and Scobey), after which the others, having been properly chastised, could remain in the chapter.
After a strenuous effort, led by Reid, for the expulsion of the six, with six against six on all vital issues, the meeting broke up in considerable disorder.
A rather prolonged correspondence ensued with the parent chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Yale, resulting in the "Bull of Excommunication" in April of 1855, expelling Bell, Caldwell, Cooper, Jordan, Runkle, and Scobey.
www.whitman.edu /sigma_chi/chapterhistory.html   (829 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Reid
Reid, A. Ives — of Belton, Cass County, Mo. Democrat.
Reid, Edwy C. — of Allegan, Allegan County, Mich. Republican.
Reid, Robert — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Democrat.
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 Whitelaw Reid
A native of Ohio, Whitelaw Reid graduated from Miami University of Ohio with honors in 1856.
He became a newspaper reporter during the Civil War and formed a friendship with Horace Greeley who hired him to write from the
Although Reid wanted to receive an ambassadorship, McKinley ultimately rewarded him with membership on the Peace Commission for the Spanish-American War.
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 REID HALL   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Located directly east of Pearson Hall, Reid Hall was occupied and dedicated in 1948 as a men's residence, but not completed until the following year.
It was named after the journalist and politician Whitelaw Reid, a member of the Class of 1856.
Reid later served as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain from 1905 until his death in London on December 15, 1912.
www.lib.muohio.edu /epub/building/reid/reid.html   (250 words)

  
 Xenia News
The Papers of the Reid family, journalists and newspaper publishers, were given to the Library of Congress by Helen Rogers Reid and her sons, Whitelaw Reid and Ogden R. Reid, between 1953 and 1987.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Whitelaw Reid, Elisabeth Mills Reid, Ogden Mills Reid, and Helen Rogers Reid is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Whitelaw Reid series of Part II is a file on Horace Greeley, founder of the
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 Reid's History of the 41st OVI
(pages 261-265) by Whitelaw Reid, published in 1868 by Moore, Wilstach and Baldwin of Cincinnati.
Reid was a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, a Civil War correspondent for the Cincinnati Gazette and later went on to become editor in chief of the New York Tribune and then ambassador to England.
Reid's history is in the style of the time, and assumes the reader has a good general knowledge of the war, as those living at the time of its publication would.
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 Mark Twain and Whitelaw Reid   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The toastmaster told a story of an American who visited the embassy in London "just to see if my ambassador is in his place," and said he felt sure that none of the diners had come just to see Mr.
The speaker struck a serious note at the end of his speech by stating that it was a great pity that in the vestibule of the embassy there was no picture of Benjamin Franklin, "the first great American diplomatist." This was a matter, he said, that should receive serious attention.
Reid, who was greeted with three rousing cheers.
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 H-Net Review: Frederick J. Blue on For the Union: Ohio Leaders in the Civil War
Robert H. Jones's brief essay on Whitelaw Reid is the first of two studies of Cincinnati Civil War correspondents.
Reid was highly critical of any Union military failure even as he supported the Administration and a full prosecution of the war.
Mary Land's interpretation of Wade emphasizes his role as chair of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War to voice his vigorous dissatisfaction with Lincoln's prosecution of the war and to lead the efforts to remove General George B. McClellan from his command.
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 National History   (Site not responding. Last check: )
One group, led by Whitelaw Reid, supported one of its fellow Dkes, while the opposing group felt this candidate lacked poetic skills.
He was Whitelaw Reid accompanied by a stranger, Minor Millikin.
Millikin, having only heard Reid's side of the story, passed judgment on the disagreement and sided with Reid.
www.vu.union.edu /~sigmachi/natlHistory.html   (358 words)

  
 Biography for: W. Whitelaw Reid
Whitelaw Reid was the editor of the New York Tribune, and a U.S. diplomat.
He would have met JW at this time, since JW was then living in Paris.
Reid was later appointed Special Ambassador to Britain both for the Queen's Jubilee in 1897 and the King's Coronation in 1902, and eventually U. Ambassador to Britain in 1905.
www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk /biog/Reid_W.htm   (111 words)

  
 TIME.com: New Tonic for the Trib -- Sep. 23, 1957 -- Page 1
After the family scuffle that kicked the New York Herald Tribune's President Whitelaw Reid upstairs in 1955, younger brother Ogden ("Brownie") Reid took over the ailing paper with the titles of president, publisher and editor.
Brownie Reid, Yale '49, brought with him a $2,250,000 insurance company loan on the 20-story Herald Tribune Building in midtown Manhattan (41st Street) and an ambitious two-year plan for a "lighter, brighter" Trib.
To London last week went Publisher Reid and Pressagent McCrary, for brass-tack talks with multimillionaire Republican John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's and lifelong friend of McCrary, who had already expressed interest in helping the paper (with a rumored transfusion of $2,000,000).
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,893732,00.html   (688 words)

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