BIO

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1929–30:

Curti, Merle Eugene: Appointed to investigate the inter-relations between American and Eruopean pacifism during the period 1860–1914, preparatory to writing a book on the history of the Peace Movement, 1860–1914, chiefly in London and Geneva; tenure, twelve months from June 15, 1929.

Born September 15, 1897, at Papillon, Nebraska. Education: Harvard University, A. B., 1920, A. M., 1921, Ph. D., 1927 (George W. Dilloway Fellowship, 1920–21; Edward Austin Fellowship, 1922–23; Sheldon Travelling Fellowship, 1924–25).

Instructor in History and Political Science, 1921–22, Beloit College; Instructor in History, 1923–24, Simmons College; Assistant Professor of History, 1925–27, Associate Professor, 1928—, Smith College; Clark University Summer School, 1927, 1928.

Publications: “The Beginnings of the Peace Movement,” 1929; “Austria and the United States, 1848–1852,” Smith College Studies in History, ix, 3, 1926. Articles and reviews in the American Historical Review, New England Quarterly, Historical Outlook, Sewanee Review, South Atlantic Quarterly, Advocate of Peace; contributor to Dictionary of American Biography and Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences.

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