Swami Vivekananda
Swami Atulananda
Swami Atulananda (Gurudas Maharaj), an American of Dutch ancestry, knew Swamiji in America. He came in close contact with Swami Abedhananda and Swami Turiyananda who gave him the name "Gurudasa". He spent some time at Shanthi Ashrama at San Jose with Swami Turiyananda. He came to Belur Math,
Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
PAPERS ON ARBITRATION, THE SILVER QUESTION, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, Etc.
Rev. B. Fay Mills
Lecturer and Evangelist, Port Edward, New York made this response in the Book 'Swami Vivekananda and His Guru'... in 1897... he later became friends with Vivekananda when he came to California:
John Pierce Fox
A survey of the class of 1894 asking them to inform the secretary what they have been doing since graduating- finds this response from John Pierce Fox…
Duke of Richelieu
(Marie Odet Jean Armand de Chapelle de Jumilhac) Duc de Richelieu
Sister Devamata
(Laura Glenn) She heard Swami Vivekananda's lecture in NY probably in March 1895. And became better acquainted with him in 1896, and 1899 when he was in NY.
Cornelia Conger
Cornelia Conger, was the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs. John Lyons, the Swami’s first hosts in Chicago in September 1893. She was six years old when she met the Swami and wrote of him in part:
Emma Calve - People that Swami Vivekananda knew
Emma Calvé was the source of one of Swami Vivekananda's tales.
Henri Antoine Jules-Bois
More information on their journey together can be found in Memoirs of European Travels Part II
Mrs. Frances Bagley
This painting of Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Newbury Bagley (1833-1898), by Lewis Thomas Ives has never before been published in connection with the life of Swami Vivekananda. It is believed this portrait was painted between 1872 and 1882. Our view is it is rather closer to 1873, and done when
S.E. Waldo
Sister Devamata's (Laura Glenn) description of Sara Ellen Waldo (Prabuddha Bharata , April & May 1932 )
Swami Shuddhananda
Swami Shuddhananda's contribution in publishing the works of Swami Vivekananda is unforgettable. From the outset he had started translating the works of Swamiji in addition to helping in publishing the Udbodhan magazine. He translated nearly the entire Complete Works of Swamiji single-handed.