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Lot of 18. Six TLsS, signed by Seth Low, five on Low's E. 64th St. letterhead dated Jan 21, 1907; Jan 23rd, 1908; Jan 10, 1910; Mar. 28th, 1910; Dec. 26th, 1913; and May 14th, 1914 on Low's Broad Brook Farm letterhead. Seth Low (850-1916) was an educator and politician who served as Mayor of Brooklyn, President of Columbia University, and Mayor of New York City. He also served as chairman of the Tuskegee Institute from 1907-1916. He was Vice President of the New York Academy of Sciences, President of the Archaeological Institute of America, and trustee of the Carnegie Institute (Washington, DC). Calling card, 2 x 3 in., addressed to "Miss Wiley." Printed with Mr. and Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt, which has been crossed out. Note reads: "Bill and I want to thank you again for a most delightful evening. It was such a pleasure meeting you. Always Sincerely Anne Vanderbilt." Dated only "Wednesday." William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849-1920) married Alva Smith in 1875. They were married for 20 years before separating in 1895. Alva later married Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont and was known for her activity in the women's suffrage movement. Vanderbilt then married Anne Harriman Sands in 1903. They remained married until his death. William managed the family railroad investments. He, like many other Vanderbilts, built large houses, including "Marble House" (designed by Richard Morris Hunt) in Newport, RI. Anne appears to be using up some of her father-in-law's old calling cards. ANS, 5.25 x 7.75 in., 640 Fifth Avenue letterhead, March 31, 1934. Cornelius Vanderbilt IV (1898 - 1974), also known as "Jr." and "Neil" by his family and friends, desired nothing more than a "normal" life. In 1935, he published Farewell to Fifth Avenue, which was an expose and rejection of early 20th century high society. Neil served in both World Wars. To his mother's horror, he enlisted in the Army in 1917 and served, including 3 months in France, until the end, 1919. By the time the second war rolled around, he was, of course, older, but enlisted anyway and was assigned to the intelligence corps, which certainly tapped his investigative journalism skills. He was not very successful at family life, however, having seven wives between 1920 and his death. TSL, 1p, on Cornell University letterhead, President's Office, 21 Nov. 1927. Re: speaking at the Society of the Genesee. Signed Livingston Farrand. Farrand (1867-1939) was a man of many interests (and the intersections among them). He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton, then went on to the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, earning his MD. He studied further at the Universities of Cambridge and Berlin. He was Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Columbia, and hooked up with Franz Boas on expeditions to the Pacific Northwest. In 1903 he became professor of anthropology, a position he held for more than a decade. He later served on the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis (1905), and he left his anthropology post to become President of the University of Colorado for the next five years. He continued working in the field of Public Health, expanding to International Health during WWI. In 1921 he became president of Cornell University, rapidly growing enrollments and international study. ALS, 3pp (6.5 x 8.25 in.), New York, July 18, [1927]. Mary Cass Canfield to Louis Wiley. Mary Cass Canfield was an author, critic and journalist in the first half of the 20th century. Her best-known publication was "Grotesques and other reflections on art and the theatre," 1927. In this letter she is asking Wiley if the Times is planning to review her book, because of the influence of the Book Review. Five TLsS from Stewart L. Woodford. The first in on Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission letterhead. Woodford was President of the Commission. The letter was written from the Waldorf-Astoria Oct. 2, during the celebration (25 Sept. - 9 Oct.) thanking Wiley for his letter the previous day. Rit