A journalist and biographer, the subject won three Pulitzer prizes for biography in the 1920s. His "Bulwark of the Republic: A Biography of the Constitution" appeared in 1937.

A banker and financier, the subject became vice-president of the First National Bank in 1909 and a partner in J. P. Morgan and Co. in 1911. He remained with the latter firm until his retirement, becoming chairman of the board upon the death of J. P. Morgan, Jr., in 1943.

The subject was a journalist and author. Several of his novels were made into films, among them "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and "Dreamland" in 1936.

The subject, née Osa Helen Leighty, married the adventurer Martin Johnson (1884-1937) in 1910. The couple spent many years in Borneo and Africa and produced numerous documentary films and several feature films based on their experiences.

The subject was an Irish-born playwright and poet.

The subject, an aviator and air force commander, made the first transcontinental flight across North America in under 24 hours, stopping only once for refueling, in September 1922, a feat that earned him international acclaim. He set additional aviation records in the late 1920s and 30s.

Born into a musical family, Damrosch was the son of the conductor of the Metropolitan Opera and an opera singer. He took over his father's position at age 23. Later, in the 1920s through the 1940s, he was known for the radio concerts he conducted or hosted for NBC.

This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.

This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.

This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.