Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950

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Addison Irving Bacheller was an author and journalist, probably best remembered for his pioneering literary syndicate. Born in New York to an old New England family - his mother was descended from John Alden and Priscilla Mullins - he was named after authors Joseph Addison and Washington Irving. He graduated from St. Lawrence University and within a few years had founded his syndicate, which was both profitable and ground-breaking, and brought works from authors like Stephen Crane and Arthur Conan Doyle a large American audience. Bacheller was also a journalist, and published numerous novels, many espousing his social theories. Reluctance to embrace literary modernism impacted his popularity and legacy, and his memoirs tend to obscure his past rather than clarify it, but his syndicate was a great boon to authors and readers alike.

From the description of Irving Bacheller letter to H.F. Truman, 1924 Dec. 10. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 144870478

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referencedIn A. P. Watt & Son, 1883-1917. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Holley, Marietta, 1836-1926. Letter to Mr. Bacheller, Park Avenue Hotel, New York, Monday Morning / Marietta Holley. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
referencedIn A.P. Watt (Firm). A.P. Watt & Son correspondence, 1883-1917. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Marquis, Don, 1878-1937. Papers of Don Marquis [manuscript], 1917-1934. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1922 December 8, Philadelphia, Pa. [to] Mrs. [Edwin Markham], My dear friend [Staten Island] / Irving Bacheller . Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn Fred A. Rosenstock autograph collection L. Tom Perry Special Collections
referencedIn Goldwin Goldsmith Drawings, archival material and photographs, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Connecticut Accession number (s): 0000003, 1990009., 1896-1961 Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Irving Bacheller Collection 1890-1947. St. Lawrence University, Owen D. Young Library
referencedIn Howard Burt collection, 1897-1898 St. Lawrence University, Owen D. Young Library
referencedIn Peabody, Marian Lawrence. 1875-1974. Letters and family papers, 1783-1957 Houghton Library
creatorOf Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Papers of Mark Twain [manuscript], 1862-1946, bulk 1872-1910. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive). Houghton Library
referencedIn Guiterman, Arthur. Papers of Arthur Guiterman, 1925-1939. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. [Letter] 1923 Sept. 20, New York [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Irving Bacheller. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter : Irving Bacheller to Mr. Marshall, 1917 November 13 [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Rudyard Kipling miscellaneous papers, 1890-1933. Houghton Library
referencedIn Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. Letters of William Dean Howells [manuscript], 1890-1915. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Oral history collection, 1966-1974. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1897 August 7, New York, to Mr. Charles M. Skinner, Brooklyn, N.Y. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937,. Letters to Albert Bigelow Paine, 1875-1934 (bulk 1891-1934). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Coming up the road : holograph, [1928]. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Waller, John O., 1916-. Correspondence between Arnold Whitridge and John O. Waller re Arnold, the Arnold family, and Arnold scholarship [manuscript], 1961-1990. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. Letter 1923 October 12, West Brighton, N.Y. [to] Irving Bacheler, Staten Island / Father [Edwin Markham]. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1922 August 23, Lake Placid, New York [to] Mrs. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Irving Bacheller. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn Richard Henry Stoddard Collection, 1858-1894 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter to Moffatt, Yard & Company [manuscript], [1909?]. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter to Frank and a notebook of essays. 1935. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1942 May 14, New York, N.Y., to Robert Davis New York, N.Y. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1859-1911. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letters, 1898. Harold B. Lee Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letters of Irving Bacheller [manuscript], 1918-1931. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Autograph collection of American writers, 1808-1970. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Papers of Irving Bacheller [manuscript] 1900-1947. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Irving Bacheller miscellany, 1919, 1939. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Papers, 1911-1974. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1927 January 4, Winter Park, Florida [to] Mrs. [Edwin Markham], My dear friend [Staten Island] / Irving Bacheller . Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1922 September 9, Lake Placid, New York [to] Mrs. [Edwin Markham], My dear friend [Staten Island] / Irving Bacheller . Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn Review of Reviews (New York, N. Y.), Golden Book Magazine, editorial correspondence, 1921-1935. Houghton Library
referencedIn Taylor, John Young. Diary, 1892. Winterthur Library
referencedIn Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1922 August 12, Lake Placid, New York [to] Mrs. [Edwin Markham], My dear friend [Staten Island] / Irving Bacheller . Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn North country scrapbooks, 1945-1960. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Century Magazine correspondence, 1885-1914. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter to [?]. Riverside, CT. 1907 Dec. 29. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn MacAlarney, Robert Emmett, 1873-1945. Robert Emmett MacAlarney letters, 1917-1944. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Burroughs, John, 1837-1921. Papers of John Burroughs [manuscript], 1856-1943. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge papers, 1855-1939. Houghton Library
referencedIn Bangs family papers, 1881-1964 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Guiterman, Arthur, 1871-1943. Papers of Arthur Guiterman [manuscript], 1925-1939. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Rose Terry Cooke Collection, 1885 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1901 Jul. 17, Ardgay, N.B., to "Miss Young" [n.p.]. University of Michigan
referencedIn Lincoln, Joseph Crosby, 1870-1944. Papers of Joseph Crosby Lincoln [manuscript], 1905-1944. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Father Abraham : holograph, [1925]. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922. Papers of John Kendrick Bangs [manuscript] 1890-1921. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. A candle in the wilderness : holograph, [1930]. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Loretta Krupinski Papers., 1990-2002. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1923, Cleveland, Ohio, [to] Mrs. [Edwin] Markham [Staten Island] / Irving Bacheller . Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. [Scrapbook of articles and illustrations related to Abraham Lincoln], ca. 1893-ca. 1931. Lincoln Memorial University Library, Carnegie-Vincent Library
referencedIn Jesse Belle Rittenhouse Collection, 1902-1932 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Harrison, Henry Sydnor, 1880-1930. Papers, 1894-1958. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Irving Bacheller papers, 1900-1940. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Irving Bacheller letter to H.F. Truman, 1924 Dec. 10. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Howe, E. W. (Edgar Watson), 1853-1937. Edgar Watson Howe papers, 1872-1960 Houghton Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter to Henry G. Leach, 1933 December 16. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Irving Bacheller miscellany, 1919, 1939 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892. Letter to Mrs. Terhune [Marion Harland] [manuscript], 1885 October 6. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940. Hamlin Garland Collection, 1890-1990. University of Southern California, USC Libraries
creatorOf Papers, 1890-1959. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Shaw, Thomas Shuler, 1906-. Scrap book, [1912-1933] Library of Congress
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter : to Elbert [Hubbard], 1901 Nov. 9. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. Houghton Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1940, May 15, New York, to Mr. Ording. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1920 February 5, Winter Park, Florida [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], My dear friend [Staten Island] / Irving Bacheller. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period Houghton Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter to Mr. Timmons. Fort Chester, NY. 1914 Aug. 1. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1922 October 27, Philadelphia, PA [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], My dear friend [Staten Island] / Irving Bacheller. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Irving Bacheller Collection, 1944 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. Papers of William Dean Howells [manuscript], 1866-1919. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Meloney, Marie Mattingly, 1883-1943. Papers, 1891-1943. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. The winds of God : manuscript, [1940] / by Irving Bacheller. New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Note [1943?] [n.p.] to Mr. Ording [n.p.]. University of Michigan
creatorOf Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903. Papers of Richard Henry Stoddard, 1851-1901. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bobbs-Merrill Company. Papers, 1885-1957. Indiana University
creatorOf University history collection, 1895-1983. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Letter, 1942 October 22. American Periodical Series I
referencedIn Joseph Crosby Lincoln Collection, 1905-1940 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
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United States
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Publishers and publishing
Authors, American
Novelists, American
Authors
Authors and publishers
Christianity
College students
Editors
Greek letter societies
Journalism
Journalists
Literature
Literature
Motion pictures
Psychoanalysis
Religious thought
Sex (Psychology)
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Authors, American
Authors
Letter
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Birth 1859-09-26

Death 1950-02-24

Americans

English

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