American Statesmen; An Interpretations of Our History and Heritage

Croton-on-Hudson, NY: Orchard Hill Press, 1927. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good. 364, [2] pages. Footnotes. Typeset comments in the margins. Book List. Index. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To my Friend Dr. George Emory Fellow, With all best wishes, Edward Howard Griggs. Below the inscription is a pasted in photograph of the author. Below that is a gift inscription which states Presented to Jessie V. Neff Geo. E. Fellows. No dust jacket present. Cover has some wear and soiling. Edward Howard Griggs was a lecturer and educator. He taught at Indiana University and later Leland Stanford University. It is estimated that Griggs gave about 13,000 lectures to over 8 million people. Griggs wrote on a variety of topics including education, philosophy, culture, biology, and "statesmanship". Griggs was born in 1868 and died in 1951. George Emory Fellows was born June 9, 1858 at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Fellows expanded training and education at the University of Maine in the fields of agriculture, home economics and education. He established a Department of Agriculture Extension office on the campus, a precursor to UMaine Cooperative Extension. Fellows also expanded the university's administrative structure, naming a new dean to head the rapidly growing College of Arts and Sciences as well as establishing a deanship for admissions and registration. It was through Fellows' leadership that funding was obtained to build the original Andrew Carnegie Library on campus, which remained in use until the much larger Fogler Library was completed in 1941. Lord Hall and Hannibal Hamlin Hall also were completed during his presidency. Fellows completed his undergraduate education at Lawrence College and earned his Ph.D. at University of Berne in 1890. After leaving the University of Maine in 1910, Fellows became President of Decatur College of James Millikin University, and in 1915 joined the faculty of the University of Utah. He died in 1942 at the age of 84.