Day, F. Holland (Fred Holland), 1864-1933

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Birth 1864-07-08
Death 1933-11-12
Americans,
English, French,

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Fred Holland Day was an American publisher, "art" photographer, and leader of the aesthetic movement in fin-de-siècle Boston. Day was an enthusiastic collector of John Keats and he led the campaign which resulted in the first memorial to Keats being placed in Hampstead Church in 1894.

From the description of Correspondence relating to John Keats, 1889-1931 (inclusive), 1889-1894 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612371994

Fred Holland Day was an American publisher, "art" photographer, and leader of the aesthetic movement in fin-de-siècle Boston. Spoelberch de Lovenjoul was a Belgian-born aristocrat and literary scholar.

From the description of Fred Holland Day correspondence with Spoelberch de Lovenjoul, 1889-1892. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367623

Fred Holland Day was an American publisher, "art" photographer, and leader of the aesthetic movement in fin-de-siècle Boston. Spoelberch de Lovenjoul was a Belgian-born aristocrat and literary scholar.

From the guide to the Fred Holland Day correspondence with Spoelberch de Lovenjoul, 1889-1892., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Day was a Boston, Massachusetts publisher, photographer, and historian. He had a strong interest in the life and poetry of John Keats.

From the guide to the Fred Holland Day papers concerning John Keats, 1849-1906., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Epithet: publisher, of Boston, Mass.,USA

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x00034a

Epithet: of Add MS 38906

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x00008a

Photographer; Norwood, Mass.

Day began photography in the late 1880s. By 1895 he had established a reputation as a pictorial photographer, and was elected to the Brotherhood of the Linked Ring. In 1900 he arranged in London the first major exhibition of pictorial photography in Europe. A fire in his Boston studio destroyed over 2,000 glass negatives in 1904, which ended his photography career. Day was also a collector of Keatsiana. He published fine books of poetry and other literary works at his firm of Copeland and Day from 1893-1899.

From the description of F. Holland Day papers, 1858-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291203

Biographical Note

1864, July 23 Born, South Dedham (later Norwood), Mass. 1879 Spent time in Denver, Colo., with his mother 1883 Graduated from Chauncy Hall School, Boston, Mass. 1884 1889 Depository secretary, A. S. Barnes and Co. booksellers, Boston, Mass. 1889 Joined Boston Camera Club, Boston, Mass. 1892 Published literary magazine, The Mahogany Tree, with a group of friends 1892 1893 Published literary magazine, The Knight Errant, with a group of friends 1893 Founded Copeland and Day publishing company with Herbert Copeland 1894 Presented a commemorative bust of John Keats to Hampstead Parish Church, Hampstead, London, England 1895 Photographs exhibited at Third Photographic Salon of the Linked Ring, Dudley Gallery, London, England Elected to the Linked Ring photographic society 1897 Photographic prints and Copeland and Day books exhibited at First Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, Copley Hall, Boston, Mass. 1898 Photographs exhibited in First Philadelphia Photographic Salon, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa. 1899 Closed Copeland and Day 1900 Mounted “An Exhibition of Prints by the New School of American Photography Supplemented by an Additional Collection of One Hundred Examples of the Work of F. Holland Day of Boston,” Royal Photographic Society, London, England 1901 Mounted New School of American Photography exhibition, Paris Photo-Club, Paris, France 1902 Photographs exhibited in first Photo-Secession exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, N.Y. 1903 1916 Spent summers in Five Islands, Maine, and hosted visitors including fellow photographers and urban youth from Boston, Mass. 1904 Fire destroyed his photographic studio including his negatives and prints. 1905 Visited Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Va.; photographed staff and students 1919 1933 Semi-invalid in his Norwood, Mass. home 1933, Nov. 2 Died, Norwood, Mass.

From the guide to the F. Holland Day Papers, 1793-2010, (bulk 1883-1933), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Aestheticism (Literature)
  • Arts
  • Arts and crafts movement
  • Earthquakes
  • English literature
  • English poetry
  • Epidemics
  • French literature
  • Genealogy
  • Local history
  • Horticulture
  • Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
  • Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923
  • Literature
  • Photographers
  • Photography
  • Photography
  • Photography
  • Photography, Artistic
  • Pictorialism (Photography movement)
  • Social settlements
  • Urban youth
  • World War, 1914-1918

Occupations:

  • Photographers
  • Publisher

Places:

  • Wrexham, Denbighshire (as recorded)
  • Birmingham, Warwickshire (as recorded)
  • Boston (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Hampstead, Middlesex (as recorded)
  • Denver (Colo.) (as recorded)

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