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Archibald MacLeish (b. 1892 – d. 1982) was a graduate of Yale (BA in English) and Harvard (Bachelor of Laws) who served as an ambulance driver during World War I. Like many of his generation, MacLeish understood The Great War to be an uncertain turning point for the world and explored themes of modernity and idealism in his writings. He moved his family to Paris for a short-while to explore a career as a writer and join other modernist expats like Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemmingway.

Not long after moving back the states he was appointed as the 9th Librarian of Congress, a position he served in from 1939 – 1944. His tenure as Librarian included a full audit of the library’s organization and cataloguing systems, a much needed expansion of the budget, and establishing the library as a major American cultural institution.

Paul-Émile Bécat (b. 1885 – d. 1960) was a French printmaker and engraver.