Hubbard, Elbert Green, 1856-1915

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Elbert Green Hubbard was born in Bloomington, Illinois to Silas Hubbard and Juliana Frances Read on June 19, 1856. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a salesman for the Larkin Soap Company in Buffalo, New York. In 1895, he founded Roycroft, an Arts and Crafts community in East Aurora, New York. This community developed following Hubbard's purchase of a private press, which he named the Roycroft Press. The printing business was initiated in collaboration with Hubbard's first wife, Bertha Crawford Hubbard. Although called the "Roycroft Press" by collectors and print historians, the organization called itself "The Roycrofters" and "The Roycroft Shops". Hubbard edited and published two magazines, The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest and The Fra: A Journal of Affirmation. The Roycrofters produced books printed on handmade paper and operated a fine bindery, a furniture shop, and shops producing modeled leather, ceramics, and hammered copper goods.

In 1904, Elbert Hubbard married his second wife Alice Moore after a controversial affair in which she bore an illegitimate child, Miriam Elberta Hubbard (1894–1985). Alice Moore Hubbard was a graduate of the New Thought-oriented Emerson College of Oratory in Boston and a noted suffragist. The Roycroft Shops became a site for meetings and conventions of radicals, freethinkers, reformers, and suffragists. Hubbard became a popular lecturer, and his philosophy evolved to self-described anarchism and socialism. Among Hubbard's many publications were the fourteen-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great (1894) and the short publication A Message to Garcia (1899).

Hubbard died aboard the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915.

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creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. A message to Garcia. Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Rare Books
referencedIn Howe, E. W. (Edgar Watson), 1853-1937. Edgar Watson Howe papers, 1872-1960 Houghton Library
creatorOf Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Hovey" to "Johnson". Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Elbert Hubbard letter to Mr. Washburn, ca. 1900. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915,. Autograph letter signed from Elbert Hubbard, The Roycrofters, East Aurora, New York, to William Winter [manuscript], 1914 November 27. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Little journeys to the homes of eminent artists / by Elbert Hubbard. Minuteman Library Network
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
referencedIn Carrie Jacobs-Bond Collection, circa 1896-circa 1944 Library of Congress. Music Division
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915,. Autograph letter signed from Elbert Hubbard, Roycroft Printing Shop, East Aurora, New York to Mr. [Edward?] Hilliard [manuscript], 1896 July 29. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. [Letter]. University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
referencedIn [Collection of advertisements and other promotional materials relating to proprietary medicines manufactured by the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, of Lynn, Mass.] The Library Company of Philadelphia
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. ALS : Troy, N.Y. to "Brother William." 1909 March 3. Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
creatorOf Society of the Philistines (East Aurora, N.Y.). Ephemera from the dinner given by the Society of the Philistines in honor of Stephen Crane in Buffalo, N.Y., December 19, 1895, 1895-1896. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911. Letter : Dublin, N.H., to Elbert Hubbard, 1899 Aug. 24. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives. Darwin D. Martin family papers, ca. 1878-1935. SUNY at Buffalo, University at Buffalo
creatorOf Tabb, John B. (John Banister), 1845-1909. John Banister Tabb collection of papers, 1894-1904. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Behling, E. H. (Emil H.), 1858-1938. Autograph albums, 1872-1914. Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letter to Gertrude E. Hopkins, 1901. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Ambrose Bierce Collection, 1899 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Larkin, John D. (John Durrant), 1845-1926. Letterpress copybook, 1885-1897. Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
referencedIn Hart Crane Collection, (1910-1972) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Robert Green Ingersoll Collection, 1909 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Papers of Irving Bacheller [manuscript] 1900-1947. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts, 1666-1990 Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
referencedIn Stephen Crane Papers, [ca. 1895]-1908 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letter, 1904. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Putnam, Frederick Wallace,. Scrapbooks, ca. 1907-1930. New York State Library
creatorOf Banér, Johan G. R. (Johan Gustav Runeskeold), 1861-1938. Johan Gustav Runeskeold Banér papers, 1890-1938. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946. Carrie Jacobs-Bond estate and museum collection, 1890s-[ongoing]. Iron County Museum and Historical Society
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Little journeys : sheet collection, circa 1900-1903. Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Central (downtown Buffalo)
creatorOf Elbert Hubbard letters Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn American Medical Association. Dept. of Investigation. Records. Hubbard, Elbert-Hulbert, N.E., and Company (inclusive), 1912-1939. American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library
creatorOf A.R. White (Firm). Trade catalogs of home remedies and quack cures, 1845-1929. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K. Houghton Library
creatorOf Labadie, Jo, 1850-1933. Jo Labadie papers, 1880-1931. University of Michigan
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letter to [?]. East Aurora, N.Y. [1905?] May 3. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Roycroft Shop. Collection of publications and ephemera, 1900-1935. University of California, Los Angeles
creatorOf Birchmore, Woodbridge Hall. Trade catalogs of oil, 1907-1961. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn John Banister Tabb collection of papers, 1894-1904 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Smalley, P. J. (Palemon Jared), 1842-1912. P.J. Smalley papers, 1863-1944 (bulk 1887-1912). Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915,. Stephen Crane letter to Elbert Hubbard [manuscript], 11898. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Thomas Bird Mosher Collection, 1900-1920 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letters, East Aurora, N.Y. / Elbert Hubbard. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Elbert Hubbard family papers, 1896-1940. Library of Congress
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letter, 1896 May 1, East Aurora, N.Y., to Mr. Winship [n.p.] University of Michigan
referencedIn Hinton, Richard J. . (Richard Josiah), 1830-1901. Richard Josiah Hinton papers, 1853-1902. Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Wilder, Marshall P. (Marshall Pinckney), 1798-1886. Letters and a quotation of Marshall Pinckney Wilder, 1891-1898, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Larkin Co. Records, 1875-1974. Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
referencedIn De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1850-1914. Photograph and memorabilia collection, 1897-1924 (bulk 1897-1912). Grolier Club
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter : to Elbert [Hubbard], 1901 Nov. 9. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Kessinger, Harold C. Papers of Harold C. Kessinger [manuscript], 1912-1963, (bulk 1912-1931). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letter, photograph clipping, and article about Elbert Hubbard, 1915-1938. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899. Papers of Robert Green Ingersoll, 1877-1909. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Tabb, John B. (John Banister), 1845-1909. Letters to Elbert Hubbard and a drawing [manuscript], 1897 1899, n.d., n.d.; [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn John Adams Kingsbury papers, 1841-1966, (bulk 1906-1939) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Johnson family. Johnson family : papers, 1859-1971. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Thomas Bird Mosher papers, 1890-1939 (inclusive) 1895-1924 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Marshall P. Wilder Papers, 1880-1914 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letters by Elbert Hubbard, 1896-1924. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Zara, Louis, 1910-2001. Dark Rider papers, 1958-1962. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Hall, Bolton, 1854-1938. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1905-1940, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Taber, Harry Persons, 1865-. H.P. Taber papers, 1881-1945. Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Rare Books
creatorOf Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- University of Michigan
referencedIn Roycroft Shop collection of publications and ephemera, 1900-1935 University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
referencedIn Roycroft Shop. Collection, ca.1900-ca.1938. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Proof sheet, for Chicago Little Theatre brochure [1914] University of Michigan
creatorOf Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Papers of Carl Sandburg [manuscript] 1904-1968. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Carl Alwin Schenck Papers, 1890 - 1959 North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Brief literary manuscripts collection, 1783-1949. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Van Schaick, John, 1873-. Papers, 1897-1948 (inclusive). Harvard University, Divinity School Library
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Rowan, Andrew Summers, 1857-1943. Message to Garcia [scrapbook]. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Little Leather Library Collection, 1920-1924 Special Collections, Robert E. Kennedy Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letters, 1894-1961, bulk, 1894-1915. American Periodical Series I
creatorOf Letters to "the Girls Who Roll the Pebble", a "little Magazine" Published in Omaha, Nebraska University of Virginia Library Dept. of Special Collections
creatorOf Vol. VI (ff. 267). 1892-1900.includes:ff. 1, 8, 11 Henry and Company; publishers: Letters to G. B. Shaw of Henry and Company (publishers): 1893. ff. 3, 5v William Heinemann; publishers: Letters to G. B. Shaw of William Heinemann (publishers): 1893. f..., 1892-1900 British Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Papers of Elbert Hubbard, 1896-1915. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Taber, Harry Persons, b. 1865. Harry Persons Taber papers, 1875-1947. Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Central (downtown Buffalo)
referencedIn White, Charles H., 1838-1914. Letter to an unidentified recipient, 1900 July 20. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Beattie, Marie O.,. Marie O. Beattie collection, 1856-1974. Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library
creatorOf McPherson, Louise. Diary of Louise McPherson [manuscript] 1909. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915. Booker T. Washington correspondence, 1904, 1909 Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library
referencedIn Henning, Lloyd C., b. 1885. Roycrofters collection, 1915-1966. Arizona State University Libraries
creatorOf Elbert Hubbard bill, 1904 October 7 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
referencedIn Morris, William, 1834-1896. Roycroft-Hubbard collection, ca. 1899-1959. Villanova University, Falvey Memorial Library
creatorOf Lincoln Highway Association. Lincoln Highway Association correspondence, 1912-1923. University of California, Bancroft Library, ARL
referencedIn Wady, Clifton Sanford, 1860-1936. Clifton Sanford Wady correspondence, 1912. Library of Congress
referencedIn History and Bibliography of the Roycroft Printing Shop: Papers of Paul McKenna Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Central (downtown Buffalo)
referencedIn Autograph File, H Houghton Library
creatorOf Collection of photocopied materials by and relating to Elbert Hubbard, [1902]-[1987]. Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
referencedIn Mosher, Thomas Bird, 1852-1923. Letters of Thomas Bird Mosher, 1900-1920. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn P. J. Smalley papers, 1863-1944 (bulk 1887-1912). Minnesota Historical Society
creatorOf Elbert Hubbard Letter, 1900 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letters, to Joseph A. Labadie, 1899-1908. University of Michigan
referencedIn Biography : Obituaries H clippings, 1910-1983. Boulder Public Library
creatorOf Kitty Haas Collection of Elbert Hubbard and Roycroft Materials Boston College. John J. Burns Library
referencedIn Elizabeth Buehermann papers, 1904-1955 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn John Adams Kingsbury papers, 1841-1966, (bulk 1906-1939) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Elbert Hubbard letters UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915,. Autograph letters signed from Elbert Hubbard to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1897-1898. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Collection of autographed American correspondence, 1832-1969. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Simmons, Ernest. Simmons Roycroft collection, 1894-1966. Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Rare Books
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1898-ca. 1904. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Denham, Alice T. [Culinary ephemera : margarine, cooking oil, shortening, & lard]. Box 182. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letters, 1907 and 1909. Indiana Historical Society Library
creatorOf Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?. Letter to Elbert Hubbard [manuscript], 1899 January 19. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn E. W. (Edgar Watson) Howe additional papers, 1872-1969. Houghton Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letter, 1906 Dec. 5, East Aurora, N.Y., to Belle Chaapel [n.p.] University of Michigan
referencedIn John Vance Cheney Papers, 1847-1927, (bulk 1898-1922) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Gertrude M. Kingman, 1894 Jan. 17. Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Letter : Belvidere, Ill., to Miss Reed, 1912 Oct. 5. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Manuscripts, 1888-1892. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Bill, 1904. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Stephen Crane Collection, 1871-1980 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Johan G.R. Banér papers, 1890-1938 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. Stephen Crane manuscripts [manuscript], 1898-1910. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Horace Traubel and Anne Montgomerie Traubel Papers, 1824-1979, (bulk 1883-1947) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. In the lime-light. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Pond, James B. (James Burton), 1838-1903. Papers of James Burton Pond [manuscript], 1899-1903. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Hubbard, Elbert, 1859-1915. Letters, 1901-1904, East Aurora, N.Y., to Waitt. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
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