Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929

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British social reformer and poet.

From the description of Lecture notes, 1879-1880. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28106871

British social reformer and writer.

From the description of A market place in Morocco, [19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146085

English poet and philosopher.

From the description of Letter, ca. 1910, to William Sloane Kennedy. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184907549

Edward Carpenter was a British author with an international reputation who primarily wrote non-fiction, as well as some Whitmanesque poetry. Ordained after graduating from Trinity, he left the ministry and devoted himself to social service. His writing explored themes of socialism, his spiritual quest for a new, universal religion, and his homosexuality, especially his belief that he inherited his sexual orientation.

From the description of Edward Carpenter translation of an Eichendorff poem, 1914 Mar. 13. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53150146

Author.

From the description of Edward Carpenter correspondence, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452651

Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) was a British socialist writer and poet, known for his advocacy of natural living, and for his writings on homosexuality and his open espousal of this identity. Carpenter was born to a middle-class family, attended Cambridge University, worked for the University Extension movement in northern England, traveled and lectured, and in 1883 settled in Millthorpe, near Sheffield. In 1891, after his return from a trip to India to study Indian philosophy and religion, he met George Merrill, who would be his companion for nearly forty years. Among his works are Towards Democracy (1883) and The Intermediate Sex (1908). Crane also composed the socialist anthem England Arise!

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Adapted from Philip Taylor’s "Biographical Note," at the Edward Carpenter Archive website. http://edwardcarpenter.net/index.htm

From the guide to the Edward Carpenter Letters and Postcards, 1880-1923, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967. Collection, 1924-1983. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Margaret Grace Bondfield papers, 1854-1951, 1898-1951 (bulk). New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Horace Traubel and Anne Montgomerie Traubel Papers, 1824-1979, (bulk 1883-1947) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. Letter to [Mrs. A. B. Stockham?]. Sheffield, Eng. 1900 Aug. 14. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Papers of Harold Bing, pacifist, 1902-1972, 1902-1972 The University of Nottingham
creatorOf Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Papers of Walt Whitman, 1850-1892. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. Letters and cards : Croydon, Holmesfield, and Guildford, to Laurence Housman, Somerset, 1901-1924. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. Towards democracy / by Edward Carpenter.
creatorOf Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- University of Michigan
referencedIn British authors collection, 1840-1953. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection, 1763-1985, (bulk 1841-1981) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn George Cecil Ives Papers TXRC93-A5., 1874-1949 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Papers, 1854-1951, 1898-1951 (bulk). New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Letter to John Burroughs. Philadelphia, PA. [1877 or 1878] June 22. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Letters to William James from various correspondents and photograph album, 1865-1929. Houghton Library
referencedIn Amy Lowell autograph collection, 1523-1930. Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to [Mary] Berry; Bourges, 1843 September 1. Houghton Library
creatorOf Ives, George, 1867-1950. Papers, 1886-1949. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Joseph Ishill papers, 1888-1966. Houghton Library
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. Lecture notes, 1879-1880. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Baker, John, fl. 2005. Collection of materials relating to Edward Carpenter, <1998>-<2006> / compiled by John Baker. Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. Edward Carpenter translation of an Eichendorff poem, 1914 Mar. 13. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. Autograph letter signed : [n.p], to Frieda G., [no year] Aug. 31. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Sir William Rothenstein correspondence and other papers, 1887-1957. Houghton Library
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. Letter, ca. 1910, to William Sloane Kennedy. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn CHUBB, Percival Ashley, 1860-1960, Fabian, 1860-[1984] British library of political and economic science
creatorOf Edward Carpenter Letters and Postcards, 1880-1923 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- University of Michigan
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. Letter : Millthorpe, England, to C.H. Norman, 1907 Sept. 7. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. Edward Carpenter letter to Small, Maynard and Co. : Millthorpe, Holmefield, England : ALS, 1905 Oct. 30. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. Autograph letter signed : Holmesfield near Sheffield, to Mrs. Cobden Sanderson, 1893 Oct. 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. Letter : Millthorpe, England, to C.H. Norman, 1907 Sept. 7. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Willcox, Louise Collier, 1865-1919. Papers of Louise Collier Willcox, 1870-1933. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. A market place in Morocco, [19--]. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929. Edward Carpenter correspondence, 1904. Library of Congress
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Edward Carpenter to Walt Whitman, 1 July 1880 Walt Whitman Archive
creatorOf Edward Carpenter to Walt Whitman, 19 December 1877 Walt Whitman Archive
creatorOf Edward Carpenter to Walt Whitman, 28 March 1880 Walt Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 25 April [1876] Walt Whitman Archive
creatorOf Edward Carpenter to Walt Whitman, 16 March 1882 Walt Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 10 November 1881 Walt Whitman Archive
creatorOf Edward Carpenter to Walt Whitman, 17 September 1877 Walt Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 27 November [1877] Walt Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 23 April 1876 Walt Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 24 July 1882 Walt Whitman Archive
creatorOf Edward Carpenter to Walt Whitman, 13 May 1878 Walt Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 5 October [1877] Walt Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 30 May 1881 Walt Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 25 October 1877 Walt Whitman Archive
creatorOf Edward Carpenter to Walt Whitman, 1 March 1877 Walt Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 28 September 1880 Walt Whitman Archive
creatorOf Edward Carpenter to Walt Whitman, 20 September 1877 Walt Whitman Archive
creatorOf Edward Carpenter to Walt Whitman, 1 July 1881 Walt Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 2 October [1877] Walt Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 1 September [1878] Walt Whitman Archive
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associatedWith Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967. person
associatedWith Baker, John, fl. 2005. person
associatedWith Bondfield, Margaret Grace, 1873-1953. person
associatedWith Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. person
associatedWith Chubb, Percival Ashley, 1860-1960 person
associatedWith Chubb, Robert Walston, 1894-1977 person
associatedWith Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), Mrs, person
associatedWith Cust, Robert H. (Robert Henry), b. 1861. person
associatedWith Eichendorff, Joseph, Freiherr von, 1788-1857 person
correspondedWith Feinberg, Charles E., 1899- person
associatedWith G., Freida, person
associatedWith Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959. person
correspondedWith Ishill, Joseph. person
associatedWith Ives, George Cecil, 1867-1950 person
correspondedWith James, William, 1842-1910 person
associatedWith Kennedy, William Sloane, 1850-1929. person
associatedWith Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. person
associatedWith Lloyd, Bertram. person
correspondedWith Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 person
associatedWith Munro, Harold. person
associatedWith Norman, C. H. person
associatedWith Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915- person
associatedWith Richards, Grant, 1872-1948 person
associatedWith Riley, Annie W. person
correspondedWith Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945 person
associatedWith Small, Maynard & Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Stockham, A. B., person
correspondedWith Traubel, Anne Montgomerie, 1864-1954 person
correspondedWith Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919. person
correspondedWith Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 person
associatedWith Willcox, Louise Collier, 1865-1919. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Morocco
Egypt
Great Britain
Dinshawāy (Egypt)
Egypt
Dinshawāy (Egypt)
Subject
Pacifism
Poets, German
Prisoners
Socialists
Women
Occupation
Authors
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Birth 1844-08-29

Death 1929-06-28

Britons

English

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