Horace Traubel and Anne Montgomerie Traubel papers, 1824-1979 (bulk 1883-1947).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 75,250 items; 216 containers plus 2 oversize; 87.8 linear feetContained works: - Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919. With Walt Whitman in Camden. 1906
- Abbott, Leonard Dalton, 1878-1953 -- Correspondence
- Bain, Frank -- Correspondence
- Bazalgette, León, 1873-1928 -- Correspondence
- Boni, Albert, 1892-1981 -- Correspondence
- Boni, Charles -- Correspondence
- Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902 -- Correspondence
- Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 -- Correspondence
- Calder, Ellen M. O'Connor -- Correspondence
- Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918 -- Correspondence
- Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929 -- Correspondence
- Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932 -- Correspondence
- Clifford, John H. (John Herbert), 1848- -- Correspondence
- Craven, James C. -- Correspondence
- Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912 -- Correspondence
- Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 -- Correspondence
- Debs, Theodore, 1864-1945 -- Correspondence
- Edington, Archie -- Correspondence
- Edington, Elsie -- Correspondence
- Eglinton, Peter -- Correspondence
- Fawcett, Edgar, 1847-1904 -- Correspondence
- Feinberg, Charles E., 1899-1988 -- Correspondence
- Fels, Joseph, 1854-1914 -- Correspondence
- Fels, Mary, 1863-1953 -- Correspondence
- Fournier, Alexis Jean, 1865-1948 -- Correspondence
- Fournier, Paul, 1853-1935 -- Correspondence
- Furness, Clifton Joseph, 1898-1946 -- Correspondence
- Gable, William F., 1856-1921 -- Correspondence
- Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909 -- Correspondence
- Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935 -- Correspondence
- Goodwin, Arthur Clifton, 1866?-1929 -- Correspondence
- Goodyear, Rosalie -- Correspondence
- Harned, Thomas Biggs, 1851-1921 -- Correspondence
- Hartley, Edmund Marsden -- Correspondence
- Herron, Carrie Rand, 1867-1914 -- Correspondence
- Herron, George Davis, 1862-1925 -- Correspondence
- Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 -- Correspondence
- Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964 -- Correspondence
- Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899 -- Correspondence
- Innes, William T. (William Thornton), 1874-1969 -- Correspondence
- Johnston, John, 1852-1927 -- Correspondence
- Johnston, John H., jeweler, of New York, N.Y. -- Correspondence
- Karsner, David, 1889-1941 -- Correspondence
- Karsner, Rose -- Correspondence
- Kennedy, William Sloane, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence
- Kennerley, Mitchell, 1878-1950 -- Correspondence
- Lemon, Courtenay -- Correspondence
- Lion, Oscar -- Correspondence
- Longaker, Daniel, 1858-1949 -- Correspondence
- Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950 -- Correspondence
- Maynard, Laurens, 1866-1917 -- Correspondence
- McLanahan, M. Hawley -- Correspondence
- Mendelssohn, Lillian -- Correspondence
- Mendelssohn, Nathan -- Correspondence
- Morse, Sidney H. -- Correspondence
- Mosher, Thomas Bird, 1852-1923 -- Correspondence
- Naganuma, Shigetaka, 1890- -- Correspondence
- Noyes, Carleton Eldredge, 1872- -- Correspondence
- Platt, Isaac Hull, 1853-1912 -- Correspondence
- Salter, William Mackintire, 1853-1931 -- Correspondence
- Shollar, Frederic J. -- Correspondence
- Sixsmith, Charles -- Correspondence
- Small, Herbert -- Correspondence
- Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946 -- Correspondence
- Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909 -- Correspondence
- Stokes, James Graham Phelps, 1872-1960 -- Correspondence
- Stokes, Rose Pastor, 1879-1933 -- Correspondence
- Wallace, J. W. (James William), 1853-1926 -- Correspondence
- Weston, S. Burns (Samuel Burns), 1855-1936 -- Correspondence
- Wiksell, Gustave Percival -- Correspondence
- Hearn family -- Correspondence
- American literature
- American periodicals
- American poetry
- Arts and crafts movement
- Authors and publishers
- Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
- Ethical culture movement -- United States
- Literature, Experimental -- United States
- Periodicals -- Publishing -- United States
- Reformers -- United States
- Social reformers -- United States
- Socialism -- United States
- United States -- Intellectual life
- Biographers
- Critics
- Poets
- Horace Traubel's daily record of visits with Whitman published as: With Walt Whitman in Camden (Boston: Small, Maynard, 1906- , volume 1- ).
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Extensive correspondence of both Horace Traubel and Anne Montgomerie Traubel, including letters exchanged between them; diary notes and journals (1873-1917) kept by Horace Traubel, including daily record (1888-1892) of his visits and conversations with Walt Whitman published as With Walt Whitman in Camden (1906); literary files containing prose, poetry, criticism and miscellaneous writings by the Traubels and other authors; correspondence, literary mss., publishing and financial records, proofs, and printed matter comprising the files of The Conservator, a magazine expressing socialist views edited and published by Horace Traubel; personal financial and legal records; and scrapbooks. The collection reflects the Traubels' support of the literary and artistic avant-garde, the arts and crafts and ethical culture movements, and social and political reform. Also includes the papers of their daughter, Gertrude Traubel.
Correspondents include Leonard Dalton Abbott, Frank Bain, León Bazalgette, Albert Boni, Charles Boni, Richard Maurice Bucke, John Burroughs, Ellen M. O'Conner Calder, Helen Campbell, Edward Carpenter, Charles W. Chesnutt, John H. Clifford, James C. Craven, Homer Davenport, Eugene V. Debs, Theodore Debs, Archie Edington, Elsie Edington, Peter Eglinton, Edgar Fawcett, Charles E. Feinberg, Joseph Fels, Mary Fels, Alexis Jean Fournier, Paul Fournier, Clifton Joseph Furness, William F. Gable, Richard Watson Gilder, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Arthur Clifton Goodwin, Rosalie Goodyear, Thomas Biggs Harned, Edmund Marsden Hartley, Herne (Hearn) family, Carrie Rand Herron, George Davis Herron, Elbert Hubbard, B.W. Huebsch, Robert Green Ingersoll, William T. Innes, John Johnston, John H. Johnston, David Karsner, Rose Karsner, William Sloane Kennedy, Mitchell Kennerly, Courtenay Lemon, Oscar Lion, Daniel Longaker, Julia Marlowe, Laurens Maynard, M. Hawley McLanahan, Lillian Mendelssohn, Nathan Mendelssohn, Sidney H. Morse, Thomas Bird Mosher, Shigetaka Naganuma, Carleton Eldredge Noyes, Isaac Hull Platt, William Mackintire Salter, Frederic J. Shollar, Charles Sixsmith, Herbert Small, Alfred Stieglitz, Charles Warren Stoddard, James Graham Phelps Stokes, Rose Pastor Stokes, J.W. Wallace, S. Burns Weston, and Gustave Percival Wiksell.
Horace Traubel's daily record of visits with Whitman published as: With Walt Whitman in Camden (Boston: Small, Maynard, 1906- , volume 1- ).
Prints, photographs, and other visual and graphic materials transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Selected books and printed items transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division and the general collections.
Maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
Phonograph records transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Oil-on-canvas portrait of Horace Traubel signed by Arthur Goodwin (1908) transferred to National Portrait Gallery.
Poet, critic, and friend and biographer of Walt Whitman; full name Horace Logo Traubel; married Anne Montgomerie in 1891.
Collection material in English.
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