Stevenson, Egbert, 1872-1962

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Anthologist, author, and librarian.

From the description of Papers of Burton Egbert Stevenson, 1900-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449581

Biographical Note

  • 1872, Nov. 9: Born, Chillicothe, Ohio
  • 1890 - 1893 : Attended Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
  • 1894 - 1898 : City editor, Chillicothe Daily News
  • 1895: Married Elizabeth Shepard Butler (died 1960)
  • 1898 - 1899 : On staff of Daily Advertiser
  • 1899 - 1957 : Public librarian, Chillicothe, Ohio
  • 1901: Published At Odds with the Regent. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co.
  • 1912: Published The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1912. New York: H. Holt and Co.
  • 1917: Organized library at Camp Sherman, Ohio
  • 1918 - 1920 : Established and directed American Library in Paris, France
  • 1925: Published Home Book of Modern Verse. New York: H. Holt and Co.
  • 1926 - 1930 : Director, American Library in Paris, Paris France
  • 1934: Published Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.
  • 1962, May 13: Died

From the guide to the Burton Egbert Stevenson Papers, 1900-1951, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. [Letter] 1911 March 8, Chillicothe, Ohio [to] Mrs. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Burton E. Stevenson. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Isom, Mary Frances, 1865-1920. Letters to Burton E. Stevenson / Mary Frances Isom. Multnomah County Library
referencedIn Harold Phelps Stokes papers, 1908-1969 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Angela Morgan Papers, 1893-1957 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931. Houghton Library
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1941. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. Letter to Mr. Page. Chillicothe, OH. 1934 May 3. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Burton Egbert Stevenson Papers, 1900-1951 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. Letter to Robert Underwood Johnson. Chillicothe, OH. 1907 Nov. 20. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Theodore Wesley Koch Papers, 1894-1941 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. [Letter] 1910 December 4, Chillicothe, Ohio [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Burton E. Stevenson. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968. Papers of Witter Bynner, 1913-1918. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933. Additional papers, 1841-1940 Houghton Library
creatorOf Burton Egbert Stevenson Papers, 1900-1951 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933. Papers of Sara Teasdale [manuscript], 1888-1934 (bulk 1905-1933). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. [Letter] 1911 July 2, Sag Harbor, New York [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Staten Island / George Sterling. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930 Houghton Library
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. Letter to W.H. Solle. Chillicothe, OH. 1935 Feb. 21. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. [Letter] 1911 Januiary 28, Chillicothe, Ohio [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Burton E. Stevenson. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1932-1948. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk) Houghton Library
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. [Letter] 1923 November 19, Chillicothe, Ohio [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Burton E. Stevenson. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Belmont, Eleanor Elsie Robson, 1879-. "In the next room;" a play by Eleanor Robson Belmont anbd Harriet Ford ... New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. [Letter] 1910 November 26, Chillicothe, Ohio [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Burton E. Stevenson. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. Burton Stevenson letter to John S. Patton [manuscript], 1928 January 6. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962. Letter to Glen Walton Blodgett [manuscript] 1916 January 10. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
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associatedWith American Library Association. corporateBody
associatedWith American Library Association. Library War Service. corporateBody
associatedWith American Library in Paris. corporateBody
associatedWith Belmont, Eleanor Elsie Robson, 1879- person
associatedWith Blodgett, Glen Walton, person
correspondedWith Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962 person
associatedWith Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968. person
correspondedWith Century Company corporateBody
correspondedWith Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933 person
correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
correspondedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Isom, Mary Frances, 1865-1920. person
associatedWith Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937, person
associatedWith Koch, Theodore Wesley, 1871-1941 person
correspondedWith Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 person
correspondedWith MacLean, Charles Agnew, 1880-1929 person
associatedWith MacLean, Charles Thomas Agnew, 1880-1928. person
associatedWith Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940, person
associatedWith Milam, Carl Hastings, 1884-1963. person
associatedWith Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913 person
associatedWith Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863 person
associatedWith Morgan, Angela, 1874-1957 person
associatedWith Patton, John S. (John Shelton), 1857-1932, person
associatedWith Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955. person
associatedWith Raney, M. Llewellyn (McKendree Llewellyn), b. 1877. person
associatedWith Stead, F. Herbert (Francis Herbert), 1857-1928. person
associatedWith Stevenson, Egbert, 1872-1962 person
associatedWith Stokes, Harold Phelps, 1887-1970. person
associatedWith Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933. person
correspondedWith Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923 person
associatedWith Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919 person
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World War, 1914-1918
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Birth 1872-11-09

Death 1962-05-13

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