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James D. Law Diary
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James Law -- poet, inventor and business man -- was born in Scotland and educated in village schools there. He migrated to the United States in 1886 and worked at various occupations including bookkeeper, secretary, manager, and journalist. He travelled extensively. He is known as an international authority on Burnsiana and general Scottish literature. Law also invented the universal clock (shows time in 300 world cities) and co-invented with his son moving picture processes and instruments. Law published several volumes of poetry including, Dreams O'Hame (1893). He also served on the Boards of several companies.
Diary of Scottish inventor for the twelve months of 1895. Entries diiscuss business matters, poems, and personal relationships. Notes his correspondence with Andrew Carnegie and J.D. Rockefeller. Maintained an extensive foreign correspondence, including persons living in South Africa.
Purchased from Carmen Valentino, October 1989.
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- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
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- Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services.
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- October 2023
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