ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This is an ongoing list of those whom I would like to thank for their assistance and support.
Dorothy Cooper; Merlin Holland; Donald Mead; Michael Seeney; Mark Samuels Lasner; Margaret Stetz; Geoff Dibb; Matthew Sturgis; Robert Whelan; Devon Cox; David M. Friedman; Andrew J. Morris; Rob Marland; Rachel Klingberg; JD Murphy; Walter W. Walker; Garson O’Toole (The Quote Investigator); Nigel Rees; Michael May of the Reference Department at Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library, Stockton, CA; Bernadette Murphy who is the Head of Information Services, International New York Times, Paris; the South Kingstown Public Library/Peace Dale; Brian Gallagher and Prof. Jim Kinnie at the University of Rhode Island Carothers Library; Sargeant Memorial Collection at the Slover Library; the Norfolk Public Library; Shirley Eastham who is the President of the Narragansett Historical Society; Samuel Judd who is Reference and Information Services Librarian at the Maury Loontjens Memorial Library; Mark Osterma at the George Eastman Museum; John Bogack who is editor of the Fire Island Star; Eric Colleary (Cline Curator of Theatre and Performing Arts) and Cristina Meisner (Research Associate III) at the Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas at Austin; staff at the Berg Collection, NYPL; and Elizabeth E. Fuller, Librarian at The Rosenbach Museum and Library.