Index
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Academic performance, Coolidge’s, 31–32, 35–37, 58–59. See also Amherst College, Coolidge’s education at
Acosta, Bert, 361
Adams, John, 7, 96, 223, 247
Adams, John T., 274
Adams, Samuel, 95
Adams House, 96–97, 111
Addams, Jane, 414
Ade, George, 92
Advertising, 37, 55, 73, 91, 103, 134, 158, 174, 203. See also Barton, Bruce
Aerial photography, 341, 358
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, 349
African Americans
Coolidge on, at Amherst College, 38
Coolidge on Ku Klux Klan and, 336
Coolidge’s reelection campaign and, 313–14
flood relief, Herbert Hoover, and, 359
Airplanes. See Aviation
Akerson, George, 420
Alaska trip, Harding’s, 249–51
Alcohol issues, 64
Aldrich, Eugene, 29
Algonquin Club dinner, 134–35
Allen, Ethan, 15, 19, 21
Allis, Frederick, 286, 312, 313
Allport, Floyd, 166
Aluminum Company of America, 120, 133, 315–16
Aluminum industry, 52, 84
American Association of Newspaper Editors, 323
American Federation of Labor (AFL), 104, 147, 151, 153, 156, 160, 180, 272. See also Labor issues
American Indians. See Native Americans
American Legion, 233–34, 336, 421
American Steel and Wire Company, 47
American Woolen Company, 114, 401
Amherst College
battalion from, in World War I, 143
Calvin Coolidge at (see Amherst College, Coolidge’s education at)
John Coolidge (son) at, 286, 295, 312–13
at Coolidge’s inauguration as lieutenant governor, 139–40
dinner hosted by alumni of, 139–40
graft case at, 67
history and alumni of, 32–34
issues about, during Coolidge’s presidency, 304–5
issues about, during Coolidge’s vice-presidency, 240–41, 247–49
Alexander Meiklejohn as president of (see Meiklejohn, Alexander)
motto of, 33, 104, 433
preparations for war at, 133–34, 140
professors at, 10, 35, 40-41, 49-54
reunion at, 109
search of, for president, 112
sewage system regulation issue of, 120–21
support of Coolidge by alumni of, 120
taxes on, 104
Amherst College, Coolidge’s education at, 31–59
academic performance, 35–37, 58–59
decision to attend, 30
failed entrance exam and prep school preparation for, 31–32
fraternity issues, 32, 34–35, 37, 42, 56
friendships, 41–42
interest in politics and economics, 38–47
interest in public speaking, 37–39, 43–44, 48, 54–58
interest in pursuing legal career after, 57–59
mentors, 10, 49–54
personal finances, 38, 44, 47–48
personal life, 41–42, 48–49, 57
Anarchists, 40, 76, 115, 116, 154, 203, 207
Andrews, Charles, 34–35, 454–55
Andrews, E. B., 49
Antitrust cases, 101, 315–16
Antitrust legislation, 98–103, 127
Anthropometry, 35
Appointments. See Cabinet
Army-Navy Reception, 413
Army surplus issue, 226
Articles, Coolidge’s. See Writing, Coolidge’s
Ashurst, Henry Fountain, 213, 268–69
Athletics, Coolidge and, 35
Attorney. See Law practice, Coolidge’s
Audacious War, The (book), 192
Aunt Mede. See Coolidge, Sarah Almeda Brewer (grandmother)
Autobiography, Coolidge’s, 5, 441, 446–47, 450, 462
Automobiles, 85, 97, 111–12, 119, 137, 212–13, 417
Aviation
Coolidge administration and, 312, 335, 342, 349–51
dirigibles, 341–42
Charles Lindbergh and, 346, 362–63, 365–69
Orteig Prize and, 194, 344–45, 356, 361–63
Wright brothers and, 74, 85
Babler, Jacob, 196
Bache, Jules S., 193
Baer, George, 77
Bailiff, Coolidge’s father as, 27
Bailout, bank, 102
Baker, Bryant, 339
Baker, Newton, 144, 165
Bancroft, George, 62, 100, 121, 194
Banks
bailout of, 102
Coolidge as bank vice-president, 72, 105–6
Coolidge’s use of, 425
Federal Reserve System and, 120 (see also Federal Reserve System)
Bar exam, Coolidge’s, 69
Barnes, Raymond, 163
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