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	Daniel Willard Fiske
		Daniel Willard Fiske was professor of north European languages, librarian, and director of the University Press.
		Fiske retorted that his hand was forced; he was enjoying his ale with a friend, as he did once a fortnight, when the student entered, and he felt bound by the laws of hospitality.
		Fiske was a nervous, volatile, irascible man. Abounding in generosity, he could never forget or forgive a slight or an insult.
	sbchess.sinfree.net /DWFiske.html (1456 words)

	The Passionate Collector: Willard Fiske and his Libraries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Willard Fiske (1831–1904) was one of the most fascinating and important figures in Cornell’s early history.
		Fiske also became a beloved supporter of Iceland and its people, endowing its libraries and cultivating the friendship of Icelandic poets and scholars.
		Willard Fiske is buried in the Memorial Antechapel in Cornell's Sage Chapel.
	rmc.library.cornell.edu /collector/introduction/index.html (299 words)

	Jennie McGraw-Willard Fiske romance is play's subject
		Jennie McGraw (portrayed by Carol Buckley) meets her suitor, Willard Fiske (Steven Sull) under the watchful eye of Fiske's mother (Kris Park) in a scene from Jennie's Will, which will be performed in Barnes Hall Friday and Saturday.
		"Fiske hears inner voices -- one suggests that he married her for her money, the other tries to persuade him that he married Jennie because he loved her," said Simon.
		One of many suitors, Fiske asked McGraw to marry him in 1880 knowing that she had contracted tuberculosis.
	www.news.cornell.edu /Chronicle/97/1.30.97/Jennie_McGraw.html (370 words)

	Icelandic Collection Policy
		RLIN conspectus data for the Fiske Collection identified thus far, applicable to collection development through June 1989, show very strong collections for many subject areas (Old Norse and Icelandic language and literature; history and social sciences), although the voluminous publication in these fields has since about 1930 precluded exhaustive acquisition.
		In proportion to their minuscule population, Icelanders are very prolific poets and authors of fiction, with the result that the Fiske Collection devotes considerable resources to belles lettres in an attempt to mirror the reality of Icelandic literature.
		The only medium significantly absent from the Fiske Collection is mediaeval manuscripts, in part because they have been held for centuries by European academic libraries and in part because Willard Fiske was averse to alienating this patrimony from the Icelandic people.
	www.library.cornell.edu /colldev/cdicelandic.html (1138 words)

	Fiske Icelandic Collection - History and Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		One of D. Willard Fiske's several outstanding literary bequests to Cornell University Library, the Fiske Icelandic Collection had its origins in Fiske's collecting efforts from the 1850's onward.
		Halldór Hermannsson, one of Fiske's assistants in Florence, became the first curator and proceeded to catalog the Fiske Icelandic Collection and to prepare the first volumes of the Islandica series.
		While the virtual explosion in publishing precludes the comprehensive purchasing that was the rule in Fiske's day, the Icelandic Collection remains very strongly representative in works on many aspects of Icelandic language, literature and culture.
	rmc.library.cornell.edu /Fiske/history.html (223 words)

	The Passionate Collector: Willard Fiske and his Libraries
		Daniel Fiske was a businessman; Caroline Fiske helped to support the family through dressmaking.
		At Hamilton, Fiske became a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity; he remained an active member throughout his life.
		In his sophomore year, Fiske was suspended for a student prank.
	rmc.library.cornell.edu /collector/earlyyears/index.html (355 words)

	Mark G. Simon: Jennie's Will, Op. 27
		She donated the set of chimes which still rings on the campus of this university.
		Willard first met Jennie in 1869, and immediately began writing love poems about her in secret.
		In Jennie's Will, even Fiske isn't sure, and is played as a heated debate between the two sides of his conscience.
	www.markgsimon.com /catalog/Op27.htm (260 words)

	Daniel Willard Fiske Biography (1831–1904) Online Encyclopedia Article About Daniel Willard Fiske Biography ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		On retiring he moved to Italy and pursued literary interests abroad, collecting books on Dante, Icelandic culture, and the Rhaeto-Romantic languages, which he donated to Cornell along with a fund of over $500 000.
		End of Article: Daniel Willard Fiske Biography (1831–1904)
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	encyclopedia.jrank.org /Cambridge/entries/045/Daniel-Willard-Fiske.html (123 words)

	Heimasíða Hróksins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The nine round rapid play tournament will be known as the Fiske Memorial in honour of Willard Fiske, the distinguished 19th century Cornell University professor.
		Fiske’s collection of Icelandic books was bequeathed to Cornell when he died in 1904 and formed the foundation of North America’s largest collection of Icelandic literature.
		Fiske is also rightly regarded as the father of modern chess in Iceland.
	www.hrokurinn.is /pistill.cfm?pis=77 (585 words)

	Air Iceland » Grímsey
		Here is a rare opportunity to visit a close-knit and hospitable community living in harmony with its environment on the northern verge of the inhabitable world.
		The island has a strong association with the game of chess, all thanks to the generosity of the 19th century American philanthropist Willard Fiske, who presented the islanders with chess boards, a library and donations of money.
		Since it is crossed by the Arctic Circle, Grimsey is the perfect location to experience the magic of the midnight sun.
	www.airiceland.is /AirIceland/Destinations/Grimsey (199 words)

	Living in Dryden: Southworth Library
		Willard Fiske in 1880 and her death in the following year, which was subsequently followed by the celebrated litigation as the result of which the bequest of the bulk of her estate to Cornell University was defeated, we need not speak here at length.
		The invested interest-bearing funds of the associations now amount to about seventeen thousand dollars, the income from which is to be devoted principally to the purchase of books and will continue to supply the reader matter best adapted to the wants of the people in ever-increasing accumulations of the best works of the best authors.
		Willard Fiske, although sojourning in Italy for the past few years, has been made a trustee of the association and has shown his interest in the institution by presenting to the Library a valuable and unique set of the complete works of the bard, John Dryden.
	livingindryden.org /2004/05/southworth_library.html (790 words)

	The view from the north: some Scandinavian digitisation projects
		In 1997 The National and University Library of Iceland and the Fiske Icelandic Collection at Cornell University, with the association of the Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland, began a cooperative project, with funding principally from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, known as SagaNet (http://sagnanet.is/ or http://saga.library.cornell.edu/).
		The Fiske Icelandic Collection at Cornell University Library is based on a collection of 8600 titles bequeathed in 1905 by Willard Fiske, a noted linguist and teacher who began collecting Icelandic books as a student in Sweden in the 1850s.
		The Fiske Collection had already begun microfilming its collection, and the National Library was interested in doing the same.
	www.ncd.matf.bg.ac.yu /casopis/04/d003/document.htm (3519 words)

	Collecting Dante in America: Lessons from Library History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Fiske was a veteran book collector, having already assembled unique and unparalleled collections of Icelandic imprints and Rhaeto-Romanic literature, as well as a superb collection of early editions of Petrarch's works.
		Carefully numbered and inventoried packages were shipped directly to Cornell (resentment toward certain trustees over the will case notwithstanding, Fiske gave all his book collections to the university), where his successor, librarian George Harris, inspected and cataloged their contents.
		Fiske and the Cambridge Dantists eventually enjoyed recognition for their foresight during their lifetimes, but Zahm's desire to see a Dante chair created at Notre Dame has only found fulfillment in the last ten years with the endowment of the Devers Program in Dante Studies.
	www.nd.edu /~ladvance/access/issues/2002/Fall/Dante.htm (1751 words)

	- Holdings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		In 1986 the portraits of John and Rhoda McGraw were restored to bring back the original detail and to preserve them for the future.
		✦ A beautifully bound volume of poems written for Jennie by Willard Fiske was given to the library by Mr.
		Fiske also donated a unique set of the works of John Dryden, the English poet for whom the town was named.
	southworthlibrary.org /page1/page8/page8.html (333 words)

	Dear Uncle Ezra - Questions for Thursday, February 19, 1998 - Cornell University
		Fiske cautiously courted Jennie, and married her in Berlin in 1880.
		Jennie McGraw Fiske is interred in Sage Chapel.
		In the long run, however, the University was not hurt financially by the ruling: Henry Sage built the library and dedicated it to Jennie McGraw Fiske, and Willard Fiske left nearly his entire estate to the University.
	ezra.cornell.edu /posting.php?timestamp=887864400 (6104 words)

	Walter Savage Landor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A statue of his wife can also be found in the 'English' Cemetery, above the tomb of their son, Arnold Savage Landor.
		Later, his Villa Gherardesca in Fiesole would become the home of the American Icelandic scholar Daniel Willard Fiske, who renamed it the 'Villa Landor'.
		A complete list of Landor's writings, published or privately printed, in English, Latin and Italian, including pamphlets, fly-sheets and occasional newspaper correspondence on political or literary questions, it would be difficult to give anywhere and impossible to give here.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Savage_Landor (1707 words)

	Ezra Cornell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Llenroc was maintained by Cornell's heirs for several decades until being sold to the local chapter of the Delta Phi fraternity, which occupies it to this day; Forest Home was sold to the Delta Tau Delta chapter and later demolished.
		Cornell is interred in Sage Chapel on Cornell's campus, along with Daniel Willard Fiske and Jennie McGraw.
		A prolific letter writer, Ezra corresponded with a great many people and would write dozens of letters each week.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ezra_Cornell (814 words)

	Iceland Travel - Grimsey - Welcome
		In the late 19th century the people of Grímsey were known for their prowess in chess.
		An American, Willard Fiske, presented them with chess sets, a library and a sum of money.
		The island is a popular tourist destination,and certificates are issued for crossing the Arctic Circle.
	www.travelnet.is /JKL/journey/sv_nl/grimsey.htm (299 words)

	ANGLO-SAXON TÆFL BOARD GAME (tæfl, tafl, cyningtæfl, cyningtafl, hnefatafl, tavl) - B. Slade
		In the early Middle Ages, when chess was introduced in Scandinavia, it began to replace the indiginious Tafl-games and no sets of written rules or common tradition of playing survived.
		One of the first persons who became devoted to solving the puzzle of Hnefatafl was Willard Fiske, an American expert on languages (and a chess-players, co-editing the magazine Chess Monthly with legendary American chess player Paul Morphy).
		Fiske collected a lot of material that was published in the book Chess in Iceland in 1905, but he finally abandoned the problem as insoluble.
	www.heorot.dk /tafl (1841 words)

	The Whiteboard Report
		Daniel Willard Fiske (1831-1904) excelled in many fields, from linguistics and librarianship to chess and journalism.
		Fiske used his widow's considerable inheritance to build a series of outstanding book collections.
		"The Passionate Collector: Willard Fiske and his Libraries" celebrates Fiske's generosity and intellectual achievements through the display of medieval manuscripts, rare fifteenth-century printed books, his original correspondence, and nineteenth-century photographs from the collections he established.
	content.nsdl.org /wbr/Issue.php?issue=68 (1199 words)

	Dear Uncle Ezra - Questions for Tuesday, December 5, 2000 - Cornell University
		I read one time that Willard Straight Hall was thought to be haunted by a ghostly presence, but can't remember who it's supposed to be.
		She built the Chi Psi house with her inheritance, then traveled in Europe, where she was courted by (penniless) Willard Fiske, professor of north European languages, he at 48 years of age and she at 40.
		When Fiske died his body was interred with Jennie's and her father's and Mr.
	ezra.cornell.edu /posting.php?timestamp=975992400 (3418 words)

	NAHA // Norwegian-American Studies
		Its head was David Willard Fiske, whose title was professor of north European languages and whose time was given almost wholly to Scandinavian literature and Icelandic.
		He later founded the Fiske Icelandic Library at Cornell, which is the largest Scandinavian collection in the country, and for Icelandic is one of the best anywhere.
		In I883 the term "North European Languages" as the title of the department was discontinued, and the title "German Language and Literature" appeared in its place.
	www.naha.stolaf.edu /pubs/nas/volume02/vol2_05.htm (7990 words)

	A. D. White Photographs, William James Stillman Gallery
		Stillman was an associate of both A. White (Cornell’s first President) and Willard Fiske (Cornell’s first University Librarian).
		During his visit to Athens with Fiske in 1889, White sought the photographer’s advice in purchasing photographs.
		Correspondence between Stillman and members of his family and Willard Fiske can be found in the Daniel Willard Fiske Papers, Collection 13/1/348 and 13/1/1165, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
	cidc.library.cornell.edu /adw/Gallery/stillman.htm (354 words)

	Stow, History of Mount Holyoke Seminary During Its First Half Century
		Willard - Catharine Fiske - Catharine Beecher- Rev. Joseph Emerson - Miss Z. Grant - Expenses in Girls' Schools - Why More than in Colleges - Demand for Teachers - One Hundred Catholic Schools for Girls - One Hundred and Twenty Colleges - Mount Holyoke Seminary Incorporated,.
		CHAPTER X. Overflowing Numbers-Dr. Anderson's Address-Woman's Higher Education an Experiment - Plans for Enlarging the Building - Opposition -Success - Course of Study - Progress - Additional Advantages - French - Latin - Greek and Hebrew Desired.
		Prayer - Miss Pond - Death of Miss Fiske - Of Dr. and Mrs.
	clio.fivecolleges.edu /mhc/stow (971 words)

	Charles XII at Bender (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		A popular feature of Chess Monthly, for which is it probably best remembered, was the series of stories and articles by Daniel Willard Fiske, the editor-in-chief.
		The collaboration between Fiske and Loyd was interrupted by the termination of the Chess Monthly in 1861.
		The most famous of the Fiske-Loyd stories is the sketch Charles XII at Bender.
	people.zeelandnet.nl /csmits/charlxii.htm (387 words)

	Cornell United Religious Work
		Originally the building consisted of a large nave, a south transept intended for daily services, and a tower topped by belfry and spire.
		The memorial mausoleum at the northwest corner was added by the University and the estate of Jennie McGraw Fiske, who is buried in a crypt beneath.
		Also interred here are her husband, Willard Fiske, and her father John McGraw, an early benefactor of the University; Ezra Cornell and President White and their families, Edmund Ezra Day and Deane W. Malott, the University's fifth and sixth presidents.
	www.curw.cornell.edu /sagehistory.html (1014 words)

	Keywords (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		During the late 1870s, Fiske, a millionaire journalist and chess champion, set himself up as the island’s protector after hearing about its passion for the game.
		For the complete Fiske story, which is quite amusing, read Lawrence Millman’s account of a visit to the island in his book Last Places- A Journey in the North.
		While chess is no longer necessarily the sport of choice there, the name Willard is apparently still common among the islanders.
	keywords.oxus.net /page/20 (4629 words)

	About Our Library
		In 1880, Jennie McGraw married Daniel Willard Fiske, a world renowned professor and Cornell's first librarian
		In 1986 those of John and Rhoda McGraw were restored to bring back the original detail and to preserve them for the future.
		A beautifully bound volume of poems written for Jennie by Willard Fiske was given to the library by Mr.
	home.twcny.rr.com /southworth/southabout.htm (591 words)

	Browse the Cornell Library Historical Monographs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Catalogue of the Dante collection presented by Willard Fiske (Volume 1)
		Catalogue of the Dante collection presented by Willard Fiske (Volume 2)
		Catalogue of the Dante collection presented by Willard Fiske.
	historical.library.cornell.edu /cdl/title_C.html (410 words)

	Chess Notes by Edward Winter
		The first of them relates to Fiske’s Icelandic chess periodical Í Uppnámi, which was mentioned in C.N. On the 80th anniversary of Taflfélags Reykjavíkur in 1980 a reprint of volumes 1-2 (1901-02) of the magazine Í Uppnámi (Íslenzkt Skákrit) was issued in 250 numbered copies.
		Besides teaching the piano, the organ and singing, and officiating as a musical director, he was for many years the organist of St Mary’s Church in Syracuse, and married the niece of its pastor, Father O’Hara, herself a musician, and soprano in the choir.
		William Fiske was a chess enthusiast too, and for a while edited a chess column in the Syracuse Standard, at the time when his brother was editing the New York Chess Monthly; and he also won the first prize at a chess tournament in Syracuse.
	www.chesshistory.com /winter/winter05.html (13946 words)

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